Historical Fiction

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Rafael Sabatini - Lion's Skin

Justin Caryll was an unwilling hero: an unwilling plotter of revenge, an unwilling spy and an unwilling pursuer of the woman he loves. Justin must thread a perilous path through various sticky wickets, between the...

Carol Pelster 10 hours 43 minutes

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New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House

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William Hurrell Mallock - New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House

A group of upper class men and women gather together in an English country house to discuss their ideas for a utopia (their «New Republic»). The novel is a satire mocking most of the important figures at Oxford...

Foon 9 hours 13 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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William Platt - Stories of the Scottish Border

Nothing seems to be known about Mr and Mrs William Platt, the writers of Stories of the Scottish Border. What they produced is an eccentric guidebook and history, seen partly through the ballads of the region. The...

Jhiu 7 hours 32 minutes

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Basil King - Thread of Flame

Edward wakes up on board a ship crossing the Atlantic, on his return from the Great War – however, he finds that his memory of who he is and where he comes from is only fragmentary. The book follows his fascinating...

Simon Evers 8 hours 10 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Fred M. White - Doom of London

Here are six stories, each one describing a disaster afflicting London, that were popularly serialized during 1903-1904 in Pearson’s Magazine. The tales depict (1) a deep freeze and unprecedented snowfall; (2) a...

Lee Smalley 4 hours 27 minutes

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J. Clarence Edwards - You Wobbly Wink-Eyed Little Wop

To My Buddies Of the U. S. Army—some three million in number; Of the 90th Division more specifically, and Particularly to the 315th Engineers, to which Regiment I was “attached for rations,” Being a...

Bruce Kachuk and 6 more 26 minutes

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d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas - d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)

Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after «The Three Musketeers.» Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnated, he’s lost touch with his friends, and the high favor earned with Queen Anne has been...

John Van Stan 28 hours 10 minutes d'Artagnan Romances (in English translation)

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Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys

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Horatio Alger, Jr. - Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys

Join Rough and Ready for his adventure on the streets of New York City. Working as a newsboy, Rough and Ready tries to support himself and his sister on his meager earnings. Unfortunately, their stepfather is seeking...

Tori Faulder 4 hours 12 minutes Ragged Dick Series

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World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome

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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome

This is the fourth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...

Sonia and 22 more 16 hours 43 minutes World's Story

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Andrew Barton Paterson - An Outback Marriage

A ROLLICKING YARN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN LEGEND Banjo Paterson is our best known and most loved bush poet. Less well known, but no less captivating, are his warm and funny novels about Australian life. An Outback...

Arrowhead Aussie 6 hours 4 minutes

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Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1

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William Harrison Ainsworth - Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1

A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradually took on more of a judicial role, enforcing the monarch's will when the...

Lynne T and 4 more 7 hours 10 minutes

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Wilhelm Meinhold - Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author assures us that the story he has to tell is based on a manuscript he found in...

Mark Nelson and 9 more 7 hours 3 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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