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The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
This volume includes two novels, „The Shadow of a Great Man” and „The Tragedy with Corosco,” as well as historical stories. The Romans, who conquered Britain several hundred years ago, received orders to return to their homeland, besieged by barbarian troops. And at that moment a British deputation came to the Roman governor to ask for self-government.Data dostępności:
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The Refugees – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
A brilliant adventure tale of life in the Court of Louis XIV and of Canada under French rule... and Huguenot persecution The Refugees is set in both 17th Century France and in the wilds of North America. Although Doyle wasn’t a Christian, he writes with a great deal of sympathy as he describes the plight of French Protestants in the late 17th century. The year is 1690 and the De Catinat family is facing...Data dostępności:
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The White Company – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
„The White Company” is the story of Alleyne Edricson’s quest to win the hand of his lady love, the Lady Maud Loring. The place is England and the Continent, the year is 1366 during the reign of the King of the English, Edward III, and his realm is twenty-nine years into The Hundred Years’ War with France. Setting off on his adventures, he finds himself part of the White Company – a group of mercenary...Data dostępności:
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The Great Shadow – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
Set in an English-Scottish border village during the waning days of the Napoleonic era, this adventure story introduces us to Jock Calder, whose quiet way of life is shattered when a mysterious stranger steps ashore near his home. The stranger changes forever the lives of Jock, his cousin Edie, and his best friend Jim, sending the young men into the jaws of the final battle to defeat The Great Shadow...Data dostępności:
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The Tragedy of the „Korosko” – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ten tourists from England, Ireland, America and France, six men and four women are on a vacation trip down the Nile in 1895. Without warning they are captured by Islamic terrorists, and the possibility of rescue becomes more remote with each passing day. Their choice is a stark one: either convert to Islam and become slaves for the rest of their lives or die. In this story, the reader is swept out...Data dostępności:
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Uncle Bernac – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
This was one of several fictional historical works that Doyle wrote during the last five years of the 19th century, as he tried to find something to replace Sherlock Holmes. First published in 1897, this murder mystery relates the story of a young Frenchman, Louis, who, having grown up in England, returns to France at the false invitation of his Uncle Bernac. Louis quickly finds himself in personal...Data dostępności:
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Rodney Stone – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. „Rodney Stone” is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which is, as one character says, „a pretty conspiracy – a criminal, an actress and a prize-fighter, all playing their parts”. The book is narrated by Rodney,...Data dostępności:
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The Adventures of Gerard – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
Love humor writing? Can’t get enough of classic adventure tales? First published in 1902, „The Adventures of Gerard” are the autobiographical reminiscences of an old fictional brigadier soldier who served under Napoleon. He never hesitates to embellish his own bravado, importance, and attractiveness to the ladies, to such an extent that it can’t help but be humorous. Etienne Gerard, a hussar of the...Data dostępności:
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Micah Clarke – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by the character for whom the title is named and set in the late 1600’s, Micah Clarke describes the battle of peasants against the existing king of England in the hopes that they can replace the monarch with his brother who feels he has been unjustly denied the throne. Micah Clarke, a young, innocent peasant joins forces with other peasants, among the Puritans, to fight for this pathetic duke’s...Data dostępności:
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Sir Nigel – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
A historical romance and tale of adventure, set in England during the fourteenth century. Descendent of a noble family, Nigel Loring is the last of his race, and living alone with his aged grand-mother, upon a small remnant of their great estate. In service to King Edward III, Sir Nigel Loring must prove himself worthy of the hand of his the Lady Mary by performing three deeds in her honor. On his...Data dostępności:
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The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
„The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard” is a volume collecting 8 short stories about a courier and cavalryman in the personal service of Napoleon Bonaparte. The stories in „The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard” are all told in the first person by an aged Gerard looking back on his military endeavours in the early 1800s when there was no man prouder to serve the Emperor Napoleon. Etienne Gerard is a dashing,...Data dostępności:
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The Firm of Girdlestone – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
John and Ezra Girdlestone, father and son, run a British merchant company trading to the African coast with several sailing ships, all dangerously ill-maintained. Their small office is in London, their business is quite personally run, and the firm and its owners are well respected in the City by the 1870s. John Girdlestone is deeply and ostentatiously religious, to the cynical amazement of his son....Data dostępności:
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Collected Short Stories. Volume 11 – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Not surprisingly, each time he tried to end the series, his fans would howl in protest. But, as he says in the preface to his last collection of...Data dostępności:
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Zaginiony świat – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
„Zaginiony świat” to nie typowy dla Artura Conan Doyle’a kryminał, lecz powieść przygodowa z elementami fantastyki naukowej i fantasy. Grupa podróżników – kontrowersyjny naukowiec, profesor George Challenger, dziennikarz Edward Malone, profesor Summerlee oraz poszukiwacz przygód i były żołnierz lord John Roxton – zostaje uwięziona na położonym w Ameryce Południowej tajemniczym płaskowyżu. Miejsce...Data dostępności:
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Groźny cień – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jack Calder właśnie powrócił ze szkoły do rodzinnego domu w nadmorskiej miejscowości Berwick. Wkrótce wprowadza się tam także jego kuzynka Edie, która niedawno straciła ojca. Trzpiotowata dziewczynka, jaką Jack pamiętał z dzieciństwa, wyrosła na piękną pannę, która kokietuje nie tylko Jacka, ale też jego przyjaciela Jima. Pewnego dnia mężczyźni znajdują na plaży rozbitka, który ma ze sobą skrzynkę...Data dostępności:
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Przygody Sherlocka Holmesa – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
Obdarzony nieprzeciętną inteligencją, intuicją i logicznym myśleniem, palący ukochaną fajkę Sherlock Holmes rozwiązuje kolejne zagadki detektywistyczne, spędzające sen z powiek funkcjonariuszom policji. Znany na całym świecie detektyw z Baker Street 221, miłośnik fajki i gry na skrzypcach, wraz ze swoim przyjacielem doktorem Watsonem tropią przestępców i metodą dedukcji rozwiązują najbardziej skomplikowane...Data dostępności:
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