Dr Manette is falsely imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille by the Marquis of Evremonde and his brother. He is eventually released and comes to England to join his daughter Lucie, who marries the Frenchman Charles Darnay, a member of the Evremonde family. During the Regin of Terror Darnay travels to Paris on an errand of mercy. He is imprisoned and sentenced to be executed. Can Dr Manette save him?
For a brief, glorious period in the early 1700s, the Bahamas was ruled by a gang of some of the most famous pirates the seas had ever seen. Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and their associates banded together to form a pirate cooperative, culminating in a form of government in which blacks were equal citizens, the rich were imprisoned and common sailors could veto their captain's orders. At the height of their power the gang served Britain, France, and Spain from their New World empires.
Dick's been kidnapped- he's been mistaken for somebody else! The Famous Five track him down to a lonely, out-of-the-way house-but they are seized and imprisoned too! Can the five escape?
While Hervey plans his escape from the Spanish, his memories turn to 1812, when as a young cornet he was part of Wellington's victorious army as it pushed its way north through Spain towards the Pyrenees. But first, the British had to storm the fortress where he is imprisoned now: Badajos - a fortress of huge strategic importance - where French resistance was at its most fierce and most bloody...
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Ballard, J.G. - Empire of the Sun
The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China. Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him. Shanghai, 1941 -- a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents.
