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Excerpt from German Atrocities: A Record of Shameless DeedsMr. Asquith has described the sacking of Louvain as the greatest crime committed against civilization and culture since the Thirty Years' War. With its buildings, its pictures, its unique library, its unrivalled associations, a shameless holocaust of irreparable treasures lit up by blind barbarian vengeance.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and...

Excerpt from Hushed Up: A Mystery "And he died mysteriously?" "The doctors certified that he died from natural causes - heart failure." "That is what the world believes, of course. His death was a nation's loss, and the truth was hushed up. But you, Phil Poland, know it. Upon the floor was found something - a cigar - eh?" "Nothing very extraordinary in that, surely? He died while smoking." "Yes, " said the bald-headed man, bending towards...

Excerpt from German Spies in England: An Exposure From the outbreak of war until to-day I have hesitated to write this book. But I now feel impelled to do so by a sense of duty. The truth must be told. The peril must be faced. Few men, I venture to think, have been more closely associated with, or know more of the astounding inner machinery of German espionage in this country, and in France, than myself. Though the personnel of the Confide...

Excerpt from The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias These strange facts would never have been placed on record, nor would this exciting chapter of an eventful life have been written, except for two reasons: first, because the discovery I made has been declared to be of considerable importance to scientists, bibliophiles, and the world at large, and, secondly, because it is my dear wife's wish that in order to clear her in the e...

Excerpt from The Sign of the Stranger The shabby stranger seated himself familiarly in a nook beside the wide open chimney of the tap-room, and stretched out his long thin legs with a sigh. " I want something to eat, a bit of cold meat, or bread and cheese - anything you have handy - and a glass of beer. I'm very tired." The village publican, scanning the stranger's features keenly, moved slowly to execute the command and lingered over the ...

Excerpt from The Eye of Istar: A Romance of the Land of the No Return Peace, O Reader I Constant, blessed and abundant salutations. Of a verity the groves of my hopes have been refreshed by cooling showers from the clouds of Allah's blessing, my rose garden has been weeded of the thorns of despondency, and the tree of my prosperity has become fruit-bearing from the breeze of his bounty. He is the Giver of Gifts, the Source of Liberality, the...

Excerpt from The Hunchback of Westminster For many years I have busied myself making a collection of rare and valuable historical documents, and strange indeed are some of the stories and scandals which these ancient, crinkled parchments whisper to me in my hours of leisure. In France, in Italy, in Russia, in Germany, in Belgium, in all corners of England, this craze of mine has led me, through many adventures, free but captive, and, looking...

Romance, intrigue and early motoring.

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Excerpt from The Veiled Man: Being an Account of the Risks and Adventures of Sidi Ahamadou, Sheikh of the Azjar Marauders of the Great SaharaThe remarkable adventures of the notorious robber-sheikh Ahamadou, the Abandoned of Allah, once the terror of the Areg Desert, but now friendly to the French, were collected during a journey across the Great Sahara. In the belief that some description of the wild life of the Desert, with its romance and m...

Excerpt from At the Sign of the Sword: A Story of Love and War in Belgium In that long, deep green valley, which wound from Namur up past Dinant to the French frontier at Givet, the people had advanced but little. Legend and history, poetry and fiction, provoked an interest ing reminiscence at almost every turn, for it was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgot...

Excerpt from The Count's Chauffeur An Englishman, as my name George Ewart denotes, I am of cosmopolitan birth and education, my early youth having been spent on the Continent, where my father was agent for a London firm. When I was fourteen, my father, having prospered, came to London, and established himself as an agent in Wood Street, City, representing a great firm of silk manufacturers in Lyons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publ...

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Excerpt from The White Lie A woman - perhaps? Who knows Poor Dick Harborne was certainly a man of secrets, and of many adventures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whils...