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In a remote English village, the penniless Guy Ducaine finds himself unwittingly drawn into a world of international espionage. When Ducaine encounters the explorer Colonel Mostyn ...

Set in an imagined future of 1950, ‘The Wrath to Come’ by author E. Phillips Oppenheim was written shortly after WWI. Secret Service agent Grant Slattery has been tasked with uncov ...

Originally published anonymously in 1908, ‘The Last Egyptian’ is a novel by famous author L. Frank Baum. Set in Egypt, the story follows the fortunes of Egyptologist Gerald Winston ...

First published under the pseudonym Schuyler Staunton, ‘The Fate of a Crown’ is one of L. Frank Baum’s early adventure stories aimed at an adult audience. Set in the revolutionary ...

First published in 1907 under the pseudonym John Estes Cooke, ‘Tamawaca Folks’ is a humorous semi-autobiographical novel by the famous author L. Frank Baum. Based on real events in ...

First published in 1906 ‘Daughters of Destiny’ by famous ‘Oz’ author L. Frank Baum, is one of the few adventure novels he wrote for adults. Set in Baluchistan, two rival cousins Ka ...

A short horror story collection titled 'Grim Tales' is exactly what you would expect from an author named Edith Bland, but her pen name E. Nesbit has quite another reputation so do ...

Funny characters, mischiefs and crazy adventures - this book has got it all. It contains both fairy tales and stories of the Bastable siblings known from the famous novel "The Stor ...

If you could create your own world from scratch what would it look like? In this story the brave characters find out.10-year-old Philip becomes concerned when his sister marries th ...

What would you do if you found out magic is actually all around you?These twelve magical short stories are all about magic and how it can be found in unlikely places. The atmospher ...

Would you be happy if all your wishes could come true?Most people would assume the answer is "yes" but the five siblings of this story find out that it is not that simple.The adven ...

If you are looking for a great combination of romance and thriller, look no further.This exhilarating crime and romance novel takes place in a Victorian society and uncovers a tale ...

What is the most valuable thing in the world? Is it material things like money, or is it things that cannot be counted like love and friendship?This is the question the brave Basta ...

Do you believe in magic? Then fasten your seatbelt and join the ride as The Three C’s – Charlotte, Caroline, and Charles - try to figure out where it can be found.Spending an adven ...

This novel is the aquatic adventure of a lifetime.Four siblings, Francis, Mavis, Bernard, and Kathleen set out to rescue the sister of a mermaid who is being held captive at a circ ...

In the second novel in Carolyn Wells ‘Patty Fairfield’ series, we re-join the now fifteen-year-old Patty as she puts what she has learned about keeping home into practice for herse ...

Written and published at the turn of the century ‘Patty Fairfield’ is the first in the hugely popular series of Patty Fairfield books for girls, by prolific author Carolyn Wells. I ...

‘Prillilgirl’ is the seventeenth in the hugely popular Fleming Stone series of detective stories by American author Carolyn Wells. Successful playwright Mallory Vane has been found ...

‘The Furthest Fury’ is the sixteenth book in the popular Fleming Stone detective series by author Carolyn Wells. David Stanhope is visiting friends in Connecticut when he hears of ...

Philip Maxwell’s talent is hosting dinner parties, he fills his rambling estate with young, attractive, and charming guests. His latest dinner party, however, comes to an abrupt en ...

An Innkeeper in the Eastern Pyrenees, La Mère Bauche has lofty ambitions for her only son Adolphe. When she discovers that Adolphe and her ward, the adopted orphan girl Marie Calve ...

Lord Osmonde has everything he could possibly want. He is wealthy, gracious, kind and handsome. The only thing missing is a wife.But one day he sets his eyes on the unruly and tomb ...

Wealthy young Lord Geoffrey St. Maurice has fallen in love with the beautiful Italian songstress Adrienne Cartuccio. He has a rival for her love however in the form of Count Leonar ...

One of author E. Phillips Oppenheim’s earlier novels, ‘The Postmaster of Deignton’ is a mysterious whodunnit. Young doctor Norman Scott is treating Lord Humphrey Deignton for gout ...

First published in 1915, ‘The Double Traitor’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim is set in the weeks leading up the outbreak of WWI. Stationed in Berlin, young British diplomat Francis Norga ...