| (Arthur Morrison)
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| Living conditions in the East End of London at the end of the 19th century are described in graphic detail as we follow the life of Dicky Perrott and his family as they try to survive in the urban jungle that is the Jago. The story builds to its inevitable tragic climax.
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| (Rachel Field)
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| Henriette Desportes, the main character, was a great-aunt of Rachel Field, the author of the novel. Henriette was, at one time, the governess of the children of the Duchesse de Choiseul-Praslin and her husband, the Duc Theobald de Praslin. She later went to the United States as a French teacher and while there she married Henry Martyn Field, a minister of religion. The American Civil War and the laying of the intercontinental telegraph cable provided a backdrop to their lives together. They also became acquainted with many of the notable people of the time. The book was made into a film starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer.
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| (Hervey Allen)
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| This historical novel set in the 18th century was a best-seller when first published. It follows the globe-trotting adventures of the title character, the illegitimate offspring of Maria Bonnyfeather, the bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis.
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| (Hervey Allen)
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| This historical novel set in the 18th century was a best-seller when first published. It follows the globe-trotting adventures of the title character, the illegitimate offspring of Maria Bonnyfeather, the bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis.
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| (Hervey Allen)
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| This historical novel set in the 18th century was a best-seller when first published. It follows the globe-trotting adventures of the title character, the illegitimate offspring of Maria Bonnyfeather, the bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis.
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| (Marjorie Bowen)
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| When Irish patriots were dreaming of the day when their country would be free from English tyranny, the United Irishmen hatched a plot to overthrow the Government.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, brother of the Duke of Leinster was approached to was approached to lead the plot. Fitzgerald's acceptance led to his betrayal.
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| (Marjorie Bowen)
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| This is a story about Richard III of England, believed by some to be a murderer, by others to be a great king. Dickon, the name used throughout the story for Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III of England, was the one familiarly used in his lifetime.
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| (Marjorie Bowen)
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| This book was also issued under the title "The Strange Case of Lucile Clery." The author notes that "this novel is based on a fact--that of a crime so incredible that it caused amazement equal to the horror it inspired; the public sentiment aroused by this atrocity went far to provoke the sudden French Revolution of 1848." As usual, Marjorie Bowen's presents us with an entirely believable plot and her characters are beautifully realised.
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| (Jeffery Farnol)
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| Soon after the death of Admiral Nelson a young seaman becomes heir to an earldom. The relatives resent the fact that they have missed out. Andromeda, a red-haired beauty provides the love interest.
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| (Hugh Walpole)
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| This is the second novel in the "Herries Chronicle," comprising four titles: Rogue Herries; Judith Paris; The Fortress; Vanessa. The story covers four generations of the Herries family in London and in the Lake District of England.
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| (Helen Simpson)
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| This ebook concerns the relations of Mary Askill, a fanatical Puritan and John Conisby, who help release some negro slaves from a ship and then spend some time on a tropical island. It appears to be set in the 16th century and opens with women being whipped for their beliefs, while a poset, in an upstairs room, composes verse. The significance of the opening is revealed piecemenal as the story progresses. There are scenes of violence, fanaticism and superstition, yet this is a spiritual story about faith and the relationship between Mary Askill and her God. Simpson is said to have collected books about witchcraft and we see glimpses of her knowledge in this story.
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| (Charles NordhoffJames Norman Hall)
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| This is the second book in "The Bounty Trilogy", which began with "Mutiny on the Bounty," and concludes with "Pitcairn's Island." The Trilogy is based on the actual mutiny which took place
against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the "Bounty," in 1789.
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| (Charles NordhoffJames Norman Hall)
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| This is the first book in "The Bounty Trilogy", which continues with "Men Against the Sea," and concludes with "Pitcairn's Island." The Trilogy is based on the actual mutiny which took place
against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the "Bounty," in 1789.
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| (Charles NordhoffJames Norman Hall)
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| This is the final book in "The Bounty Trilogy", which begins with "Mutiny on the Bounty," and continues with "Men Against the Sea." The Trilogy is based on the actual mutiny which took place
against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the "Bounty," in 1789.
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| (Josephine Tey)
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| This play by Gordon Daviot or Josephine Tey (both pseudonyms of Elizabeth Macintosh) depicts the story of Richard II of England in a romantic fashion, emphasizing the relationship between Richard and his queen, Anne of Bohemia. Daviot wrote the play after seeing John Gielgud play Shakespeare's Richard II at the Old Vic Theatre, and submitted it to him for production. Gielgud had reservations about the play but agreed to test it out for two matinée performances at the Arts Theatre. He then agreed to direct it and star in it and it ran for over a year in the West End (a substantial run for its time) and catapulted Gielgud to the status of superstar. [Wikipedia]
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| (Rolf Boldrewood)
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| In this classic Australian novel, written in the first person, the narrator tells the story of his life and loves and his association with the notorious bushranger, Captain Starlight. It is set in the bush and goldfields of Australia in the 1850s.
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| (Hugh Walpole)
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| This is the first book of the "Herries Chronicle." In 1730, Francis Herries brought his family to live in "Herries" a long-deserted family house in Cumberland, England. He also brought along the most recent of his many mistresses, Alice Press, under pretence of being the children?s governess. Francis, the "rogue" of the title is a violent and impetuous man, a faithless husband and a capricious father.
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| (George Bernard Shaw)
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| Saint Joan is generally considered to be one of Shaw's better works. He had long considered writing about Joan of Arc, and her canonization in 1920 supplied a strong incentive. The play was an international success, and is believed to have led to his Nobel Prize in Literature. The play is based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc.
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| (Helen Simpson)
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| Set in seventeenth century Hanover, this novel describes the doomed romance between Philip Christoph von Königsmarck and Sophia Dorothea, the wife of the Elector of Hanover. A saraband is a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries, or the music for such a dance.
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| (Rafael Sabatini)
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| Rafael Sabatini is a superb writer of historical fiction. This beatifully crafted story, set in Carolina, in the United States of America, at the time of the American War of Independence, tells of Harry Latimer and other "rebels" who seek liberty from the yolk of British rule. It is full of intrigue and nail-biting suspense.
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| (Josephine Tey)
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| Inspector Grant is recuperating in hospital, where he begins an inquiry. More than four centuries after the death of King Richard III, Grant is investigating the charge that Richard murdered his two young nephews. The title of the novel is taken from the proverb: "Truth is the Daughter of Time."
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| (Hugh Walpole)
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| This is the third novel in the "Herries Chronicle," comprising four titles: Rogue Herries; Judith Paris; The Fortress; Vanessa. The story covers four generations of the Herries family in London and in the Lake District of England.
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| (Arthur Morrison)
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| The old East End of London was a secret and dangerous place. How much thieving and plotting, fighting and knifing and murdering, went on there nobody ever knew or ever will know. The police, who were treated as a common enemy, went about in threes. But towards its own people it could be protective and sentimental. Above all, it was alive, rich in its human texture. This was the private world which Arthur Morrison--journalist, story-teller and collector of Oriental paintings--made authentically his own.
The Hole in the Wall, which V. S. Pritchett described as "one of the minor masterpieces of this century [early 20th century]," is a thriller, or perhaps more accurately a Dickensian murder story, set in the most sinister part of London's dockland, about a hundred years ago.
Young Stephen Kemp goes to live with his grandfather, who keeps an old inn--The Hole in the Wall--leaning crazily out over the river. And it is through Stephen's eyes that we see the tale of villainy and vengean
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| (Rafael Sabatini)
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| This is a story of the Spanish Inquisition and of the English and Spanish Courts during the reign of Elizabeth I. Gervase Crosby, who has been knighted after serving with Sir Walter Raleigh, is the suitor of Margaret Trevanion.
However, Don Pedro de Mendoza y Luna, a Spanish nobleman, who washes on to the seashore near the Trevanions' house, after his ship sinks, soon vies for Margaret's affections. Don Pedro and Sir Gervase are enemies from the moment they meet and rivalry for Margaret's affections heightens their conflict.
After having spent time in close contact with Margaret Trevanion as her prisoner, Don Pedro finds himself so in love with her that when he is able to return to Spain, he carries her off with the intention of making her his wife.
Margaret is caught up in the machinations of the Inquisition and Crosby sets out to ensure her safe return to England.
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| (Marjorie Bowen)
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| This is the story of Frances Howard and the famous "Overbury" Case, involving King James I of England. Marjorie Bowen never sentimentalises her history; she spares us nothing in sordidness and tragedy. Even her heroine is very far from spotless. She knows how to write historical romance which lives and is convincing because she does not draw impossibly good or bad people.
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| (Rafael Sabatini)
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| During the French Revolution, London is crowded with impoverished French nobility who have escaped from France. Quentin de Morlaix becomes involved in the efforts of the Marquis de Puisaye to raise an Army to sail to France and restore the monarchy. Sabatini writes wonderful historical fiction. Here he is at his best.
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| (John Erskine)
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| This book was a best seller when first published and was made into a silent film in 1927. It has sharp insights into human behaviour and witty dialogue, which is consistent with what was written by the ancients on the subject of Helen of Troy. The lives of Helen, Menelaus, Hermione, Orestes, and the rest of the Atreus family are covered.
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| (Josephine Tey)
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| Admiral Sir Henry Morgan (c.1635-1688) was a Welsh Admiral and privateer, who made a name for himself in the Caribbean, primarily raiding Spanish settlements. He was one of the most notorious and successful privateers of all time, and one of the most ruthless who worked in the Spanish Main. Wikipedia.
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| (Marjorie Bowen)
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| Mary Stuart, ill-fated Queen of Scots is influenced by four men--Lord Moray, her illegitimate half-brother; Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; David Rizzio, her Italian servant; and James, Earl of Bothwell. The road leads finally to the Castle of Lochleven and Mary's terrible death.
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| (Rafael Sabatini)
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| An enthralling romance of love and chivalry in the days of conflict between Burgundy and France. Count Anthony (The Romantic Prince) is one of Sabatini's most memorable characters.
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| (Helen Simpson)
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| At age 37, Mary I of England turned her attention to finding a husband and producing an heir, thus preventing the Protestant Elizabeth (still her successor under the terms of Henry VIII's will and more importantly the Act of Succession of 1544), from succeeding to the throne.
Mary rejected Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, as a prospect when her cousin Charles V suggested she marry his only son, the Spanish Prince Philip, later Philip II of Spain. It is said that upon viewing the Titian full-length portrait of Philip now in the Prado, which had been sent to her, Mary declared herself to be in love with him.
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| (Marjorie Bowen)
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| The charm of Eugenie casts a spell on those around her including De Sarcey, her lover, and De Rochefort, her rejected fiancé. Lust and jealousy are at play, with the French Revolution providing a background.
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| (Helen Simpson)
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| Helen Simpson herself said of this book:
"It will be seen that Sydney, in the year 1831, may very well serve as setting for a highly-coloured, improbable, and yet simple story."
The setting is Sydney in the 1830s. Charles Adare has arrived in Sydney with his uncle, the new governor. Adare hopes to make his fortune. He is befriended by Samson Flusky a prosperous businessman who is a former transported convict.
If the story is improbable and highly-coloured, it is certainly not a simple one. Furthermore,
the characters are wonderfully drawn so that any improbability in the mind of the reader is
soon suspended. A picture emerges of the diminishing class differences which were evolving
in Australia in the nineteenth century.
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| (Hugh Walpole)
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| This is the fourth novel in the "Herries Chronicle," comprising four titles: Rogue Herries; Judith Paris; The Fortress; Vanessa. The story covers four generations of the Herries family in London and in the Lake District of England.
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