I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy, I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody!
'Anne! Come down at once. He's gone,' shouted Dick. 'Hurry!' It's half-term and the Five are going hiking through the woods and up the hills. But when Anne and Dick take a wrong turn, it leads them all straight into danger! An escaped convict is on the loose and passes a strange message to Dick by mistake. A stash of treasure has been hidden nearby - will they discover it before the priso…
Kisah ini dimulai ketika Mary Lennox, yang ditinggal mati oleh ayah dan ibunya karena kolera, harus pindah ke Inggris dari India. Di India, Mary memiliki banyak pelayan yang memanjakannya, tetapi mereka semua pun pergi akibat kolera. Tak seorang pun mengingat Mary masih tinggal di rumahnya. Kini Mary tinggal di Inggris, di rumah pamannya, Mr. Archibald Craven. Sang paman digambarkan sebagai …
Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone--even in the vicar--wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--sho…
In the latest installment of this funny, charming and quirky series - longlisted for the acclaimed CWA Historical Dagger - our trio of redoubtable detectives are faced with the arrival in town of an escaped criminal with an unlikely penchant for boiling the heads of policemen... It's September in Brighton and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and lashings of villainy. A tr…
Gordon Comstock, seorang terpelajar dari keluarga miskin Inggris era 1930-an, membenci uang dan sistem kapitalisme. Ia rela meninggalkan pekerjaan mapan demi idealisme. Ia menyatakan perang terhadap uang, dan bertekad hidup mandiri tanpa menghamba pada barang yang dipuja banyak orang itu. Bencana pun datang! Satu demi satu masalah pelik menyerbu seiring terjun bebasnya Gordon menuju kemiskin…
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Mainly remembered for his six marriages and his self-appointment as the Supreme Head of the Church of England, Henry VIII was also attractive, educated, and athletic. When Henry Tudor ascended to the English thrown at the age of 17, his reign looked promising. But by the time of his death in 1547, King Henry VIII was characterized as an extremely egotistical, harsh, and insecure king. Though He…
Gadis-gadis March––Meg, Jo, Beth, dan Amy, kini telah dewasa. Ayah mereka, Mr. March, telah pulang dengan selamat dari medan perang. Begitu pula John Brooke, kekasih Meg. Jo yang tomboi sedang belajar untuk menjadi lebih anggun. Beth semakin ramping dan pendiam, dan matanya yang indah itu selalu menyorotkan kebaikan. Sedangkan Amy, pada usia enam belas tahun, memiliki pembawaan seperti wani…
For Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack, the holiday in Cornwall was everything they'd hoped for - until they began to realise that something very sinister was taking place on the Isle of Gloom.