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Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866-1944), also known by the
pen name Weatherby Chesney, was a novelist best remembered for his
early fantasy novel "The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis."
Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866-1944), also known by the
pen name Weatherby Chesney, was a novelist best remembered for his
early fantasy novel "The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis."
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Illustrated Battles of the Napoleonic Age-Volume 1 - Marengo, Copenhagen, Egypt, Janissary Rebellion, Laswaree & Assaye, Pulo Aor, Austerlitz, Trafalgar, Jena, Maida, Walcheren and Albuera (Hardcover)
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, D. H. Parry
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R786
Discovery Miles 7 860
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Forty-four battles of the Napoleonic era in words and pictures
Napoleon was one of the most significant figures in world history;
a military and administrative genius, statesman and despot, he set
Europe ablaze and his influence around the globe resounds to this
day. While there is no real glory in warfare, the Napoleonic
period, with its marching Imperial armies, plumes bobbing above
casques and shakos, and martial figures in uniforms glinting with
steel, brass or bronze, is an irresistibly romantic time that
fascinates both serious students and casual readers. Great battles
were fought across continents, from the heat of the Iberian
Peninsula to the snows of the Russian steppe, from the sands of
Egypt to the northern woodlands of the Canadian frontier. This
world at war, on land and sea, has been chronicled in hundreds of
books, from first-hand accounts by soldiers who knew its battles to
the works of modern historians who know there is an eager
readership. Today we are familiar with photographs of warfare, but
in the early nineteenth century the visual documentation of wars
was undertaken by a host of talented artists and illustrators, and
it is their work that places this unique Leonaur four volume set
above the ordinary. Compiled from the writings of well regarded
historians and experts on the subject, these accounts were
originally part of a multi-volume collection of essays on the
battles of the entire 19th century. Each essay benefits from the
inclusion of illustrations, diagrams and maps to support and
enhance the narrative, many of which will be unfamiliar to modern
readers.
Battles covered in this first volume include Marengo, Copenhagen,
Egypt, Janissary Rebellion, Laswaree & Assaye, Pulo Aor,
Austerlitz, Trafalgar, Jena, Maida, Walcheren and Albuera.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis is a fantasy novel by C.
J. Cutcliffe Hyne. It is considered one of the classic fictional
retellings of the story of the drowning of Atlantis, combining
elements of the myth told by Plato with the earlier Greek myth
concerning the survival of a universal flood and restoration of the
human race by Deucalion a warrior-priest of ancient Atlantis.
Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne (1866-1944), also known by the
pen name Weatherby Chesney, was a novelist. He is perhaps best
remembered as the author of The Lost Continent: The Story of
Atlantis, as well as his Captain Kettle stories.
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Illustrated Battles of the Napoleonic Age-Volume 1 - Marengo, Copenhagen, Egypt, Janissary Rebellion, Laswaree & Assaye, Pulo Aor, Austerlitz, Trafalgar, Jena, Maida, Walcheren and Albuera (Paperback)
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, D. H. Parry
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R547
Discovery Miles 5 470
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Out of stock
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Forty-four battles of the Napoleonic era in words and pictures
Napoleon was one of the most significant figures in world history;
a military and administrative genius, statesman and despot, he set
Europe ablaze and his influence around the globe resounds to this
day. While there is no real glory in warfare, the Napoleonic
period, with its marching Imperial armies, plumes bobbing above
casques and shakos, and martial figures in uniforms glinting with
steel, brass or bronze, is an irresistibly romantic time that
fascinates both serious students and casual readers. Great battles
were fought across continents, from the heat of the Iberian
Peninsula to the snows of the Russian steppe, from the sands of
Egypt to the northern woodlands of the Canadian frontier. This
world at war, on land and sea, has been chronicled in hundreds of
books, from first-hand accounts by soldiers who knew its battles to
the works of modern historians who know there is an eager
readership. Today we are familiar with photographs of warfare, but
in the early nineteenth century the visual documentation of wars
was undertaken by a host of talented artists and illustrators, and
it is their work that places this unique Leonaur four volume set
above the ordinary. Compiled from the writings of well regarded
historians and experts on the subject, these accounts were
originally part of a multi-volume collection of essays on the
battles of the entire 19th century. Each essay benefits from the
inclusion of illustrations, diagrams and maps to support and
enhance the narrative, many of which will be unfamiliar to modern
readers.
Battles covered in this first volume include Marengo, Copenhagen,
Egypt, Janissary Rebellion, Laswaree & Assaye, Pulo Aor,
Austerlitz, Trafalgar, Jena, Maida, Walcheren and Albuera.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1903 Edition.
His Adventures, Set To Paper By Mary Laughan, A Maid, Who Through
Affection Followed Him To The West Indies And Spanish Main, Acting
As His Secretary, He Deeming Her A Male Though Timid.
His Adventures, Set To Paper By Mary Laughan, A Maid, Who Through
Affection Followed Him To The West Indies And Spanish Main, Acting
As His Secretary, He Deeming Her A Male Though Timid.
By C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne --The arm of the sea at the head of which
the vast city of Atlantis stands, varies greatly in width. In
places where the mountains have over-boiled, and sent their liquid
contents down to form hard stone below, the channel has barely a
river's wideness, and then beyond, for the next half-day's sail it
will widen out into a lake, with the sides barely visible.
The finest tale ever written of fabled Atlantis, "The Lost
Continent" is a sweeping, fiery saga of the last days of the doomed
land. Atlantis, at the height of its power and glory, is without
equal. It has established far-flung colonies in Egypt and Central
America, and its mighty navies patrol the seas. The priests of
Atlantis channel the elemental powers of the universe, and a
powerful monarch rules from a staggeringly beautiful city of
pyramids and shining temples clustered around a sacred mountain.
Mighty Atlantis is also decaying and corrupt. Its people are
growing soft and decadent, and many live in squalor. Rebellion is
in the air, and prophecies of doom ring forth. Into this epic drama
of the end of time stride two memorable characters: the
warrior-priest Deucalion, stern, just, and loyal, and the Empress
Phorenice, brilliant, ambitious, and passionate. The old and new
Atlantis collide in a titanic showdown between Deucalion and
Phorenice, a struggle that soon affects the destiny of an entire
civilization.
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