N Beetham Stark: 27 books

This book is set during the Napoleonic Wars. Jack Lampray is the opposite of a conscientious young British naval officer. He hates his older brother, Norman, and sets out to destroy him. He wants to inherit Eagle Crest, the family home, and leave Norman out in the cold. When his father disapproves...

Skel follows King Harold to battle at Hastings. When the English lose, Skel is taken prisoner along with several hundred other English youths. Skel is most unusual for his great size and strength and becomes the leader of the English slaves. Over the course of his life, he and his companions suffer...

Condor is a young man who is in love with the sea, but his twin brother, Hugh, does not share his passion. Thirst for adventure puts the two young men on a ship with Francis Drake. Drake harbors incredible ambition and does whatever is necessary to advance his career. He is also paranoid and forces...

This book covers the lives of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V from 1377-1422 A.D. and is sub-titled, “Bad King, Fair King and Good King?” The challenge is to decide which of these three kings was really the good king. The scholars will tell you that Henry V was a great king because of the large...

Brothers 4 is a story about the four Angevin brothers, sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and four fictitious Irish orphans who are raised by an English knight, Sir Hugh Fitz Gilbert of Tonbridge. The events and most of the persons in the story are true to history, as far as our knowledge...

Shadow Kings is about the lives of two orphan Irish boys who manage to become part of the court of Henry III (!216). One is a talented archer and swordsman and is able to serve Henry in his army. The other is a scholar with command of several languages and a strong artistic skill which made him perfectly...

Edward’s Right Hand is about a young Irish boy who is a superb swordsman and archer. He grows up with Prince Edward who becomes King Edward I. As a young man, he becomes the Master-at-Arms for Edward and fights in his many battles with the Welsh and Scots. He even accompanies him to Jerusalem to...

The Twins of Torsh is the story of identical twin brothers, Jason and Julius during a time of conquest when England was settling into being another Roman state (44 AD). As youths, no one could tell the two brothers apart but as they grew to be men, each took a different path. Jason became a...

The Wrong Roman is a combination of information on the construction of the great wall and the antics of two twins who are psychopaths and who left their evil mark along the entire Wall. They are fictitious but their existence is believable given the times and the isolation of the fortified Wall. These...

Rolf is twelve, an Irish boy living in 796 AD. He sees his entire family slaughtered by Vikings and he is captured by them and taken to Norway. The short, stocky Viking chief would have him, a long, lanky youth, as his son-in-law, but Rolf will have none of his fat, giggling daughters. Rolf wants...

Edward II of England was the royal misfit of the 14th century. He was the son of the great English King Edward I who was known for his battles with the Scots. His son, Edward II took up the battle call and continued most unsuccessfully to fight the Scots. Yet he did not win any battles on his own....

King Stephen and Queen Maude (Matilda) fought for 19 years over the crown of England. Unfortunately, neither person had the qualities to make a good ruler. Queen Maude (Matilda), was never a queen and not even an empress even though she was married originally to the Holy Roman Emperor. She had an...

Stories here are original and fictitious. They are intended to entertain. The first of the short stories in this book is ‘Tub and Chub’. Two little fat boys have been told by their mother that they can have no candy this Christmas. They panic. Their candy cache is empty, devoid of sweets, drained!...