Sir Walter: 276 books

With the coming of James I to the English throne, as successor to Elizabeth, the union of England and Scotland was at last effected—outwardly at least—although the inner cementing required a generation or two longer. The story of Nigel and his fortunes is really a story of life in general, during...

Sotto il regno degli ultimi Stuardi, il regio Consiglio privato adoperava tutti i modi posti in sua facoltà per abbattere lo spirito di puritanismo, che formò, può dirsi, il carattere del governo precedente; ed era ad un tempo sollecito di far rigermogliare quelle feudali instituzioni, che unendo...

The title of the book refers to the Old Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the time in the heart of the Scottish county of Midlothian. The historical backdrop was the event known as the Porteous Riots. In 1736, a riot broke out in Edinburgh over the execution of two smugglers. The Captain...

Noch hatte Syriens sengende Sonne nicht ihren höchsten Punkt am Horizont erreicht, als ein Ritter des Roten Kreuzes, der seine ferne Heimat im Norden verlassen und sich dem Kreuzfahrerheere in Palästina angeschlossen hatte, langsam über die Sandsteppen hin ritt, die in der Nachbarschaft des Toten...

Ein historischer Roman, der um 1400 in Schottland spielt. Catharine Glover aus Perth, die den Waffenschmied Henry liebt, gefällt dem Duke of Rothsay. Bald steht sie mitten zwischen rivalisierenden Highland-Clans und royaler Intrige.

L’histoire se déroule dans les îles Shetland au début du XVIIIe siècle. Magnus Troil, vieil homme respectable, y vit paisiblement avec ses deux filles, Minna et Brenda. Il a loué à Basil Mertoun et à son fils Mordaunt, un château retiré du village. Mordaunt côtoie depuis son adolescence...

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Invest your time in reading the true masterpieces of world literature, the greatest works of the greatest masters of their craft, the revolutionary works, the timeless classics and the eternally grand storylines every person should experience in their lifetime: British: Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fifth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 5 in the series spans the years 1872 to 1901 and includes stories...

Este ebook presenta "La Cámara de los Tapices", con un indice dinámico y detallado. Walter Scott (1771-1832) es una de las mayores figuras del romanticismo inglés de todos los tiempos y es considerado pionero de la literatura histórica europea. La Cámara de los Tapices es un relato de terror,...

Este ebook presenta "La Cámara de los Tapices ", con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Walter Scott (1771-1832) es una de las mayores figuras del romanticismo inglés de todos los tiempos y es considerado pionero de la literatura histórica europea. La Cámara de los Tapices es un relato de...

When Edward J. O'Brien asked me to cooperate with him in choosing each year's best English short stories, to be published as a companion volume to his annual selection of the best American short stories, I had not realized that at the end of my arduous task, which has involved the reading of many hundreds...