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Abstract: A humiliated and shipless captive of the French, Horatio Hornblower faces execution unless he can escape and make a triumphant return to England... gt;Forced to surrender his ship, HMS Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio Hornblower is held prisoner in a French fortress. Prospects turn bleaker when he learns that he and Lt. Bush are to be tried and executed in Paris as part of Napoleon's attempts to rally the war-weary Empire. Even if Hornblower can escape this fate and make it safely to England, he still faces court-martial for surrendering his ship. With little hope for the future and little left to lose, Hornblower throws caution to the wind once more.

Abstract: After Bertie rescues an orphaned lion cub from the African veld, they are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion that ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten. A section of activities for young readers includes Lion Facts, Pet Care Quiz, Puzzle Pages, Makes and Bakes, and more.

Abstract: Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?

Abstract: Macbeth, dramma tra i più foschi nel panorama sia shakespeariano sia elisabettiano, deve probabilmente la propria fortuna alla natura quanto mai complessa e tortuosa del suo protagonista. Egli appare a più riprese incerto, timoroso, e poi ferocemente dilaniato dai rimorsi. Come si conciliano questi due risvolti del suo comportamento, presupposto l'uno di aridità d'animo, l'altro di esasperata sensibilità? Certo è che ha incontrato attenzione, interesse e favore proprio e soprattutto per le discrepanze del suo atteggiamento. Né è da meno la sua consorte, su cui tanta critica si è arrovellata.