Marriott: 118 books

I EVER had the name of one that kept to himself, nor was bedfellow to none upon the high toby. 'Tis true enough that I have mixed in one or two affairs with others of my kidney, but these were mainly in my heady youth and when I was raw upon the pad, and the issues for the more part were against me....

Hurricane Island by H. B. Marriott Watson.

The acclaimed company behind the Olivier Award-nominated (‘Best New Opera, 2018’) production of La bohème present a radical reimagining of Verdi’s incendiary tale of sex, class and power, La Traviata. England, 2018. Violetta earns her crust dancing for the rich and powerful at an exclusive...

Six million people in the UK, often unnoticed by the rest of us, provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly relatives, friends or neighbours. Their job is long, lonely and hard, yet there is limited support and no formal training. As a result, carers suffer frequent damage to physical and mental...

The stories about pirates as we have come to know them have created a picture of adventure and grandeur, but this was never further from the reality of how pirates really existed. Their lives were generally cruel, violent, and very short even for the more successful ones. A pirates life at sea, usually...

Two years before this story begins, the Liawep were living deep in the jungle of Papua, New Guinea, long forgotten by the outside world. Numbering seventy-nine men, women, and children, the tribe worshipped a mountain, dressed in leaves, and hid when planes flew overhead, believing them to be evil...

Celeste Jordan knows nothing about gems so she questions why she sees a mark on hers that no one else can see. Rock Foster, a mineralogist, “rockhound”, is skeptical. As a scientist he doesn’t believe in legends, but he’d heard of crystals that hold knowledge for a privileged few. Reluctantly,...

sit back, get comfortable and get ready to enjoy seven spooky short stories. From a haunted mansion to a celestial garden, and from a crimean battleground to the trenches of world war one.

Husbands turned into household flunkeys, cock-sure office gigolos into little more than useful pets, and female domination of the supernatural kind are the themes of book-two in the "Wicked Women" collection. This volume contains: "From Husband to Manservant" by Elise Marriott; "A Corporate Serf" by...

Fifteen years ago a teenage pregnancy and a rebellious life forced Sarah Chapman to give up her baby. She’s since alienated herself from any relationships, including family. But when she discovers the long held secret of her grandmother’s dead twins, she sets out to find her daughter, heal the...

Some of us live for tomorrow...some long for the old days. A fantasy western town is the last place city girl Callie Sumner expects to find love. Her escape to the remote town is a desperate effort to leave her unhappy past behind and start anew. But the hardships of the Old West throw her...

H.B. Marriott Watson was a prolific late-Victorian writer of fiction and essays. Diogenes of London (1893) was his first published collection of prose and features a range of decadent writing from playful romance and intricately stylised essays to creepy Gothic chillers. A must for fans of fin de siècle literature.

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Discover the True Stories of the Men Behind the Art George PhippenThe family man who fought his shyness and blazed the pathway for Southwest cowboy art with his original and authentic works.Charlie DyeA tough nut that grew up in the cowboy world, earned national recognition...