John Douglas, tewas tertembak di kastilnya, Manor House, Birlstone. Kastil? ya, karena rumah itu dikelilingi parit. Satu satunya jalan masuk hanya jembatan yang bisa dinaik turunkan. Penerangan dengan lilin dan lampu minyak. Tidak heran karena cerita ini bersetting sekitar tahun 1882. Asyik. Ini cerita jamannya para ksatria, namun ilmu forensik sudah mulai berkembang. Sherlock, dr.Watson dan pe…
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at nig…
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Set in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped remains one of the most exciting stories ever written. Young David Balfour, orphaned then betrayed by his Uncle Ebenezer, his so-called guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause. Shipwreck, murder and dramatic escape through the Highlands are just a few of the ingredients of this highly charged tale of intri…