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For those who sometimes long to escape the strictures of modern life or to inject a little more drama and excitement into their workday world, the remedy could be the collection of stories you hold in your hand. Here for the taking are tales of high adventure and low intrigue from masters of the genre like John Buchan and Robert Louis Stevenson, classics of crime and detection from veteran thriller writers like Edgar Wallace and Arthur Conan Doyle, spine-chillers from the pens of Ambrose Bierce and other purveyors of suspense and horror, and true accounts of courage and survival from heroic and intrepid individuals caught up in the rigours and insanity of war or battling against the elements on gruelling expeditions of discovery and exploration. Between the covers of this crowded volume, Wordsworth Editions has assembled from the work of famous, less well-known and totally unsung writers a treasure trove of rattling good yarns to fire the imagination, chill the blood and perhaps awaken (or reawaken) the spirit of adventure in any reader who dares to plunge in!
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This review is from: Gripping Yarns (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Paperback)
This is a massive compendium of Victorian/Edwardian mystery, adventure and ghost stories - the sort of thing that the Victorians did best, in my opinion. All the well known writers of the era are featured - Conan Doyle, Ambrose Pierce, Wilkie Collins, etc etc - there is something for all tastes, and it is ideal for picking up and reading at random. It will keep you occupied for a very long time! I originally got it for my Dad's Xmas present, but all the family are dipping into it, and unless he hides it, it might well find its way onto my bookshelf . . .
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