Books with author Charles Johnston

An energy vampire using the name Valencia Alucard is behind the theft of a priceless jewel, and Mr. Franklin Forrester—the curator of the Mount Melania Museum—has called in the “Super Sleuths Seven” to help him solve this mystery.At Alucard Castle, Roxy is attacked and drained of her energy, and the Sleuths trace her energy drain back to a failed experiment scrapped by one of Eden Starling’s friends—but the shocking conclusion is that Miss Alucard is not who she appears to be.Even with some help from the true owner of Alucard Castle—Anneliese Benton—can the Super Sleuths Seven trap Valencia during the annual Alucard Monster Ball and expose her scheme once and for all?

Excerpt from A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &C. To Which Is Added: Tryals of the Most Notorious Malefactors, at the Sessions-House in the Old Baily, LondonLieutenants, two Pilots, one Surgeon, and one'réli; gions Man of the Order. Of St. Francis for their Chaplain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea is a classic collection of pirate biographies by Charles H. L. Johnston. Of sea fighters there have been many: the pirate, the fillibusterer, the man-of-warsman, and the privateer. The first was primarily a ruffian and, secondarily, a brute, although now and again there were pirates who shone by contrast only. The fillibusterer was also engaged in lawless fighting on the sea and to this service were attracted the more daring and adventurous souls who swarmed about the shipping ports in search of employment and pelf.

A novel in the honorable tradition of Billy Budd and Moby Dick . . . heroic in proportion . . . engrossing.--The New York Times Book Review. Middle Passage is an astonishing work of historical fiction about the slave trade which combines elements of classic 19th-century sea-going novels with the existential angst of a 20th-century philosopher. The result is a resonant work that is completely original and truly unforgettable.

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