The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
This is the story of the famous Norseman, Harald the Stern (Hardrada), between the years 1034 and 1044, which he spent in Constantinople—or Byzantium, or Miklagard—as captain of the Greek Emperor’s guard.
The framework on which this story is built is the Heims Kringla or Sagas of the Norse Kings, written between 1223 and 1235 by an Icelandic chieftain-poet named Snorri Sturluson, himself a descendant of that Wulf who plays such a large part in this book.—from the Introduction.
Unnatural horrors strike a close-knit family after a stranger insinuates himself into their circle.
The novel blends adventure, psychological drama, and northern gothic elements. It’s about fear—how it spreads, how it controls, and how one learns to master it. It’s also about the clash between two powerful wills: the rising courage of a boy and the dark, relentless ambition of a man who refuses to be defeated by nature or fate.
Two brothers pass their lives in rural Russia.
A Chinese-American graduate of Yale recounts his experiences as a student and civil servant.
A collection of poetry by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
A description of the rugged, barren mountain landscapes (the fells) of the Lake District, and the people who live there, giving some hint of the effect of the shadowy fells on their destinies, the animals and the flowers that an understanding sympathy sees in the valleys of Westmorland.—adapted from the Preface.
Normandy, France, 1707. Newly released from prison, Roger Domont wants simply to return home from France to Boston, when he and his companion, St. Martin, chance upon a roadside skirmish—four cavaliers taunting and torturing a single defender. After dispatching the attackers and finding the man they rescued in no position to continue his errand, they promise to deliver a letter to the man’s master, a prisoner at Mont St. Michel, an ancient abbey built on a pinnacle of rock in the ocean. The task proves to be far greater than the friends anticipate, plunging them into international intrigue, duels, mistaken identity, and imprisonment.
The madcap Mehitable and her sister Charity meet up with spies and romance during the American Revolution.
A maid is murdered, and there are numerous other shootings and deaths, as well as a couple of car crashes, on the way to the solution.
They said he was an insane killer. But young Edie Thompson did not believe them. She was certain he was innocent, that his strangeness was only a mask for his terror. Was she right to hide him from the police? Was she saving a harmless youth . . . or setting the stage for another murder—her own?—Goodreads.
A rover retires to the French coast after a life of piracy, but soon finds himself caught up in historical events.
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