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Stanley Horler was the father of the football novel, On the Ball! is one of his best. David Vassall' is the son of an ex-England centre-forward, but when he starts school the pressure of expectations set him up to fail? Will he pull through?

Did you know the first cup final at England's new national stadium built in the 1920s was between Downside FC and Wildwood Town in front of 100, 000 spectators ? No ? Then read on. "Sadness hung about him like a foggy halo. It pervaded and permeated the man, seeming to exude from his clothes and mingle with the rain that dripped from the almost unbelievable hat he carried his hand. He had come out of the black night like a visitant from anothe...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Black HeartHe had laughed at the moment. If there was one thing certain in this Changing world, it was that he wouldn't return to the ironically-named gambling hell which went by the bizarre title of The House of a Thousand Chances. It was not that he minded losing the money, but the show was so tawdry, so ¿atly bor ing, so enormously stale. There wasn't a thrill in a lifetime there. At least, that had been his experience, and...

Excerpt from Chipstead of the Lone HandOccupied by the thought of the business in Paris, he naturally concluded that the message must be from his Sister, to straighten out whose legal affairs he was proceeding straight to the French capital after landing at Cherbourg early the following morning. The result was that he opened the envelope straightaway without leaving his place in the queue.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds o...

Sydney Horler (1888-1954) was a prominent British author of thrillers. He wrote over 150 books during his lifetime.

Excerpt from Chipstead of the Lone Hand Occupied by the thought of the business in Paris, he naturally concluded that the message must be from his Sister, to straighten out whose legal affairs he was proceeding straight to the French capital after landing at Cherbourg early the following morning. The result was that he opened the envelope straightaway without leaving his place in the queue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hund...

August 1918. On his way to the Western Front, Captain Alan Clinton spends a night in Paris with a young Frenchwoman, Marie Roget. Seduced by Marie's charms, Clinton discloses British military secrets - with disastrous consequences. 17 years later Clinton's son travel to europe where he becomes dangerously close to repeating his mistakes!

Excerpt from The Black Heart Chertsey, as he left the place, did not notice the slim form of the man who came gliding out of the shadows. Such thoughts as he had were still with the feverish and hectic scene from which he had departed. He recalled the mock-commiserative look on the face of the croupier, as the man raked in his last throw: "Monsieur is unlucky to-night. To-morrow... who knows?" He had laughed at the moment. If there was one ...

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