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One of Henry Seton Merriman’s most popular and acclaimed novels, Barlasch of the Guard explores the ideals and imperfections of people, great and small alike, under the incomprehensible strains of life under siege, beset by the destructive forces of both…

A young man dubbed “Cheerio” for his English background, clean appearance, and well-kept suit, unexpectedly arrives at the highly regarded O Bar O ranch with one goal in mind: to offer his services as a hired hand, and thus find a new start in life in a f…

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, poet W.

In response to the upcoming abolition of slavery in the British Empire, Charles Montfort, an English planter in Bermuda, decides to move his family (and his human chattel) to the southern United States in order to free his slaves on his own schedule.

The young Frederick Moreau sets out for Paris to start his career, holding a letter of recommendation to a banker and the address of a friend.

Written in 1790 during the early stages of the French Revolution, Reflections on the Revolution in France is regarded as one of the foundational texts of conservative political theory.

By the time Thomas Mann’s longer work Buddenbrooks finally established his fame, he had already been a published author of short fiction, primarily in the satirical magazine Simplicissimus.

Though most well-known as the “Prince of Preachers,” C.

Brother Julian is far from an exemplary monk: he takes no joy in monastery life, feels no connection with God, and continuously dwells on the mysterious life he left behind.

Chemist Robin Gaunt believes he’s discovered the key to lasting world peace—in the form of the horrific poison gas he’s just perfected.

A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open is a travelogue written by former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt about his expeditions through the Americas following his presidency in the early twentieth century.

When Arthur Conan Doyle’s gallant French cavalryman Brigadier Gerard first appeared in print, the reading public was still reeling from the “death” of Conan Doyle’s most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, the previous year.

The Trap is the eighth “chapter volume” of Dorothy M.

Malleus Maleficarum, often translated as The Hammer of Witches, is a treatise on witchcraft by Heinrich Kramer published in 1486.

The French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre has risen to prominence within the new French National Convention.

The Wheels of Chance is one of H.

In the twenty-second century, under a government headed by female sovereigns, England finds itself in an age of relative tranquility after three centuries of political volatility.

Daniel Dreeme is a doctor who maintains a practice in the small and secluded community of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

A conversation on the steps of a quiet courthouse in Sibley, New York turns to a chilling topic: how to commit the perfect murder.

John Meade Falkner published his first novel, The Lost Stradivarius, in 1896.

Arthur Ransome was working as a journalist in Russia during the First World War when he got the idea to build a sailboat.