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The book is, quite simply, a line-by-line translation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest translated into modern English.

Frank Swinton is an adventurer, a man determined to raise himself above the drudgery of a nine-to-five job.

Lady Ancella Winn, after the death of her father, goes to Paris as a nurse-companion and falls in love with her mistress's son.

While on a secret mission to the fanatical leader of a holy war against Imperial Russia, Lord Athelston becomes involved in an escape from the Sultan's harem.

Lucretia is forced to marry the Marquis of Marlyn. Together they encounter dangerous adventures in France as they rescue Englishmen from the hands of Napoleon.

The lovely Viola disguises herself as a young man and quickly falls in love with the Duke she serves. The Duke in turn sends the disguised Viola to woo his lady - the fiesty and impetuous Olivia.

After seeing the ghost of his murdered father, Hamlet realizes that his new stepfather was the killer and plots revenge and ponders the value of life.

Presents five dozen sonnets of Shakespeare, including some of the best known in all of English literature.

Henry V is a study of kinship, patriotism, and heroic determination, tempered by tender comedy as Henry courts Katherine, Princess of France.

Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian Senator.

Julius Caesar has become the most powerful man in Rome. Does his power now threaten the very existence of the Republic itself?

A light novel of romance, intrigue and kidnapping, written in the style of the late 19th century set in Spain and England.

Betrothed against her wishes to an elderly Duke, Katarina falls in love with her neighbour Prince Michael.

If there is one person to whom Lady Marlowe would rather not owe her life, it is the Duke of Buckington, a man she detests.

A thrilling story set against the background of England, India and 19th Century Hong Kong.