Phil Benson
65 books
Fantasy Fiction
1.1K
Edwin Lester Arnold - Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician
Phra, a Phoenician merchant and warrior, settles in the south of England as husband to Blodwen, a British princess. Slain during the Roman invasion, he reawakens several hundred years later to find that Blodwen has...
15 hours 54 minutes
Historical Fiction
1.1K
William Morris - Roots of the Mountains
The Roots of the Mountains was the second in a projected series of three historical novels set in a pre-medieval Germanic world (the third was not completed). It follows the themes of House of the Wolfings, which was...
15 hours 5 minutes
General Fiction
866
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Short Stories (Household Words 1850-53)
Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Charles Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, from 1850 through to 1853 In addition to three serialized novels, Cranford, North and South, and My Lady Ludlow,...
9 hours 57 minutes
Early Modern
796
Elizabeth Raffald - Experienced English Housekeeper
'Cut a large old hare in small pieces, and put it in a mug with three blades of mace, a little salt, two large onions, one red herring, six morels, half a pint of red wine, three quarts of water, bake it in a quick...
9 hours 46 minutes
