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The first volume of Scotland Yard Book by the English writer Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) included the thriller novel The Clue of the Silver Key.  In the story, Surefoot Smith of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate when petty thief Tom Tickler is murdered and left in a cab with £100 in his pocket. His discovery eventually leads to the mysterious businessman Washington Wirth.

«Northanger Abbey» is a novel by the English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817), written in the Gothic style fashionable at the time with irony characteristic of the author.

The historian predicts an imminent catastrophe that will engulf the entire world. He knows the time and participants of these events and wants to warn the world about the danger. But will the West believe his predictions? Can the historical experience of the past prevent mistakes in the future?