J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis are but successors to William Morris. Tale of quest, adventure, magic and war set in an invented age and in the invented world of the author's own imagination. Lots of very old-fashioned archaic English.
This is a delightful story about dragons, suitable for reading to young children. Adventures and lessons abound.
The only Walter Scott's book we like.
Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back into the wilderness. Having persuaded Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief Umbopa to accompany him, they set out from the coast of east Africa, this time in search of a white race reputed to live north of Mount Kenya.
Three go back . . . 25,000 years, to lost Atlantis! A tale mixing adventure, science, and sex in the search for solutions to our world's problems.
This is a sentimental fairy tale written by Marion St. John Webb. It features young children in the most unusual yet fun flying shop.
Set in an old British boarding school, viewed as a prison, this humorous fairytale adventure is a forgotten classic.
This collection details the true stories of the lives of many pirates. It tells of high seas adventures, murder, mutiny, and often hanging.
A true story of crime on the high seas, this account details the life and misdeeds of pirate Captain Weril.
Francis Spriggs was a pirate known for his black flag and known associates. His true story tells of desertion and conquest.