Mayne Reid: 170 books

This is an excellent book, telling of the adventures of three midshipmen and a much older sailor from a British warship that went aground off the coast of Africa and sank with all hands on board. These surviving four find themselves afloat on a spar which they paddle for several days until they reach...

Excerpt h we were travelling, although uninhabited and almost unexplored by the Mexican Spaniards, was yet part of their territory; and such objects as were known to them, through hunters or others, had received names in their language. We crossed the Pecos, and travelled for some days...

The story takes place in Texas soon after the War with Mexico. Louise Poindexter, a beautiful newcomer, is courted by two men – the arrogant and vindictive Cassius Calhoun and the dashing but poor mustanger Maurice Gerald. Calhoun plots to eliminate his rival when tragedy strikes: Louise's brother,...

Je venais d’avoir seize ans lorsque je m’enfuis de la maison paternelle pour m’engager comme matelot. Ce n’était pas que je fusse malheureux dans ma famille ; je quittais, au contraire, des parents affectueux et remplis d’indulgence, des sœurs et des frères qui m’aimaient et qui me...

Excerpt s crew will be quite sufficient. As to any hostility from those on board the stranger, that's absurd. We could blow her out of the water with a single broadside." "Who's to command the boat, sir?" The captain reflects, with a look cast inquiringly around....

An exciting novel covering the historical period between 1640 and 1650, with focus on British politics and society.

C’est l’heure de la garde montante à l’École militaire de West-Point, par une belle matinée de juin. Les élèves ou cadets, en uniforme gris, rangés en ligne et silencieux, regardent droit devant eux, à la distance réglementaire de quinze pas, tandis qu’un officier à la taille...

Dans notre dernière campagne au Mexique, dit le capitaine Worfield en achevant de rouler sa cigarette, j’avais été dirigé avec ma compagnie sur un village éloigné où nous devions attendre les ordres du quartier général. C’était...

Excerpt have never met a bear, but I'd just like to try one." "Dear sister, you frighten me. Oh, do not think of such a thing! Indeed, Marian, I am never happy when you are away in the woods. I am always afraid of your meeting with some great wild beast, which may devour you....