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Jack Sheppard – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
Set in the eighteenth century, the novel is a retelling of the story of real-life criminal turned tragic anti-hero Jack Sheppard. The sensational melodrama tells about the life of the eponymous anti-hero.Data dostępności:
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Cardigan – ebook
Robert W. Chambers
Cardigan Novels is a conditional cycle that combines historical novels by Robert Chambers that tell about the period of the American Revolutionary War. The novels do not have a connected plot, but the same fictional and historical characters appear in the course of each: Sir William Johnson, Walter Butler, Jack Mount, etc.Data dostępności:
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Guy Fawkes – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
Guy Fawkes, a prominent figure in the history of England, was one of the leaders in the Gunpowder Plot, whose goal was to overthrow King James I, the Protestant king of England. The plan failed, and Fox and his accomplices were executed in front of the public.Data dostępności:
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A Victor of Salamis – ebook
William Stearns Davis
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.Data dostępności:
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”God Wills It!” – ebook
William Stearns Davisan
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.Data dostępności:
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Auriol – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
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.Data dostępności:
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Laughing Bill Hyde – ebook
Rex Beach
Mr. William Hyde was released from Deer Lodge Jail by a different person. Of course, these results were balanced by the benefits of three years of corrective discipline at the expense of the state; the ability to talk through stone walls.Data dostępności:
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Wyścig z czasem – ebook
Karol May
Książka znanego niemieckiego powieściopisarza Karola Maya, znanego z licznych powieści przygodowych. Jest to XI tom mało znanego w Polsce cyklu „Leśna Różyczka”. William Saudores, ekscentryczny bohater prerii i pampasów, zjawia się w Berlinie i rozmawia z samym Bismarckiem. Jednak nie tylko to sprowadza go do Europy. Płomienne uczucia, intrygi, żywa akcja, elementy westernowej tradycji – słowem –...Data dostępności:
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The Old London Merchant – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
At that festival time, when the days are the shortest and the nights the longest, and when, therefore, it is the invariable practice of all intelligent men to turn night into day; when the ratio of business and pleasure is clearly in favor of the latter; when a magnificent carnival is held in London, and everything testifies to the predominance and influence of good humor.Data dostępności:
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The Miser’s Daughter – ebook
William Harrison Ainsworth
Randulph Crewe is an unusual name for a young hero. Hilda Scarve is the daughter of a titled miser. The denouement of the plot hinges on the making of wills and inheritance of property, and there is a secret love affair (between Randulph’s uncle and Hilda’s mother) that comes from the past.Data dostępności:
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