Títulos em Guerra e Militar

England is in turmoil as Vikings and Saxons battle for territory. Rumours build about the fatal sickness of the King, and the country awaits an heir. A violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northumbrian fortress to London and plunge into the eye of the storm. For two kings claim the empty throne and a new kingdom cannot be born without bloodshed.

Neste novo romance, O andarilho, a aventura começa em 1346. Os ingleses invadiram a França, e os escoceses, a Inglaterra. São tempos incertos e obscuros, e o primeiro que encontrasse o Santo Graal—uma espécie de tesouro guardado por anjos e procurado por demônios—seria considerado vitorioso. Thomas de Hookham, jovem arqueiro inglês, que aos 18 anos viu o pai morrer em seus braços após um ataque de surpresa, deixa a França, seguindo para as Ilhas Britânicas em busca do cálice e do assassino de seu progenitor.

After years of service to Rome, Quintus Sertorius has exchanged the bloodshed of the battlefield for the tranquility of his farm. He dedicates himself to his pregnant wife with the same vigor he displayed in the legion. But soon the bells of war toll again, and there is nowhere in Italy safe from its destruction. As rebel armies close in, Sertorius realizes his wife and child are in danger. The fate of his homeland is at stake, and he cannot ignore the call to arms.

Rome, 90 BC. Quintus Sertorius is tired. Weary after eight years of warfare in Greece, the decorated hero longs to reunite with his family and repair their frayed bond. But no sooner has he returned than Rome is thrust into war again. This time, the attackers are their closest allies, the Italian tribes surrounding them. To make matters worse, Sertorius learns his son has joined the legion under the command of a scheming rival looking to exert leverage.

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finish the story....

Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos.

Rome, 107 BC. Quintus Sertorius just lost his father, and he may lose his home. When his rural village is stripped of its political status, he must leave his family to secure their food and protection from inside Rome's cutthroat government. As he transitions from countryman to politician, he's thrust into the middle of a bitter political war…. As Quintus struggles to gain the aid his village so desperately needs, he approaches Gaius Marius, the uncle of Julius Caesar himself.

Glory. Death. Well-born Athenian cavalry officer Kineas fought shoulder to shoulder with Alexander in his epic battles against the Persian hordes. But on his return from the east to his native city, he finds not glory but shame - and exile. With nothing to his name but his military skills, Kineas agrees to lead a band of veterans to the city of Olbia, where the Tyrant is offering good money to train the city's elite cavalry.

Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon - the towering novel of the 20th century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies - the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus - one of the great best-selling novels of all time.

Estamos em 1809. Alguns anos após os feitos heroicos na Índia e em Trafalgar, o tenente Richard Sharpe se vê lutando contra os violentos exércitos de Napoleão Bonaparte, que tenta dominar a Península Ibérica. O imperador francês avança rapidamente no norte de Portugal, e a permanência do pequeno contingente de tropas britânicas em Lisboa ainda é uma incógnita: as forças de Sua Majestade lutarão ou voltarão para casa?

O ano é 1805, e o Calliope (que tem entre seus passageiros o alferes Richard Sharpe) é atacado pelo Revenant, um formidável navio de guerra francês que há algum tempo aterroriza o tráfego náutico no Oceano Índico. Quando parte rumo à segurança de sua própria frota, a nau francesa carrega um tratado roubado que pode levar a Índia a uma nova guerra com os britânicos... e jogar por terra tudo o que Sharpe conquistou até agora.

De volta à Inglaterra, após bem-sucedidas missões na Índia e na Espanha, a carreira de Sharpe parece chegar ao fim. Longe da amada Lady Grace e relegado ao posto de intendente, Sharpe recebe uma arriscada tarefa: fazer companhia a John Lavisser, nobre oficial que vai a Copenhague subornar o príncipe-herdeiro dinamarquês, e com isso impedir uma nova guerra.

Três meses após participar bravamente da inesquecível batalha de Assaye, o alferes Richard Sharpe anda muitíssimo insatisfeito. Afinal de contas, após salvar a vida de sir Arthur Wellesley, o jovem oficial está encarregado de uma tarefa nada excitante: cuidar do comboio de bois e dromedários do exército. Trabalhando na retaguarda do regimento que tentará pôr um ponto final no sangrento conflito entre britânicos e mahrattas, Sharpe se depara com a traição de seu pior inimigo: o abominável sargento Obadiah Hakeswill.

In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive.

A century before A Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros.... A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne, there were Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve but courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals - in stature if not experience.

At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.

The pampered daughter of a wealthy Georgian plantation owner, sixteen-year-old Scarlett O’Hara soon realises that young men can’t resist her charms, despite her forthright manners and her refusal to embrace her mother’s ladylike ways. She enters into an early marriage, but when the war between the Union and the Southern States breaks out and she is left a young widow, Scarlett’s life is turned upside down, and she finds herself embroiled, together with the world surrounding her, in a long struggle for survival.

Este extraordinário título traz três relatos escritos por Tolstói, enquanto ex-combatente a serviço do exército russo, acerca do cruel conflito na península da Crimeia. Dividido em três contos, os relatos expõem algumas das piores atrocidades da guerra em uma análise dolorosa e detalhada, fruto do genial poder de observação do autor.

As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finish the story.

‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on California’s idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different path for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.