Komedia Moliera przywołuje na poły legendarną postać hiszpańskiego szlachcica, słynącego z urody i uroku osobistego, a jednocześnie bezceremonialnego traktowania kobiet. Don Juan Moliera to cyniczny kochanek, który rozkochuje w sobie kobietę, a następnie w pojedynku zabija jej ojca. Dzięki obłudnej
Arsne Lupin to przebiegły, obdarzony dużą fantazją włamywacz, którego pole działania stanowi tętniący życiem Paryż początku XX wieku. Niestraszne mu zamki ani inne zabezpieczenia, a Paryż zalewa się łzami w związku z bolesnymi stratami. Aby poskromić włamywacza, do Paryża przybywa mistrz dedukcji:
Imagine if Romeo and Juliet were set among the sheep ranching families of Arizona. Add in a heavy dash of frontier action and adventure, and that neatly sums up the plot of Zane Greys To the Last Man, which follows a blossoming romance among members of feuding clans in the vast open plains of the
Inspired by accusations of venality leveled at the men who captured Major Andre (Benedict Arnolds co-conspirator, executed for espionage in 1780), Coopers novel centers on Harry Birch, a common man wrongly suspected by well-born Patriots of being a spy for the British. Even George Washington, who
Kolejni spadkobiercy majątku Baskervilleów giną w tajemniczych okolicznościach na bagnach koło rodzinnej posiadłości w hrabstwie Devon. Miejscowa ludność przypisuje te zagadkowe zgony klątwie prześladującej rodzinę od ponad dwustu lat. Baskervilleowie mają być jakoby rozszarpywani przez
He was the toughest cowpuncher in the Wild West, the surest shot who ever lived. Where Ronicky Doone went, trouble was sure to follow. So Doone wasnt surprised when he rode into Twin Springs and found himself in the middle of a deadly war between two rival families. The stakes are high - honor,
All the Dr. Thorndyke books are outstanding. This one is no exception. In this installment, the action centers on one Dr. Humphrey Jardine, who is the narrator of the story, and who himself is the focus of several strange events. Jardines troubles begin with a casual walk, where he comes across the
The Hale brothers, both successful ranchers, had a disagreement: Ross believed that with a fine education his son Peter would become even more successful than he was himself: Andy believed the opposite. Peter returns from college to his fathers ranch after an accident has left him physically
When Sir Edward Leithen leaves London to spend Whitsuntide as a guest at Flambard, he has no idea of the extraordinary sequence of events about to unfold. Among the collection of fellow guests, some of whom he knows and some he doesnt, is the extraordinary mind of Professor Moe, a scientist who
As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. Rodney Stone is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which is, as one character says, a pretty conspiracy a
