The Last Vendée. Or, The She-Wolves of Machecoul

Alexandre Dumas

The scene takes place in 1832, just 40 years after the fall of the royal family and about 15 years after the fall of Napoleon. There are we have characters who are designed to fight, perhaps for the last time, to ask the royal family again. This book focuses on a specific area in France, not in France as a whole.

Tajemnica jeziora Bangweolo. Powieść podróżnicza

Stefan Barszczewski

Tajemnica jeziora Bangweolo opowiada o niezwykłych przygodach polskiej wyprawy naukowej do Afryki. Profesor Poraj i jego towarzysze podróżujący nowym polskim samolotem Biały Orzeł badają okolice tajemniczego jeziora zamieszkanego przez dinozaury. Wrogami polskiej wyprawy okazują się wysłannicy bolszewików. Autor Stefan Barszczewski był polskim pisarzem, tłumaczem, podróżnikiem i działaczem polonijnym. Pisał utwory przygodowe i science fiction. Opublikował także tłumaczenia dzieł H.G. Wellsa, m.in. Wojna dwóch światów i Wojna w przestworzu.

Swordsmen of Saladin

Henry Bedford-Jones

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!

Wintersmoon

Hugh Walpole

Beautiful, but affordable spelling. The characters, especially Janet, were incredibly versatile. They are well-rounded and sympathetically written, and each has its own natural conclusion, making for a very satisfactory ending. If you like a well-written, historical, adult novel with a definitively optimistic ending, then try Wintersmoon.

Messengers Million

T.C. Bridges

Fat Mr. Horner might have changed his mind if he could have watched Gilberts face as he drove his rattling old motorcycle over the bridge and climbed the steep slope beyond. The young mans lips were clenched and his eyes were hard. These weekly trips to Taverton were the only gap in the deadly monotony of life in the works of Carnaby Clay, and he hated to return there, like a boy hates to return to school.

The Infidel

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Antonia Thornton is raised to be a religious skeptic by her father, but has doubts after meeting with Oxford Methodists, such as Stobard. Lord Killrush is impressed by her beauty and intelligence and suggests making her his mistress. Dying from consumption, as people did in the old days, Killrush agrees to marry her. Provided that she marries no one.

The Golden Calf

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

The plot tells the story of Ida Pallizer, the daughter of a poor Anglican pastor. Miss Pughs teacher and a wealthier student named Urania Pallizer often taunts and makes silly remarks about her poverty. The best line from this part of the book is when Ida is excluded. Miss Pugh says: You can stay here as long as you need to pack your bags. Not that it takes a long time.

Przygody Piotrusia Pana

J.M. Barrie

Piotruś Pan to powieść szkockiego pisarza i dramaturga J.M. Barriego, znana w Polsce także pod tytułami Przygody Piotrusia Pana i Piotruś Pan i Wendy. Głównym bohaterem powieści jest tytułowy Piotruś Pan, psotny chłopiec, który nie chce dorosnąć. Spędza on dzieciństwo w Nibylandii, gdzie przewodzi grupie Zagubionych Chłopców. Chłopiec posiada również liczne zdolności magiczne (np. potrafi latać). Jego najlepszą przyjaciółką jest wróżka Dzwoneczek, zaś największym wrogiem Kapitan Hak.