Adventure Books

The Laughing Cavalier

Baroness Emmuska Orczy

The Laughing Cavalier is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits".The..

A Man to His Mate

J. Allan Dunn

A Man to His Mate is a short adventure story written by Joseph Allan Elphinstone Dunn, best known as J. Allan Dunn, was one of the high-producing writers of the American pulp magazines. He is also the..

Danger in Deep Space

Carey Rockwell

Danger in Deep Space is a science fiction space opera written by Carey Rockwell, a pseudonym used by Grosset & Dunlap. It is unknown who wrote the books, or even if there was only one writer. ..

Fighting the Whales

R. M. Ballantyne

A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction of a now-alien time, occupation, and culture, it's also a r..

Het Geheimzinnige Eiland

Jules Verne

Het Geheimzinnige Eiland, the French version of The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jul..

Kéraban-Le-Têtu, Volume II

Jules Verne

Kéraban-le-Têtu est un roman de Jules Verne paru en 1883, décrivant les tribulations d'un vendeur de tabac turc (Kéraban) et d'un de ses clients hollandais autour de la mer Noire.Ce roman d'aventure e..

Black Ivory

R. M. Ballantyne

Although the book's title Black Ivory denotes dealing in the slave trade it is not our heroes who are doing it. At the very first chapter there is a shipwreck, which leaves the son of the charterer of..

Le capitaine Pamphile

Alexandre Dumas

Le capitaine Pamphile is the French origin of Captain Pamphile or The Adventures of Captain Pamphile is an 1839 French adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It was aimed at children and had a strong ant..