Fred Whishaw: 6 books

Born in Russia to British parents, Fred Whishaw's family returned to England soon after his birth. However, at age 16, Whishaw decided to reacquaint himself with his country of origin and struck out for St. Petersburg on his own. This immersion in Russian culture and politics proved to be enormously...

Mazeppa  written by Fred Whishaw, was a Russian-born British novelist.  First published in 1902.  And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are...

A classic, thrilling tale of adventure to Africa in 1910, to look for gold, diamonds, and other secrets that southern Africa might hold.  

Exciting tale of Russia, Sweden, and France, around 1700. Boris is a bear-hunter from Sweden, and a spinner of tales. A very interesting, telling tale of history and intrigue.

With a great jangling of sleigh-bells and much shouting from his driver, who addressed the three horses by every epithet both endearing and abusive that his vocabulary could provide, Count Maximof drove into the yard of his nearest neighbour, the Boyar Demidof. The visit was expected, for Maximof had...

The moment at which I propose to introduce my readers to Boris the Bear-Hunter came very near, as it happened, to being the last which my hero was destined to spend upon this earth. Great hunter as Boris was, there is no doubt about it that on this particular occasion he met his match, and came within...