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A tale of two cities

2008
Charles Dickens's classic tale written in graphic novel format about a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the women he loves.

This dark endeavor

2012
When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva, Victor Frankenstein embarks on a quest to create the Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.

A great and noble scheme

the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland
2005
Chronicles the history of the French Acadians, the French-speaking Catholic inhabitants of eighteenth-century Nova Scotia, and their expulsion by the colonial governments of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts, which lasted from 1755 to 1763.

The navy that beat Napoleon

1982
Describes ships, men, and main strategies and campaigns of the British Royal Navy that defeated the French in the Napoleonic Wars.

A modest proposal and other satirical works

1996
An unabridged republication of five nonfiction, satirical works by English author Jonathan Swift, written between 1697 and 1729.

Kidnapped

1989
After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

The lost lady of the Amazon

the story of Isabela Godin and her epic journey
2003
Tells the love story of eighteenth-century European couple Isabela and Jean Godin, who were reunited after a twenty-year separation in South America when Isabela traversed the Andes and the Amazonian jungle to reach Jean, outliving everyone in her traveling party.

Kidnapped

the adventures of David Balfour
1986
A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

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