An undercover policeman infiltrates a mysterious Anarchist group.

A satire set in far-future London where the king, who was chosen at random, only cares about a good joke.

The fourth set of stories of a Catholic priest who is also an amateur detective.

Amateur detective and Catholic priest Father Brown solves mysteries in this second collection of Father Brown short stories.

A steamer captain in the heart of Africa witnesses the final days of a brutal ivory trader.

Haunted by the part he played in a shipping disaster, young British seaman Jim escapes to an island in the South Seas to build his future.

The fictitious South American republic of Costaguana is in the midst of a civil war and the citizens of the coastal town of Sulaco turn to Nostromo for help.

A spy in London is ordered to stage a bombing to foment political and social chaos.

A university student in St. Petersburg is drawn into the activities of a revolutionary group against his will.

A reclusive man rescues a mistreated young woman, but their romantic life on a remote island is soon disturbed.

A resourceful woman navigates 18th-century English society and colonial America over a lifetime of seventy years, using her wit and resilience in her quest for wealth and happiness.

Shipwrecked on a remote tropical island, a resourceful Englishman manages to survive alone for many years.