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Tom Canty is a poor boy in the London slums. His birth only brings more poverty to his already dirt poor family. Edward VI is the long awaited heir to the English throne. They are born on the same day and look so alike they can’t believe it. They exchange clothes and Edward VI ends up being thrown out of the palace by guards who think he is the poor boy he looks to be. Both boys have difficulty fitting...

A brilliant adventure tale of life in the Court of Louis XIV and of Canada under French rule... and Huguenot persecution The Refugees is set in both 17th Century France and in the wilds of North America. Although Doyle wasn’t a Christian, he writes with a great deal of sympathy as he describes the plight of French Protestants in the late 17th century. The year is 1690 and the De Catinat family is facing...

Miasto Dżinów , wydane w 1993 roku, to owoc sześcioletniego pobytu autora w Indiach. Z pasją, a zarazem skrupulatnością historyka Dalrymple odmalowuje obraz stolicy Indii - miasta „stanowiącego niewyczerpaną skarbnicę opowieści, podań starszych niż przekazy historyczne”, miasta obfitującego we wspaniałości i okropieństwa, miasta-labiryntu usianego kopułami pałaców, miasta-śmietniska skąpanego w świetle...