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  • It Happened in Egypt

    by Williamson, C.N. ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - September 24, 1933) was a British novelist. Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N.Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as ... Read more

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  • A Soldier of the Legion

    A Diverse Anthology of Valor and Sacrifice in the Foreign Legion

    A Soldier of the Legion is a compelling exploration of the human spirit as it navigates the tumultuous landscapes of war and adventure. This anthology encompasses a range of literary styles from harrowing narratives to poignant reflections, illustrating the multifaceted nature of conflict and its profound impact on the human psyche. Within its pages, readers will encounter riveting tales that ... Read more

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  • Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley

    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • The Car of Destiny

    A Motor Journey Through Spain

    A motor tour through Spain in the years when a car on those roads was still an event, with a chauffeur who is somebody else and a claim to a throne in the luggage. The Williamsons drove the routes themselves and wrote the books as a couple; the motoring is exact and the romance is the excuse. This edition binds 58 plates of painting with the text, among them works by Bennett Hubbard, Francisco ... Read more

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  • It Happened in Egypt

    A Nile Voyage and a Hidden Treasure

    A Nile steamer, a party of tourists and a treasure hunt in the desert, with a chaperone and two impostors aboard. The Williamsons moved their formula from the road to the river and the Egypt in it was drawn from a season they spent there. This edition is bound with 59 plates of paintings, among them works by David Roberts, Edvard Munch and Martin Snape. ... Read more

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  • My Friend the Chauffeur

    A Titled Englishman Hired as a Driver

    Two impoverished English gentlemen buy a motor car and hire themselves out as guides, and the passengers they collect on the road through France and Italy are not what they seem either. One of the Williamsons' most popular motoring romances, built on the formula they had set with The Lightning Conductor. Fifty-nine plates spanning 1851 to 1925, with work by Edvard Munch and Telemaco Signorini, ... Read more

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  • Lady Betty Across the Water

    An English Girl's Letters from America

    An English girl of good family and no money crosses to America to see how the Americans live, and reports back in letters. The Williamsons wrote it as one of their transatlantic comedies of manners, with the social machinery observed from both sides of the ocean. This edition is bound with a gallery of 60 plates of painting, among them works by John Constable, Charles Hoguet and Peder Balke, ... Read more

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  • The Guests of Hercules

    A Convent Girl at the Monte Carlo Tables

    A girl escaping a convent, a gambling town on the Riviera, and a house whose owner collects people. The Williamsons put Monte Carlo to work here instead of the open road, and the machinery of the casino is described by people who had watched it. This edition binds fifty-eight plates of painting with the text, among them works by Edvard Munch and James 'Clock' Shaw, alongside two illustrations ... Read more

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  • The Chauffeur and the Chaperon

    A Motor Tour Through Holland

    A motor tour of the Dutch canals and windmill country with a chaperone who is not what she claims and a chauffeur who is somebody else again. The Williamsons drove the route and the Netherlands in the book can be followed on a map. This edition is bound with sixty plates of seventeenth-century painting, among them works by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Jan van Goyen and Simon de Vlieger, showing ferries ... Read more

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  • The Motor Maid

    A Lady's Maid Motoring Through France

    Lys d'Angely, left without a sou, takes a place as maid-companion to a lady about to tour France in a sixty-horse-power motor car — and finds that the thing she dreads most is the English chauffeur, with whom she will have to eat at every inn. The Williamsons built their motoring romances on real roads and real hotels, and the comedy here is all in who dines with whom, and who is not quite what he ... Read more

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  • Set in Silver

    A Guardian and His Ward Tour England

    A young American heiress tours England by car with a chaperone and a driver who is nothing like what he claims, in the Williamsons' usual arrangement of good roads and mistaken identity. The route is real and can still be driven. This edition adds a 48-plate gallery of paintings by William Logsdail, John Lavery and Myles Birket Foster, plus 11 restored and coloured illustrations. ... Read more

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  • The Heather-Moon

    A Girl in Search of Her Mother in Scotland

    A girl who has been told nothing about her own origins travels through Scotland with a stranger's help, looking for the family that gave her away. The Williamsons put the touring car to work again, this time on the roads north of the border. This edition includes fifty-five plates of paintings by Horatio McCulloch, J. M. W. Turner, Marianne North and others, dated 1830 to 1926. ... Read more

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