F Marion Crawford: 122 books

In ancient Babylon and Persia, kings and queens are prominent. Darius the King fights rebels and Zoroaster, after revelation, seeks holy mysteries. Zoroaster began as a good-hearted prince, but meets defamation at the hands of an evil queen. His meditations bring powers greater than mortal man.

Somebody asked for the cigars. We had talked long, and the conversation was beginning to languish; the tobacco smoke had got into the heavy curtains, the wine had got into those brains which were liable to become heavy, and it was already perfectly evident that, unless somebody did something to rouse...

Two young girls sat in a high though very narrow room of the old Moorish palace to which King Philip the Second had brought his court when he finally made Madrid his capital. It was in the month of November, in the afternoon, and the light was cold and grey, for the two tall windows looked due north,...

The story of a Scottish doctor, his love for an Italian nun, and the repercussions their choices have on everyone in their lives. A strangely beautiful tale; may be offensive to some.  This is a deeply involved, complex tale, about 420 pages long.  Well worth the read!  

Example in this ebook CHAPTER I Maria Montalto was dressed as a Neapolitan Acquaiola and kept the lemonade stall at the Kermess in Villa Borghese. The villa has lately changed its official name, and not for the first time in its history, but it will take as long to accustom Romans to speak...

Two men were sitting side by side on a stone bench in the forgotten garden of the Arcadian Society, in Rome; and it was in early spring, not long ago. Few people, Romans or strangers, ever find their way to that lonely and beautiful spot beyond the Tiber, niched in a hollow of the Janiculum below...

A story of love and suspense in turn of the century Rome.

Two young girls sat in a high though very narrow room of the old Moorish palace to which King Philip the Second had brought his court when he finally made Madrid his capital. It was in the month of November, in the afternoon, and the light was cold and grey, for the two tall windows looked due north,...