Huragan

Wacław Gąsiorowski

Akcja powieści rozgrywa się w czasie wojen napoleońskich. Działania wojenne sprowadzają Floriana Gotartowskiego na terytorium polskie, gdzie w jednym z polskich dworków poznaje on piękną Zofię Dziewanowską. Wielka miłość jest jednak wystawiona na próbę Florian jako żołnierz wciąż walczy u boku Napoleona, ryzykując życiem w kolejnych bitwach. Tło dla wątków przygodowo-miłosnych stanowi ocena polityki Bonapartego.

Jess

H. Rider Haggard

Jess Croft is a frightened and closed in herself a girl. All this because of her misfortune that happened in childhood. She was forced to leave England without a mother in South Africa. Captain John Niel arrives at the farm where Jess and her sister live. He falls in love with Jess. But all this can turn into a love triangle.

The Gambling Girl

Edgar Wallace

The Gambling Girl, by Edgar Wallace is a book of short story mysteries. Bill and Mary met at a gambling casino and both are imprisoned for reasons that are murky. Bill was a former detective with the American Army at G.H.Q. Marys past was more mysterious. From that day forward however, neither of their lives would ever be the same again. Fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual mystery scheme and a little romance. Its all great fun and Wallace keeps the action moving along swiftly, as he always did. Wonderful entertainment and highly entertaining. If you havent discovered the joys of Wallaces mysteries there is a good place to start. Highly recommended.

The Daffodil Mystery

Edgar Wallace

Set in England at the turn of the 20th century, Wallaces crime novel The Daffodil Mystery follows the mysterious circumstances under which shop owner Lyne was found dead in Hyde Park, murdered undoubtedly! The clues were numerous but contradictory... The murdered man is an unsavory character who is called on the carpet by the investigator he tries to hire to frame the girl Odette Rider. Detective Jack Tarling and his trusted Chinese assistant become involved in helping the police solve the murder while also trying to protect the girl from being arrested for the murder. Moreover, the happenings within the novel are intensified by the colorful set of characters, which are marked by their plausible façade and contribute to the novels appeal.

The Great Portrait Mystery and Other Stories

R. Austin Freeman

A daring daylight art theft from a crowded museum, a secret document centuries old, and a hidden treasure, these are the elements of the title story in this collection of tales by R. Austin Freeman. Though best known for his famous forensic sleuth, Dr. John Thorndyke, Freeman also on occasion wrote stories featuring other characters. In addition to The Great Portrait Mystery, this collection features four more of these tales which show a more whimsical and humorous side of the author, dealing in turn with a bewitched curate, thieves whose clever plans go adrift, a haunted lawyer, and a poor bricklayer on whom fortune smiles in a strange fashion. This collection of seven short stories includes two featuring Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke, a fictional detective in a long series of novels and short stories by British author R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943).

Big Foot

Edgar Wallace

Big Foot is a 1927 crime novel by Edgar Wallace. This is one of the most significant of his works because of the character Sooper, a detective from Metropolitan Guard. Footprints and a dead woman bring together Superintendent Minter and the amateur sleuth Mr. Cardew. Who is the man in the shrubbery? Who is the singer of the haunting Moorish tune? Both Sooper and Cardew are anxious to solve the mystery of Big Foot, an ingenious murderer who always seems to stay one step ahead of them. Death lurks in the dark and someone must solve the mystery before Big Foot strikes again, in a yet more fiendish manner.

La Cagliostro se venge

Maurice Leblanc

Ce livre est la fin dune histoire passionnante commencée avec le roman de Maurice Leblanc La Comtesse de Cagliostro. Cest une histoire o se mlent lamour et lhaine et o se retrouvent des fantômes du passé travers la Cagliostro. Arsene Lupin doit se surpasser pour éviter la vengance haineuse qui le chasse! Alors, combien de difficultés la destinée prépare pour lui? Est-il assez fort pour les surmonter?

Maria Stuart. Drama historyczne w 5 aktach

Juliusz Słowacki

Dramat Juliusza Słowackiego omawiający losy Marii I Stuart, szkockiej królowej. Skupia się na krótkim wycinku życia Marii, która po śmierci prywatnego sekretarza Rizzia pomaga swojemu kochankowi zgładzić swego męża Darnleya. Na skutek tych wydarzeń oboje uciekli ze Szkocji. Dramat prezentuje Marię jako postać tragiczną, nieradzącą sobie z emocjami i władzą, która stała się jej udziałem.