The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3569 urn:isbn:1406835870 en 1919 Short Fiction History Adventure Collections Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book consists of eleven short stories about Sir Percy Blakeney's exploits in rescuing various aristos and French citizens from the clutches of the guillotine. The stories are set in 1793 but appear in no particular order. They occasionally refer to events in other books in the series. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3569.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3569.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3569.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3569.mobi The Elusive Pimpernel Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3575 urn:isbn:0755111133 en 1908 Novels History Adventure First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Chauvelin is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Chauvelin travels to England as an official representative of the French government tasked with looking after the interests of French citizens, but this is only a cover and his real purpose is to trick Sir Percy Blakeney into returning to France, where he can be captured and put to the guillotine. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3575.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3575.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3575.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3575.mobi I Will Repay Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3574 urn:isbn:1599865696 en 1906 Novels History Adventure I Will Repay was written by Baroness Emmuska Orzcy and originally published in 1906, this is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orzcy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band and before The Elusive Pimpernel. The story starts before the French revolution. It's 1783 and wealthy Paul Déroulède has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrepctfully of his latest infatuation, Adèle de Monterchéri. Déroulède had not intended to get into the quarrel but has a tendency to blunder into things -- "no doubt a part of the inheritance bequeathed to him by his bourgeois ancestry." Incensed at the slur on Adèle, who he sees as a paragon of virtue, the Vicomte challenges Déroulède to a duel, a fight which Déroulède does not want -- for he knows and respects the boy's father, the Duc de Marny. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3574.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3574.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3574.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3574.mobi The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Emma Orczy http://feedbooks.com/book/3568 urn:isbn:014037454X en 1905 Novels History Adventure In this historical adventure set during the French Revolution, the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel sets out to rescue men, women and children facing the horrors of the guillotine, while evading the relentless pursuit of his arch enemy, Chauvelin. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3568.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3568.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3568.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3568.mobi Rupert of Hentzau Anthony Hope http://feedbooks.com/book/3583 urn:isbn:1605895512 en 1898 Novels Romance Adventure Thriller Rupert of Hentzau is a sequel by Anthony Hope to The Prisoner of Zenda, written in 1895, but not published until 1898. Queen Flavia, dutifully but unhappily married to her cousin Rudolf V, writes to her true love Rudolf Rassendyll. The letter is carried by von Tarlenheim to be delivered by hand, but it is stolen by the exiled Rupert of Hentzau, who sees in it a chance to return to favour by informing the pathologically jealous and paranoid King. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3583.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3583.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3583.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3583.mobi The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope http://feedbooks.com/book/3582 urn:isbn:0141033746 en 1894 Novels Romance Adventure Thriller The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is abducted on the eve of his coronation, and the protagonist, an English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The villainous Rupert of Hentzau gave his name to the sequel published in 1898, which is included in some editions of this novel. The books were extremely popular and inspired a new genre of Ruritanian romance, including the Graustark novels by George Barr McCutcheon. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3582.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3582.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3582.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3582.mobi The Double Traitor Edward Phillips Oppenheim http://feedbooks.com/book/3577 urn:isbn:0554127326 en 1915 Novels History Thriller A story of the diplomatic events leading up to the European War. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://feedbooks.com/book/3577.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3577.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3577.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3577.mobi Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling http://feedbooks.com/book/3584 urn:isbn:1406819034 en 1897 Novels Young Readers Adventure The adventures of Harvey Chaney Jr., an arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks, Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth. However, the captain of a passing schooner offers him a job as crew until they return to port. With no other choice, Harvey accepts, and there begins a series of trials and adventures where the boy learns to adjust to his rough new life, and takes the first steps towards becoming a man. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3584.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3584.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3584.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3584.mobi Louise de la Valliere Alexandre Dumas http://feedbooks.com/book/3600 urn:isbn:019953845X en 1849 Novels History Romance Adventure The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850. Louise de la Valliere is the third volume. http://feedbooks.com/book/3600.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3600.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3600.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3600.mobi Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson http://feedbooks.com/book/3578 urn:isbn:0141441798 en 1886 Novels History Adventure Politics Being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751: how he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called. http://feedbooks.com/book/3578.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3578.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3578.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3578.mobi Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas http://feedbooks.com/book/3586 urn:isbn:0192838431 en 1845 Novels History Romance Adventure The fantastic adventures of the Three Musketeers continue - starting with an intrigue surrounding D'Artagnan who has, for twenty years, remained a lieutenant. http://feedbooks.com/book/3586.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3586.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3586.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3586.mobi The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo http://feedbooks.com/book/3580 urn:isbn:0451527887 en 1831 Novels History Romance The Hunchback of Notre Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris) is an 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. It is set in 1482 in Paris, in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The book tells the story of a poor barefoot Gypsy girl (La Esmeralda) and a misshapen bell-ringer (Quasimodo) who was raised by the Archdeacon (Claude Frollo). The book was written as a statement to preserve the Notre Dame cathedral and not to 'modernize' it, as Hugo was thoroughly against this. The story begins during the Renaissance in 1482, the day of the Festival of Fools in Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer, is introduced by his crowning as Pope of Fools. Esméralda, a beautiful 16-year-old gypsy with a kind and generous heart, captures the hearts of many men but especially Quasimodo’s adopted father, Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his lust and the rules of the church. He orders Quasimodo to get her. Quasimodo is caught and whipped and ordered to be tied down in the heat. Esméralda seeing his thirst, offers him water. It saves her, for she captures the heart of the hunchback. http://feedbooks.com/book/3580.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3580.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3580.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3580.mobi The Vicomte of Bragelonne Alexandre Dumas http://feedbooks.com/book/3588 urn:isbn:0199538476 en 1847 Novels History Romance Adventure The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850. The Vicomte of Bragelonne is the first volume of this work relating the events of 1660. http://feedbooks.com/book/3588.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3588.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3588.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3588.mobi Revenge Arthur Porges http://feedbooks.com/book/3579 en 1961 Short Fiction Science Fiction Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but the fury of a biochemist scorned is just as great —and much more fiendish. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/3579.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3579.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3579.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3579.mobi The Panchronicon Harold Steele MacKaye http://feedbooks.com/book/3573 urn:isbn:0548548641 en 1904 Novels Science Fiction A novel about time travel. Excerpt: "Don't have to keep count," he replied. "See that indicator?" he continued, pointing to a dial in the ceiling which had not been noticed before. "That reads May 3, 1898, now, don't it? Well, it's fixed to keep always tellin' the right date. It counts the whirls we make an' keeps tabs on every day we go backward. Any time all ye hev to do is to read that thing an' it'll tell ye jest what day 'tis." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/3573.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3573.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3573.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3573.mobi The Tide Mill Richard Herley http://feedbooks.com/book/2265 en 2008 Novels History Adventure The setting is feudal Sussex in the thirteenth century, a landscape and society that have changed almost beyond recognition. The power of the Church is at its zenith, and the bishop of Alincester is one of the richest men in England. He derives income from the watermills in his diocese: the forces of wind and rain are held to be divine. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/2265.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2265.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2265.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2265.mobi Ten Years Later Alexandre Dumas http://feedbooks.com/book/3596 urn:isbn:1605896160 en 1848 Novels History Romance Adventure The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850. Ten Years Later is the second volume. http://feedbooks.com/book/3596.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3596.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3596.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3596.mobi A Fine Fix R.C. Noll http://feedbooks.com/book/3571 en 1955 Short Fiction Science Fiction Generally speaking, human beings are fine buck-passers—but there's one circumstance under which they refuse to pass on responsibility. If the other fellow says "Your method won't solve the problem!"—then they get mad! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://feedbooks.com/book/3571.png http://feedbooks.com/book/3571.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/3571.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/3571.mobi War and Peace Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy http://feedbooks.com/book/83 urn:isbn:067003469X en 1869 Novels History War War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction, with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title, combined with the equally large topics of youth, marriage, age, and death. Though it is often called a novel today, it broke so many conventions of the form that it was not considered a novel in its time. Indeed, Tolstoy himself considered Anna Karenina (1878) to be his first attempt at a novel in the European sense. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/83.png http://feedbooks.com/book/83.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/83.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/83.mobi Tales of Old Japan Lord Redesdale http://feedbooks.com/book/2726 urn:isbn:0804833214 en 1871 Short Fiction History Collections Tales of Old Japan is an anthology of short stories, compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name of A.B. Mitford. These stories focus on the varying aspects of Japanese life in centuries past. The book, which was written in 1871, is still regarded as an excellent introduction to Japanese literature and culture, by virtue of its ease of access and supplemental notes by the writer. Also included are the author's eyewitness accounts of a selection of Japanese rituals, ranging from the harakiri and marriage to a selection of sermons. This book had a lasting influence on the Western perception of Japanese history, culture and society, particularly because of just one widely known tale about samurai revenge. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://feedbooks.com/book/2726.png http://feedbooks.com/book/2726.pdf http://feedbooks.com/book/2726.epub http://feedbooks.com/book/2726.mobi