The incomparable Leonardo da Vinci had great plans for the magic Sphinx Emerald – but though the King of France was his friend, he had also made a bitter enemy. Written by Henry James O&rsquo...więcej »
This novel is an amazing mixture of adventure, romance and political intrigue. Roosevelt’s most trusted spy must flee for his life by escaping into the European countryside.więcej »
Armed with a donkey cart filled with rum, cheese and a tavern signpost, pub owner Humphrey Hump and Captain Patrick Dalroy, a crimson-haired giant with a tendency to burst into song, take to the ro...więcej »
H. Bedford-Jones’ „D’Artagnan” is a sequel to the first Musketeer book of Alexandre Dumas. It continues the rollicking romantic romp through pre-revolutionary France by foll...więcej »
Four cowboys leaned over the barbed-wire fence that marked the dividing line between the Centipede Ranch and their own, gazing mournfully into a summer night that only distant southwestern countrie...więcej »
This book is one of the most popular novels by Robert William Chambers and has been translated into several other languages around the world. A casual conversation with a model for his new project ...więcej »
The novel is based on the true story of the Pendle Witches, who were executed in 1612 for causing harm with witchcraft. Witches lived in the Pendley Hill area of Lancashire. This story will keep yo...więcej »
Richard Longsworth is the main character. The book begins to find him young, carefree and autonomous. He is the master of his own destiny and owes nothing to anyone. Soon he meets Maria Kurkuas, th...więcej »
Banbridge is close enough to the great City that, after dark, the merging light of its many eyes of electric fire can be seen on the southern horizon. This book shows exactly how women were complet...więcej »
This is a short novel about Elfrida, a young girl who gets her art education before being forced to realize that her talents may lie elsewhere instead. She runs away to Europe hoping to find a care...więcej »
The heroes learn about the fictional city of Karkos, where the King in yellow rules, and two suns shine in the sky, and this circumstance becomes the beginning of mystical changes in their destinie...więcej »
A very enjoyable novel that touches on topics that are relevant to this day. Rich people come together to start mysterious murders. This story will keep you in suspense until the very end.więcej »
This is one of Chambers’ most popular novels. It has been translated into several other languages around the world. The story begins with who Selwyn is. Lots of questions, lots of mysteries. ...więcej »
This is the story of a young man who strives with all his might to free himself from the oppressive patriarchal atmosphere of life in the Midwest. The hero rejects the fate destined for him and cho...więcej »
Guy Fawkes, a prominent figure in the history of England, was one of the leaders in the Gunpowder Plot, whose goal was to overthrow King James I, the Protestant king of England. The plan failed, an...więcej »
This is historical fiction. The author retells the classic struggle of Xerxes’ invasion of Greece leading to Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea. Seen through the eyes of a fictional Athenian, i...więcej »
This story is about a young girl, a companion of the Russian royal family, who made the decision to renounce God, the church and marriage after seeing the fall of the Czars. This story will keep yo...więcej »
Although it is a work of fiction and the story, dialogue and structure are perfect, the historical facts and perspective are very reliable as the author was a university professor specializing in t...więcej »
It is a good gothic thriller. Sir Giles Mompesson is a gloomy and all-powerful villain who sows destruction and suffering with the help of the Star Chamber court, it seems, just like that.więcej »
At that festival time, when the days are the shortest and the nights the longest, and when, therefore, it is the invariable practice of all intelligent men to turn night into day; when the ratio of...więcej »