An account of the authors time as a colonial official, with his wife, in Northeast India in the late 1800's.
Contains two adventures of Peter and Wonk, "Adventure in the Night," and "Strawberries and Cream."
A shape shifting ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British member of parliament.
Uses Pounds translation from the Latin as an example of superlative creative translation, as opposed to the purely literal.
This phenomenological exploration of the streets of Dickens's London opens up new perspectives on the city and the writer.
Traces the development of critical moral psychology in the central novels of the Brontes and George Eliot.
Drawing on the ideas of Foucault, the author places the Gothic at the centre of the debate about Romanticism.
Arguing that Charles Dickens and Walter Benjamin display a shared vision of Modernity.
Essays cover topics including strategies of madness and the plague in literature and myth.
A history of the literary circle that formed around the publisher John Murray, including Gladstone, Salisbury, Livingstone, Borrow and Isabella Bird.
A lovely edition of the famous anthology. Containing poetry, music, maps cocktails and all manner of other pleasantries.
"... the Sergeant, from the moment he strolls unhurriedly on to the scene of the crime, his dog Clive at his heels, has his own ideas as usual..."
A "Terhune" mystery by one of the bestselling crime writers of his time.
Where is Aunt Alicia? A thrilling romantic crime novel.
A naive young girl is hired by a gang of international criminals in plot to rob and aristocrat's family jewels.
A complete guide to the embroiderers art. With lucid text, clear diagrams and many examples of patterns and old embroideries to inspire.
Subtitled "A Book of Home Interests in General and of one Home in Particular." An account of Dora Owen's -search for, and creation of a family home.
Intended as in instructional manual for the use of Army and RAF Personnel and revised at the outset of WWII. A most comprehensive and fascinating volume.
