Britain and Ireland

4 books

Major VigoureuxArthur Quiller-Couch · 1907A 1907 novel by Arthur Quiller-Couch about Major Narcisse Vigoureux, a bachelor officer who serves as military commandant and civil president over a small island group, where his contented rule is unsettled by tensions with the islands' absent Lord Proprietor and the arrival of new figures.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Rodney StoneArthur Conan Doyle · 1896A historical novel narrated by Rodney Stone, who recalls his youth in early nineteenth-century England among naval families, society figures, and prizefighters, including his famous uncle Sir Charles Tregellis and the boxing champions of the era.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in EnglandRobert Louis Stevenson · 1897A historical adventure novel published in 1897, told by a French soldier captured in 1813 and held as a prisoner of war in Edinburgh Castle, where his knowledge of English wins him favored treatment among his fellow prisoners.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Antiquary — CompleteWalter Scott · 1816A complete edition of Walter Scott's 1816 novel The Antiquary, the third of his Waverley series, set in Scotland in the 1790s. It follows the antiquarian Jonathan Oldbuck and illustrates Scottish manners, including the figure of the old beggar Edie Ochiltree.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية