Guy Boothby: 60 books

There is an old saying that "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives," but how true this is very few of us really understand...

"My Dear Ingleby," the letter from his benefactor read, "I am sorry to learn from my housekeeper that affairs have not been prospering with you. This must be remedied, and at once. There never was such luck as your being in want of employment at this particular moment. I've a billet...

"This powerful novel is weird and soul-thrilling." — The Scotsman. Cyril Forrester, a young Englishman traveling on the Continent, chances to meet a secretive old man and his ward, a lovely young violinist named Valerie. Enthralled by Valerie's beauty and disturbed by the elderly Egyptian's...

This fourth novel of Boothby's Dr. Nikola series reveals that Nikola has discovered all of the facts necessary to extend a human being's life. He has studied science and magic secrets of Tibetan monks. He explains:   "It has been a long and tedious search, but such labour only makes success...

10 Complete Works of Guy Newell Boothby   A Bid for Fortune Farewell, Nikola In Strange Company Long Live the King My Strangest Case Pharos The Egyptian Sheilah McLeod The Beautiful White Devil The Childerbridge Mystery The Red Rat's Daughter  

Australian author Guy Boothby put his wanderlust to work as fodder for his fiction. Though his first publication was a non-fiction account of a trip through his native country, he soon turned to fiction as an outlet for his creativity, focusing primarily on action-adventure, mystery, and detection tales....

Australian-born author Guy Newell Boothby broke onto the literary scene with a series of bestselling action-adventure novels, but The Mystery of the Clasped Hands finds Boothby trying his hand at classic detective fiction. Fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes will enjoy this engrossing mystery.

Set amidst a rough-and-tumble community of settlers on a remote island off the coast of Australia, Guy Newell Boothby's The Marriage of Esther combines the best qualities of classic action-adventure fiction with an ingeniously plotted mystery -- and right in the middle of all of it is a heart-tugging romance.

Set in the imaginary country of Pannonia, Guy Newell Boothby's compelling novel Long Live the King gives readers a front-row seat to the tempestuous lives of royals. From life-or-death battlefield decisions that must be made in seconds flat with thousands of soldiers hanging in the balance, to tense...

Guy Boothby's famous creation of Dr. Nikola has become familiar to every reader of fiction.

Drenched with portent and moody gothic overtones, this mystery from prolific Australian novelist Guy Newell Boothby is the perfect book to curl up with on a stormy night. After making a fortune in Australia, William Standerton is ready to move back to England. He purchases a large, imposing manor house befitting his new station in life -- and that's where his problems begin.

In this exciting classic tale by famed Australian novelist Guy Newell Boothby, follow the unfortunate tale of Cyril Forrester as he is swept up into an egyptian adventure after a chance meeting with the mysterious Pharos. This excellent tale of derring-do features everything you would expect from an Egyptian adventure - mummies, pyramids and hyposis!

This tale is brimming with terror and fear. A sorcerer is out to destroy the inhabitants of Egypt and only one man can seal the fate of the land. Unfolding in the mystifying ancient landscape of Egypt this work depicts the exquisite imaginative abilities of Boothby. The twists and turns of the plot keep the reader engrossed till the very end.

This fourth novel of Boothby's Dr. Nikola series reveals that Nikola has discovered all of the facts necessary to extend a human being's life. He has studied science and magic secrets of Tibetan monks. He explains: "It has been a long and tedious search, but such labour only makes success the...