The state of the working class in the early 20th century caused significant changes in the left-wing political parties. The Liberal Party, which enjoyed the support of the working class, was...
Miss Mott quickly rose from the sound of knocking at her office door. She was engaged in the typical task of writing her advice to a young woman whose relationship with the acquisition had been...
Trzy dziewczynki, które nie mają ze sobą nic wspólnego. Panna z dworu, Żydówka i dziewczyna ze wsi.Zaprzyjaźniają się, razem dorastają, pomagają sobie. Wydaje się, iż nic nie może ich rozdzielić,...
A novel written in 1912. These are good Victorian or Edward tales about representatives of the English upper class who are engaged in uncovering crimes, espionage, good deeds and shrouded żeby...
„The Black Box” is a series of loosely connected short stories detailing the adventures of Sanford Quest, world’s greatest criminologist. The story starts off in New York City, travels to England,...
Lady Wilhemina Thorpe-Hatton lives a life of extraordinary wealth and privilege. She is visiting her extensive estate in England, which includes the town of Thorpe, and all it’s inhabitants. When...
Guy Ducaine is a recent graduate of Oxford University. Through a series of unfortunate events he is penniless and starving in the rural town of Brasters. Seeking to make a few shillings, he...
A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his...
It is strange to find Mr. Phillips Oppenheim choosing as his hero an earnest politician with a love for social reform. „Nobody’s Man” starts out as a kanon whodunit murder mystery then makes an...
A young adventurer steals two complimentary idols of Buddha from a Chinese temple, one of which is supposed to have a debasing and malevolent effect upon its owners. One of the idols represents the...
A striking romantic novel of 1913 of a young Englishman’s uphill fight. Douglas Guest is an orphan, raised żeby a stern, religious, and uncompromising uncle, Gideon Strong, in the North of England....
Upward in long sinuous bends the road wound its way into the heart of the hills. The man, steadily climbing to the summit, changed hands upon the bicycle he was pushing, and wiped the sweat from...
An engrossing tale of financial intrigue, full of shadowy characters and shady dealings from the author of mystery and espionage thrillers E. Phillips Oppenheim. Phineas Duge, leader of a group of...
Książka Paula Shermana przybliża sylwetkę Harry'ego Houdiniego (1874-1926), najsłynniejszego magika i iluzjonisty świata, specjalisty od ucieczek i uwalniania się z kajdan, łańcuchów i więzów....
John Strangeways lives the life of a country Gentleman farmer with his puritan brother in the hills of Cumberland. Far from the world of cities and noise he lived the clean, healthy, out-of-door...
„Mr. Mirakel” is the last novel written żeby E. Phillips Oppenheim in 1943. Marquis Roderigo de Cordovina is leaving his Portuguese estates in Lisbon because he is being pressured to join the...
Był rok 1984, gdy w znikomej bieszczadzkiej wiosce miały miejsce dramatyczne wydarzenia, po których nieboszczykom przed pochówkiem odcinano głowę i przebijano pierś metalowym zębem brony. Po jakimś...
Trzydziestosześcioletnia Aleksandra spełnia swoje największe marzenie i wyjeżdża na roczną misję do Afryki. Wszystko byłoby atrakcyjnie, gdyby pretekstem do podjęcia tej spontanicznej decyzji nie...
The illicit gambling house in the Place Noire was raided by the police in Paris. Several of the gang were killed, one was caught and jailed, and one escaped aby shambling off in the guise of a...
With the police hot on his tail, Peter Ruff decides to turn from a life of crime to the more lucrative life of a private investigator. With his ties to the underworld and his skill at disguise,...
The clamour of crushing boughs and howling wind sank every now and then into insignificance before the roaring of deep-throated guns, whose red fire flashed out across what seemed to be a...
A solitary cabin stood far away in the backwoods of Canada, outside all tracks of civilization, in a region which only the native Indians and a few daring trappers cared to penetrate. Rudely built...
Matravers is „an Apostle of Aestheticism” with „fixed views of life, down to even it’s most trifling details.” „A poet, philosopher, and man of fashion” who has „no intimate friends.” He writes for...
"Na autostradzie łączącej Katowice z Krakowem grupa zamaskowanych postaci zatrzymuje luksusowe bmw i porywa kierowcę. Ofiarą okazuje się profesor Jan Potocki, milioner ze Śląska, pionier...