A Matter Of Honor

Author : Jeffrey Archer
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429954020

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International bestseller Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles with A Matter of Honor--featuring a bonus interview with author. It seems innocent enough. A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. But the moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to shake the very foundations of the free world. Within days, Adam's lover is brutally murdered and he's running for his life through the great cities of Europe, pursued not only by the KGB, but by the CIA and his own countrymen as well. Their common intent is to kill him before the truth comes out. While powerful men in smoke-filled rooms plot ever more ingenious means of destroying him, Adam finds himself betrayed and abandoned even by those he holds most dear. When at last he comes to understand what he is in possession of, he's even more determined to protect it, for it's more than a matter of life and death-it's a matter of honor. Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer, an American named Tom Bradshaw. When Bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past and assumes his identity. On landing in America, however, Bradshaw quickly learns the mistake he has made, when he discovers what is awaiting him in New York. Without any way of proving his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to a past that could be far worse than the one he had hoped to escape.

Author : Lynne Olson,Stanley Cloud
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307424501

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A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war. After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots, soldiers, and sailors escaped to England. Devoted to liberating their homeland, some would form the RAF’s 303 squadron, known as the Kosciuszko Squadron, after the elite unit in which many had flown back home. Their thrilling exploits and fearless flying made them celebrities in Britain, where they were “adopted” by socialites and seduced by countless women, even as they yearned for news from home. During the Battle of Britain, they downed more German aircraft than any other squadron, but in a stunning twist at the war’s end, the Allies rewarded their valor by abandoning Poland to Joseph Stalin. This moving, fascinating book uncovers a crucial forgotten chapter in World War II–and Polish–history.

Author : Anthony Summers,Robbyn Swan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062405531

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A Matter of Honor by Anthony Summers,Robbyn Swan Pdf

On the seventy-fifth anniversary, the authors of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Eleventh Day unravel the mysteries of Pearl Harbor to expose the scapegoating of the admiral who was in command the day 2,000 Americans died, report on the continuing struggle to restore his lost honor—and clear President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the charge that he knew the attack was coming. The Japanese onslaught on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 devastated Americans and precipitated entry into World War II. In the aftermath, Admiral Husband Kimmel, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, was relieved of command, accused of negligence and dereliction of duty—publicly disgraced. But the Admiral defended his actions through eight investigations and for the rest of his long life. The evidence against him was less than solid. High military and political officials had failed to provide Kimmel and his Army counterpart with vital intelligence. Later, to hide the biggest U.S. intelligence secret of the day, they covered it up. Following the Admiral’s death, his sons—both Navy veterans—fought on to clear his name. Now that they in turn are dead, Kimmel’s grandsons continue the struggle. For them, 2016 is a pivotal year. With unprecedented access to documents, diaries and letters, and the family’s cooperation, Summers’ and Swan’s search for the truth has taken them far beyond the Kimmel story—to explore claims of duplicity and betrayal in high places in Washington. A Matter of Honor is a provocative story of politics and war, of a man willing to sacrifice himself for his country only to be sacrificed himself. Revelatory and definitive, it is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of this pivotal event. The book includes forty black-and-white photos throughout the text.

Author : Larry Auerbach
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781631357329

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Set in New Mexico in 1877 in the years following the War Between the States, Jonah Berryman is trying to make peace with his part in the war. He was the best sniper in the Union Army, but was taken out of action when he was shot after hesitating in his last assignment. Now a bounty hunter, he is looking up the doc who saved his life, and has been drawn to Willow Springs by a wire telling him his man is there. Jonah just doesn’t know what he looks like. When he gets to town, someone tries to shoot him. Jonah survives but is now a target, as one after another shooter tries to kill him. Jonah learns there are two other players in this game, and one is using him to smoke out the other. Angry that he is being used as a target, Jonah needs to figure out quickly what is going on so he can get out of town alive. It becomes clear he is being set up for someone else’s crimes. Can Jonah clear his name before a bullet finally hits its target?

Author : Anne Herries
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459231719

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A surprising solution! Lord Vincent Carlton requests that his mother invite Miss Cassandra Thornton for a visit. Having recently become an heiress, Cassie knows she needs help to bring her into style, but at least she can now afford to be selective about the man she’ll marry. Unbeknownst to her, however, her late brother had made five of his friends promise that, should he die, one would marry Cassie—and Lord Vincent had drawn the short straw….

Author : Anonim
Publisher : SmatteringsBooks
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Knife of Truth, A Matter of Honor by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sally Malcolm
Publisher : Stargate SG-1
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Interplanetary voyages
ISBN : 0954734327

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Five years after Major Henry Boyd and his team, SG-10, were trapped on the edge of a Black Hole, Colonel Jack O'Neill discovers a device that could bring them home.

Author : Jonathon Riley
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473811560

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The monument to Isaac Brock (17691812) on Queenston Heights in Canada, as high as Nelsons column in London, pays tribute to the military commander of all troops opposing the American invasion of Canada during the War of 1812. Brocks service during the War of 1812 includes leading the capture of Detroit. He was killed on the morning of 13 October 1812, leading a company of the 49th Foot in a counter-attack on the American lodgement atop Queenston Heights. Although Brock died and his uphill charge against the American muskets failed, the invasion was repulsed soon afterwards.A Matter of Honour focuses on Brocks career as a military commander and also as a civil administrator for the government of Upper Canada. Early chapters deal with his life and military service up to 1791. The book also records his command of the 49th Regiment in the Low Countries and at Copenhagen up to his arrival in Canada in 1802. Brock spent more time in Canada than any other British general who fought in the War of 1812. He faced a difficult situation in Canada, defending a long frontier with meagre resources. However, he was renowned for his resourcefulness, inspiring leadership and ability to keep opponents off-balance

Author : Martyn Beardsely
Publisher : Bookline & Thinker
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780956847638

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A Matter of Honour by Martyn Beardsely Pdf

The story of England's last fatal duel The insults that drew men to duels were often petty - a splash, a scrape or a disparaging word could all lead to pistols at dawn. When Charles Hawkey watched James Seton flirt with his beautiful wife, there was only one way to respond. The two men were honour bound to meet in a duel, but only one of them could return. New details on this story of honour - was Isabella Seton blameless or did she draw the rich Seton into a fatal romance?

Author : Charles Todd
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062237152

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In the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford investigates an old murder that occurred during her childhood in India, and begins a search for the truth that will transform her and leave her pondering a troubling question: How can facts lie? In 1908, when a young Bess Crawford lived in India, an unforgettable incident darkened the otherwise happy time. Her father's regiment discovered it had a murderer in its ranks, an officer who killed five people yet was never brought to trial. A decade later, tending to the wounded on the battlefields of France during World War I, Bess learns from a dying man that the alleged murderer, Lieutenant Wade, is alive and serving at the Front. According to reliable reports, he'd died years before, so how did Wade escape India? What drove a good man to murder in cold blood? Bess uses her leave to investigate. But when she stumbles on the horrific truth, she is shaken to her very core. The facts reveal a reality that could have been her own fate.

Author : Philip Mason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Armies
ISBN : 0333418379

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Author : Christian Reid
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368723842

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Author : Yoon Jung Park
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0739135538

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A Matter of Honour examines the shifting social, ethnic, racial, and national identities of Chinese South Africans over time. Park's study breaks away from the often narrow enquiries into ethnic and national identity in South Africa, offering valuable new perspectives on this shifting terrain of study.

Author : Louis Begley
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345494344

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“Terrifically intelligent, moving, and entertaining.” –The New York Sun “With snappy dialogue [and] intelligent prose . . . Begley paints a memorable portrait of lasting friendship and of the strength required to step outside of the expectations that surround each of us.” –Rocky Mountain News At the beginning of the 1950s, three disparate young men are thrown together as roommates at Harvard College: Henry White, a Polish-Jewish refugee who survived World War II by hiding in Poland; Archibald P. Palmer III, an Army brat; and Sam Standish, ostensibly the scion of a fine New England family who has just learned that he was adopted at birth by parents he cannot respect. Each seeks to come to terms with his identity or to remake it altogether. Henry’s task is especially daunting: He is determined to live as an American, free of the shackles of his hideous past. But reinvention is a bargain with the devil, and over the years each will find that it comes at a high cost, challenging one’s honor and loyalty to parents, friends, and ultimately oneself. “Absorbing . . . In full Henry James mode, Begley uses a lucid prose style to dispassionately eviscerate the upper classes even as he illuminates the true meaning of friendship.” –Booklist “The final moral crisis of Henry’s life [is] gorgeously evoked. . . . Begley’s analysis of class and anti-Semitism in America is often brilliant.” –The Washington Post Book World “A moving tale . . . [Begley’s] technique demands attention–and richly rewards it.” –The New York Observer “An elegant novel of enduring friendship.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Author : Kristi Ann Hunter
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493413799

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A Defense of Honor (Haven Manor Book #1) by Kristi Ann Hunter Pdf

When Katherine "Kit" FitzGilbert turned her back on London society more than a decade ago, she determined never to set foot in a ballroom again. But when business takes her to London and she's forced to run for her life, she stumbles upon not only a glamorous ballroom but also Graham, Lord Wharton. What should have been a chance encounter becomes much more as Graham embarks on a search for his friend's missing sister and is convinced Kit knows more about the girl than she's telling. After meeting Graham, Kit finds herself wishing things could have been different for the first time in her life, but what she wants can't matter. Long ago, she dedicated herself to helping women escape the same scorn that drove her from London and raising the innocent children caught in the crossfire. And as much as she desperately wishes to tell Graham everything, revealing the truth isn't worth putting him and everyone she loves in danger.