Biography of 1930's Hollywood filmstar Barbara Stanwyck. Stanwyck went from the Ziegfeld Follies to Hollywood in the late 20's where she began a productive film career. She followed her film career with the TV series THE BIG VALLEY.
Set in Victorian England, this murder mystery concerns the death of an aristocratic youth, stripped of his clothes, drowned in a bathtub and put down the sewers to be flushed out to sea. Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife investigate.
Harry Fletcher is a successful charter boat operator off the coast of Mozambique. Harry has a secret in his past and the discovery of a treasure trove threatens to unlock that secret once again.
Tale of a master criminal in the 1800's. The story of the Great Gold Robbery of 1885, a massive gold heist, which takes place on a steam train traveling through Victorian era England.
Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives.
A collection of articles written about various travel spots Morris has visited. The armchair traveller can go from Alexandria to Calcutta to Chicago, from Fiji to Iceland to Swaziland in the course of this book.
John Rossendale, the 28th Earl of Stowey, turned his back on his title, his family and England and set sail in his 38-foot cutter, Sunflower. Four years later he returns to England for his mother's funeral and finds himself entrenched in a game of blackmail and ransom.
John Rossendale, the 28th Earl of Stowey, turned his back on his title, his family and England and set sail in his 38-foot cutter, Sunflower. Four years later he returns to England for his mother's funeral and finds himself entrenched in a game of blackmail and ransom.
