Wanderings in Patagonia is an account of Julius Beerbohm's expedition to Patagonia in 1877. He vi...

First published in 1836, 'Wood Leighton' is as much an evocative and vivid novel by a poet of the...

'The Rise of Silas Lapham' is Howell's best-known work, and this elegant tale of Boston society a...

George III was born in 1738, and came to the throne in 1760, marrying his wife Charlotte in 1761 ...

Although better known for her letters to men of standing such as Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Pio...

Finding himself on the German Russian border on the eve of the First World War, John Morse effect...

A narrative of Captain Scott''s expedition to the Antarctic. This book provides a record of vario...

When Reverend Josiah Crawley, the impoverished curate of Hogglestock, is accused of theft it caus...

Largely written while the author was being held as a hostage by the Afghan leader Mahomed Akber K...

'Diary of an Invalid' is a vivid account of the author's travels through Portugal, Italy, Switzer...

'I have put this boke out of Latyn into Frensch, and translated it agen out of Frensch into Engly...

Based on a historical figure, an Irish leader in the rising of 1641, 'Rory O'More' was first penn...