Bøger af Dean King

A crucial, forgotten chapter of American history--immortalized in a survivor's firsthand account that became one of the bestselling books in 19th-century America and influenced Abraham Lincoln's thoughts on slavery--is brilliantly retold for a new generation.

The gripping new history of the most famous blood feud in American history, by the bestselling author of Skeletons on the Zahara.

An astounding story of China's Long March, from the acclaimed author of Skeletons on the Zahara.

This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references that appear in the novels of Patrick O'Brian.

This guide to navigating Patrick O'Brian's well loved Aubrey-Maturin novels has been updated, with chapters devoted to the final books in the series. It contains maps created exclusively for each of the novels in this world-renowned series.

The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub. On 28 August 1815 the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania's Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety.