Adventure Books
South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition
Ernest ShackletonSouth! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition is a travel adventure written by Ernest Shackleton, a British polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one o..
The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash
John Henry GoldfrapThe Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic is a juvenile fiction novel written by John Henry Goldfrap, a North American journalist and author of boys' books, participati..
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-GarrardThe Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott...
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony HopeThe Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within ..
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Emmuska OrczyThe Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, first published in 1922, is a book in the series about the Scarlet Pimpernel's adventures by Baroness Orczy...
The World of Waters
Mrs. David OsborneThe World of Waters (A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea) is a juvenile travel fiction written by Mrs. David Osborne. It is not my purpose to detain you with a long preface, because I am aw..
The Gadfly
E. L. VoynichThe Gadfly is a novel by Irish writer Ethel Voynich, published in 1897 (United States, June; Great Britain, September of the same year), set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of tu..