[PDF] The Iron Ship eBook

Author : K. M. McKinley
Publisher : Solaris
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1849979111

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Merchant, industrialist and explorer Trassan Kressind has an audacious plan – combining the might of magic and iron in the heart of a great ship to navigate an uncrossed ocean, seeking the city of the extinct Morfaan to uncover the secrets of their lost sciences. Ambition runs strongly in the Kressind family, and for each of Trassan’s siblings fate beckons. Soldier Rel is banished to a vital frontier, bureaucrat Garten balances responsibility with family loyalty, sister Katriona is determined to carve herself a place in a world of men, outcast Guis struggles to contain the energies of his soul, while priest Aarin dabbles in forbidden sorcery. The world is in turmoil as new money brings new power, and the old social order crumbles. And as mankind’s arts grow stronger, a terror from the ancient past awakens... This highly original fantasy depicts a unique world, where tired gods walk industrial streets and the tide’s rise and fall is extreme enough to swamp continents. Magic collides with science to create a rich backdrop for intrigue and adventure in the opening book of this epic saga.

Author : James Dugan
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Cables, Submarine
ISBN : 9780750934473

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The Great Iron Ship tells the story of Brunel's masterpiece and the contribution of John Scott Russell, its revolutionary engineer. A human story and an account of a world-changing enterprise - the Atlantic cable - it should appeal to anyone interested in the history of sea travel and invention.

Author : Adrian G. Marshall
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 35,92 MB
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9971698226

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The Nemesis was the first of a generation of iron-clad, steam-powered naval vessels that established British dominance in Asian waters in the nineteenth century. The world’s first iron warship, the first vessel with truly watertight compartments, and the first iron vessel to round the Cape of Good Hope, Nemesis represented a staggering superiority over the oar- and sail-powered naval forces of Britain’s Asian rivals. Yet strangely her story has never been told to modern audiences, and her origins and actions have until now been shrouded in mystery. This lively narrative places her in the historical context of the last years of the East India Company, and in the history of steam power and iron ships. It tells of her exploits in the First Opium War, in pirate suppression and naval actions across Asia, from Bombay to Burma to the Yangtze River and beyond.

Author : Ronald Utt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1621570088

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The War of 1812 is typically noted for a handful of events: the burning of the White House, the rise of the Star Spangled Banner, and the battle of New Orleans. But in fact the greatest consequence of that distant conflict was the birth of the U.S. Navy. During the War of 1812, America’s tiny fleet took on the mightiest naval power on earth, besting the British in a string of victories that stunned both nations. In his new book, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Birth of the American Navy, author Dr. Ronald Utt not only sheds new light on the naval battles of the War of 1812 and how they gave birth to our nation’s great navy, but tells the story of the War of 1812 through the portraits of famous American war heroes. From the cunning Stephen Decatur to the fierce David Porter, Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron relates how thousands of American men and boys gave better than they got against the British Navy. The great age of fighting sail is as rich in heroic drama as any epoch. Dr. Utt’s Ships of Oak and Guns of Iron retrieves the American chapter of that epoch from unjustified obscurity, and offers readers an intriguing chronicle of the War of 1812 as well as a unique perspective on the birth of the U.S. Navy.

Author : Simon Read
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0306921707

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From the acclaimed military history author, this action-packed World War II history describes the Allies' brutal naval engagements and daring harbor raids to destroy the backbone of Hitler's surface fleet. The sea had become a mass grave by 1941 as Hitler's four capital warships -- Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, and Bismarck, the largest warship on the ocean -- roamed the wind-swept waves, threatening the Allied war effort and sending thousands of men to the icy depths of the North Atlantic. Bristling with guns and steeled in heavy armor, these reapers of the sea could outrun and outgun any battleship in the Allied arsenal. The deadly menace kept Winston Churchill awake at night; he deemed them "targets of supreme consequence." The campaign against Hitler's surface fleet would continue into the dying days of World War II and involve everything from massive warships engaged in bloody, fire-drenched battle to daring commando raids in German occupied harbors. This is the fast-paced story of the Allied bomber crews, brave sailors, and bold commandoes who "sunk the Bismarck" and won a hard-fought victory over Hitler's iron sea. Using official war diaries, combat reports, eyewitness accounts and personal letters, Simon Read brings the action and adventure to vivid life. The result is an enthralling and gripping story of the Allied heroes who fought on a watery battlefield.

Author : James L. Nelson
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0061857033

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At the outbreak of the Civil War, North and South quickly saw the need to develop the latest technology in naval warfare, the ironclad ship. After a year-long scramble to finish first, in a race filled with intrigue and second guessing, blundering and genius, the two ships -- the Monitor and the Merrimack -- after a four-hour battle, ended the three-thousand-year tradition of wooden men-of-war and ushered in "the reign of iron." In the first major work on the subject in thirty-five years, novelist, historian, and tall-ship sailor James L. Nelson, acclaimed author of the Brethren of the Coast trilogy, brilliantly recounts the story of these magnificent ships, the men who built and fought them, and the extraordinary battle that made them legend.

Author : Avi
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 17,38 MB
Release : 2010-02-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1423140621

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Iron Thunder

Author : Dennis Hamley
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 2002-06
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9780749646059

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The successful Sparks series looks at major events in British history through the eyes of fictional and real-life characters. Each book takes the form of a lively and exciting narrative, which contains a lot of interesting information about each event. The Iron Ship. Brunel's iron ship is stuck high on a beach by Maeve's home. She doesn't realise it, but the great ship is to change her life forever. The Fight for the Vote. Kitty's birthday treat is a trip to the seaside and lunch at a hotel. But when she arrives, a group of suffragettes is protesting outside the hotel, and one of them looks very familiar. Boudicca Fights Back. Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, is furious. She has been insulted by the Romans and has decided she is going to war. Callie's task is to go into Camulodunum and stir up fear and confusion among the Romans. But she's just one small girl against a city of invaders.