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Armada
Set in Elizabethan times, two Devonian adventurers do battle on the High Seas with the Spanish whenever possible. Ranging all along the Atlantic, the novel culminates in the Spanish Armada in 1588.

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Talwar
Set in India in the period of French and English rivalry, between 1740 and 1750. The East India Company must negotiate local and geopolitics to make headway in the vast continent. Real characters such as Robert Clive make their appearance and there is of course love interest aplenty as the hero tries to make his way in this cut throat world.

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Courage
Set in the early days of the French Revolutionary Wars, a Royal Navy Captain's mission to France becomes far more complicated than expected when he falls in love with an aristocrat en route to the guillotine. What ensues is adventure on the high seas to all corners of the world.

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Barbarians
Set in China during the 1860 Taiping rebellion. A band of mercenaries seeks to make its fortune in the chaos of the rebellion. The Emperor seems oblivious to the internecine quarrels swirling around his throne and then the Europeans seek to take advantage of the tottering empire.

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