Illustrated by the author, whose reputation for portraiture has almost exceeded his fame as a wri...

Patrick Brontë (1777-1861) was the father of the famous Brontë sisters, Anne, Charlotte, and Emil...

Charts the history of steam engine, from its roots in Ancient Greece, to the sophistication it ha...

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

'Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Tales' is a collection of 12 of the finest stories from a master of ...

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

For three years, Auguste Guinnard was a captive and slave of the native Indians in Patagonia. His...

A narrative of Captain Scott's expedition to the Antarctic

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

The world of Sir John Mandeville was bounded by fantasy, superstition, and dread. For most Europe...

The personal narrative of an RAF pilot flying the air mail route linking Palestine, Iraq and Eqyp...

The last of the 'Chronicles of Carlingford', a series of closely-observed and comic narratives of...