Harpercollins The Complete McAuslan Фрейзер Джордж Макдональд

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • Flashman's at it again! Caught between two Chinese lovers, held captive by Borneo pirates and enslaved by a voluptuous Madagascan queen, Harry Flashman's doing better than ever

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • A career in politics beckons for Flashman, until it’s scuppered by a crooked game of cards. Forced to flee London, Flashy journeys to America where he encounters an assortment of characters, including a New Orleans madam and a young Mr Lincoln…

The Complete Short Stories is the most comprehensive collection of O’Brian’s short fiction ever published. An essential volume, certain to enchant O’Brian admirers as well as readers who are fortunate enough to be journeying with him for the very first time • Patrick O’Brian is acclaimed as one of the greatest historical novelists of the twentieth century, celebrated throughout the world for his masterful roman fleuve, the Aubrey?Maturin series. But he was also a prolific writer of short stories, and it is in this form that he first made his mark • Encompassing stories written in his unvarnished youth to tales told by a seasoned traveller, this is the most comprehensive collection of O’Brian’s short fiction ever published. It is a treasure chest, overflowing with riches, containing more than sixty tales, including rarities, uncollected works, and forgotten jewels that have been out of print for decades

Книга Джорджа Макдональда Фрейзера "Здесь безопасно" это история про жизнь и смерть в девятом отделе, небольшая группа упрямых и (на современный взгляд), возможно, эксцентричных пограничников Камбрии, с которыми автор, которому тогда было девятнадцать, служил в последней великой сухопутной кампании Второй мировой войны, когда 17-я дивизия "Черный кот" захватила жизненно важный опорный пункт в глубине японской территории, удерживала он отразил контратаку и возглавил заключительное наступление, в ходе которого японские армии были, по словам генерала Слима, “разорваны на части” • Книга на английском языке • Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint deep in Japanese territory, held it against counter-attack and spearheaded the final assault in which the Japanese armies were, to quote General Slim, “torn apart”

"Опустошители" - комикс-роман Джорджа Макдональда Фрейзера 2007 года, действие которого происходит в елизаветинскую эпоху. Это был последний роман Фрейзера, опубликованный при его жизни • Елизаветинская Англия и подлый испанский заговор с целью захвата трона раскрыты. Агенту Арчи Ноблу предстоит спасти королеву и страну в этой дерзкой и удалой авантюре • Избалованная, высокомерная, неприлично богатая и умопомрачительно красивая юная леди Годива Дакр изгнана со двора доброй королевы Бесс (которая терпеть не может рыжеволосых соперниц) в свое уединенное поместье в далеком Камберленде, где она надеется запугивать крестьян и добиваться своего собственным властным путем. Она и не догадывается, что неспокойная шотландская граница - самое неподходящее место для наследницы елизаветинской эпохи

First ever deluxe, slipcased edition of the peerless A–Z guide to the names, places and events in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, fully illustrated in colour throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith, and featuring an exclusive colour foldout poster • J.R.R. Tolkien’s works of epic adventure and fantasy, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have delighted many millions of fans since they were first published, and are now more popular than ever before • The Complete Guide to Middle-earth has been compiled to enhance the reader’s enjoyment of Tolkien’s books by bringing together in an A-Z sequence all the key facts and information about names, places, languages and events from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • The British Empire needs a man to satisfy insatiable lust and indulge in ungentlemanly acts – fortunately it has Harry Flashman. And with the mighty Sikh army poised to invade India, Flashman must go back into secret service and this time contend with the intrigues of the Court of Punjab

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • In addition to the other famous adventures come three episodes in the career of this eminent if disreputable adventurer • Plumbing the depths of dishonour, Flashman’s up to his old tricks again. Whether embroiled in a plot to assassinate Emperor Franz-Josef, saving the Prince of Wales from scandal, or being chased by a horde of Zulus, Harry Flashman never disappoints

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • Can a man be all bad? When Harry Flashman’s adventures as the reluctant secret agent in Afghanistan lead him to join the exclusive company of Lord Cardigan’s Hussars and play a part in the disastrous Retreat from Kabul, it culminates in the rascal’s finest – and most dishonest – turn

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • A mission calls for a master of disguise, deceit and treachery: there's only one man for the job. When a legendary femme fatale delivers him into the clutches of the dastardly Otto von Bismarck, Flashman will need all the cunning and seductive charm he can muster to escape this plot

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world • As the Light Brigade prepare to charge the Russian guns at Balaclava, Flashman assumes his characteristic battle position: sabre rattling, teeth chattering, bowels rumbling in terror and about to bolt

Первое в истории роскошное издание несравненного путеводителя от А до Я по именам, местам и событиям в мире Дж.Р.Р. Толкина, полностью проиллюстрированное в цвете признанным художником – толкинистом Тедом Нэсмитом и снабженное эксклюзивным цветным раскладывающимся плакатом. Полное руководство по Средиземью было составлено для того, чтобы читатель получил больше удовольствия от книг Толкина, собрав в последовательности от А до Я все ключевые факты и информацию об именах, местах, языках и событиях из "Хоббита", "Властелина колец" и "Сильмариллиона". В сочетании с многочисленными генеалогическими таблицами и уникальной хронологией Первой эпохи она станет незаменимым подспорьем в знакомстве каждого читателя с миром Толкина. Книга на английском языке