Dukes aren’t meant to be Texas Cowboys. But the Duc de Montevillier is just that. Having made his fortune in silver, he relocates to the leafy London suburb of Kymott Crescent—much ...

Perhaps Gorky’s only openly revolutionary novel, ‘Mother’ follows the toils of Pelageya as she struggles amidst hunger, squalor, and sorrow. This all changes when her sun begins to ...

Set in Rome, short story ‘Mrs. General Talboys’ by prolific Victorian writer Anthony Trollope follows the fortunes of unconventional Englishwoman Arabella Talboys. A solo stay in R ...

This enjoyable short story from Anthony Trollope follows the arrogant Captain John Broughton as he seeks to cement his place as heir to his wealthy aunt Miss Le Smyrger. Set in Dev ...

Set in Devon, where Rachel lives with her widowed mother and older sister, ‘Rachel Ray’ charts the romantic interests of young Rachel. When Londoner Luke Rowan comes to their small ...

‘The Courtship of Susan Bell’ is a short story from Victorian author Anthony Trollope. Set in Saratoga Springs, New York, it charts the story of young Susan Bell who lives there wi ...

Initially published anonymously, Anthony Trollope’s ‘Linda Tressel’ follows the story of a young orphan girl. Set in Nuremburg, the young Linda’s religious Aunt Charlotte comes to ...

First published in 1882, this is a delightful volume of five short stories from Victorian author Anthony Trollope. In it we are introduced to Frau Frohmann of the title, who is ago ...

First published in serial form, ‘Can You Forgive Her?’ is the first of Anthony Trollope’s six novels in the Palliser series, also known as the Parliamentary novels. At the centre o ...

Sir Harry Hotspur is forced to rewrite his will after the death of his only son and heir. Keen that the ancestral property Humblethwaite Hall should go to his daughter Emily, Sir H ...

Published in 1860, Anthony Trollope’s ‘Castle Richmond’ is based in the South West of Ireland at the beginning of the great famine. The story opens with the mysterious blackmail of ...

One of Anthony Trollope’s lesser known novels, ‘Ralph the Heir’ is nevertheless a fascinating and dramatic tale. The novel follows the story of two intertwined Ralphs and the futur ...

‘The Eustace Diamonds’ is the third book in Anthony Trollope’s classic ‘Palliser’ series of novels. The story follows the beautiful but manipulative young Lizzie Eustace and her my ...

First published in 1921, ‘The Profiteers’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim gives an intriguing glimpse into the mood at the start of the roaring twenties. A mysterious thriller revolving a ...

There comes a time in the course of a battle when a soldier leaves his fate in the hands of the Gods of war. He carries on with the battle at hand, the only way he knows how - figh ...

The life of a law clerk at a New York firm is hectic. It can only be made more so by the addition of a murder trial. Alongside his job at Graham & Royce, Lester has a front-row sea ...

Their planned adventure to Yosemite had become all that Gus Lafee and Hazard Van talked about, so it is needless to say that they were devastated to discover that somebody had ‘sco ...

Mammoths have been extinct for thousands of years. So what do you do when an insanely talented hunter and storyteller describes how he just killed one? Thomas Stevens is a skillful ...

Fred är sjuk i tuberkulos och har inte långt kvar att leva. Just därför vill han utnyttja sina sista år på bästa sätt. Han vill hitta kärleken. När han lyckas bli utskriven från sa ...

I sex års tid har Filip Collin undgått den svenska lagens långa arm genom att leva i London under sitt numera inarbetade alias: professor Pelotard. Än så länge har allt gått enligt ...

Mamma blev så himmelens rädd när hon fick se mig bakom tant Gustafsons rygg att jag förstod att jag hört något jag inte skulle höra. Nu trodde jag mig fått klarhet över alla gåtor. ...

Eletään Troijan sodan loppuaikoja. Sota syttyi, kun kreikkalainen kaunotar Helena hylkäsi oman kansansa ja karkasi troijalaisen prinssin matkaan. Jumalat ovat ennustaneet, että Kre ...

Troijan sota on päättynyt. Sotapäällikkö ja Ithakan kuningas Odysseian on aika suunnata kohti kotia ja Kreikkaa vaimonsa Penelopen ja poikansa Telemakhosin luokse. Odysseian kotima ...

When Karen was travelling on the night train to Edinburgh only half-recovered from pneumonia, she was lucky to have Iain Mackenzie swoop in. Taking her to his home in the Highlands ...

When Commander Roger Merlin offers to buy Eve’s inheritance, Treloan Manor in Georgia, the answer is strictly no. She has not even set eyes of the place yet, and she has different ...