Robert W Chambers: 184 books

The day Sir William died there died the greatest American of his day. Because, on that mid-summer evening, His Excellency was still only a Virginia gentleman not yet famous, and best known because of courage and sagacity displayed in that bloody business of Braddock. Indeed, all Americans...

Featuring Dick Darrel, from the collection The Mystery of Choice.

"A lady to see you, sir," said Farris. Desboro, lying on the sofa, glanced up over his book. "A _lady_?" "Yes, sir." "Well, who is she, Farris?" "She refused her name, Mr. James." Desboro swung his legs...

The daughter of a dead Union soldier, while living in the South during the Civil War, is asked to become a spy for the Union forces.

Wall Street battle royale, where love as well as finance hangs in the balance -- a society drunk fights alcoholism with the help of a loving (though flawed) woman.

Among the fifty-eight regiments of Zouaves and the seven regiments of Lancers enlisted in the service of the United States between 1861 and 1865 it will be useless for the reader to look for any record of the 3d Zouaves or of the 8th Lancers. The red breeches and red fezzes of the Zouaves clothed...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: During the last two years, Fate, Chance, and Destiny had been too busy to attend to Mike Clinch. But now his turn was coming in the Eternal Sequence of things. The stars in their courses indicated...

The shocking story of a man denied a divorce from a wife who does not love him -- and his tragic love affair with a clairvoyant woman.

This vivid story of the strenuous days of the Franco-Prussian War with the fiercely contested Province of Lorraine for its background, has sprung into renewed popularity since Alsace-Lorraine has been restored to La Partie. The book was a great success when first published, and the continued prominence...

A hsitorical romance. The book jacket says: This vivid story of the strenuous days of the Franco-Prussian War with the fiercely contested Province of Lorraine for its background, has sprung into renewed popularity since Alsace-Lorraine has been restored to La Partie. The book was a great success when...

In this novel we have not only a thrilling romance—the very heart of it is a love story—but have the best book of historical fiction that appeared in 1902. The opening scenes are laid in the frontier village of Marsbronn, in the province of Alsace, at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War....

The story of a poverty stricken poet and his eight gorgeous daughters. The poet orates on how having less is greater than having more, but reveals his true belief by trying to marry off his daughters to wealthy men. His plot fails as several of his daughters fall in love with average men.