The Complete Works of Warwick Deeping brings together an extensive collection of historical novels, action-adventures, and tales of romance by the prolific author. Deeping's literary style is characterized by richly detailed settings, intricate plots, and well-developed characters that immerse readers in different time periods and genres. His novels often explore themes of love, loss, and the resilience of the human spirit, making them a compelling read for fans of historical fiction and a...

There was a light in Stonehanger House. It had flashed out suddenly in one of the side windows, as though the black house had raised an eyelid and looked out on the world with a sinister, yellow eye. The light disappeared from the window, and left the eastern side of the house a mere dark surface. At the same moment a gust of wind came over the hill from the sea. The stunted trees shook their fists at the house, cursing it and bidding it beware. Then a door opened, and the light came out i...

The “red saint” is a red-haired amateur hermitess who works wonders of healing. A romance develops between her and a noble. She is attacked by a supporter of the King, then is accessioned to the abbey but becomes a humiliation to the monks who drive her out. She escapes and it seems she will fall again into the hands of the King’s supporter but is rescued by her lover of old.

Captain Stephen Sorrell returns from the First World War decorated with the Military Cross but unnerved by the conflict. His mercenary wife has deserted him for ‘one of the fellows who stayed behind’ and left him responsible for their son Christopher.A promised position in an antique shop fails to materialise and Sorrell faces poverty. Despite losing status he takes a job as an hotel porter, cleaning shoes and carrying luggage. Thus begins the long climb to financial security, his aim, the...

Isabella came to Caroline Terrace, that select row of genteel houses perched high on the cliffs of South End, in the palmy days of the Victorian era. But Isabella did not enjoy the pleasures of the seaside, or the comfort of her home, for she was merely a governess to Mrs. Pankridge’s two insufferable children, engaged at twenty pounds a year. And Isabella was also the daughter of a man hanged for murder, a fact which incurred her instant dismissal when the truth became known to Mrs. Pankr...