Download Full eBooks in PDF
Hostage To Fortune Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Hostage To Fortune book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Author : Elizabeth Cambridge
Publisher : Persephone Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Domestic fiction
ISBN : 1903155312
Author : Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015049656872
Memorial: Edward J. Essey Sr.
Author : Lisa Jardine,Alan Stewart
Publisher : Hill & Wang
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0809055406
The statesman, scientist, and philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) lived a divided life. Was he a noble scholar, or a conniving political crook? Was he a homosexual? Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart draw upon previously untapped sources to create a controversial nuanced portrait of the quintessential "Renaissance man", one whose achievements, while enormous, were nonetheless sadly circumscribed by his class and station.
Author : Simon Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Hospital ships
ISBN : 1899493034
Author : Peter C Newman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451686159
Esteemed Canadian author Peter C. Newman recounts the dramatic journey of the United Empire Loyalists—their exodus from America, their resettlement in the wilds of British North America, and their defense of what would prove to be the social and moral foundation of Canada. In 1776, tensions in the British colonies were reaching a fever pitch. The citizenry was divided between those who wished to establish a new republic and those who remained steadfast in their dedication to the British Empire. As the tensions inevitably boiled over into violence, fault lines were exposed as every person was forced to choose a side. Neighbours turned against each other. Families divided. Borders were redrawn. The conflict was long and bloody, and no side emerged unscathed. But there is one story that is often overlooked in the American Revolutionary canon. When the smoke from the battles had settled, tens of thousands of individuals who had remained loyal to the crown in the conflict found themselves without a home to return to. Destitute, distraught, and ostracized—or downright terrorized—by their former citizens, these Loyalists turned to the only place they had left to go: north. The open land of British North America presented the Loyalists with an opportunity to establish a new community distinct from the new American republic. But the journey to their new homes was far from easy. Beset by dangers at every turn—from starvation to natural disaster to armed conflict—the Loyalists migrated towards the promise of a new future. Their sacrifices set the groundwork for a country that would be completely unlike any other. Neither fully American nor truly British, the Loyalists established a worldview entirely of their own making, one that valued steady, peaceful, and pragmatic change over radical revolution. The Loyalists toiled tirelessly to make their dream a reality. And as the War of 1812 dawned, they proved they were willing to defend it with their very lives. In Hostages to Fortune, Peter C. Newman recounts the expulsion and migration of these brave Loyalists. In his inimitable style, Newman shines a light on the people, places, and events that set the stage for modern Canada.
Author : Oliver Lindsay
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750980548
In this remarkable study of the Far Eastern War, Oliver Lindsay and John R Harris have provided the most thorough and searching enquiry into the debacle which led to over 12,000 British, Canadian, Indian and Chinese defenders surrendering Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. The authors have made use of a mass of unpublished material - part of it drawn from the original war diaries which have never before been in the public domain.Although it is over 60 years since Hong Kong was liberated from the Japanese, numerous important questions regarding the war in the East and occupation of the Colony from 1941 to 1945 have not been explored until now. To what extent, for example, were Churchill and the successive Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff responsible for abandoning this outpost, which could not be reinforced when attacked or defended adequately? Is it true that fine leadership prolonged the fighting, inflicting serious casualties on the highly experienced Japanese when they struck in 1941? How useful was Britain's spying organization in China, which led to catastrophic repercussions for the POWs and Internees? What form did the Japanese atrocities take upon the helpless captives?This detailed and authoritative account of the campaign will provide a particularly compelling read for those interested in the Second World War or the history of the Far East.
Author : Kirsten Weiss
Publisher : misterio press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781944767464
Abigail and Hyperion uncork a murder… Tea and Tarot room owner Abigail Beanblossom is used to running interference for her socially-awkward former boss, tech bazillionaire Razzzor. So when he invites her on a stakeout to investigate the sale of counterfeit wine from his latest venture – an upscale winery – she barrels on in. But the two stumble across the corpse of a wine merchant, and new wine in old bottles is now the least of their problems. Good thing amateur detectives Abigail and her partner, Tarot reader Hyperion Night, have a nose for murder. With their quirky family and friends, their investigation takes them from elegant wine cellars to chic tea parties on the California coast. But just as the investigation starts to get its legs, Abigail discovers there’s more than wine at the bottom of this crime… Hostage to Fortune is book 2 in the Tea and Tarot cozy mystery series. Get cozy with this hilarious whodunit today! Tearoom recipes in the back of the book!
Author : Joan Lingard
Publisher : Puffin HC
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995-05-25
Category : Young adult fiction
ISBN : 0140374000
This is the latest of Joan Lingard's hauntingly powerful Kevin and Sadie novels which set young love against the backdrop of the Irish troubles.
Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : True Crime
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081133022
Author : Carolyn McCrae
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788037853
The eighth novel from award-winning author Carolyn McCrae Hostage to Fortune is an intriguing, well written, tightly-plotted and entirely satisfyingly completed story with a twist. Husband and wife team, Skye and Fergal Shepherd, specialise in researching family histories but also act as consultant investigators to a section of the Security Services run by Gordon Hamilton. Having met in A Set of Lies they completed their first assignment in Second Strand and are called upon again in Hostage to Fortune. Gordon asks them to investigate the disappearance of Diane Hammill, a keeper of a safe house. Within a few days they believe they have located her but, against direct instructions, they then involve themselves in two other, seemingly unconnected, events that occur in Diane’s home town within days of her disappearance: the assassination of prominent politician, Warwick Eden, and the apparent suicide of Ryan O’Donnell, a crew-member on Eden’s luxury yacht. Skye and Fergal focus their attention on Guy Cliffe, another member of Eden’s yacht crew, whose family appears to be linked to Warwick Eden’s dead brother, Barford. What they learn of four generations of the Eden family leads them to Southern Spain, to the horrific events of 1936 and that country’s Civil War and it is there that they find the solution to the mystery Gordon had intended them to investigate all along; not Diane’s disappearance, not the assassination, nor the subsequent murders, but something altogether more interesting. Set in Devon, the Caribbean and Spain, Hostage to Fortune will appeal to fans of non-formulaic crime and mystery fiction.
Author : Cassie Miles
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460303993
In a twist of fate, midwife Kelly Evans is the only person to hear the last words of a dying man. Although the words make no sense, someone thinks she knows more than she should. And millionaire playboy Nick Spencer may just be her fiercest protector. If his uncle was murdered, Nick fears the Spencer fortune is at risk. And worse, that Kelly, an innocent bystander, may be in danger. When a hostage situation traps Kelly within the killer's grasp, Nick knows he holds the key to her release. He'll do anything to save her life—even if it costs him his own.
Author : Michael Ennis
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771030765
A sweeping, intense historical thriller starring two of the great minds of Renaissance Italy: Niccolò Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci. Based on a real historical mystery, and involving serial murder and a gruesome cat and mouse game at the highest levels of the Church -- it was the era of the infamous Borgias -- The Malice of Fortune is a delicious treat for fans of Umberto Eco, Sarah Dunant, and Elizabeth Kostova. This brilliant novel is an epic tale exploring the backdrop of the most controversial work of the Italian Renaissance, The Prince. Here, Niccolò Machiavelli, the great "scientist" of human behaviour becomes, in effect, the first criminal profiler, while his contemporary and sometime colleague, the erratic genius Leonardo da Vinci, brings his observational powers to the increasingly desperate hunt for a brilliant, terrifying serial murderer. Their foil and partner is the exquisite Damiata, scholar and courtesan. All three know their quarry is someone who holds enormous power, both to tear Italy apart, and destroy each of their most beloved dreams. And every thrilling step is based on historical fact.
Author : Christopher Whitcomb
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780446551212
Only 200 people have ever been in Christopher Whitcomb's elite branch of the F.B.I. The Hostage Rescue Team is its most highly trained and specialized squadron -- equivalent to the Navy's Seals and the Army's Delta Force -- charged with terrorist capture, hostage situations, and other large-scale emergencies in the U.S. and around the world. Whitcomb is the first HRT member ever to write about his experience. With breathtaking immediacy, Whitcomb describes the brutal training, the weapons and tactics, and the unbreakable camaraderie of the HRT. In short order, after joining HRT in 1991, Whitcomb was sent on missions to Ruby Ridge and Waco, and his frank assessment of those missions is must reading for anyone interested in modern law enforcement. Only rarely does a writer this accomplished have a life this dramatic. Cold Zero is a book of rare action and emotion, and one that introduces a remarkable new writer to the world.
Author : Nick Lake
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781408829660
It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing: a girl on a yacht with her super-rich banker father; a chance for the family to heal after a turbulent time; the peaceful sea, the warm sun . . . But a nightmare is about to explode as a group of Somali pirates seizes the boat and its human cargo - and the family becomes a commodity in a highly sophisticated transaction. Hostage 1 is Dad - the most valuable. Amy is Hostage 3. As she builds a strange bond with one of her captors, it becomes brutally clear that the price of a life and its value are very different things . . .
Author : Adrian Levy,Cathy Scott-Clark
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007457052
The shocking true story of a brutal kidnapping high in the mountains of Kashmir that marked the beginning of modern terrorism.
