The novel The Mystery of the Ship describes the adventurous life of Dodd Loudon, whom fate brought aboard the wrecked brig Flying Cloud, allegedly loaded wit...

This is a book by the same Robert Louis Stevenson who is known throughout the world for the novel “Treasure Island,” which he wrote at the request of his fif...

“It took place in the French main city and harbor of the Marquesas Islands, Tai-O-Hae, about three o'clock in the afternoon, on a winter day. The monsoon was...