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Hawk-eye,
the Pathfinder
1757-- Lake Ontario, North America.
A second adventure with the scout, Hawk-eye, and
his friend, Chingachgook.
Mabel Dunham arrives at the English fort. Three
men fall in love with her -- an English officer,
the captain of a ship and Hawk-eye.
Then Mabel hears the terrible news There are
spies in the fort. The French army and their Indian
fighters are coming.
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Lorna
Doone
1673 -- the south-west of England.
The Doone family live in a secret valley on Exmoor.
They are robbers and murderers.
One day, Carver Doone murders young John Ridd's
father. John is a boy, but soon he will be a man.
Then he will kill Carver Doone.
John meets a beautiful young girl in Doone Valley.
And he falls in love. But the girl's name is Lorna
Donone and Carver Doone is going to marry her.
What will John do?
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The
Black Tulip
1672 -- The Netherlands. It is a dangerous time.
People are fighting in the streets.
Cornelius loves two things. He loves tulips and
he loves beautiful Rosa.
Cornelius wants to win the prize. The prize for
the first black tulip flower in The Netherlands.
But Cornelius has enemies. His enemies put him
in prison. He is going to die.
Will Cornelius grow the first black tulip?
Will Prince William save Cornelius?
Will Cornelius marry Rosa?
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The
House in the Picture and Abbot Thomas' Treasure
Two nineteenth-century ghost stories.
The House in the Picture
Mr Williams has an old picture of a house. It
is not a very good picture. It is not a very interesting
picture. Then the picture tells Mr Williams a
terrible story.
Abbot Thomas' Treasure
An archeologist finds some gold in an old church.
It has been hidden for three hundred years. But
the guardian of the gold returns, and the guardian
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