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Challenged to write on the topic of slavery in a Cambridge essay contest, Thomas Clarkson uncovered the horrors of the enslavement of Africans in the slave trade, and purposed to do something about it. This essay won him an audience among the abolitionists, and he, along with William Wilberforce, would go on to lobby for the passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807, which abolished the slave trade in the British empire.

Anatole France, the Nobel-prize winning French author, turns to a historical subject for this two-volume Life of Joan of Arc. Thoroughly researched with a wealth of references, he sought to bring a rationalist viewpoint to the legendary French heroine and to examine and, where necessary, overturn the superstitious additions to her history. He also hoped to counteract the Church's interpretation of her life, as that institution was, in 1908, well on the way to declaring her a saint. Volume II deals with Joan's later military campaigns, her capture, trial and execution and the events that followed her death.

Churchill's personal account of the first five months of the Second Boer War; including the Relief of Ladysmith, and Churchill's capture and dramatic escape from the Boers.

Dr. Thorndyke is one of the best creations of the Golden Age of British detective fiction. He is both medical doctor and barrister and the first great exponent of forensics in fiction, with an encyclopedic scientific knowledge. These five short stories were originally published in the "Treasuries of Modern Prose" series in 1930 and showcase Freeman's skill and originality. This collection includes: The Blue Sequin, The New Jersey Sphinx, The Magic Casket, The Pathologist to the Rescue and The Touchstone.

The French Revolution is well under way when Quentin de Morlaix, already sympathetic to these disenfranchised French aristocrats, finds that he too has his own personal reasons to pray for an end to the Revolution. He sets off for France, and enters a life of confusion, mystery and suspense - and bloody execution.

Written by the author of The Phantom of the Opera and originally published in French in 1912, Balaoo is the story of a Monkey who is brought up by a Scientist as a human, Mr.Noel. He is educated and can read and write and wears the latest Paris fashions.

Six classic nineteenth century tales of 'gothic' horror from Benediction Classics: Leixlip Castle and Melmoth the Wanderer (abridged) by Charles Robert Maturin, The Mysterious Mansion by Honore de Balzac, The Flayed Hand by Guy de Maupassant, The Ruins of the Abbey of Fitz-Martin (Anon.) and The Mysterious Spaniard (Anon.).

Robert Ervin Howard (1906 - 1936) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is most famous for creating the character Conan the Barbarian. His is a master of the weird and the gloomy, extremely well read and his stories have been reprinted endlessly since his premature death. 'The Weird Menace Collection' showcases his horror stories and comprises the four 'Weird Menace' books:Black TalonsMoon of ZambebweiSkull-FaceBlack Wind Blowing

In Biggers' final novel, Charlie Chan is invited to millionaire Dudley Ward's home in Lake Tahoe to try to find his missing son. However the murder of Dudley Ward's ex-wife, the soprano Ellen Landini, soon occupies his complete attention, and potential suspects abound. He examines the evidence but seems unable to persuade Ah Sing, the titular keeper of the keys, to break his loyal silence and give him the key to solving the mystery.

The third in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels.

Tom Godwin is the author of thirty short stories and three novels.

Erasmus Darwin (F.R.S) was an English physician, natural philosopher, physiologist, abolitionist, inventor and poet. He was grandfather to Charles Darwina and francis Galton. Zoonomia was his most important work.

The folk tales in this volume were collected in the Philippines during the years 1908 to 1914, and are here presented with comparative notes.