The couple first went to the Hot Springs Hotel in Calistoga, but unable to afford the 10 dollars a week fee, they spent an unconventional honeymoon in an abandoned three-story bunkhouse at a derelict mining camp called "Silverado" on the shoulder of Mount Saint Helena in the Mayacamas Mountains. There they squatted for two months during summer,...

The famous novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson, accompanied by a detailed historical and everyday commentary on maritime affairs in 18th-century England and the “golden age” of piracy. Drawings, prints, maps, pages from books of that time, interactive elements help to recreate the vibrant atmosphere of the era. In England, near Bristol, in the Admiral...

The strange and mysterious story of the mysterious Henry Jekyll infused the inexplicable horror of the unaccountable. Thus, a conscientious, respected person, with an even, calm character, can be associated with this vicious person, Edward Hyde, committing atrocious acts? Why such strange conditions in the will of the doctor? Does it constantly...

Kidnapped or the Adventures of David Balfour contain the stories about how he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild mountains; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely...

The setting of events takes place in the XV century during the Wars of the Roses. A young man Dick Shelton meets a leader of riflemen John Amend-All and experiences many adventures....