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From the author of "When the Devil Was Sick" and "Something for Nothing." Facsimile reprint edition.
From the author of "The Broad Highway," "The Amateur Gentleman," "Beltane the Smith," and "Great Britain at War."
Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) was an Anglo-Irish novelist. "Castle Rackrent" (1800) was her first novel.
Mrs Reynolds remains best known for her supernatural novels, such as "The Silence Broken," "A Castle to Let," and "The Spell of Sarnia."
A Romance of Early Christianity in Norway.
Kaskaskia: Jesuit mission, founded 1680-86. Under British rule, 1763. A county of Virginia, 1778. Northwest Territory, 1787. Territory of Indiana, 1802. Territory of Illinois, 1809. State of Illinois, 1818. (Novel.)
"Under Fire: The Story of a Squad" (Le Feu) is a story of World War I, translated by Fitzwater Wray.
The autobiography of Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist, primarily known for his operas. Volume Two.
Mrs. Harcourt Williamson, also known as Alice Muriel Williamson, was a prolific British author who often collaborated with her husband, Charles Norris Williamson. Together, they wrote numerous novels, many of which were popular in the early 20th century. Their works typically spanned genres such as romance, adventure, and mystery, often featuring exotic locales and thrilling plots. Alice Muriel Williamson also wrote under her own name and contributed to a variety of publications during her career. The couple is perhaps best known for The Lightning Conductor, which combines travel writing with fiction, and The Golden Silence. Alice Muriel Williamson's writing is noted for its vivid descriptions, engaging characters, and its ability to capture the spirit of the time.
"East Lynne" is based on Mrs. Henry Wood's novel of the same title, which features an elaborate and implausible plot centering on infidelity and double identities.
Ian Hay (1876-1952) was an English writer. He published light and humorous novels, including "A Safety Match" (1911) and "A Knight on Wheels" (1914), as well as the stirring war books "The First Hundred Thousand" (1915) and "Carrying On" (1917).
Carrie O'Toole Selton, an eccentric and superstitious Boston landlady, was found strangled by her own red scarf. In her had was a note: ""The Stroke of Death. May it forever part our ways.""Her ancient house on Brattle Street was sinister enough at best; a corpse did not help the abience. Nor were the assorted tenants Mrs. Selton had collected (because she had ""seen them in the cards"") calculated to inspire confidence. Inspector Green of Boston Homicide was given the thankless task of plucking a murderer out a group of suspects, any of whom could have been legitimately judged insane!
Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke (1834-1896) was a nationalist German historian and political writer during the time of the German Empire. (Edited, with a Topical and Historical Introduction by Douglas Sladen.)
Lucy Clifford (1846-1929), better known as Mrs. W. K. Clifford, was a British novelist and journalist. Included in this volume are "Hamilton's Second Marriage," "Thomas and the Princess," and "The Modern Way."
"Dornford Yates" was the pseudonym of British novelist Cecil William Mercer (1885-1960), whose novels and short stories were best-sellers in the years between the First and Second World Wars.
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886) was a Russian playwright. His works include "The Poor Bride," "Poverty Is No Crime," and "Don't Put Yourself In Another Man's Sledge."
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (1863-1933), was an English novelist and playwright. Although a prolific writer, he is remembered best for "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1894) and its sequel, "Rupert of Hentzau" (1898).
James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915) was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. As a poet he was most influenced by the Parnassian poets. His poem "The Bridge of Fire" is featured in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, in the volume "The Wake."
John Esten Cooke (1830-1886) was an American novelist and the brother of poet Philip Pendleton Cooke. He wrote the first of several popular biographies of Stonewall Jackson.
E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946), an English novelist, was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." He composed some 150 novels, mainly suspense and international intrigue. He was the earliest writer of modern spy fiction and invented the "Rogue Male" school of adventure thrillers.
E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946), an English novelist, was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." He composed some 150 novels, mainly suspense and international intrigue. He was the earliest writer of modern spy fiction and invented the "Rogue Male" school of adventure thrillers.
Upton Sinclair, Jr. (1878-1968), was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books. He achieved popularity in the first half of the 20th century, most famously for his 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle.
George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, "Brewster's Millions," a play and several films.
George Alfred Henty (1832-1902), was a prolific English novelist, special correspondent, and Imperialist. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century.
Henri "Hendrik" Conscience (1812-1883) was a Flemish writer. He was a pioneer in writing in Dutch after the secession from the Netherlands in 1830 left Belgium a mostly French speaking country.
"Victoria Cross" was a pseudonym of Annie Sophie Cory (1868 -1952). She also wrote popular, racy, exotic novels under the Vivian Cory and V.C. Griffin.
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