I found 6 free and interesting historical novels

Falbe Publishing · 07-18-2010, 05:10 PM

Today I posted my feature of the History and Women blog written by novelist Mirella Patzer.

Among the many fine posts at her blog is a page she calls the Scandalous Books catalogue. She formats historical novels of interest to her and makes them viewable and downloadable through Scribd.

The free ebooks she had restored are:

A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe

Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
(Pulitzer Prize winning novel)

Casa Braccio by F. Marion Crawford

The Angel of Terror by Edgar Wallace

The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne

Vendetta: A Story of One Long Forgotten by Marie Corelli

To read the novel descriptions go to the Scandalous Books page. For ebook readers, it is definitely one worth bookmarking.

Trebro · 07-18-2010, 07:11 PM

Can anyone tell me more about this Scribd before I create an account with them to download the books? The link to Facebook kinda concerns me in terms of privacy holes.

bgalbrecht · 07-18-2010, 07:23 PM

Scribd.com is a legitimate site, and you don't need to link to Facebook if you don't want to. Having said that, all 6 of those books are in the public domain, and are available for free from Project Gutenberg and other sources that don't require you to log in to download them.

Trebro · 07-18-2010, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

Scribd.com is a legitimate site, and you don't need to link to Facebook if you don't want to. Having said that, all 6 of those books are in the public domain, and are available for free from Project Gutenberg and other sources that don't require you to log in to download them.

Thanks for the info. I'd rather do the PG route, not so much because of Scribd but because they're already in epub format so I don't have to do the Calibre conversions.

Looking forward to giving these a read (eventually!).

07-18-2010, 05:10 PM	#1
Falbe Publishing Gadget Slave Posts: 264 Karma: 600001 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan Device: Sony PRS505SC	I found 6 free and interesting historical novels Today I posted my feature of the History and Women blog written by novelist Mirella Patzer. Among the many fine posts at her blog is a page she calls the Scandalous Books catalogue. She formats historical novels of interest to her and makes them viewable and downloadable through Scribd. The free ebooks she had restored are: A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington (Pulitzer Prize winning novel) Casa Braccio by F. Marion Crawford The Angel of Terror by Edgar Wallace The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne Vendetta: A Story of One Long Forgotten by Marie Corelli To read the novel descriptions go to the Scandalous Books page. For ebook readers, it is definitely one worth bookmarking.

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Trebro Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 14 Join Date: May 2010 Device: nook	Can anyone tell me more about this Scribd before I create an account with them to download the books? The link to Facebook kinda concerns me in terms of privacy holes.

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bgalbrecht Wizard Posts: 1,806 Karma: 13399999 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: US Device: Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle 4	Scribd.com is a legitimate site, and you don't need to link to Facebook if you don't want to. Having said that, all 6 of those books are in the public domain, and are available for free from Project Gutenberg and other sources that don't require you to log in to download them.

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