The Quest of The Great Ruby...and my soul shall lie forever under the curse, engulfed and hidden as deeply as the Great Ruby beneath the shadow of Dead Man's Rock.
Light-minded English gent is travelling to Paris in search of easy romantic and gambling conquests. But he has got himself embroider into much serious and even deadly situation.
very short but very interesting story from the Tales From Two Pockets.
A man is accused of murdering his father-in-law using an axe. He was motivated by the reluctance of his father-in-law to sell him a neighboring field and he thought that by getting rid of his father-in-law, he would be able to farm as he’d please…
A young and successful merchant sailor returns to Marseille to marry his fiancée. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape but also to unearth the treasure and use it...
The Legend of the glorious adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the Land of Flanders and elsewhere. As an envisagement of the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition this very anti-Catholic book is probably without parallel.
After gold becomes commonplace, crashing financial markets, Dr. Syx announces a new metal to replace it. A story of power and manipulation.
One detective story from Paradoxes of Mr Pond
One detective story from Paradoxes of Mr Pond
One detective story from Paradoxes of Mr Pond