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Dos días después de Navidad, el arzobispo de Canterbury fue asesinado al pie del altar de su catedral por cuatro hombres de armas del rey Enrique II.La historia había empezado de forma muy diferente,...

Lord of the World envisions a near-future world-state enthralled by benevolent secular "humanitarianism," as the charismatic diplomat Julian Felsenburgh rises to quasi-messianic rule and the Catholic...

Lord of the World imagines an early twentieth century future where humanitarian secularism consolidates a global state, pacifying life through efficiency, spectacle, and euthanasia. At its core are Father...

“If you want to understand me,” says Pope Francis, “read this book.” Speaking to a planeload of reporters on his way home from a visit to the Philippines in January 2015, the Pope explained that a reading...

Robert Hugh Benson (18 novembre 1871 - 19 octobre 1914) est un ecclésiastique et homme de lettres britannique. Il est le plus jeune fils d'Edward White Benson, archevêque de Cantorbéry. Lors d'un séjour...

Quarto figlio di Edward White Benson, arcivescovo di Canterbury, Robert Hugh Benson nacque a Wellinton College il 18 novembre 1871. Si laureò al Trinity College di Cambridge e nel 1894 ricevette l’ordinazione...

This book, written in 1907, is Benson's dystopic vision of a near future world in which religion has, by and large, been rejected or simply fallen by the wayside. The Catholic Church has retreated to...

Il libro che piace a papa Francesco Il padrone del mondo è un libro distopico abbastanza particolare: narra di come sarebbe il mondo e la società se venisse a mancare la Chiesa Cattolica, se la religione...

A Mystery Play in Honour of the Nativity of our Lord is a dramatic work about the miracle of Christmas, with the goal of furthering the devotion to the Nativity of the Christ. The play is written in verse...

Lord of the World is a dystopian novel that centers upon the reign of the Anti-Christ and the End of the World. In early 21st century London, two priests, the white-haired Father Percy Franklin and the...

Robert Hugh Benson's 'Lord of the World' is a thought-provoking dystopian novel that explores the clash between secularism and religion in a futuristic world. Set in the 21st century, the novel depicts...

À la fin du XXème siècle, les progrès du matérialisme et de la Franc-Maçonnerie ont réduit la religion chrétienne à une infime minorité en Europe, malgré sa survie en Irlande et dans la ville pontificale...

UM PESADELO SE ABATE SOBRE A CIVILIZAÇÃO O planeta que O Senhor do Mundo retrata é o mundo do Anticristo... e as semelhanças dele com o nosso são aterradoras. Nesse mundo, a paz universal é alcançada...

In "None Other Gods," Robert Hugh Benson crafts a compelling narrative that weaves together themes of faith, temptation, and the multifaceted nature of personal belief. Set against the backdrop of the...

Robert Hugh Benson's 'In Honour of the Nativity of our Lord' is a captivating play that offers a unique perspective on the birth of Jesus Christ. Written in a poetic and lyrical style, the play explores...

In "None Other Gods," Robert Hugh Benson crafts a compelling narrative that explores the spiritual struggles and moral dilemmas faced by individuals in a post-Victorian society teetering between faith...

"Far from here, in the land the swallows flee to in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa." So begins the story of Elisa and her brothers. At the beginning, everything was...

Published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself was written in response to critics who questioned the authenticity of the experiences Douglass drew...

The wrongdoing of one generation lives into the successive ones and... becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief. Hawthorne's moral for "The House of the Seven Gables," taken from the Preface, accurately...

In 1887, with the view of amplifying and completing certain new doctrines which he had merely sketched in Beyond Good and Evil (see especially Aphorism 260), Nietzsche published The Genealogy of Morals....

Here is a collection of strikingly different pieces by Flaubert: a prose poem in the voices of Death, Satan and Nero; the trials and apotheosis of a medieval saint; and the life of a selfless maid in...

A classic ghost story of a haunted house, and the haunted man who lives in it.

"This classic adventure novel by the author of Greenmantle and The Thirty-Nine Steps relates the first-person exploits of young David Crawfurd before the age of twenty. As a boy growing up on the coast...

Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world. So begins the poignant story of the two orphans who were to become inseparable companions. They were Nello, an orphaned youth, and Patrasche, the...

Mrs Nesta Ford, in her London hotel room, reveals to her new friend Lord Mountry that she hopes to take her son Ogden on a yachting trip proposed by Mountry, despite her ex-husband having won custody...

As usual, gentleman thief Arsène Lupin finds himself wrongfully accused of murder, and must find the real killer to clear his coloured name. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

A tragic but very captivating tale of a monk in the 17th century.

The Exploits of Elaine It tells the story of a young woman named Elaine who, with the help of a detective, tries to find the man, known only as "The Clutching Hand", who murdered her father. (Wikipedia)

The Fortunes of Philippa is based on the author's mother, Angelica Brazil, who had grown up in Rio de Janeiro and attended an English boarding school at the age of 10, finding the English culture, school...

"Darklands" is Niels Krause-Kjær’s independent sequel to the filmed bestselling novel "Solitaire". Suspicion of fraud at the highest level turns out to have threads reaching far into Danish democracy....

Hurlingham House school is a high-achiever’s heaven, full of happy, hard-working pupils. There’s just the small matter of the dead body on the field... Sounds like a case for Epiphany Bloom! When Epiphany...

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, CH, KBE , usually known as Hall Caine, was a British author. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. In his time he was...

This is a wonderfully written novel by Mrs. Hungerford about the perennial bachelor and the various interests in his life, where he is a doctor by trade. From taking care of his sister's children to a...

Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. Dudley answers the summons, only to find himself immediately...

J. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in love with a mysterious and imperiled Countess, whom...

A Mid-Victorian Christmas Tale; tells of a night time encounter between relatives who had never before met, resulting in minor injuries, embarrassment, and Trollope's usual 'nice' social interactions.

Lysis discusses friendship and love between the good and bad.

When you're tired only because you're bored; and you're bored only because it seems like there's really nothing worth doing; and you're so, so wealthy that one would think opportunity should be knocking...

In 1921, American poet H.D. collected and published a selection of previously published poems by Marianne Moore. Although this angered Moore, as it was entirely unauthorized, she later accepted the edition...

Frank L. Packard worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He brings this experience to the fictional Hill Division -- those those twisting, climbing, dangerous and glorious miles of...

English author Frank Stuart Flint was a prominent poet in the Imagist movement, along with Ezra Pound and T E. Hulme. Flint abandoned school at the age of 13 to pursue rigorous self-study, eventually...

Merlin. King Arthur. War betwixt British and Saxons. Uther Pendragon. Collapsing castle foundations, Magicians and spirits, and fighting dragons and a blazing comet. Good entertaining stuff. But is it...

When all is lost, can love lead to a better future? One December wedding. One runaway bride. One winter's day to bring everyone together again. Today is the day Caro and Cammy are due to walk down the...

Cash, Jace, and Sawyer. Three rugged cousins. One inherited California ranch. And more surprises than they ever bargained for…After months of chasing stories as an investigative journalist, Sawyer Dalton...

A heartwarming tale, set against the stunning Welsh coast, from the Amazon bestselling author of The Forgotten Farmhouse by the Sea.When single mother Seren Evans returns to Anglesey with her young daughter...

When a New York City literary agent returns to her small hometown to bury her father, murder is the one plot twist she didn’t see coming. Allie Cobb thought she’d left Rushing Creek, Indiana, behind for...