* One of the most famous novels of the 20th century * A dark tale of the feminine unconscious

Murder, mystery and the famous white stallions of Vienna

Sir Nicholas Beauvallet has never been known to resist a challenge. When a captured galleon yields the lovely Dona Dominica de Rada y Sylva, he vows to return her and her father to the shores of Spain. But he has no sooner done so than he proposes a reckless venture - he will take Dominica as his bride even if he must enter the lion's den.

Captain John Staple's is home from Waterloo, and life in peacetime is rather dull for the boisterous, adventure-loving Captain. But when he finds himself lost and benighted at an unmanned toll-house in the Pennines, his soldiering days suddenly pale away besides an adventure - and romance - of a lifetime.

Ambrosio, the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid, falls to the temptations of Matilda, a fiend-inspired wanton who, disguised as a boy, has entered his monastery as a novice. Ambrosio then falls in love with one of his penitents and finally kills her in order to escape detection. However, he is discovered and sentenced to death.

Romance and danger on the beautiful Greek island of Corfu.