"Running Water" is a romantic thriller set against the backdrop of political intrigue in Europe. The story involves the mysterious disappearance of a young woman named Joan, and it follows the efforts of the protagonist, Richard Austin, to unravel the mystery surrounding her disappearance. The novel explores themes of love, duty, and sacrifice, and it is known for its suspenseful and engaging narrative.A. E. W. Mason was a popular author during the early 20th century, and his works often c...

"The Broken Road" continues the story of Harry Feversham, the protagonist introduced in "The Four Feathers." The series follows Feversham's journey, exploring themes of courage, honor, redemption, and personal growth.In this concluding novel, Harry Feversham faces new challenges and undertakes further adventures. The story delves into Feversham's life after the events of the previous books, depicting his efforts to move forward while confronting the repercussions of his past decisions. As ...

A. E. W. Mason's "The Four Feathers" offers a gripping narrative that intertwines themes of honor, betrayal, and redemption against the backdrop of British colonialism. The novel employs a vivid, emotive literary style, rich in psychological depth and atmospheric detail. Set during the time of British military campaigns in Sudan, Mason intricately explores the conflicts of loyalty and courage through its protagonist, Harry Feversham, who grapples with societal expectations and personal fea...

Julius Ricardo hitches a lift home across the English Channel to see his friend Inspector Hanaud and en route picks up an escapee from a prison ship, who holds a grudge against Daniel Horbury, M.P. When Horbury is found dead at his home in Lordship Lane, Inspector Hanaud and Ricardo assist Scotland Yard in the investigation, which also involves the owner of a shipping line.

Set in the Elizabethan era, Fire Over England is the story of Robin Aubrey, whose ambition is to both serve his queen and avenge his father who fell foul of the “The Spanish Inquisition.” He assembles a small fleet with a view to help fight off the Spanish Armada, but Elizabeth’s advisor, Walsingham, sends Aubrey to Spain as a spy. There is love, treachery and plenty of action in this classic period drama and adventure.

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of A. E. W. Mason wich are The Prisoner in the Opal and The Four Feathers. A. E. W. Mason is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, The Four Feathers and is also known as the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who was an early template ...

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason was born in Camberwell, London on the 7th May 1865.He was educated at Dulwich College and then graduated from Trinity College, Oxford.His first stab at a career was as an actor in 1894 in George Bernards Shaw’s ‘Arms and the Man’. Acting was replaced the following year with the publication of his first novel, ‘A Romance of Wastdale’ beginning a literary career that eventually encompassed over 30 novels, as well as 3 plays, numerous short stories,...

Just before his regiment sails off to war in the Sudan, British officer Harry Feversham resigns his commission, wanting desperately to be free of his family’s proud military heritage and terrified of risking his life. He is immediately given four white feathers as symbols of cowardice, one by each of his three best friends and one by his fiancée. To disprove this grave dishonor, Harry dons an Arabian disguise and leaves for the Sudan, where he anonymously comes to the aid of his three frie...

The Classic Collection of A. E. W. Mason: Inspector Hanaud Series presents seven of the most captivating detective novels from one of the early masters of crime fiction. Featuring the astute and sophisticated French detective Inspector Gabriel Hanaud, this illustrated edition includes such notable works as At the Villa Rose, The House of the Arrow, No Other Tiger, The Ginger King, and more. Inspector Hanaud, often considered a prototype for later detectives like Hercule Poirot, is a brilli...

The Four Feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A. E. W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. In December 1901, Cornhill Magazine announced the title as one of two new serial stories to be published in the forthcoming year. Against the background of the Mahdist War, young Feversham disgraces himself by quitting the army, which others perceive as cowardice, symbolized by the four white feathers they give him. He redeems himself with acts of great courage and w...

At the Villa Rose and The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel bring together two elegant cases featuring Inspector Hanaud of the Sûreté, A. E. W. Mason's urbane answer to the great detectives of early twentieth-century crime fiction. The first, set amid the fashionable resorts of Aix-les-Bains, combines murder, fraudulent spiritualism, and psychological misdirection; the second distils similar pleasures into a taut hotel mystery. Mason's prose is lucid, theatrical, and carefully paced, standing ...

The usual picture of Drake in men's minds is a brave, bluff man of infinite audacity, a great patriot, a great sailor, a man to whom success came of its own accord.But this is only half the truth.He was always studying and learning. He reached success by the painful ways of failure. Few men have stood up to so many rebuffs in early manhood and snatched victory out of them. In many respects he was in advance of his time—in none perhaps more than the kindness and humanity he sh...