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Talbot Mundy
The adventurous book "Jimgrim and Allah's Peace" was written by Talbot Mundy. The story takes place in the Middle East's unstable interwar geopolitical environment. James Schuyler Grim, also referred to…
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"The Eye of Zeitoon" is an adventure novel written by Talbot Mundy. Hugh Redmond, an American mining engineer, becomes enmeshed in the political and cultural complexity of the Middle East…
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The Nine Unknown by Talbot Mundy finds Jimgrim and his motley cohorts tasked with finding the fabled Nine Unknown Men and their nine books of Ancient Wisdom.
Nine unknown men are tasked with preserving and protecting knowledge that would be dangerous for mankind if it were used by the wrong people. There are nine books of secret…
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It wasn’t until our rescue of Jeremy Ross from near Abu Kem, that I ever heard Grim come out openly and admit that he was working to establish Feisul, third…
British author Talbot Mundy is the author of the book King of the Khyber Rifles. At the start of World War I, Captain Athelstan King works as a secret spy…
"Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth" is set in the early 20th century, during the period of British rule in India. The British have been in control…
"Hira Singh: When India Came to Fight in Flanders" is a novel written by Talbot Mundy. It tells the story of Hira Singh, a Sikh soldier from India who volunteers…
"Rung Ho! A Novel" by Talbot Mundy is an adventure-packed tale set in the tumultuous times of British colonial India. Published in 1914, the book takes readers on a thrilling…
"The Ivory Trail" is an enthralling adventure novel written by Talbot Mundy that transports readers to the exotic landscapes of Africa and the mysteries of the Ivory Coast. Set in…
"The Lion of Petra" is a captivating adventure novel by Talbot Mundy that transports readers to the mystical and treacherous lands of the Middle East. Set against the backdrop of…
King of the Khyber Rifles - A Romance of Adventure is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition . Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas…
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James Schuyler Grim, better known as Jimgrim, is employed by the British secret service and stationed in Jerusalem, matching wits and weapons with the French financed conspirators out to destabilize…
Follow adventurer Vaiti as he embarks on a quest in search of ivory amidst political turmoil in East Africa. With danger and suspense at every turn, this thrilling novel will…
The redoubtable Captain Athelstan King, of the Royal Indian Secret Service, is dispatched to the wild Khyber Pass to preempt a brewing jihad from thousands of fighters assembling in the…
In 1922, when Talbot Mundy published this novel in the magazine Adventure, its readers voted it best novel of the year. And that’s not surprising: Caves of Terror is a…
High adventure on the roof of the world At the age of sixteen British author Talbot Mundy (William Lancaster Gribbon) ran away from home and travelled extensively through India, Africa…
Talbot Mundy was born William Lancaster Gribbon on April 23rd 1879 in London. After a particularly undistinguished record at Rugby School, he ran off to Germany and joined a circus…
55 B.C. - an adventurer ensnared in the Roman invasion of Britain When his ship is taken and his crew slaughtered Tros of Samothrace is captured by Imperial Rome. Whilst…
55 B.C. - Caesar plots, Britons war among themselves and the Vikings are coming Tros of Samothrace burns for vengeance and has declared himself the implacable enemy of Rome. Caesar…
55 B.C. - Caesar is poised to invade Britain - only a grand strategy can foil him! Following their last clash, Tros, his allies and the forces of Rome have…
54 B.C. - Rome- Tros treads in the streets of his sworn enemies! As Tros of Samothrace continues in his attempts to confound Caesar’s plans for the invasion of Britain…
Tros and the Roman Empire turn to the Egypt of the Pharaohs In this, the fifth volume of the saga of Tros, king of Samothrace, sea captain and adventurer, our…