Author:Henry James
Encompassing a period of almost fifty years, the stories of Henry James represent the most remarkable feat of sustained literary creatio n in modern times. For sheer richness, variety and intensity, they have no equal in fiction, enabling us to trace the evolution of a great writer in the finest detail. This collection reprints all the major stories together with many unfamiliar but equally intriguing pieces which illuminate their more celebrated companions.
'Gemmell is several rungs above the good - right into the fabulous'
—— Anne McCaffrey'The best fantasy inspires genuine involvement. David Gemmell's novels do just that'
—— InterzoneHis writing gives off whiffs of Conrad, of Nabokov, of Golding, of the Paul Theroux of The Mosquito Coast. But he is none of these, he is a harsh, compelling voice
—— Sunday TimesIntense, clear and powerful. The promise, so brilliantly fulfilled in his later work, is clear in this earliest novel
—— Daily Telegraph






