The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
Married to a cruel and negligent man, the young Perdita Robinson sees her life and her youth pass her by—until the day the charming Irishman, Mr. Sheridan, arrives into her parlour, and offers her an escape: to become an actress on the stage. Overnight, Perdita becomes the centre of attention, and finds a place where she feels she truly belongs. With success and temptation pulling her from side to side, Perdita is soon enthralled and tormented by her new life. The fairy tale glamour of the Royal court is a shimmering portrait from afar, but up close, it soon reveals itself to be nothing more than a pretty illusion. Her newfound friends of the stage warn her against high ambitions, but it may be too late.
In her pursuit to become the Exquisite Perdita, adored by all–even a Prince–will she rise and fall as a shooting star, or manage to escape the intrigues and deceits of the Royal court to find her happiness?
This anthology highlights cultural collisions and the possibility of reconciliation between opposing peoples. Though Treece writes about war with psychological and historical realism, his underlying message is that violence is futile and peace is the true human goal.
A collection of travel and nature essays.
Barnabas Barty, the innkeeper’s son who unexpectedly inherits a vast fortune, sets out for London determined to transform himself into a gentleman despite every social barrier insisting he cannot. His journey through Regency high society becomes a test of character, proving that true gentility lies not in birth or fashion but in courage, honor, and the steadfastness of his heart.
Vivacious Ginger Ella of an Iowa parsonage falls afoul of postal authorities when she solicits money for a nonexistent home for the blind, and is further vexed when four blind folks show up to share the wealth.
The tragedy deals indirectly with the famous Sacco-Vanzetti case, in which two Italian immigrants with radical political beliefs were executed. Its plot follows Mio Romagna’s quest to prove his father’s innocence in the years after Bartolomeo Romagna is executed for a robbery and murder that he did not commit. Mio’s quest is complicated by his love for Miriamne Esdras and the difficult ethical decisions that result from his connection with her family. A highly political play, with reflections on faith, truth, justice, love, and duty, it frequently alludes to William Shakespeare and Judaic philosophies.
It won the first New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play (Best American Play) and is the basis for the 1936 film Winterset starring Burgess Meridith as Mio.
One day a golden-haired warrior came riding to a Saxon village in Mercia, and tossed a penny to a boy ... The warrior was Harold, son of Earl Godwin, the boy, Beornoth, a lowly thegn's son, destined to serve his king until he perished in the savage hilltop fight known to future generations as the Battle of Hastings.
Henry Treece's descriptions of the fighting at Stamfordbridge, when Harold destroyed a Norse invasion, and later at Hastings, when the Housecarles were slaughtered to a man by the Normans, must rank as some of his finest historical writing.--book dust cover.
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