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Istri Lord Tony
In the midst of the French Revolution, Pierre, a young firebrand, convinces a group of rabble to rise up against the local duc. Coming across the carriage of the duc’s daughter on their march, Pierre assaults her, is run over by the carriage, and disappears. Looking to punish someone for the uprising, the duc has Pierre’s father hanged.
Years later, Pierre has changed his name, gathered some…
Tema bersama: British -- France -- Fiction, France -- History -- Revolution, Blakeney, Sir Blakeney
Pimpernel yang Lenyap
From the book:There was not even a reaction. On! ever on! in that wild, surging torrent; sowing the wind of anarchy, of terrorism, of lust of blood and hate, and reaping a hurricane of destruction and of horror. On! ever on! France, with Paris and all her children still rushes blindly, madly on; defies the powerful coalition, - Austria, England, Spain, Prussia, all joined together to stem the…
Tema bersama: France -- History -- Revolution, Blakeney, Sir Blakeney, France
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.
Tema bersama: Blakeney, Sir Blakeney, France, British
Antara Dua Api
An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie BestsellerEnter a darker age with New York Times bestselling author Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires, a medieval horror adventure unlike anything on the shelf.And Lucifer said: “Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down…”The year is 1348.Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a…
Tema bersama: France, Historical Fiction
Pelancong Nonkomersial
A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches.
Tema bersama: English literature, Classic Literature, History
Vicomte de Bragelonne, atau, Sepuluh Tahun Kemudian
In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon…
Tema bersama: Historical Fiction, Adventure, History
Kekaisaran Perbatasan
Wes Stone was a lawman—until the Sandlin gang gunned down his legendary father. Now, he's giving up his badge for vengeance...
Tema bersama: Historical Fiction
Orang yang Hendak Menjadi Raja
Rudyard Kipling is world famous for his children stories but here are collected two of his finest novellas. The first is inspired by a true story with a Kipling twist, the story of two British soldiers serving in India becoming rulers of a small isolated kingdom. The second story is the beautiful and heartbreaking story of a forbidden love that is doomed.
Tema bersama: British, English literature
Zanoni
“Zanoni” is a book about two immortals and their lives during immortality. One being is the cold, calm, heartless, void of all passion; more intellect than man. The other is his pupil, Zanoni, the eternal youth with absolute power and knowledge, and all the capacity to love and be loved and because of that love, despair. Due to his love for his wife and child, he is compelled to remove himself…
Tema bersama: English literature, Historical Fiction
Noli Me Tangere
The book revolves on the struggles of young Crisostomo Ibarra: how he humbly fights for his childhood sweetheart Maria Clara, for himself and for his fellowmen against the Spanish priest Padre Damaso and the Spanish Government who were then conquerors of San Diego, his native hometown. Coming home to San Diego from Spain to mourn for his father's death, he learned how his father, a rich…
Tema bersama: Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, History
Tarzan dari Kera
Set amidst the vibrant colors and sounds of the savage African jungle, this classic work, rich in suspense and action, has beckoned generations of readers on a glorious journey to romance and pure adventure. This is the story of the ape-man Tarzan, raised in the wild by the great ape Kala, and how he learns the secrets of the jungle to survive -- how to talk with the animals, swing through the…
Tema bersama: British, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, Adventure