Britain and Ireland

7 books

Devereux — CompleteEdward Bulwer Lytton · 1829An 1829 romance by Edward Bulwer Lytton, presented as the memoir of a man of adventure whose life spans war, love, ambition, and political intrigue in the eighteenth century, with historical figures such as Bolingbroke appearing in the narrative.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — CompleteWalter Scott · 1815A complete 1815 edition of Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer, a Waverley-era tale of romance and adventure in which an astrologer's prophecy about a boy's fate at age twenty-one shapes the family's course.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of ExileHerman Melville · 1855A novel by Herman Melville, published in 1855, about Israel Potter, a farmer from the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts who fights at Bunker Hill during the Revolutionary War and then lives through decades of exile, adventures, and hardship in Europe.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'Charles Edward Pearce · 1920A 1920 historical romance novel by Charles Edward Pearce, set in Georgian London around the creation of "The Beggar's Opera." It follows young street singer Lavinia Fenton, whom poet John Gay encounters in St. Giles and considers making a star.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth CenturyWalter Scott · 1824A historical novel by Walter Scott, published in 1824, set in eighteenth-century Scotland amid lingering Jacobite plots after the failed rebellion of 1745. The story follows conspiracies and adventures connected to the title character, Redgauntlet, drawing on the romance of that lost political cause.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen AnneWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 1852A historical novel, published in 1852, presented as the memoir of Colonel Henry Esmond, an officer in Queen Anne's service. Framed by his Virginia family's preface, it recounts his life and adventures in England during the early eighteenth century.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Yeoman AdventurerGeorge W. Gough · 1920A 1920 adventure novel by George W. Gough, set in 1745 England, in which a young yeoman farmer, restless with his quiet life while his friend serves in a dragoon regiment, is drawn from his fishing into a journey involving highwaymen, Jacobite intrigue, and Bonnie Prince Charlie.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية