Classica Libris: 325 books

Il titolo rimanda al rapporto tra il vecchio Ulpiano Melis, ricco pastore, e i fanciulli che in realtà sono degli adolescenti: la nipote Francesca di 15 anni e il servo pastore Luca di 16. La vicenda si svolge nella Sardegna del ’15-’18. La storia è dipanata in un anno e mezzo in cui Ulpiano...

A story of the French aristocracy, the book concerns Madame de Pompadour’s influence over the King and France. In US published under the title Petticoat Rule.

Bezaubernder Roman um die große Liebe einer Waisen. Jahrelang hat die schöne Ursula von Ronach das bittere Brot der armen Verwandten gegessen. Als der steinreiche Baron von Rippach um ihre Hand anhält, könnte sie ihrem Aschenbrödel-Dasein entfliehen. Aber Ursula kann sich nicht verkaufen, denn...

The collection of short stories: “Ensign Knightley”, “The Man of Wheels”, “Mr. Mitchelbourne’s Last Escapade”, “The Coward”, “The Deserter”, “The Crossed Gloves”, “The Shuttered House”, “Keeper of the Bishop”, “The Cruise of the ‘Willing Mind’”, “How Barrington...

Era agli ultimi di febbraio: una sera tiepida e dolce. La signora e le figliuole del professor Rotta-Torelli, riunite intorno alla tavola ancora apparecchiata, nella saletta tranquilla la cui porta a vetri dava su un giardino incolto, discorrevano col giovane professore Antonio Azar. A dire il vero,...

Fin Corveth’s friend Nick is robbed, and an emerald locket is stolen. Murder soon follows, and the only clue to motive is a folded piece of blank paper. Dark clouds are gathering and threaten to envelope Nick’s young ward, Mariula. Fin brings in mystery writer Amos Lee Mappin, as it becomes clear that greater events are afoot than simple murder.

At least five people wished Gavin Dordress, the playwright, dead the night of his ill-starred party. It was that night Gail Garrett and Bea Townley quarreled openly for the leading role in his new play—which no one had read. The next morning he was found shot to death, a chessman imprinted on his...

Humor, espionage, romance, and adventure make this novel hard to put down.

A young man intervenes to protect an eccentric elderly gentleman during a public disruption. He soon finds himself employed by the old man’s family as both bodyguard and investigator in a blackmail case.

Collection of novelettes: “Madame Storey Intervenes”, “Putting Crime Over”, “The Handsome Young Men”, “The Casual Murderer”, “The Blind Front” and “The Richest Widow”.

A fictionalized version of the author’s 3,000-mile canoe trip by himself through Northern Alberta. It is a romantic, exciting and adventurous novel, retracing his voyage.

This is the fourth book of the successful mystery series Madame Rosika Storey, by Canadian author Hulbert Footner. Almost unknown today, Footner was a Canadian journalist and author of many adventure and mystery novels. In The Doctor Who Held Hands Madame Storey is asked to help in stopping the pseudo-psychological...

Phil Nevitt, a young American, is sent by his firm to the West Indies to get information about a rival firm of distillers whose headquarters are at Annunziata, a small island seldom visited by tourists. Phil Nevitt duly arrives at the island, but in spite of its sun-drenched atmosphere of scented...

This novel is featuring Madame Rosika Storey – psychologist and criminal investigator. Dangerous Cargo sees her take to the high seas in a millionaire’s yacht in order to prevent a suspected murder.