Classic / British English Strange and wonderful things happen in t seven short stories. Oscar Wilde takes us into a world of kings and queens, mermaids and witches, giants and dwarfs, and talking animals. Exciting and amusing, happy and sad, these stories are for all ages.[...]

In the midst the world's faltering recovery from the economic crisis, listless financier and ex-special forces officer Harry Linley accepts the seemingly innocent task of spending a week cat-sitting for a friend. By the end of the third night, however, two men are dead on the kitchen floor. A hand[...]

In 1854, Britain and France went to war against Russia in support of Turkey. Most of the war was fought in the Crimea. But there was another theatre of operations - the Baltic Sea. In 1854 and 1855, Franco-British fleets sailed north and attacked Russian fortifications, cities and ships. The fortres[...]