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Description First published in 1602 by William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor features the popular figure Sir John Falstaff, who first appeared in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2. Some speculate that Merry Wives was written at the behest of Queen Elizabeth I, who wanted to see Falstaff in love; and that Shakespeare was forced to rush its creation as a result, and so it remains one of Shakespeareβs lesser-regarded plays. The play revolves around two intertwined plots: the adventures of the
Description A doctor is released from the Bastille after being falsely imprisoned for almost eighteen years. A young woman discovers the father sheβs never known is not dead but alive, if not entirely well. A young man is acquitted of being a traitor, due in part to the efforts of a rather selfish lout who is assisting the young manβs attorney. A man has a wine shop in Paris with a wife who knits at the bar. These disparate elements are tied together as only Dickens can, and in the process he
Description Guy Newell Boothby, born in Adelaide, was one of the most popular of Australian authors in the late 19th and early 20th century, writing dozens of novels of sensational fiction. A Bid for Fortune, or Dr. Nikolaβs Vendetta is the first of his series of five books featuring the sinister mastermind Dr. Nikola, a character of gothic appearance usually accompanied by a large black cat, and who has powers of mesmerism. In this first novel, the protagonist is a young Australian, Richard
Description In this, Gaboriauβs penultimate Lecoq novel, Lecoq doesnβt make an appearance until the last few chapters of the book. In fact, the protagonistsβ identity remains unclear until almost halfway through. Theyβre not missed, though, because the antagonists are a group of blackmailers of exhaustive ingenuity and knowledge, and piecing together the game theyβre playing with several noblemen and women occupies all of oneβs faculties for most of the book. Young love, old love, forbidden
Description A bank safe is robbed. Only two men have both the key and the combination to the safe. The police naturally look to the employee rather than the owner of the bank. But Monsieur Lecoq, as always, sees what everyone else misses. Was it one of the two? Or was it a seemingly-impossible third party? Only Lecoq will be able to determine it. But why doesnβt he want his involvement in the case known? Like Gaboriauβs two novels before it, File No. 113 is a mystery with a Dickensian tragedy
Description The last Lecoq novel goes back to the beginning, to Monsieur Lecoqβs first case, the case that began his reputation as a master of detection, master of disguise, and master of detail. The case begins simply: Lecoq and several other policemen come upon a crime as itβs being committed. Three men are dead and the killer is in custody. But who is he? Lecoq and his companion officer spend months trying to figure it out, to no avail. Lecoq finally goes to visit his old mentor in order to