The Life Story of an Old Rebel (Esprios Classics)

The Life Story of an Old Rebel (Esprios Classics)
Author: John Denvir
Publisher: Blurb
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2021-01-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781034327936

"I owe both the title of this book and the existence of the book itself to the suggestion of friends. I suppose a man of 76 may be called "old," although I have by no means given up the idea that I can still be of use to my country. And a Rebel? Yes! Anything of the nature of injustice or oppression has always stirred me to resentment, and-is it to be wondered at?-most of all when the victims of that injustice and oppression have been my own people. And why not? If there were no rebels against wrong-doing, wrong-doing would prosper."

Behind a Mask

Behind a Mask
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2022-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 2322434752

Six years before she wrote Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, in financial straits, entered "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," a novelette, in a newspaper contest. Not only did it win the $100 prize, but, published anonymously, it marked the first in the series of "blood & thunder tales" that would be her livelihood for years. In Behind a Mask, editor Madeleine Stern introduces four Alcott thrillers: "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," "The Mysterious Key," "The Abbot's Ghost," and the title story, "Behind a Mask." First published in one volume in 1975, they are regarded as Alcott's finest work in this genre.