The Great Age of Storytelling

The Glory Days of Adventurers and Rogues, Time Travelers and Great Detectives
With infectious enthusiasm, “the best read person in America”as Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Dirda has been calledaims to rekindle our passion for classic works of adventure, mystery, fantasy and romance.
With infectious enthusiasm, “the best read person in America”as Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Dirda has been calledaims to rekindle our passion for classic works of adventure, mystery, fantasy and romance.

Kidnapped, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Kim, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Trents Last Case, Captain Blood, The Enchanted Castle, The Man Who Was Thursdaythese are just a few of the many wonderful works reclaimed for 21st-century readers in Michael Dirdas The Great Age of Storytelling. Focusing on the period between 1880 and 1930 in England, The Great Age of Storytelling