Excerpt from The Spitfire, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of the Sea "It cannot be, Herbert, it cannot be. I can neither relinquish my rights nor my hopes. You know how I have been wronged; you know how bitterly, how cruelly I have been used. My brother - and still he is my brother has - cheated me of my birthright; and, not contented with crushing me by poverty, has imbued the father of the girl - the only girl I ever loved - with such hatred against me, that I am considered as a dependent where I ought to be in affluence - an intruder where I might have been a son." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Excerpt from The Spitfire, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of the Sea It sounds strangely in my ears, the re quest that I should marry your father, and you yourself are a mother you might call me your child's grandmother; and that, said Laura, archly, would make me look a young and inte resting bride. Although, my dear Laura, that might sound strangely, as you say, divest it of all imagination, and the difference is really nothing very alarming. My father married when he was only twenty, and, at this moment, I am not yet that, age you are nineteen - so that all the immense difference is only twenty years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

This book features a collection of articles and official accounts and records on events of the First World War (1914-1918), contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars", which was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the related 1918 Spanish flu pandemic caused another 17-100 million deaths worldwide._x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ What Caused the War_x000D_ The Defense of Liège_x000D_ The Great Retreat_x000D_ The Battle of the Marne_x000D_ How the French Fought_x000D_ The Race for the Channel_x000D_ The Last Ditch in Belgium_x000D_ Why Turkey Entered the War_x000D_ The Falkland Sea Fight_x000D_ Cruise of the Emden_x000D_ Capture of Tsing-Tao_x000D_ Gallipoli_x000D_ Gas: Second Battle of Ypres_x000D_ The Canadians at Ypres_x000D_ Sinking of the Lusitania_x000D_ Mountain Warfare_x000D_ The Great Champagne Offensive of 1915_x000D_ The Tragedy of Edith Cavell_x000D_ Gallipoli Abandoned_x000D_ The Death-Ship in the Sky_x000D_ The Battle of Verdun_x000D_ The Battle of Jutland Bank_x000D_ Taking the Col di Lana_x000D_ The Battle of the Somme_x000D_ Russia's Refugees_x000D_ The Tragedy of Rumania_x000D_ Sixteen Months a War Prisoner_x000D_ Under German Rule in France and Belgium_x000D_ The Anglo-Russian Campaign in Turkey_x000D_ Kitchener_x000D_ Why America Broke with Germany_x000D_ How the War Came to America_x000D_ The War Message_x000D_ British Operations at Saloniki_x000D_ In Petrograd During the Seven Days_x000D_ America's First Shot_x000D_ German Activities in the United States_x000D_ Preparing for War_x000D_ The Capture of Jerusalem_x000D_ American Ships and German Submarines_x000D_ A Destroyer in Active Service_x000D_ East Africa_x000D_ Greece's Atonement_x000D_ The Italians at Bay_x000D_ Bottling up Zeebrugge and Ostend_x000D_ With the American Submarines_x000D_ Wounded Heroes of France_x000D_ The Battle of Picardy_x000D_ Bulgaria Quits_x000D_ The Fighting Czecho-Slovaks_x000D_ Six Days on the American Firing Line_x000D_ An American Battlefield_x000D_ Night Raids from the Air_x000D_ The American Army in Europe_x000D_ The American Navy In Europe_x000D_ Armistice Terms Signed by Germany_x000D_ Covenant of the League of Nations_x000D_ Treaty of Peace with Germany_x000D_ Treaty of Peace with Austria

Excerpt from The Spitfire, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of the Sea Four months had elapsed since the ball; not a tiding had been heard no - letter came to remove the doubts and despondency of Laura Mackenzie; and even Law's advice, as to her removal into Cornwall, had been unavailing. He had received no tidings of his client; but the secret cause in which he was retained, had, by his activity, become so certain, that had the mysterious stranger appeared, proceedings would instantly have been begun. "I would have an answer, my dear Laura," About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

I had a plan. Finish law school. Start a job. Stay away from men like Brandon Sterling. Cocky, overbearing, and richer than the earth, he thinks the world belongs to him, and that includes me.Yeah, no. Think again.It doesn't matter that his blue eyes look straight into my soul, or that his touch melts my icy reserve. It doesn't even matter that past all that swagger, there's a beautiful, damaged man who has so much to offer beyond private planes and jewelry boxes.But I had a plan: no falling in love. I just have to convince myself.

This first of two volumes on the Supermarine Spitfire covers the design, testing, development, and early WWII combat use of the famed British fighter aircraft's initial variants. The Spitfire in its original marques up to the Mk. VII provided a platform that allowed the Royal Air Force to challenge the German Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters during the 1939-1942 period of WWII. The book also covers the Seafire Marques I to III, which provided similarly valuable service for the British Navy's Fleet Air Arm.