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The King's Own Borderers: A Military Romance, Volume 2 (of 3)

The King's Own Borderers: A Military Romance, Volume 2 (of 3)

by James Grant

Ignoring the source or cause of the excitement among the household, Cosmo lounged into the breakfast-parlour, where the silver urns were hissing amid a very chaste equipage, and where the September sun was shining in through clusters of sweet briar and monthly roses, and as he seated himself he handed to his father a long official-like document, at..

The King's Own Borderers: A Military Romance, Volume 3 (of 3)

The King's Own Borderers: A Military Romance, Volume 3 (of 3)

by James Grant

For two other entire days the rain continued to pour as it only pours in the Peninsula during the wet season, and our travellers were compelled to keep close within the doors of the Villa de Maciera. Could Quentin have lifted the veil that hides the future, and foreseen the turmoil and danger in which this unexpected delay would eventually involve ..

The Hundred Cuirassiers

The Hundred Cuirassiers

by James Grant

In the following pages are narrated much of real life and adventure, with much that is historically true; but these passages I leave to the inquiring reader to discover or to separate. The localities are all described from old works or other sources, as they existed in the time of the hero. Many of the characters are real, and belong to history, su..