The Little Huguenot: A Romance of Fontainebleau is a tale of Lieutenant de Guyon, member of the king musketeers on a challenging mission for his master, King Louis XV of France, known as Louis the Wellbeloved. Accompanied by six men, De Guyon sets forth to the forest of Fontainebleau to find the notorious Gabrielle de Vernet, known as "the Little Huguenot," and to lure her back to Paris. After meeting an unfriendly priest who tries to scare them away, de Guyon begins to wonder whether all the gossip and tales of intrigues he has heard of "the Little Huguenot" are true and he is about to find...
The Little Huguenot: A Romance of Fontainebleau is a tale of Lieutenant de Guyon, member of the king musketeers on a challenging mission for his maste...
Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note is a collection of mystery stories featuring jewel dealer Bernard Sutton. Sutton is a smart, hard-headed Victorian gentleman and a client's money buys his jewels, but not his companionship or respect. His profession leads him down some captivating trails and he often finds it necessary to solve a puzzle or a crime in order to protect his business or a valuable client. Table of Contents: - The Opal of Carmalovitch - The Necklace of Green Diamonds - The Comedy of the Jewelled Links - Treasure of White Creek - The Accursed Gems - The Watch and the Scimitar -...
Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note is a collection of mystery stories featuring jewel dealer Bernard Sutton. Sutton is a smart, hard-headed Victori...
"The Iron Pirate" is the tale of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorize the Atlantic Ocean. Constructed of a phosphor-bronze alloy with engines in the vessel that burn hydrogen, manufactured by passing steam through hot coal to produce a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the nameless ship is captained by the infamous Captain Black and it brings horror to every ship and every sailor that comes in its path. The "gas" engines in the vessel burned hydrogen, what used to be called "water gas", manufactured by passing steam through hot coal to...
"The Iron Pirate" is the tale of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorize the Atlantic Ocean. Construct...
The Great White Army is the tale of Napoleon's grand army and their invasion of Russia and tragic retreat from Moscow. The story follows Surgeon-Major Constant, a veteran who accompanied Napoleon to Moscow, and was one of the survivors who returned ultimately to Paris. Constant escaped from Paris at the beginning of the French Revolution and he lived for a while at Leipzig, where he studied medicine and earned for a living as a French teacher. His nephew was a member of the Napoleon's Imperial Guard and when this young and daring man went for Russia, Constant joined this long campaign with...
The Great White Army is the tale of Napoleon's grand army and their invasion of Russia and tragic retreat from Moscow. The story follows Surgeon-Major...
The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea is the tale of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorize the Atlantic Ocean. Constructed of a phosphor-bronze alloy with engines in the vessel that burn hydrogen, manufactured by passing steam through hot coal to produce a mixture of hydrogen and carbon dioxide, the nameless ship is captained by the infamous Captain Black and it brings horror to every ship and every sailor that comes in its path.
The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea is the tale of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the worl...
For the rest of the world Nicolas Steele is a blackmailer, a burglar, a crook, linked with indefinite number of criminal deeds and actions, but for his valet, Steele is merely the master. After five years of service, Bigg offers his input in his master's endeavors and exploits, presenting his side of the truth, but not leaving out numerous astonishing facts and astounding details regarding Steel's criminal record. A Gentleman's Gentleman tell the is an action adventure mystery book assembled from certain pages from the life and strange adventures of Sir Nicolas Steele, as related by his valet...
For the rest of the world Nicolas Steele is a blackmailer, a burglar, a crook, linked with indefinite number of criminal deeds and actions, but for hi...
This meticulously edited crime and mystery collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: A Gentleman's Gentleman The Diamond Ship The Sea Wolves The Lady Evelyn Aladdin of London White Motley Short Stories: Jewel Mysteries I Have Known; From a Dealer's Note Book: The Opal of Carmalovitch The Necklace of Green Diamonds The Comedy of the Jewelled Links Treasure of White Creek The Accursed Gems The Watch and the Scimitar The Seven Emeralds The Pursuit of the Topaz The Ripening Rubies My Lady of the Sapphires The Signors of the Night; The Story...
This meticulously edited crime and mystery collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: A Gentle...
The House Under the Sea is an adventure tale set in the Pacific ocean and told by Jasper Begg, veteran sailor who has spent some fifteen years on the ocean. Jasper tells the story of the infamous Ken's Island, the most fearsome place he came across during his marine life. Excerpt: "He indicated the distant reef, which seemed, as I bear witness, ablaze with lights. And not only the reef, mark you, but the sea about it, a cable's length, it may be, to the north and the south, shone like a pool of fire, yellow and golden, and sometimes with a rare and beautiful green light when the darkness...
The House Under the Sea is an adventure tale set in the Pacific ocean and told by Jasper Begg, veteran sailor who has spent some fifteen years on the ...
Mr. Rowl is an historical romance novel set in England during the Napoleonic Wars, following the fortunes of a captured Napoleon's soldier throughout the time of his captivation in England. Captain Raoul des Sablières is a French prisoner of war who is unjustly sent to the Plymouth hulks (Prison ship). He escapes and is befriended by a Royal Navy captain, Hervey Barrington, who tries to help him reunite with the young Englishwoman he loves, and with his repatriation to France.
Mr. Rowl is an historical romance novel set in England during the Napoleonic Wars, following the fortunes of a captured Napoleon's soldier throughout ...
e-artnow presents to you this sea adventures collection containing maritime mysteries, pirate stories and weird tales of high seas. Table of contents: "The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea" is the tale of a great gas-driven iron-clad, which could outpace the navies of the world and terrorize the Atlantic Ocean. "Captain Black: A Romance of the Nameless Ship" is a sequel to the tale of The Iron Pirate and the terrible captain who comes to life again. After his iron ship was sunk in the Atlantic, Captain Black comes back with an electric submarine armed with different...
e-artnow presents to you this sea adventures collection containing maritime mysteries, pirate stories and weird tales of high seas. Table of contents:...