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The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
This volume includes two novels, „The Shadow of a Great Man” and „The Tragedy with Corosco,” as well as historical stories. The Romans, who conquered Britain several hundred years ago, received orders to return to their homeland, besieged by barbarian troops. And at that moment a British deputation came to the Roman governor to ask for self-government.Data dostępności:
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The Crimson Sign – ebook
H.A. Cody
The whole story revolves around the colony of Acadia, which belonged to New France. For this territory was the most intense struggle between Britain and France. However, the territory was divided into British colonies, which became Canadian provinces and American states. This historical work and hook on everyone who is interested in history.Data dostępności:
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Tros of Samothrace – ebook
Talbot Mundy
The cable that Julius Caesar has made in helping find the best way to attack Britain is to play a double game. He must save his father and encourage the resistance of the British leaders to remove Rome from its legions that are ready to conquer the land of Gaul. Offenses, intrigue, and many murders pose a threat to accompaniment by Caesar’s Caesar in his amphibian landings and battles.Data dostępności:
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Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours – ebook
Jules Verne
Le gentleman londonien Phileas Fogg a fait le pari avec les membres du club aristocratique qu’il serait capable de faire le tour du monde en 80 jours. Après Fogg et son serviteur, le détective Fix est envoyé à Paspartu, confiant que Fogg est le criminel qui a cambriolé la Bank of Great Britain. Le roman décrit en détail les moyens et les conditions de mouvement de cette époque.Data dostępności:
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Sketches of Young Gentlemen – ebook
Charles Dickens
Following the phenomenal popularity of „Sketches by Boz”, Dickens produced two short volumes of „Sketches of Young Gentlemen” and „Sketches Young Couples"’. Dedicated to „The Young Ladies of the United Kingdom of Great Britain” as well as to other young ladies, „Sketches of Young Gentlemen” scrutinizes in a very witty and humorous fashion certain familiar characteristics of Victorian men and women....Data dostępności:
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The Count of the Saxon Shore – ebook
Alfred J. Church
So little is known from history about the last years of the Roman occupation that the writer of fiction has almost a free hand. In this story a novel, but, it is hoped, not an improbable, view is taken in an important event – the withdrawal of the legions. This is commonly assigned to the year 410, when the Emperor Honorius formally withdrew the Imperial protection from Britain. But the usurper Constantine...Data dostępności:
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The Black Rider – ebook
George Owen Baxter
The Black Rider,” originally published in 1925, is set in Spanish California at the time when the eastern colonies of this country were still ruled by Great Britain. In the novella The Black Rider," a Navajo named Taki is fluent in four languages, a skilled knife-thrower, a consummate horseman, and can outwit any opponent. It is a tale of intrigue and revenge, where a mysterious Navajo becomes more...Data dostępności:
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Midwinter – ebook
John Buchan
Regarded as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Jacobites, spies and thrilling intrigue are brought together by the master of suspense. As Bonnie Prince Charlie marches his army into England, his confidant Alastair Maclean is despatched on a secret mission. He is befriended by two extraordinary men – Dr. Samuel Johnson, an aspiring man of letters, and the shadowy figure known only as...Data dostępności:
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Biały myśliwy i bestie – ebook
Tomasz Zackiewicz
Tomasz Zackiewicz - autor niezwykle poczytnych za granicą powieści i książek o tematyce archeologiczno-historycznej oraz artykułów naukowych, szczególnie popularnych w Niemczech, Wielkiej Brytanii i Stanach Zjednoczonych. Jego anglojęzyczne publikacje stanowią cenny materiał edukacyjny zarówno dla naukowców jak i pasjonatów i cieszą się niesłabnącą popularnością. Przykładowe tytuły to: My Tips...Data dostępności:
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