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Romance and terror in a barbaric age. Michael of Finlandia an orphan bastard pursues a better social position with help of friendly people and crosses the continent of Europe to seek his fortune.
In the Thirteenth Century, Mediterranean Europe was in a passionate ferment—restlessly reaching out for new lands, new achievements, new exploits. And Marco Polo, the Venetian, was its brightest symbol of adventure. The author has chosen a real person to be his hero,...
Considered to be one of the author's most successful books, this is the story of the long hunt of Jason Starbuck, who rode east from the frontiers of the Adirondacks to seek the Golden Fleece and followed the proud, bold, beautiful Roxana from the harbors of Salem to...
Ever read a book you couldn't put down? That you wish hadn't ended? This is such a book. I've already read it twice, and about to begin again. The adventure begins as we see a boy standing on the coast, watching his family die in a severe storm off the New England...
H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1933) is a "future history" novel presented as a manuscript from the future, chronicling humanity's path from global chaos in the mid-20th century (WWII, economic collapse, chemical warfare) towards a scientific, rational world...
In this compelling drama about fidelity, sorrow and forgiveness, Nobel Prize-winning author Sigrid Undset tells the story of Ida Elisabeth, who marries her teenage sweetheart, Frithjof, in an effort to redeem her reputation. Early in their marriage, she realizes that...
After serving a six year prison term because of the betrayal of a friend, Harrison Destry decides to try to hunt down the twelve jurors who convicted him. This classic western is the basis for the famous film starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich.
''Years of Grace'' (1930) by Margaret Ayer Barnes, now in the public domain, won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1931. Barnes' alma mater Bryn Mawr College, along with the characters of college presidents M. Carey Thomas and Marion Park, figure prominently in this...
Not strictly mystery, but a combination thriller, detection yarn, adventure, in the detailed exposition of a man's downfall. A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sort of tale, of a crook who runs a dope ring, to insure the respectability of his alter ego and the social...
Ronald Hudson, travel writer and adventurer, visits Philip Tolefree with an anonymous letter written in cypher, which he hopes the sleuth can decode. But Tolefree is uneasy. What are Hudson's motives? Is his writer-persona a facade for espionage - or something even more...
''Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case'' is the final adventure of J. Jefferson Farjeon's Cockney tramp, Ben, where he witnesses a murder on a park bench and gets entangled in a thrilling, humorous mystery at Number 19, Billiter Road, continuing his series known for its...
All is not well in the English town of Castle-Dinas, a strange un-English-looking, tumbled hill-town, which seemed to have jutted up out of the Middle Ages. Concerned about the brooding atmosphere surrounding his fiancee Katherine and her family, Jardine is persuaded by...
The story takes place on Jowle Street in London, where many of the houses are empty. Ben, a homeless man with a rich sense of humor and "naïve philosophies," has taken up residence in one of the untenanted properties, No. 29. He is a reluctant sleuth, often confused by...
"The Restless Flame" by Louis de Wohl is a historical novel vividly recounting the dramatic life of St. Augustine, chronicling his transformation from a worldly, sensual youth in the decadent Roman Empire to the brilliant theologian, focusing on key figures like his...
''Ben on the Job'' by J. Jefferson Farjeon is a humorous, thrilling mystery featuring Ben the tramp, an unlikely Cockney detective, who stumbles upon a murder on a London bridge, gets framed, and then finds himself entangled in a dangerous plot involving an...
Louis de Wohl's ''Saint Helena and the True Cross'' tells the thrilling, faith-filled story of St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, focusing on her determined pilgrimage to Jerusalem in her old age to discover the actual Cross of Christ, overcoming obstacles with...
At the heart of this story is the eponymous man with the squeaky voice, a mysterious figure who appears at a small town, seemingly out of thin air. His peculiar voice and enigmatic presence arouse suspicion among the townspeople, especially when a series of strange...
When Broadall the merchant banker fails to appear at his office in Cumberland Court, his confidential clerk calls on Philip Tolefree to investigate the disappearance with the minimum of publicity. Breaking into Broadall's London residence, Tolefree finds that there is a...
''Lay Siege to Heaven'' by Louis de Wohl is a historical novel that tells the vibrant life story of St. Catherine of Siena (14th century), focusing on her mystical experiences, refusal of marriage, intense devotion, and extraordinary influence in a turbulent era, as she...
''The Corpse in the Green Pyjamas'' is a classic 1935 mystery novel by R.A.J. Walling, featuring his recurring detective Philip Tolefree, about a baffling case where a corpse appears and disappears, challenging Tolefree to unravel hidden truths and impossible...
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