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THE HOUSE OF EGREMONT

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "The fortunes of the House of Egremont had their first great bloom through the agency of a platter of beans; and through a platter of beans more than a hundred years later the elder branch was ousted from one of the greatest estates in England, became wanderers and gentlemen adventurers throughout Europe, fought in quarrels not their own, served sovereigns of foreign c...

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CHILDREN OF DESTINY

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "It is impossible for anything in this tame, latter day age to be compared with the marvels of fifty, sixty, seventy years ago. The worn-out, tired race declines to be awed, or delighted, or startled. Any more. Old Wonder is dead. People have lost the sense of admiration. It is the price paid for civilisation." ...

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THE JUGGLERS

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "The lazy blue river and the wide, brown plains of Picardy lay basking in the still splendor of the November afternoon. The mysterious hush of the autumn lay upon the fields and the farmsteads. A flock of herons in a near-by marsh meditated gravely, standing one-legged, and watching the cows kneedeep in the muddy meadows. High in the sunny air, a vulture sailed, majest...

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THE SON OF COLUMBUS

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Very few liberties have been taken with history, and these few are merely of detail. The signing of the final pact with the Spanish sovereigns by Columbus really took place on the plains of Santa Fé, outside of Granada, but it is represented, for dramatic effect, as taking place in the Alhambra. Also, the celebrated order of Columbus directing his captains, after sailing seven ...

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FRANCEZKA

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

A daring romance of the 18th century that takes place in the heart of France in Paris! Complete with sword fights, wild boar hunts, vindictive rouges and daring rescues. Written by Molly Elliot Seawell, a romance novelist and early feminist. Niece to the American President John Tyler. Her writing style is jaunty and irreverent. ...

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BETTY'S VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "It was as cold as Christmas, and Christmas Eve it was. A thin crust of snow lay over the level landscape of lower Virginia, and the declining sun cast a lovely rose-red light upon the silver world. Afar off lay the river that led to the great bay, both river and bay frozen hard and fast as steel. The crystal air was sharp and still, and in the opaline sky a little cre...

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THROCKMORTON, A NOVEL

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

The Southern Temple family has spent the years after the Civil War mourning the death of their golden boy, killed by a Union officer. His young widow, Judith, feels like a hypocrite, since she only knew him a few weeks and has since realised that she didn't actually love him. Throckmorton and his son return to the neighbourhood, to be shunned by most of the neighbours, who can'...

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BETTY AT FORT BLIZZARD

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "Colonel John Hope Fortescue, commanding the fine new cavalry post of Fort Blizzard, in the far Northwest, sat in his comfortable office and gazed through the big window at the plaza with its tall flagstaff, from which the splendid regimental flag floated in the crystal cold air of December. Afar off was a broad plateau for drills, an aviation field, and beyond all, a ...

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QUARTERDECK AND FOK'SLE, STORIES OF THE SEA

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "The friendship between Young Brydell and Grubb the marine came about in this way. One morning in May, just after Admiral Beaumont had finished the beautiful toilet he made at precisely eight o’clock every morning, he threw wide his bedroom shutters to see if the toilet of the navy yard grounds had been made too. For the admiral was possessed by a demon of neatness and...

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MAID MARIAN, AND OTHER STORIES

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "Yes, it was surely the embodiment of feminine beauty—the dark, narrow-lidded eyes, wide apart—did you ever notice the terrible intelligence in the eyes of a portrait?—the slim patrician nose, the hair so quaintly coifed with pearl, the uplifted hand: no wonder that Macfarren gazed at it with something like reverence. You will be apt to imagine that Macfarren was an en...

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THE ROCK OF THE LION

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "The sun, a great orb of glory, hung low in the west, lighting up the sea and sky with a blaze of splendor. Long lances of rosy flame shot across the blue Mediterranean, even to the horizon, which was the color of pearls and opals. Afar off, in the dim distance, the Rock of Gibraltar, a huge, mysterious shadow, like a couchant lion, seemed to keep watch over sea and la...

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DECATUR AND SOMERS

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

This book is specifically about the Barbary Wars against the Barbary Pirates. The author shows a fine appreciation of the character and achievement of these brave naval captains. The "brilliant, picturesque figure of Stephen Decatur" is strongly portrayed; and "the dashing and splendid quality" of his achievements which "leave a blaze upon the page of history" are told with gre...

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PAUL JONES

MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

Excerpt: "On the first outbreak of hostilities with the mother country Jones offered his services to the Continental Congress, and his name headed the list of thirteen first lieutenants in the navy appointed in December 1775. Perhaps no man had stronger natural and personal inclinations toward the revolutionary cause than Jones. In his native country he was poor, obscure, and p...

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