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Love humor writing? Can’t get enough of classic adventure tales? First published in 1902, „The Adventures of Gerard” are the autobiographical reminiscences of an old fictional brigadier soldier who served under Napoleon. He never hesitates to embellish his own bravado, importance, and attractiveness to the ladies, to such an extent that it can’t help but be humorous. Etienne Gerard, a hussar of the...

John Buchan’s own favourite among his novels, in which he dealt with the hypocrisy which can lie close to the surface of apparently god-fearing respectability. The story is set in the Scottish Borders during the civil war and the main character is the new young minister in a small village. The minister wrestles with his own christian faith as opposed to the severe presbyterianism of the Kirk and also...

Set in an English-Scottish border village during the waning days of the Napoleonic era, this adventure story introduces us to Jock Calder, whose quiet way of life is shattered when a mysterious stranger steps ashore near his home. The stranger changes forever the lives of Jock, his cousin Edie, and his best friend Jim, sending the young men into the jaws of the final battle to defeat The Great Shadow...

Potop - druga z powieści tworzących Trylogię Henryka Sienkiewicza wydana w 1886 roku (pozostałe części to Ogniem i mieczem i Pan Wołodyjowski ), opowiadająca o potopie szwedzkim z lat 1655-1660. Głównym bohaterem powieści jest młody chorąży orszański Andrzej Kmicic, który przybywa na Laudę, aby zgodnie z testamentem Herakliusza Billewicza poślubić jego wnuczkę Aleksandrę Billewiczównę. W tym też momencie...