Violet Fane, the pen name of Mary Montgomerie Lamb, was a 19th-century British writer known for her poetry and novels. Her "Collected Verses" is a compilation of her poetic works…

This poignant memoir tells the story of Julian Fane, a talented writer and artist who died tragically young. Drawing on letters, diaries, and other primary sources, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton…

Is there any sentient life on Yerak or Isal?In the distant future there are only three habitable planets, Laasp, Yerak, and Isal. All the rest are covered by ice because…

An infantry officer’s view of the war in Spain and Portugal This book concerns the history, as it was experienced by the author, of Wellingtons campaigns in Spain and Portugal…

Betwixt Two Seas: Poems And Ballads, Written At Constantinople And Therapia (1900) is a collection of poems and ballads written by Violet Fane during her stay in Constantinople and Therapia…

There we are, Anna whispered. The dragon foal went still at her voice. Then it snorted and swiveled its snout towards her, its eyes still shut. Its tail quivered; its…

First published in 1883, 'Sophy or the Adventures of a Savage' is a classic Victorian novel that tells the story of a young woman's journey from the African savannah to…

Perdita Tree, the bored and beautiful wife of a Tory MP, believes that all women should have a magic door through which they can walk into a different life. So…