65+ Masterpieces of Detective Fiction Classic Collection. Illustrated: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Moonstone, Hunted Down, The Blue Cross, Crime and Punishment and others
... sea, so he became aware that mighty forces from somewhere beyond his ken were urging themselves up against his soul ... chords, and yet somehow the music was what can only be described as impure — atrociously and diabolically impure. And ...
100 Masterpieces of Detective Fiction Classic Collection. Illustrated: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Moonstone, Hunted Down, The Blue Cross, Crime and Punishment and others
... sea, so he became aware that mighty forces from somewhere beyond his ken were urging themselves up against his soul ... chords, and yet somehow the music was what can only be described as impure — atrociously and diabolically impure. And ...
... cuckold again.” But she halted afresh. “Why d'you call him cuckold?” “Because he is a cuckold, by Jove!” She came and leaned against the wall again; she was profoundly interested. “Ah!” she said simply. “What, d'you mean to say you didn ...
... little foot seemed a heap worse, an' he was sort o' flushed an' feverish, an ... ticklish edge, like they was then, why, we felt thet the safest side is the ... feet under him, an' laughin', the rain thess a-streakin' his hair all over ...
Set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who transforms into a formidable swordsman and a quick-thinking escape artist- the Scarlet Pimpernel.
... Pimpernel also lived on, of course, through the many adaptations in other ... Scarlet Pimpernel when Suzanne de Tournai (sic) reveals that the Pimpernel is going ... script, 'all the exciting events happened “off stage” '.30 In Act 1 the ...
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.
... ghost ain't got no head at all. Nary head. So de ghost say': "Ah come on down yere fo' to git a pumpkin fo' a head ... smoke in July. He ain't even linger round dat locality like de smoke in Yoctober. He jes dissipate' outen de air, an ...
... Esteban. Spread out the feast for the loveliest Empress the world has ever ... English stranger in reality the Great Unknown — the impudent cattle-thief ... English stranger and the lovely Empress standing under an overhanging acacia tree ...
THE GREAT ADVENTURE Boxed Set: 56 Action-Adventure Classics, Spy Thrillers & Historical Novels: The Complete Scarlet Pimpernel Series, The Emperor's Candlesticks, Beau Brocade, The Heart of a Woman, The Bronze Eagle, Marivosa, The Man in Grey…
The Complete Scarlet Pimpernel Series, The Emperor's Candlesticks, Beau Brocade, The Heart of a Woman, The Bronze Eagle, Marivosa, The Man in Grey... Emma ... the open window gazing out upon the beautiful panorama laid out before her, the.
... Ask me no questions, and I'll tell ye no lies as to how I done it. “Ye see this here bottle, do ye? Kentucky Bourbon, and nothin' else. Bottled in bond, an' there's plenty more where that comes from.—Ask me no questions, and I'll enrich ye ...
