As The Dream of the Celt opens, it is the summer of 1916 and Roger Casement awaits the hangman in London`s Pentonville Prison. Dublin lies in ruins after the disastrous Easter Rising led by his comrades of the Irish Volunteers. He has been caught after landing from a German submarine. For the past year he has attempted to raise an Irish brigade from prisoners of war to fight alongside the Germans against the British Empire that awarded him a knighthood only a few years before. And now his petition for clemency is threatened by the leaking of his private diary and his secret life as a gay Vargas-Llosa, with his incomparable gift for powerful historical narrative, takes the reader on a journey back through a remarkable life dedicated to...
It is bitter mid-winter on the Swedish island of Oland, and Katrine and Joakim Westin have moved with their children to the boarded-up manor house at Eel Point. But their remote idyll is soon shattered when Katrine is found drowned off the rocks nearby. And the old house begins to exert a strange hold over him.
ISBN: 978-0-552-77461-1
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Deerslayer was the last of Cooper`s Leatherstocking Tales to be written, however, it is considered to be the prequel to the rest of the series. This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as "Deerslayer": a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York, who objects to the practice of taking scalps, on grounds that every living thing should follow "the gifts" of its nature.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07971-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Howard Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" is a novella, which combines elements of horror and fantasy into an epic tale that illustrates the scope and wonder of humankind`s ability to dream. Randolph Carter dreams of a majestic sunset city, but each time he is abruptly snatched away before he can see it up close. Undaunted, Carter resolves to go to Kadath, where the gods of dreams live.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08213-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body and the floor around him covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci- clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion - an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others - and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and...
ISBN: 978-0-552-16992-9
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: март 2013
Chase through the streets of Elizabethan London in this historical adventure from the creator of Alex Rider. London is dirty, distant and but that`s where orphan Tom Falconer is heading. And he`s got a whole assortment of vicious criminals hot on his heels. Tom is helpless and alone until he meets Moll Cutpurse, a thirteen-year-old pickpocket. Together they find themselves chased across the city by the murderous Ratsey. But it`s only on the first night of a new play - The Devil and his Boy - that Tom realizes that the fate of the Queen and indeed the entire country rests in his hands. This title is from the creator of Alex Rider series which has sold ten million books worldwide.
ISBN: 978-1-4063-0569-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A 13th-century French version of the Camelot legend, writen by an unknown author. It depicts a Round Table diminished in strength after the Quest for the Holy Grail. Whispers of Queen Guinevere`s infidelity distress King Arthur, leaving him no match for the machinations of Sir Mordred.
ISBN: 978-0-14-044255-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island". Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. This volume includes fourteen amazing linked short stories like "Challoner`s adventure: The Squire of Dames", "Story of the Destroying Angel", "The Squire of Dames" and "Somerset`s adventure: The Superfluous Mansion". .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07791-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Чарльз Хэйес - известный американских писателей начала XX века. Его произведения продолжают вдохновлять сердца читателей по всему миру. «Тёмный фрегат» - бестселлер Хэйеса, по праву удостоен медали Ньюбери. Роман посвящен приключениям молодого английского моряка XVII века. Читателя ждут незабываемые и опасные приключения, яркие персонажи и лихой сюжет, который никого не оставит равнодушным! Читайте...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05720-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
When Alice Farrell is drawn to Grantchester churchyard and reads the strange inscription on Rosemary Virginia Ashley`s gravestone, she feels oddly disturbed. And when former boyfriend Joe returns to Cambridge with his new girlfriend Ginny, Alice is repelled by the ethereal, lavender-eyed beauty - and is certain of her evil. Then Alice finds an old diary in Ginny`s room and reads the story of Daniel Holmes, who lived in Cambridge forty years earlier, and fell under the fatal spell of Rosemary Ashley. As the two stories intertwine, Alice`s suspicions about Ginny increase - until the past meets present in a terrifying
ISBN: 978-0-552-77504-5
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Based on the classic story "The Elves and the Shoemaker", this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favourite in every home. Meet the poor and hungry shoemaker who wakes up one morning to find that his shoes have been magically made for him! Part of the Ladybird "First Favourite Tales" series - a perfect introduction to fairy tales for preschoolers - this hardback book contains lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children. Ideal for reading aloud and sharing with 2-4 year olds. Retold by Lorna Read.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0628-3
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
The world is peering into the terrifying chasm of a new kind of conflict, where computers take over from missiles and global damnation comes at the click of a button. Cyber-warfare: the kind that brings nations to their knees, switching off energy lifelines, crippling the financial markets, starving leaders of authority. An old Russian nuclear reactor goes into Chernobyl-style meltdown, while on the other side of the world, the US Eastern Seabord is plunged into darkness. Nobody knows - yet - who is responsible for the chaos. Hidden from the rest of the world, an extraordinary meeting of the US President, the Russian President and the British Prime Minister is about to take place. They have the weekend to save the world - and they must...
ISBN: 978-1-84739-322-7
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Ladybird Tales are based on the original best-selling "Well-Loved Tales". These classic stories have been combined with beautiful new illustrations to bring the magic of Ladybird Tales to a new generation. Children have always loved these stories, and reading them together is an experience to treasure.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-1426-4
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
