1863

A widow and her two children struggle to make ends meet in East London after their grandfather and provider is killed. First they are threatened by a sponging uncle and his friend Mr. Butson, a „cadger of suppers”, then by their new landlord Mr. Dunkin, a man who exudes a wealth of sympathy, a wealth that Mr. Dunkin squandered with no restraint but this, that it carried no other sort of wealth with...

Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 – 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. Jackie Farnish has grown up in a grindingly poor household, and as she reaches adulthood she resolves to do whatever is necessary to claw her way out of poverty. She is loved by her childhood playmate Joe Bartle, but...

Od Warszawy powstania styczniowego po współczesną Majorkę - autor bestsellerowej serii o Adamie Bergu zabiera czytelnika w kolejną sensacyjną podróż, w której nic nie jest oczywiste. Berg otrzymuje zlecenie odnalezienia zaginionych pamiątek po pewnym wybitnym Polaku. Jeśli mu się uda, historię polskiej kultury trzeba będzie pisać na nowo. We wrześniu 1863 roku narodową relikwię niszczą Kozacy w...