Originally serialized in the Strand Magazine, Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles follows the infamois Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they inversitgae the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose body is found on the misty and desolate Devon moors. The locals blame his death on the legend of the fearsome phantom hound that they claim has haunted the Baskerville family for ge…
It begins on a muddy English road in an atmosphere charged with mystery and it ends in the Paris of the Revolution with one of the most famous acts of self-sacrifice in literature. In between lies one of Dickens?s most exciting books?a historical novel that, generation after generation, has given readers access to the profound human dramas that lie behind cataclysmic social and political events…
Tells the story of a poor orphan's adventures in the criminal underworld of mid-nineteenth-century London.
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn agai…
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn agai…
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel set in a totalitarian society ruled by the Party, led by the figurehead known as Big Brother. The protagonist, Winston Smith, works for the Party rewriting history to align with its propaganda. In this oppressive world, individuality is suppressed, surveillance is constant, and truth is manipulated. Winston begins to question the Party's authority and …
The Casual Vacancy karya J.K. Rowling merupakan sebuah karya yang menandai perubahan arah dari seri Harry Potter yang terkenal, dengan menyelami kompleksitas masyarakat Inggris kontemporer. Berlatar di desa Pagford yang tampak sempurna, novel ini mengungkap sebuah komunitas yang terpecah belah oleh kelas sosial, kekayaan, dan rahasia yang tersembunyi. Kematian seorang anggota dewan lokal memicu…
The Rise of the Tudors tells the story of a Welsh family's unlikely rise to the English throne. From Owen Tudor's scandalous affair with a queen to Henry Tudor's victory at Bosworth Field, the book explores how the Tudors ended the Wars of the Roses and ushered in a new era for England.
Book 3 of Tales of London is set in the fascinating world of the London theatre at the close of the nineteenth century. Wardrobe mistress Bethia Rayborn incites the wrath of Muriel Pearce Holt, the new leading lady at Londonbs Royal Court Theatre. Muriel plots revenge, but in scheming to steal Bethiabs true love, she may lose the truest love she has ever known.