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Last Galley
￥19.52
A collection of fantastic short stories by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In these stories, Doyle explores many different genres, from historical adventure, to pirate romance, to mystery.From the author's preface:I have written "e;Impressions and Tales"e; upon the title-page of this volume, because I have included within the same cover two styles of work which present an essential difference. The second half of the collection consists of eight stories, which explain themselves. The first half is made up of a series of pictures of the past which maybe regarded as trial flights towards a larger ideal which I have long had in my mind. It has seemed to me that there is a region between actual story and actual history which has never been adequately exploited. I could imagine, for example, a work dealing with some great historical epoch, and finding its interest not in the happenings to particular individuals, their adventures and their loves, but in the fascination of the actual facts of history themselves. These facts might be coloured with the glamour which the writer of fiction can give, and fictitious characters and conversations might illustrate them; but the less the actual drama of history and not the drama of invention should claim the attention of the reader. I have been tempted sometimes to try the effect upon a larger scale; but meanwhile these short sketches, portraying various crises in the story of the human race, are to be judged as experiments in that direction. -ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWINDLESHAM, CROWBOROUGH, April, 1911
History of Rome
￥19.52
A fascinating look at the history of Ancient Rome from the earliest times to 476 AD, written by eminent American classicist Robert Franklin Pennell.
Age of Shakespeare
￥19.52
A fascinating look at some of the famous poets and writers of Shakespeare's day, including John Webster, Thomas Heywood and Thomas Dekker.
Black Arrow
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Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel 'The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses' has been enjoyed by readers around the world for over 120 years. Set during the Wars of the Roses, the story follows Richard 'Dick' Shelton, a young man who's father is murdered. To seek revenge, he joins the outlaws of the mysterious Black Arrow.
Queen Sheba's Ring
￥19.52
A ring from antiquity or an elaborate hoax? One of the lost adventure novels of H. Rider Haggard, "e;Queen Sheba's Ring"e; features Middle-Eastern mysticism and a secret society descended form ancient abyssinians. In deepest uncharted regions of Africa a Jewish community struggles to defend itself from barbaric tribes.
Studies in Early Victorian Literature
￥19.52
A fantastic look of some of the greatest writers of the Victorian era, including Charlotte Bronte, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Carlyle and Charles Dickens. Written by eminent historian Frederic Harrison.
Persuasion
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Jane Austen's last novel published in 1816.The story is about Anne Elliot who falls in love with a naval officer and her family force her to abandon the relationship.They then meet again, Ann is now 27 and still unmarried and the story continues in Bath.
Beetle
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A mysterious oriental man known only as 'the Beetle' terrorises london with his unearthly powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting. Written by British author Richard Bernard Heldmann under the pseudonym of Richard Marsh, this book was published in the same year as 'Dracula', and was initially more successful than Bram Stoker's now more famous work. Like Dracula, and other books of the time such as Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels, this was also of the 'sensation novel' genre, building up the suspense surrounding a mysterious villain by narrating the story from several viewpoints.
Age of Innocence
￥19.52
Edith Wharton was the first woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize: in 1921 with this book. It is a story of class-clash and scandal set in 1870s New York. A fantastic classic read.
Borgias
￥19.52
The family of the House of Borgia are remembered for their corrupt rule during the period when one of them, Rodrigo Borgia, was Pope. This text was taken from a series of essays on famous criminals and crimes by the author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas. The Borgia's crimes reputedly ran the gamut from theft and bribery to rape, incest and murder.
House Behind the Cedars
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Charles W. Chesnutt wrote The House Behind the Cedars as a response to what he viewed as inadequate and inaccurate depictions of the complexity of racial relationships in the southern states of America in the media and literature of the time. He aimed to provoke serious political discussion with the novel. Oscar Micheaux made a film adaption of the book in 1927.
London's Underworld
￥19.52
A fascinating look at the criminal underworld of London during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Reprinted Pieces
￥19.52
A fantastic collection of 24 short stories from the English master of literature Charles Dickens.
Belton Estate
￥19.52
Anthony Trollope's classic novel of thwarted desire, the first novel to be serialised in Fortnightly Review.
Paradoxes of Catholicism
￥19.52
A fascinating apologetic work by writer of fiction and nonfiction Robert Hugh Benson.
Afghan Wars
￥19.52
A fascinating look at the two Anglo-Afghan Wars, 1839-42 and 1878-80, written by British war correspondent Archibald Forbes. As an ex-Royal Dragoons private Forbes had a wonderful level of knowledge about military mindsets and traditions.
Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
￥19.52
Taken from the first published biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, this text takes a fascinating look at the life and works of the eminent English poet, illustrator, painter and translator.
Life in the Medieval University
￥19.52
A fascinating look at University life in the Medieval era, written by Scottish historian, Historiographer Royal and Principal of the University of Glasgow Sir Robert Sangster Rait Kt. CBE DL.
Eve of the French Revolution
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A fascinating look at the state of Europe at the start of the French revolution in the 18th century, written by 19th century American historian Edward Jackson Lowell.
Coming of the Friars
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A fantastic collection of writings by cleric and writer Augustus Jessop that take a look at, amongst other topics, monastic life in the early days of the friars.
Chimes and The Holly Tree
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No author is more associated with Christmas-time than Charles Dickens. This collection contains two of his festive short novels: 'The Chimes' and 'The Holly Tree'.
