Word of Honour is a collection of short stories on defending and protecting personal honour.

In 'SERGEANT MICHAEL CASSIDY & OTHER WAR STORIES: 67 Short Stories in One Edition', the reader is presented with a versatile array of narratives that delve deeply into the raw emotions and complex realities of wartime experiences. Edited by H. C. McNeile, this collection spans a breathtaking spectrum of literary styles, from gripping frontline accounts to poignant personal reflections, all unified by their exploration of the human condition in the crucible of war. These tales not only capt...

NO MAN'S LAND (A WW1 Saga) presents an evocative tapestry of narratives exploring the harrowing and transformative experiences of World War I. This anthology traverses diverse literary styles, from gripping narratives and vivid character explorations to poignant reflections on the realities of war. Within its pages, the reader encounters the full spectrum of human emotion and experience related to the Great War, each piece contributing uniquely to the overarching theme of conflict and its ...

NO MAN'S LAND (A WW1 Saga) offers an insightful exploration through a tapestry of stark narratives, capturing the emotional and psychological landscapes shaped by World War I. The anthology presents a range of literary styles, from poignant personal letters and diaries to gripping narrative fiction, encapsulating the immense diversity of human experiences during the war. The nuanced portrayal of soldier and civilian lives alike illuminates the broader socio-political and cultural upheavals...

This collection includes the great masterpieces of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Secret Adversary The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Masque of the Red Death The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Purloined Letter Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet...

Sergeant Michael Cassidy, The Lieutenant & Other War Stories gathers sixty-seven compact narratives shaped by the pressures, ironies, and brutal intimacies of modern war. Moving between trench episode, military sketch, adventure tale, and character study, the volume reveals a literary world in which courage, class, discipline, fear, and comradeship are tested under extreme conditions. Standout pieces such as "Sergeant Michael Cassidy" and "The Lieutenant" exemplify the collection's interes...

‘Demobilised officer, finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate, if possible; but crime, if of a comparatively humorous description, no objection. Excitement essential... Reply at once Box X10.’ Hungry for adventure following the First World War, Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond begins a career as the invincible protectorate of his country. His first reply comes from a beautiful young woman, who sends him racing off to investigate what at first looks like blackma...

Immaculate, charming, fearless wanderer, Jim Maitland, has a peculiar code of morals and an unforgettable character. Our enthusiastic narrator, Leyton, meets the legendary Maitland on the Island of Tampico -- a flawless jewel in a sapphire sea, with more vice than the slums of a city - and leaps at the chance to accompany this charismatic man on his spontaneous travels.

No Man's Land (Unabridged) gathers H. C. McNeile's taut First World War stories into a concentrated portrait of trench warfare, where danger, boredom, gallows humour, and sudden heroism coexist. Moving between battlefield sketch, suspenseful episode, patriotic romance, and mordant anecdote, the collection stands within early twentieth-century war writing: immediate in its sense of the front, yet shaped by popular fiction's narrative drive. Its raids, billets, shell fire, and comradeship re...

Immaculate, charming, fearless wanderer, Jim Maitland, has a peculiar code of morals and an unforgettable character. Our enthusiastic narrator, Leyton, meets the legendary Maitland on the Island of Tampico – a flawless jewel in a sapphire sea, with more vice than the slums of a city – and leaps at the chance to accompany this charismatic man on his spontaneous travels.

Captain Hugh Drummond, D.S.O., M.C., late of His Majesty's Royal Loamshires, was whistling in his morning bath. Being by nature of a cheerful disposition, the symptom did not surprise his servant, late private of the same famous regiment, who was laying breakfast in an adjoining room. After a while the whistling ceased, and the musical gurgle of escaping water announced that the concert was over. It was the signal for James Denny—the square-jawed ex-batman—to disappear into the back region...

A groom, chewing the inevitable straw, gave a final polish to the saddle, and then stood at the animal's head, waiting for the tall, spare man with the bronzed, weather-beaten face, who was slowly drawing on his gloves in the yard, to mount. Idly the groom wondered if the would-be sportsman knew which side of a horse it was customary to get into the saddle from; in fact one Nimrod recently—a gentleman clothed in spotless pink—had so far excelled himself as to come to rest facing his horse'...