Mr. Midshipman Easy (1836) is a novel by Frederick Marryat. Inspired by the author's experience as a captain in the Royal Navy, Mr. Midshipman Easy is a tale of bravery, foolishness, and the manifold reasons for men to take to the high seas. Frequently funny, often profound, Marryat's novel is an underappreciated classic of nineteenth century fiction that has been adapted twice for British cinema. "'Then, father, all I have to say is, that I swear...

Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, as an epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the dragons' ranks. Only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected and must stand as the only means of airborne defense against France's ever bolder sorties. As Bonaparte's dragons harrow Britain's ships, Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, take wing to Africa in search of a cure for the deadly contagion.

"After surviving the Napoleonic Wars, Sir Benedict Harper is struggling to move on, his body and spirit in need of a healing touch. Never does Ben imagine that hope will come in the form of a beautiful woman who has seen her own share of suffering. After the lingering death of her husband, Samantha McKay is at the mercy of her oppressive in-laws--until she plots an escape to distant Wales to claim a house she has inherited. Being a gentleman, Ben...

It is a perfect plot for Napoleon: stop Wellington's forces in Spain and destroy Major Richard Sharpe. Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's new campaign with grim expectancy. Victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain-an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. Unfortunately, things are about to get complicated for the Sharpe. An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of...

Harvard grad student Eloise Kelly has gotten into quite a bit of trouble since she's been spying on the Pink Carnation and the Black Tuplip--two of the deadliest agents to saunter the streets of ninetheenth-century England and France. Not only has she been unearthing secrets that will rearrange history, but she's been dallying with Colin Selwick and looking for a romantic adventure all her own. Little does she know that she's about to uncover another...

For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleons resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully invaded English soil. Napoleons prime objective is the occupation of London. Unfortunately, the dragon Temeraire has been removed from military service and his captain, Will Laurence, has been condemned to death for treason. Separated by their own government and threatened at every turn by Napoleons forces, Laurence and Temeraire must struggle to...

Hiding intelligence clues in bad poetry that he writes from his vantage point in France, undercover agent Augustus Whittlesby is force to gain the favor of American widow Emma in order to collect information about a top-secret device being shown at a house party.

"Vienna--June 1804. At the glittering debut of Beethoven's Third Symphony, a Spanish diplomat meets with Captain Thomas Grey, agent of His Majesty's Secret Service. In exchange for a gigantic bribe, the Spaniard discloses Spain's darkest secret: the actual terms of the Treaty of San Ildefonso with France. Spain's neutrality in Napoleon's war on Britain is only a ruse to keep the British navy from attacking the great treasure-armada now gathering in...

When Cornelia joins Napoleon's army as a traveling naturalist with the power to heal, she meets the sister she never knew existed on the opposite side of the battlefield and together, they must use the magic of flowers to solve the mystery of their mother's death, while fighting for their survival.

Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon's invasion of England, the dragon Temeraire and his friend and rider, Captain Will Laurence, are transported a prison colony in Australia and find themselves embroiled in a hornet's nest of fresh complications.