As Crimson Romance celebrates its first anniversary, we honor those pioneers who helped shape the direction of romance novels for all of us. Suspense, mystery, paranormal activity and love - always love - have been the cornerstone of the genre since the early 1970s. Now we have updated the covers to these classics - but not the words - and reissued these timeless reads to let you relive the thrill of discovering a world of romance all over again. To escape the embrace of an elderly nobleman, lovely Betsy Chapman flees to Regency London and becomes part of a daring mission: to discover whether Napoleon still lives, and expose the handsome Frenchman who plots to rule France. Kidnapped and held hostage, she knows the torment of imprisonment and forbidden passion, and the seductive lure of Venetian splendor. Until, in the dark underside of Paris, the fate of and Empire is joined with her own proud destiny. Sensuality Level: Sensual
The British statesman, Benjamin Disraeli, who was twice prime minister, also achieved great fame as a novelist. His early ‘silver fork’ novels, including ‘Vivian Grey’, featured romanticised depictions of aristocratic life, while his celebrated masterpiece, the ‘Young England’ trilogy, is charged with political insight, espousing the belief that England's future as a world power depended not on the complacent ‘old guard’, but on youthful, idealistic politicians. This comprehensive eBook presents Disraeli’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Disraeli’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 15 novels, with individual contents tables * Special ‘Young England’ trilogy contents table * Includes rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including FALCONET, Disraeli’s unfinished novel * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works such as VIVIAN GREY are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Includes Disraeli’s rare epic poem and other poetry works – available in no other collection * Includes Disraeli’s plays - spend hours exploring the author’s diverse works * Features two biographies - discover Disraeli’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Young England Trilogy The Novels VIVIAN GREY THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN POPANILLA THE YOUNG DUKE CONTARINI FLEMING THE WONDROUS TALE OF ALROY THE RISE OF ISKANDER THE INFERNAL MARRIAGE HENRIETTA TEMPLE VENETIA CONINGSBY SYBIL TANCRED LOTHAIR ENDYMION FALCONET The Shorter Fiction A TRUE STORY IXION IN HEAVEN SKETCHES The Plays THE SPEAKING HARLEQUIN THE TRAGEDY OF COUNT ALARCOS The Poetry THE REVOLUTIONARY EPICK, AND OTHER POEMS MISCELLANEOUS POEMS The Non-Fiction THE SPIRIT OF WHIGGISM LORD GEORGE BENTINCK ON THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MR. ISAAC DISRAELI BY HIS SON SPEECHES WIT AND WISDOM OF THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD The Biographies BENJAMIN D’ISRAELI by Thomas Edward Kebbel BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD by James Bryce Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
A young American’s life in Europe comes apart in this Man Booker Prize long-listed debut with “echoes of Ford Madox Ford and F. Scott Fitzgerald” (Tom Penn, The Times Literary Supplement, UK). Set in London and Venice at the end of the twentieth century, The Honeymoon follows a young man’s journey into his own past and the strange events that caused his life to unravel. American-born Gordon Garraty spent much of his childhood traveling through the capitals of Europe with his eccentric mother Maureen. As Maureen worked on her interminable art guide, Gordon recorded their journeys with his camera. Only later, while working in London as a freelance photographer, did Gordon begin to emerge from his mother’s influence—and meet Annie. Several years his senior and the daughter of a North London cabbie, Annie is Gordon’s first love—and after a dizzying courtship, his wife. But when they take a honeymoon in Venice, Gordon and Annie are accompanied by Maureen and her new Swiss fiancé. The brilliance of the city seems to distort rather than illuminate. Jealousy, suspicion, and conflicting desires rise to a palpable intensity before a single act of absurd but devastating violence lays bare the emptiness at the core of their gilded lives. A deeply observant and expertly crafted tale, “The Honeymoon looks askance upon the beautiful and splendid, plumbing the stilted emotional depths of two wayward Americans who appear to have arrived via Henry James into the late 1980’s” (Los Angeles Times).
