Ficción

All that Billy and Saxon Roberts have ever dreamed of is owning a piece of land, freeing them from having to work for other people. However, they are stuck in Oakland with no money, no resources, and...

Dodo, who is well-known from E.F. Benson's bestseller carrying the same name, is now settled down. But Dodo has new problems in her life. Dodo's daughter Nadine is only eighteen years old but despite...

Fanny Templeton is a young widow and worried about her stepdaughter, who is about to marry the penniless Freddie March. Yet her own life is about to change, as she travels to France and then Brussels...

Did you ever dream of going on an adventure to discover unknown lands? Embark on a journey with Mark Twain that will take you through Europe and beyond to the Holy Land. Following Twain's real 1867 tour...

Tom Canty is poor boy who has always dreamed of a better life. One day he meets the Prince of Wales, Edward Tudor. In his excitement the boy comes too close to the prince and almost gets beaten up by...

In this beautifully crafted novel, Eduardo Manet, a Cubanborn French novelist and playwright, tells the story of a woman's passion for a famous artist.The artist is his grandfather, the painter Édouard...

Who could have guessed that Lucius Altreis, in his personal vendetta against the pope, would enlist neo-Nazis searching for $3 billion of Heinrich Himmler's gold submerged in an Austrian lake ? Who could...

Regarded as one of his finest works, Henry James' 'The Bostonians' (1886) is a brilliant satire about the women's rights movement in America. Verena Tarrant is an inspirational feminist speaker, but her...

Witchcraft and revolution collide in Walter Scott's thrilling "Woodstock".King Charles I has been beheaded, and the English Civil War is finally over. His son, Charles Stuart, must flee for his life....

In the ancient Garre Castle, the dead walk again, the Green Archer hung in 1487 has returned...and he has killed again. The castle's reclusive owner refuses to allow anyone to investigate however, he...

Peter Kropotkin's magnum opus "Memoirs of a Revolutionist" serves the role of an astounding historical narrative of Russian politics in the second half of the 19th century. A perfect example of early...

'The Valley of Ghosts' squarely plants you smack-bang in the middle of a tiny close-knit aristocratic English town that is beset by more than just ghosts alone, as he is all too quick to discover. The...

Prison breaks, thwarted love affairs, buried treasure—"The Count of Monte Cristo" has it all. ​If you love Dumas' "The Three Musketeers", this is your next must-read adventure.In Volume I, we meet Frenchman...

He has his freedom and a vast fortune. Now Edmond Dantes wants revenge. To get it, he'll have to become someone else. In this second volume of Dumas' classic adventure, Dantes transforms into the Count...

Dr. Benassis is a doctor and a village major. Thanks to him, the once poor village has started to blossom. The village is getting richer and richer, and also the villagers seem very happy about the situation....

In Restoration England, two young lovers must battle against a wild conspiracy. Julian and Alice's love has survived a lot. For one thing, their families supported different sides in the English Civil...

Scottish lord Nigel Olifaunt is more than a little naive. So when he arrives in London, he's soon sucked into the chaos of the big city. Pinballing between a lively cast of petty criminals, Templers,...

The Thénardiers are now poor and live in misery. In another part of the town baron Marius Pontmercy sees a very beautiful girl in a demonstration and falls head over heels in love. The girl is Cosette....

"The American Senator" by Anthony Trollope contains one of his most memorable character creations in Arabella Trefoil, whose determination to find a wealthy husband at any cost lies at the heart of this...

Therapist. Peacemaker. Pillar of the community. A country parson in 19th century England was all this and more. In "Scenes of Clerical Life", George Eliot offers a poignant portrait of three such clergymen....

Jasper Hobson and his crew have the mission to build a fort in the Arctic ocean. They manage to get there and establish the fort. However a massive earthquake changes their plans as unusual things begin...

If you visited a paradise, how could return to living in the normal world? That's the question which haunts Lionel Wallace in H.G. Wells' "The Door in the Wall". When he was a child, Lionel found a magical...

Looking for a great love story? You have found it! This novel is told as both a sentimental romance and a humorous piece of historical fiction.Taking place in Rhode Island the story revolves around Mary...

"The Fortunate Foundlings" is a picaresque novel from 1744 featuring twins Horatio and Louisa, whose journey in the world differs because of their gender. They were both abandoned in infancy and adopted,...

In "Felix Holt, the Radical", an opportunistic bid for power sparks a dramatic love triangle. It's the early 1830s in England, and the town of Treby is gearing up for an election. Harold Transome, a radical...

No one has a bigger heart than the mysterious Daniel Deronda. And in Gwendolen, he sees a lost soul in need of his help. George Eliot's final novel traces these two characters' very different paths across...

"Middlemarch" is a book to lose yourself in. Set in a fictional English town, it weaves together dozens of characters and storylines into a rich tapestry of 19th century life. At its center are Dorothea,...

Captain Hatteras has one goal remaining in life, to reach the North Pole at all costs. With a purpose built steamship he sets out on the greatest voyage of his life but when their fortunes turn, his crew...

Set in Wiltshire, the compassionate yet stubborn Vicar Frank Fenwick and his wife Janet are active members within their local community. They soon find themselves caught up in a range of crises; from...

Instead of Instagram-ing her grand tour of Europe, Louisa May Alcott wrote this collection of short stories inspired by it. Whilst not directly about 'Little Women' (boo) the stories switch from fiction...