It is 1805, and Napoleon prepares to invade England. Asked by the Admiralty to risk a shameful death, Hornblower agrees to a dangerous mission:... Read more

Janet Perkins, the school secretary of St. Gertrudes, announces that junior school life has finally got her down. Realising that desperate... Read more

To be Commander-in-Chief of the West Indies, with nothing more to worry about than the suppression of the slave trade, the hunting down of piracy... Read more

The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower faces the fury of the French and Spanish fleets... Read more

Tensions are escalating between England and Napoleon's France. While the Royal Navy launches reconnaissance, rescue missions and spies on the... Read more

When the new cooks arrive at school, everyone is delighted, particularly Billy Baxter and his chipaholic friends - every day there are chips on... Read more

Marcus Didius Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked - by a gruesomely severed human hand. Soon other... Read more

Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings... Read more

This is the story of a rifleman's resourcefulness in a single-handed war against the forces of Napoleon. Separated from his regiment he uses... Read more

THE WORLD CRISIS: 1911-1918

Part One

Winston Churchill's superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a... Read more