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Fascynująca i intrygująca opowieść o mieszkańcach East Lynne East Lynne, posiadłość lorda Mount Severn, jest wyjątkowa, ale jej właściciel jest człowiekiem bez grosza. Kiedy lord nagle umiera, jego córka zostaje pozbawiona środków do życia. Aby uniknąć nieszczęścia i upokorzenia, lady Isabel przyjmuje propozycję małżeństwa od Archibalda Carlyle'a, nowego właściciela East Lynne. Wkrótce jednak...

John Buchan’s own favourite among his novels, in which he dealt with the hypocrisy which can lie close to the surface of apparently god-fearing respectability. The story is set in the Scottish Borders during the civil war and the main character is the new young minister in a small village. The minister wrestles with his own christian faith as opposed to the severe presbyterianism of the Kirk and also...

One of the founders of the genre of „espionage” novel, but also an employee of British intelligence, and later a prominent political figure, whose career ended as Governor General of Canada. His first novel, Thirty-nine Steps, was a resounding success, published in 1915, in the midst of World War I. It first appears the charming image of Richard Hanney – a hero who later wandered through the pages...