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  St George and St Michael

  George MacDonald

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  A story of love and loyalty set against the backdrop of the English Civil War—the only historical novel from the renowned Scottish author.    This unique novel in the MacDonald collection, his only true historical novel, is set during the mid-17th century English Civil War. MacDonald’s use of the idiom and stylistic old-English of the post-Shakespearean era make this a slow read in the original. It is greatly enhanced in this new and updated edition by Michael Phillips. St. George and St. Michael is an enchanting love story that offers a unique and balanced perspective on a tumultuous and conflicting era in British history. As Phillips writes in the introduction, “MacDonald portrays a growing spirit of love on all sides. Perhaps this is the key to understanding MacDonald’s perspective of the conflict. He refused to take a ‘side’ at all, focusing instead on the people not the politics.”

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  Wuthering Heights

  Emily Brontë

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  Wuthering Heights is a haunting story of passion, vengeance, and love that defies time and convention. Set amid the windswept moors of northern England, the tragic tale of Catherine and Heathcliff unfolds—a bond so intense it borders on the supernatural. Though their souls are inseparable, fate tears them apart, leaving a trail of obsession and madness. Can love be as destructive as it is powerful? The answer waits within the walls of Wuthering Heights.

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  The Talking Horse

  Thomas Anstey Guthrie

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  When Gustavus Pulvertoft finds himself saddled with a horse with the power of human speech, he little imagines how quickly he will come a cropper. His courtship of the horse-loving Diana Chetwynd goes swimmingly so long as his talking horse is on good terms with Miss Chetwynd's grey mare... but when their trusty mounts fall out, a series of terrible events ensues which Pulvertoft is powerless to prevent. His determination to get revenge on the horse leads to his ultimate downfall.

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  The Insidious Dr Fu-Manchu - Fu...

  Sax Rohmer

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  Inspector Nayland Smith has unearthed a plot that could mean the end of civilization as we know it. He's just arrived in London, chasing the greatest criminal mind ever to come from the East. But when he arrives to warn Sir Crichton Davies that he is in danger, he finds he is too late. Sir Crichton has become the first victim of the insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu.

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  A Room with a View

  E.M. Forster

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  "A Room with a View" is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. The novel  is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century.

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  The Prince and the Pauper

  Mark Twain

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  "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain is a captivating historical fiction novel set in 16th-century England. The story revolves around two young boys who, despite their vastly different lives, find themselves embarking on a remarkable adventure that challenges their identities and perceptions of the world. Tom Canty, a young pauper living in the squalid streets of London, dreams of a life beyond his poverty and hardship. On a fateful day, he crosses paths with Edward Tudor, the young prince of England, who longs for a taste of the freedom and simplicity that Tom's life represents. Seizing an opportunity, the boys impulsively decide to switch places, setting in motion a chain of events that will forever alter their lives.

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