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The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609 (Raid) eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Free butterfly at Dec. 1, 2019

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«Emerald and Sapphire» by Laura Parker eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Gelsomino at May 11, 2022

«Emerald and Sapphire» by Laura Parker
English | EPUB | 0.6 MB

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Grief on the Front Lines: Reckoning with Trauma, Grief, and Humanity in Modern Medicine eBooks & eLearning

Posted by yoyoloit at May 18, 2022

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«Reckless Seduction» by Jane Feather eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Gelsomino at May 14, 2022

«Reckless Seduction» by Jane Feather
English | EPUB | 2.4 MB

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Persephone (Thomas Kydd #18 ) [Audiobook] eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at May 18, 2017

November 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd must sail to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Royal Family's evacuation in the face of Napoleon's ruthless advance through Iberia. In the chaos of the threatened city, an old passion is reawakened when he meets Persephone Lockwood, a beautiful and determined admiral's daughter from his past. But the Royal Family's destination is Brazil, Perspehone's England, and it seems Kydd's chance has gone again. Only later he discovers Persephone has another suitor - and if he wants to win her hand, he must enter the highest echelons of London society.

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Raid 06, The Samurai Capture a King: Okinawa 1609 eBooks & eLearning

Posted by rolipcp at Dec. 19, 2010

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A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Ryukyu (modern Okinawa) in 1609 is one of the most extraordinary episodes in samurai history and the culmination of centuries of rivalry between the two powers. The defeat of the Shimazu at Sekigahara in 1600, and their need to win favour with the new Shogun, led them to hatch an audacious plot to attack the islands on the Shogun’s behalf and bring back the king of Ryukyu as a hostage. Stephen Turnbull gives a blow-by-blow account of the operation, from the daring Shimazu amphibious landing, to their rapid advance overland, and the tactical feigned retreat that saw the Shimazu defeat the Okinawan army and kidnap their king in spectacular fashion. With a detailed background and specially commissioned artwork, the scene is set for a dramatic retelling of this fascinating raid.

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