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The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo
"The Fire-Gods" by Charles Gilson is an epic fantasy adventure novel that immerses readers in a world of ancient civilizations and mythical creatures. Gilson's masterful storytelling weaves a quest narrative filled with heroic journeys and supernatural powers, as characters embark on an action-packed plot to uncover the mysteries of the ancient gods. Set against the backdrop of fantastical realms and magical artifacts, the novel transports readers on a mythological adventure brimming with danger and intrigue. With its richly detailed portrayal of mythological creatures and ancient civilizations, "The Fire-Gods" captures the imagination and sparks the sense of wonder. Gilson's epic fantasy is...
Representations of China in British Children's Fiction, 1851-1911
In her extensively researched exploration of China in British children’s literature, Shih-Wen Chen provides a sustained critique of the reductive dichotomies that have limited insight into the cultural and educative role these fictions played in disseminating ideas and knowledge about China. Chen considers a range of different genres and types of publication-travelogue storybooks, historical novels, adventure stories, and periodicals-to demonstrate the diversity of images of China in the Victorian and Edwardian imagination. Turning a critical eye on popular and prolific writers such as Anne Bowman, William Dalton, Edwin Harcourt Burrage, Bessie Marchant, G.A. Henty, and Charles Gilson, Che...
Telling Tales
Germany has had a profound influence on English stories for children. The Brothers Grimm, The Swiss Family Robinson and Johanna Spyri's Heidi quickly became classics but, as David Blamires clearly articulates in this volume, many other works have been fundamental in the development of English chilren's stories during the 19th Centuary and beyond. Telling Tales is the first comprehensive study of the impact of Germany on English children's books, covering the period from 1780 to the First World War. Beginning with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, moving through the classics and including many other collections of fairytales and legends (Musaus, Wilhelm Hauff, Bechstein, Brentano) Telling T...
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The Boy's Own Annual
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Two Girls in the Wild
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Two Girls in the Wild" by Mabel Winifred Knowles. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Winged Warfare
This original study provides a significant reinterpretation of the development of air power in Britain, highlighting how in the period before 1914 aerial warfare was already becoming an increasingly forceful concept.
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