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Father Damien was a Flemish Catholic missionary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who dedicated his life to in service to the lepers of Molokai, Hawaii. Today father Damien is the spiritual patron of people with leprosy,......
The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton is the first in the collection of detective stories in which a a priest plays the main role of a sleuth....
Marquise de Brinvilliers is Alexandre Dumas's story about this French poisoner. She was sentenced to death for the poisoning murder of her father, brother and two sisters, all whose property she wanted to inherit....
A Tale of Three Lions by H. Rider Haggard. In this thrilling tale of danger and adventure, young Harry joins his father, the famous Alan Quatermain, on a hunt for lions deep in Africa....
Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson is regarded by many in the literary world as one of the greatest unfinished masterpieces. It tells the story of Archie Weir, who is banished by his severe father, a judge, to live in the family's country......
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