Walter Besant: 58 books

This fascinating biography of one of the world's most famous cities was originally published in the early 20th Century. It chronicles the life of London from its days as an early settlement through to more modern times. Including over 60 images, photographs, engravings and drawings, this excellent...

The buildings of a town often succeed in masking the minor physical features of its site—irregularities are levelled, brooks are hidden beneath arches and find ignominious ends in sewers; canals, quays, and terrace walls may be wholly artificial. To realise completely the original contours of the...

These papers in their original form first appeared in the Pall Mall Magazine. Additions have been made in some of the chapters, especially in the three chapters entitled “The Abbey.” As in the book entitled “London,” of which this is the successor, I do not pretend to offer a History of Westminster....

This history of Jerusalem from about the time of Jesus’ death through the mid-nineteenth century covers the Jewish Revolt and the ensuing Roman siege of the city, the Muslim conquest, the Crusader occupation, and the long period of Muslim rule that followed. It is notable for its reliance on both western and Arab source materials.

It was the evening of a fine September day. Through the square window, built out so as to form another room almost as large as that which had been thus enlarged, the autumn sun, now fast declining to the west, poured in warm and strong; but not too warm or too strong for the girl on whose head it fell...

The Revolt of Man is a dystopian novel that envisions a female-dominated society in the 22nd century. A table of contents.

Breakfast was laid for two in the smallest room--a jewel of a room--of perhaps the largest house in Park Lane. It was already half-past ten, but as yet there was only one occupant of the room, an elderly lady of striking appearance. Her face, a long oval face, was wrinkled and crow-footed in a thousand...

In 1868 he published Studies in French Poetry. Three years later he began his collaboration with writer James Rice. Among their joint productions are Ready-money Mortiboy (1872), and the Golden Butterfly (1876), both, especially the latter, very successful.  Contents The Chaplain of the...

A prisoner, down on his luck, is rescued, falls in love with two different women, and through a coming of age sequence, makes a selection. A rather engrossing novel of suspense, action, and romance.