'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other StoriesThe stories in this selection show the intense influence of Conrad's many voyages and his varied reading.
'Every step the Scarlet Pimpernel takes on French soil is fraught with danger'The French Terror is raging, and few are safe from the threat of the guillotine.
Eine Flucht, eine ungleiche Freundschaft, ein Verrat – ein souveräner erster Roman über große globale Fragen, dessen Leichtigkeit umso deutlicher werden lässt, dass einfachen Antworten nicht zu trauen ist.
A THRILLING TALE OF HEROISM AND ROMANCEThe Scarlet Pimpernel is the first in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Emma Orczy, a Hungarian-born English writer, playwright and artist.
Jerusalem Delivered (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem.
It revolves around the cities that are held in the parallel worlds through the victorious knight, Faris, the Kingdom of Hazan, and the story depicts the wars that he led until he was able to submit the strength of this strong army under his emirate, and how he remained a supervisor for a period in his own world.
Lively and immensely readable, The Science of Sherlock Holmes looks at the advancements in crime-solving and general science from late Victorian times to the modern day.
In this series, we know the nature of Egyptian arts at the level of all ancient and Pharaonic, Christian and Islamic ages, and the artistic characteristics that distinguish each era.
