PDF Books in War & Military Fiction
A Watch-dog of the North Sea
by Percy F. WestermanA Watch-dog of the North Sea is a naval story of the great war written by Percy F. Westerman who has also written other novels like "A SUB. OF THE R.N.R." "THE DREADNOUGHT OF THE AIR".Excerpts from the book:A bugle-call rang out shrill and clear in the wintry air. "Thank goodness—at last," murmured Eric Greenwood. "That's an end to 'A..
Little Wars
by H. G. WellsH. G. Wells Little Wars is a book of game with set of rules followed by his earlier work Floor Games. While it will be more interesting to play it as a game, the real war is the worst artificial calamities which can be avoided by mankind. While the elementary level of the game is simple rules of movement and firing with set timings, an extension of..
Rilla of Ingleside
by Lucy Maud MontgomeryUnusual to the base of Anne Of Green Gables series Lucy explores the World War in her novel Rilla of Ingleside. Anne Shirley's role in this novel is very much limited and revolves around her youngest daughter Rilla in her juvenile age. It is believed that Lucy's original manuscript is edited to comply with the current anti-German sentiment. T..
The Blockade Runners
by Jules VerneThe Blockade Runners is a military fiction novel written by Jules Verne, based on the incidents of lost blockade runners during American Civil War. James Playfair in a mission to rescue Halliburtt, an abolitionist has to breakinto Charleston blockade. Can he succeed in his mission. ..
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
by Herman MelvilleWhite-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850. The book is based on the author's fourteen months service in the United States Navy The novel takes its title from the outer garment that the eponymous main character fashions for himself on board ship, with materials..
The Marble Faun
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known by the British title Transformation, was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was published in 1860. The Marble Faun, written on the eve of the American Civil War, is set in a fantastical Italy. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, gothic novel, and tr..
The Hero of the People - A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty
by Alexandre DumasFrench author Alexandre Dumas is known for penning many masterpieces of historical fiction, including The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. The tale The Hero of the People, set in the waning days of the French Revolution, tweaks Dumas' classic formula by adding a little more romance to the equation. With action, adventure, ..
The Mesmerist's Victim
by Alexandre DumasSet in Paris during the French Revolution, The Mesmerist's Victim tells a tale of star-crossed lovers whose romance blooms at an extremely inopportune moment in history. Will they be able to find happiness together, or will they be swallowed up in the tumult of radical political and social change?Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père,..