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This book is one of the most popular novels by Robert William Chambers and has been translated into several other languages around the world. No history of the 3rd Zouave or 8th Lancers has ever been written except in this narrative; and historians and veterans alike would look in vain for any record of these two regiments–regiments that could have been, but never were.

Bartley Alexander is a civil engineer and world famous bridge builder. He is going through a midlife crisis. While married to Winifred, Bartley rekindles a relationship with Hilda Burgoyne from London. This connection torments the moral principles of Bartley.

Mamie Vick from Chicago, USA travels alone to London to do some sightseeing, with the full approval of her family. Mamie does all the typical American tourist stuff; she visits Madame Tussauds, London Zoo, Epsom Derby, boat races in Oxford. The protagonist is full of little unexpected insights and surprises.

The action of the story takes place in the summer capital of the British Raj, is a narrative. The author questions the concepts of taste, distinction and pretension in a colonial context. The book keeps you in suspense until the very end.

Although it is a work of fiction and the story, dialogue and structure are perfect, the historical facts and perspective are very reliable as the author was a university professor specializing in this period. You will see how the pagan religions of that time influenced men and women. This book will appeal to fans of historical novels about the Roman Empire.

This novel is dedicated to the generation of builders of the first railway in the West. This subtle powerful novel and very touching. Beautifully written in sharp, stingy language that enhances the meaning of the simplest gesture and the slightest statement.

The regiment, as usual, lacked officers, and John had to hold daytime parades three times a week. This story is about a poor guy who tried to do everything to get out of poverty. This story keeps everyone to the end.

For a person unaccustomed to the imposing religious ceremonies of the Catholic Church, it was a delightful sight to observe all the pomp and splendor displayed at this high celebration. The papal choir now and then sang the melodic masses characteristic of worship, and hundreds of centers spread all-consuming spirits around.

This is historical fiction. The author retells the classic struggle of Xerxes’ invasion of Greece leading to Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea. Seen through the eyes of a fictional Athenian, it interweaves fictional love and honor restored with historical characters.

Richard Longsworth is the main character. The book begins to find him young, carefree and autonomous. He is the master of his own destiny and owes nothing to anyone. Soon he meets Maria Kurkuas, the heroine.

The action is completely framed as a fantasy. In this story, the atmosphere of the imprisonment of a madman (and possible recovery) and a villain, the story of his keeper, is completed.

This is a short novel about Elfrida, a young girl who gets her art education before being forced to realize that her talents may lie elsewhere instead. She runs away to Europe hoping to find a career in journalism. She read in many magazines.

Robert W. Chambers is known for his science fiction, thrillers. He wrote a classic romance novel. When Mrs. Greensleeve first saw her child, she knew that he was different from other children.

Marion, Ethan i Emma dopiero co odkryli spisek związany z niebezpiecznymi eksperymentami na ludziach, a już wplątali się w konflikt z samą Strefą B. Teraz nie mają wyjścia. Muszą ratować nie tylko siebie, ale i wszystkich, na których im zależy. Mając przeciwko sobie najbogatsze schrony świata, wkrótce zmierzą się z ekstremalnymi warunkami, nowymi wrogami i prześladującym ich piętnem.Może się wydawać, że nie mają szans. Żadne z nich nie wie jednak o potężnym ruchu oporu, który...

Kiedy Ben ujawnia przed rodzicami, że jest osobą niebinarną, zostaje wyrzucone z domu i zmuszone zamieszkać ze swoją dawno niewidzianą siostrą Hannah i jej mężem Thomasem. Zmagając się z zaburzeniami lękowymi, spotęgowanymi przez ostatnie wydarzenia, nieśmiało robi coming out również przed siostrą, a w uporaniu się z traumami i atakami paniki wspiera no terapeutka. W szkole stara się pozostać niezauważone i nie mówić o swojej tożsamości. Próbę prześlizgnięcia się przez o...

Ostatni tom trylogii Lato Jenny Han – idealnej, żeby spędzić z nią wakacje!Belly od zawsze wiedziała, że kocha dwóch chłopców o nazwisku Fisher. Minęły dwa lata, odkąd Conrad powiedział Belly, żeby wybrała jego brata. Od tamtej pory Belly i Jeremiah są nierozłączni, uczęszczają do tego samego college'u i wydaje się, że są swoimi bratnimi duszami. Ale ich związek tylko pozornie jest tak szczęśliwy.Kiedy Jeremiah popełnia najgorszy z możliwych błędów, Belly musi zakwestionować ...

Przyszedł czas na finał zniewalającej historii o tajemniczym Mieście Snów. Klątwa Wyrd dobiegła końca. Finfolk nareszcie wyzwoliło się spod klątwy władczyni Aislingen, a w Domu Wiedźm przebudziła się magia. Niestety, wszystko ma swoje konsekwencje. March Sky ujrzała, jak ciało jej matki starzeje się o kilkadziesiąt lat w ciągu minuty. To nie koniec koszmaru, w którym przyszło jej żyć. Ale! Z pomocą przychodzą Callen i Ove, który jeszcze do niedawna towarzyszył dziew...

Interesująca powieść dla młodzieży w konwencji science fiction. Kilkunastoletni Jarek umila swoim obozowym przyjaciołom czas opowiadając o przygodach, jakie przydarzyły mu się w lesie. Choć właściwie trzeba by zaznaczyć, że las stanowi tylko początek, miejsce które pod postacią snu, nie-snu przeobraża go w splot kosmicznych wydarzeń. Chłopak zostaje porwany przez dziwnych Obcych, których może jedynie usłyszeć, a którzy przybierają – dla ułatwienia kontaktu z chłopcem – postać...

Sympatyczna i lekka, przygodowa powieść dla młodzieży w konwencji science fiction. Jej wartka i obfitująca w zaskakujące zwroty akcja rozgrywa się w dalekiej przyszłości. Na Ziemi, a także na statku kosmicznym, stacji kosmicznej i w podprzestrzeni. Mamy w niej roboty, maszyny na usługach człowieka i zdalniki, które stanowią jakby cześć człowieka. Czyli retrofuturyzm w czystej postaci. Obce cywilizacje są wspominane i poszukiwane, ale, jak się ostatecznie dowiemy, nie dane nam...

Wystarczy jeden alarm bombowy i dwaj synowie politycznych rywali trafiają do tego samego schronu. To spotkanie wyborcze skończy się albo katastrofą, albo czymś nieoczekiwanie wspaniałym.Dre jest przyzwyczajony do sławy… no dobrze, rozpoznawalności. Kręci filmiki, przebiera ludzi za kosmitów, a na konwentach ustawiają się do niego kolejki fanów! Głośny, fantazyjnie ubrany, a przede wszystkim wyoutowany i z tego dumny – zwraca uwagę i budzi emocje. Emocje, które mogą odebrać je...

Nie wszystkie błędy da się naprawić.Ellis i Eastona połączyło niespodziewane uczucie, które wydawało się mocniejsze niż mur oddzielający od siebie ich światy. Rodzina Albreyów otoczyła dziewczynę opieką, jakiej nie zaznała we własnym domu, a Easton miał być chłopakiem, na którego czekała… Seria tragicznych zbiegów okoliczności zmusiła Ellis do nagłej przeprowadzki. Teraz nie łączy ich już nic poza dawnym rozczarowaniem.Ellis kończy liceum w południowej Kalifornii. Rok spędzon...

Muzyka to język miłości, ale czy może istnieć uczucie bez dotyku?Rosie nie może uwierzyć, że będzie mogła przeprowadzić wywiad z grupą Scarlet Luck dla swojej internetowej audycji radiowej. Nie tylko śledzi od lat działalność zespołu, ich piosenki towarzyszyły jej również w najtrudniejszych momentach życia. Fascynuje ją szczególnie Adam, perkusista, w dużym stopniu dlatego, że wiadomo o nim jedynie, że od lat nie toleruje bycia dotykanym – przez nikogo.W końcu zespół pojawia ...

Andrzej Fiedoruk - wybitny znawca i przewodnik po podlaskiej tradycji kulinarnej, potrafiący dowieść jej oryginalności i niepowtarzalności, pasjonat i gawędziarz jest twórcą rozpoznawalnym w całej Polsce. Z wykształcenia historyk, tropi i opisuje wątki kultury materialnej regionu Podlasia, pokazując jej barwność, wyjątkowość i niepowtarzalny charakter._x000D_ W dorobku ma kilkanaście pozycji książkowych, dotyczących najrozmaitszych aspektów dawnej i współczesnej kuchni polski...

„Zanoni”, first published in 1842, was inspired by a dream. This piece of literature describes a fascinating story of love and occult aspiration. The main character is Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian who has lived since the Chaldean civilisation. He falls in love with a young opera singer, Viola Pisani – but to Zanoni, falling in love means losing his power of immortality. The story develops in the days of the French Revolution in 1789.

Chesterton’s last novel is a reflection of his first novel. Michael Herne, the librarian at Seawood Abbey, is asked to play the part of a medieval king. He not only takes his role seriously by thoroughly researching the Middle Ages, when the play is concluded, he refuses to take off the costume... Set in the early 20th Century, this is the intriguing story of the rise of a new Don Quixote who introduces a medieval government into the world of big business.

A strange and mysterious gem named the Sphinx Emerald leaves its trail through history: a witness to many historic events and crosses the paths of both simple folk and famous men and, for good or bad, exerts its powerful influence... Catherine de Medici coveted the Sphinx Emerald. And when the King gave it as a reward to his physician, Doctor Nôtredame rode in dire peril of his life.

These Sphinx Emerald stories are a veritable Outline of History. „The Son of Julius Caesar” is the fifth one from the master story tell H. Bedford-Jones! Many of his works were historical fiction/adventures, about knights, pirates, buccaneers, vikings, musketeers, revolutionaries, legionnaires, soldiers, sailors, and assorted adventurers. Here the tragic young Caesarion dominates the scene.

Imagine a single artifact that has been involved with every era and event from ancient Egypt to post-WWII.That’s the Sphinx Emerald. A strange jewel that wrought mischief and magic as it passed from hand to hand down the ages starts its strange eventful dramatic history here in Ancient Egypt... and crosses the paths of both simple folk and famous men such as Alexander the Great, Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, Leonardo da Vinci, Cardinal Richelieu.

Welcome to the important and meaningful adventure novel of Francis Henry Atkins which is „The Sunken Island: or the Pirates of Atlantis”, appeared in 1904. Frank Atkins (1847-1927), who has written under several names, including Frank Aubrey and here as Fenton Ash. He was a British writer of „pulp fiction”, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else.

A well-travelled journalist James Edward Preston Muddock – though he was better known as Joyce Emerson Preston Muddock, wrote prolifically in a number of genres. The vast majority of his output were sensational detective stories in which „Dick Donovan” was the main character. In the ‘lost world’ novel „The Sunless City” (1905), Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin pilots a submarine through a bottomless lake. Upon passing through a hole lined with gold, he finds a strange underground...

„The Temple of Fire, or The Mysterious Island” (1905), the author’s seventh novel out of an eventual 14. It is an absorbing lost-world adventure, characterized by vividly imaginative. Francis Henry Atkins – British speculative fiction writer, working mainly under two pseudonyms (Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash) in sequence, was extremely successful and influential. He played an important role in the History of Science-Fiction.

Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), a prolific Victorian novelist, member of Parliament, and Secretary of State for the colonies, wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction. The protagonist of this book thinks that all stories related to ghosts, could be explained with a reasonable point of view. Now he has to solve the mystery of a haunted house... What adventures did he face? Read the story to know!

Written in the cycle of tales by H. Bedford-Jones, „The Justice of Amru” tells how fanatic followers of Mohammed stormed out of Arabia in the seventh century to slaughter the Greek troops of the Great Eastern Empire and conquer Egypt... and again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling historic drama.

The strange Sphinx Emerald which Richard had brought home to England from the Crusades was the property of Edward III in this year 1349 – a year of triumph because of victory; of terror because of pestilence. And when a beautiful woman coveted the jewel, its tragic power came again to life. This series about the Sphinx Emerald constitutes, as has been said, a veritable Outline of History!

Meet another great pulp extravaganza, №3 in the amazing cycle of tales from Henry Bedford-Jones published in the mid-1940s. That strange bewitching jewel, the Sphinx Emerald, plays another part in world drama when a Mata Hari betrays the Egyptians, and Artaxerxes of Persia storms up the Nile to take over the ancient kingdom of the Pharaohs.

Written as Frank Aubrey, „The Mystery of an Artist’s Model” is a weird mystery with rationalized supernaturalism. Little is known about Aubrey/Atkins. He was involved in a scandal at the turn of the century and sentenced to nine months imprisonment for obtaining money by deception. After leaving prison he dropped the name Frank Aubrey and – in his early 60s, following a three-year hiatus – began writing as Fenton Ash.

The final series about the strange and mysterious gem „The Passing of the Sphinx Emerald” constitutes a veritable Outline of History – or perhaps „Highlights of History” would be more accurate. For this reason the greatest event in all history could not be left out. Here, then, we see in Santa Fe, the story of this malign and magic jewel, which began in Ancient Egypt, comes to its strange conclusion.

A strange jewel that wrought mischief and magic as it passed from hand to hand down the ages starts its strange eventful dramatic history. Now almost in our own day the Sphinx Emerald turns up in Cairo to work its malign magic in a memorable drama. „The Bride of the Sphinx” is the seventeenth story of the popular series about the Sphinx Emerald.

„The Coming Race” (1870) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton is an early science fiction novel. It offers a fascinating vision of a shadowy underworld populated by strange and beautiful creatures who closely resemble the angels described in Christian lore. These beings, known as Vril-ya, live underground, but are intending to leave their subterranean existence and conquer the world...

„The Devil-Tree of El Dorado” concerns the discovery of the legendary city of Manoa in British Guiana, high atop Mt. Roraima, at that date an incredibly remote part of the world. Most desirable, all the expected thrills of an Atlantean thriller plus some: flying damsels; immortals; a satisfying variety of monsters including the „frightful shape, with its maddening leer and its blood-curdling scream” that welcomes us to the book.

More thrilling adventures from the master story tell H. Bedford-Jones! This series about the Sphinx Emerald constitutes, as has been said, a veritable Outline of History – or perhaps „Highlights of History” would be more accurate. For this reason the greatest event in all history could not be left out. Here, then, we see the Holy Family during the exile in Egypt.

The first book in the triology, „The Fifth Queen” recounts Katharine’s arrival at court and the early stages of her relationship with England king Henry VIII. Growning up far from court, she is wholly unused to the corruption and intrigue that now surround her. Soon Katharine is locked in a vicious battle with Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, as she fights for political and religious change. The book details a battle for power between Katharine, Throckmorton, and Cromwel...

This is three novels bound as one. The wonderful „Fifth Queen” trilogy by Ford Madox Ford (1873 – 1939) is about Katharine Howard, the 5th wife of Henry VII which present Katharine Howard’s arrival at the Court of Henry VIII, her eventual marriage to the king, and her death. Depicting some of the era’s most notorious figures, including Thomas Cromwell, Throckmorton, Bloody Mary, and the King himself, Ford makes history both entertaining and undeniably human.

Armed with a donkey cart filled with rum, cheese and a tavern signpost, pub owner Humphrey Hump and Captain Patrick Dalroy, a crimson-haired giant with a tendency to burst into song, take to the road in this rollicking, madcap adventure, encountering revolution, romance, and a cast of memorable characters. In this hilarious, satirical romp, G.K. Chesterton demonstrates his intense distrust of power and „progressives,” railing against Prohibition, vegetarianism, theosophy, and...

Welcome to the „The Gold Idol” book, were we present to you one of the best work of remarkable author of „pulp fiction” Francis Henry „Frank” Atkins (1847-1927), who contributed widely to the pre-sf Pulp magazines, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. Despite his commercial success at the time, little is known about Atkins’ personal life. His son was writer Frank Howard Atkins too.

„The Good Soldier” (1915) by Ford Madox Ford is a modernist classic, an intricately worked novel. It tells the stories of two outwardly happy couples who meet at a health spa in Germany just before the start of the First World War, and whose loveless, adultery-ridden relationships are strained and gradually disintegrate, with tragic consequences. The story is narrated by the character John Dowell, half of one of the couples whose dissolving relationships form the subject of t...

Powieść obyczajowa, która dała początek popularnej sadze i wielu ekranizacjom, w tym ostatniej, w której wystąpili Emma Watson i Timothée Chalamet.Tytułowe małe kobietki to siostry March, cztery panny o odmiennych typach urody i różnych temperamentach. Realia historyczne oraz rodzinna historia sióstr nie nastrajają optymistycznie: trwa wojna secesyjna, ojciec pozostaje nieobecny, a sytuacja materialna rodziny zdecydowanie nie należy do najlepszych. Dziewczęta jednak, starają ...

„Some Do Not...”, the first volume of Ford Madox Ford’s highly regarded tetralogy „Parade’s End”. Set during the First World War, the novel follows the conflicted relationship between conservative English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens, his beautiful but headstrong wife, Sylvia, and fearless young suffragette Valentine Wannop. An unforgettable exploration of the tensions of a society confronting catastrophe, sexuality, power, madness, and violence, this narrative examines ti...

In the Twelfth Century an intrigue at the court of the great Sultan Saladin brings forth the Sphinx Emerald to play its strange magic role. A miniature image of the sphinx hypnotizes its owners and inspires them to make history-changing decisions. Ninth story in the series about the Sphinx Emerald from the master story tell H. Bedford-Jones!

The Sphinx Emerald passed into other hands – to reappear centuries later when conquering Cambyses came storming into Egypt with his Persian legions... Readers are treated to authentic historical dramas, all centering on the mysterious jewel that seems to contain a miniature image of the sphinx. A great pulp extravaganza!

„Richelieu Raids a Tomb” is the fourteenth installment about the Sphinx Emerald from a Canadian-American historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer H. Bedford-Jones. Here the malign magic of the Sphinx Emerald works its spell anew in one of the famous dramas of history. And again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling drama.

Ford Madox Ford was a prolific English novelist and poet in the early 20th century. Ford wrote the best-selling novel „The Good Soldier”, as well as the „Parade’s End” series. „Privy Seal” is the second novel in the well-known „Fifth Queen” trilogy that recreates Tudor England in a masterful story of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Here Ford focuses on the figure of Thomas Cromwell, a powerful advisor to the King who comes to see Katharine as a rival whose good nature ...

Perhaps the most light-hearted of all Chesterton’s works, „Manalive” follows the fun loving Innocent Smith who, after bringing joy to a boarding house, is charged with a series of crimes. Later accused even of murder and denounced for philandering everywhere he goes, Smith prompts his newfound acquaintances to recognize an important idea in most unexpected ways. In this delightfully strange mystery, Chesterton demonstrates why life is worth living, and that sometimes we need ...

The fourth part in the series, „Master of the World” continues adventures of strange and mysterious gem named the Sphinx Emerald that leaves its trail through history. Alexander of Macedon had conquered most of the world, and his legions were rolling toward Carthage when a wily little priest strangely presented to him the Sphinx Emerald...

Despite his intellectual brilliance, successful career, and sizeable inheritance, Christopher Tietjens is a largely unhappy man. Tortured by his wife’s open infidelity, caught up in his own heated affair, Tietjens attempts to put his past behind him by volunteering to fight for his country. Tragic and emotionally piercing, „No More Parade’s” by Ford Madox Ford, is a story of romance, war and betrayal that proves a brilliant sequel to „Some Do Not”.

„Paul Clifford” is a novel published in 1830 by Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) who was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. It tells the life of Paul Clifford, a man who leads a dual life as both a criminal and an upscale gentleman. Paul Clifford tells the story of a chivalrous highwayman in the time of the French Revolution. This is the novel that first used the opening line ’’It was a dark and stormy night...’’

Życie dzieje się w okamgnieniu. W przestrzeni pomiędzy czasem. Między pierwszym i ostatnim oddechem. Parker Cruse nienawidzi oszustów. To może mieć coś wspólnego z tym, że jej chłopak sypiał z jej siostrą bliźniaczką… Pewien żart, tuż po ślubie, zakończył definitywnie relacje między siostrami. Parker Cruse postanawia zachowywać się jak dojrzała kobieta.Krok pierwszy: wyprowadzić się z rodzinnego domu.Krok drugi: znaleźć pracę. Nadarza się ku temu okazja, gdy Parker poznaje no...

Osiemnastoletnia Daunis Fontaine – pół Amerykanka, pół Indianka z plemienia Odżibwejów – jest świadkiem zastrzelenia swojej przyjaciółki i trafia w sam środek prowadzonego przez FBI śledztwa w sprawie nowego śmiertelnego narkotyku. Niechętnie zgadza się na rolę tajnej agentki i wykorzystanie indiańskiej medycyny do wykrycia źródła nieznanej substancji. Daunis pragnie być silną Anishinaabe kwe – kobietą odżibwejską, ale ceną może okazać się rezygnacja z marzeń i miłości… NETF...

Wszyscy stojący na naszym szlaku muszą zostać zniszczeni i starci w proch.Obywatel Uljanow. Władimir Iljicz. Lenin.STUDIUM ZŁA W JEGO NAJCZYSTSZEJ POSTACI.Historia człowieka, który przedłożył szalone idee nad życie całych narodów.Opowieść o drodze do bezgranicznej władzy. Drodze usłanej trupami, krwawymi pieniędzmi oraz psychopatycznym cynizmem. Drodze tajnego agenta, zdrajcy i bezwzględnego ideologa opętanego manią wielkości.TWARZE SIĘ ZMIENIAJĄ, DYKTATOR ZOSTAJE TEN SAM...T...

Zakochać się w księciu to nie bajka, jeśli ukrywasz sekret, o którym nikt nie może się dowiedzieć.Następca tronuto współczesna historia o miłości, o ponoszeniu konsekwencji za popełnione błędy, o przezwyciężaniu strachu – oraz o tym, jak to jest rządzić w mediach społecznościowych. Siedemnastoletnia Lena przeprowadza się z rodzicami do Oslo, by zacząć wszystko od nowa. Nauka w liceum Elisenberg okazuje się sporym wyzwaniem. Na najsłynniejszym w całym kraju szk...

A novel series by G.K. Chesterton of four intertwined novellas whose central characters appear to be involved in murder, fraud, theft and treason. Are these friends involved in crimes? Are these individuals faultless as the book’s title suggests? A good book for people who love suspenseful novels that features mind-blowing twists, awesome plots, and events that will keep you engaged page by page.

An old secret and a lovely woman and three men: Barr Radison, an American adventurer, searching for the mysterious source of black and silver fox pelts, Macferris Montenay, a ruthless giant of a man, trying to carve out his own kingdom in the wilderness, and Jean Nichemus, a halfbreed and Montenay’s henchman, harboring his own sinister plans. „Ghost Hills” is one of the adventure stories of a prolific H. Bedford-Jones who is rightly called the „King of Pulps”.

Again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling historic drama. This series about the Sphinx Emerald constitutes, as has been said, a veritable Outline of History – or perhaps „Highlights of History” would be more accurate. For this reason the greatest event in all history could not be left out.

Don Lorenzo and Arnold Neville lead separate expeditions to the South American interior whereupon they encounter the exiled king of the underground world. But can Neville help him reclaim his throne when the arch-priestess, Alloyah, raises an army of the dead? The sequel to „The Devil-Tree of El Dorado” and „A Queen of Atlantis”, „King of the Dead” is a novel among the most famous „lost race” novels written by the British author Frank Aubrey.

Written in the cycle of tales by H. Bedford-Jones, „Lady in Chain Mail” continues amazing series about the Sphinx Emerald. From the hand of a dead Mameluke after the battle of the Pyramids, a civilian scientist with Napoleon’s army took the Sphinx Emerald... and though the Mameluke’s militant daughter offered to buy back the gem at a price high indeed, swift tragedy followed.

First published in 1928, „Last Post” is part four of Ford Madox Ford’s hugely successful „Parade’s End” tetralogy. It is about Christopher Tietjens and his life, with World War I as the backdrop. This book is set during a few hours of a day in June, where Tietjens is making a living as a dealer of old furniture. The series has taken the reader from before the war, to during it, and this final novel explores the legacy of it.

Readers are treated to authentic historical dramas, all centering on the mysterious jewel that seems to contain a miniature image of the sphinx. This image hypnotizes its owners and inspires them to make history-changing decisions. That malign and magic jewel the Sphinx Emerald comes again on the scene to play its part in a stirring drama of the Crusades.

„Dr. Delmore’s Secret” is an absorbing tale of mystery by Fenton Ash, author of at least three Lost-World novels. Little is known about Aubrey/Atkins. He was involved in a scandal at the turn of the century and sentenced to nine months imprisonment for obtaining money by deception. After leaving prison he dropped the name Frank Aubrey and – in his early 60s, following a three-year hiatus – began writing as Fenton Ash.

Much the best of the Atkins adventures, with an imaginative sweep that causes one to forget momentarily the plot and character cliches. Altogether, „Ethel Verney” (1911) is a fairly good specimen of its class written by Francis Henry Atkins – a British speculative fiction writer, mainly under two pseudonyms in sequence. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash.

Osadzona w świecie bestsellerowego cyklu Siedem Królestw historia o magii, śmiertelnym zagrożeniu oraz dwojgu niezwykłych bohaterach stąpających po cienkiej linii między życiem a śmiercią. Ten oszałamiający wstęp do nowej serii to pozycja obowiązkowa dla miłośników twórczości Cindy Williams Chimy i zarazem idealna propozycja dla czytelników, którzy jeszcze nie znają jej książek.Adrian sul’Han, znany jako Ash, jest wyszkolonym uzdrowicielem z potężną magiczną mocą – oraz z pra...

H. Bedford-Jones’ „D’Artagnan” is a sequel to the first Musketeer book of Alexandre Dumas. It continues the rollicking romantic romp through pre-revolutionary France by following the further pursuits of the famous musketeer D’Artagnan. Bedford-Jones reunites the young Gascon with his old comrades-in-arms Athos, Porthos and Aramis to defend again the honor of the queen in an intrigue of Cardinal Richelieu. Highly recommended for everyone who fell in love with these unforgettab...

”We are surrounded by hidden enemies – many of them deadly creatures... „ Meet another short science fiction novel from a British writer of „pulp fiction” Francis Henry „Frank” Atkins (1847-1927), who contributed widely to the pre-sf Pulp magazines, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash.