Books tagged: wellington

The adult filter is active; content marked as adults-only by the author is not listed.

Full Search
Found: 8 results

Paint or be painted    by Jason Watson
Price: Free! 12870 words. Published on April 4, 2010. .

How cool would it be if you got back at those that "did you wrong"? Well, Jim (the main character) sets out to do exactly that, to show that Occam's razor will eventually just slit the throat of those that hide behind it. Using his brains to counter brawn he "paints" his nemeses into a corner of their own making!
The Battle Honours of the Royal Hampshire Regiment    by Rupert Matthews
Price: $7.90 USD. 30990 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on August 27, 2010. .

Men from Hampshire have for generations fought in the ranks of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, or its predecessors. All 160 Battle Honours of the regiment are featured in this book, including Blenheim, Minden, Barrosa, Kabul, Paardeburg, Mons, The Somme, Mesopotamia, Ypres, Passchendaele, Dunkirk, North Africa, Sicily, D-Day and Rhine Crossing.
Walls of Jericho - A Cavalry Tale    by Jonathan Hopkins
Price: $0.99 USD. 112920 words. Published on December 6, 2010. .

Farrier's apprentice Joshua Lock saves a boy from a swirling winter torrent, unwittingly beginning an unlikely friendship despite the conflicts which will force both to face their differences head-on. And soon duty pitches them into a bitter battle against Napoleon's army, where both must find a way to save their regiment from destruction in the first great cavalry charge of the Peninsular War.
RAF Bomber Command Groups WW II    by peter dancey 
Price: $2.99 USD. 14540 words. Published on January 22, 2011. .

This book details the formation of each of Bomber Command Groups including the Pathfinder Group with the high-speed DH Mosquitoes and the all-Canadian manned No.6 Group. Each group is traced from its inception pre-war the types operated its AOCs and its major operations from September 1939 until VE-Day. The squadrons that made up each group also also detailed with more detailed information later.
Winter Hunt    by Allen Makepeace
Price: $0.99 USD. 94330 words. Published on July 20, 2011. .

In a bleak winter. a young girl and a cashiered army officer are sought by a fearsome criminal gang. The author, a historian, takes readers into sordid inns, dank prisons, workhouses and squalid tenements and introduces them to the many colourful characters who people this adventure tale: law-breakers and law-makers, quack doctors, actors and that coolest of killers, the monstrous Teddy Kellett.
The Good Harvest    by J. Paige Straley
Price: $2.99 USD. 96870 words. Published on August 14, 2011. .

It's 1814 in London, and Harold Hammonds has come a long way in his 24 years. He's second officer aboard the merchant vessel "The Good Harvest", bound for Sydney with a cargo of settlers goods, topped off with a parcel of transported convicts. It's a hell voyage, ending with a storm that wrecks them on an island off the west coast of New Zealand. Should he stay? Will he claim this grand place?
Murder at Wairere    by Peter Blakeborough
Price: $4.99 USD. 127310 words. Published on October 10, 2011. .

Newlyweds Cedric and Doris Asker sail for New Zealand aboard the Elingamite. But they become separated when the ship sinks near the Three Kings Islands with the loss of many lives. The Askers strive to overcome tragedy, disaster and failure.
Return To Hougoumont    by Shaun Parker
Price: Free! 2770 words. Published on January 10, 2012. .

A brutal account of the storming of the north gate in the fight for Hougoumont Farm, a fictional story based on historical events. The outcome of Waterloo may well of hinged on the struggle for Hougoumont Farm, death is indescriminate in the turmoil and carnage of battle! Please leave a review for this story as it is free for you to read and feedback will help me write better stories. Thanks