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By: L. T. Meade (1854-1914) | |
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The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings
“That a secret society, based upon the lines of similar institutions so notorious on the Continent during the last century, could ever have existed in the London of our day may seem impossible. Such a society, however, not only did exist, but through the instrumentality of a woman of unparalleled capacity and genius, obtained a firm footing. A century ago the Brotherhood of the Seven Kings was a name hardly whispered without horror and fear in Italy, and now, by the fascinations and influence of one woman, it began to accomplish fresh deeds of unparalleled daring and subtlety in London... | |
A Master of Mysteries
“It so happened that the circumstances of fate allowed me to follow my own bent in the choice of a profession. From my earliest youth the weird, the mysterious had an irresistible fascination for me. Having private means, I resolved to follow my unique inclinations, and I am now well known to all my friends as a professional exposer of ghosts, and one who can clear away the mysteries of most haunted houses….I propose in these pages to relate the histories of certain queer events, enveloped at first in mystery, and apparently dark with portent, but, nevertheless, when grappled with in the true spirit of science, capable of explanation... | |
The Sorceress of the Strand
From the moment Madame Sara arrived on the scene, she has taken London society by storm. Madame is both beautiful and mysterious, but it soon becomes clear to both Dixon Druce and his friend, police surgeon Eric Vandeleur, that there is something sinister about the woman and the goings on at her shop on the Strand. They soon become obsessed with proving her guilty of the many crimes that follow in her wake! | |
Wild Kitty | |
Daddy's Girl | |
A Very Naughty Girl | |
The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town | |
Polly A New-Fashioned Girl | |
Sue, A Little Heroine | |
A Sweet Girl Graduate | |
A Girl in Ten Thousand | |
Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World | |
A Little Mother to the Others | |
Dickory Dock | |
The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls | |
The Time of Roses | |
A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls | |
Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School | |
Girls of the Forest | |
A Young Mutineer | |
A Life For a Love A Novel | |
The School Queens | |
Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief | |
Light O' the Morning | |
The Children's Pilgrimage | |
A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School | |
Good Luck | |
A Girl of the People | |
How It All Came Round | |
Frances Kane's Fortune | |
The Children of Wilton Chase | |
Girls of St. Wode's
This is a story about the life of a school girl. The story centres around the girls' college of St. Wode's, Wingfield. This is the place in all England where women who wish to distinguish themselves should go to receive training. The girls come from all classes of society, but the tale centres chiefly around the doings of the Gilroy girls and their benefactor, Mr. Parker. | |
Girl of High Adventure
Marguerite St. Juste was Irish on her mother's side, who was born of the Desmonds of Desmondstown in the County Kerry. Marguerite's father was a French Comte, whose grandfather had been one of the victims of the guillotine. Both her parents are dead and she is being brought up by an aunt and uncle. She wants to find out about the rest of her family and her adventures take her to Ireland and France. - Summary by Michele Eaton |