The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.

In "Bartleby, the Scrivener," an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, deeds, and bonds, relates the story of the strangest man he has ever known. Cover by the talented @FaithMurri.

An ongoing collection of weekly inspirational essays on writing, art, and the stumbling blocks we all face and fight to overcome.

I have had a very eventful life. The stories that I post are from real events that I have witnessed. Some of them are quite humorous, some may be totally outrageous and shocking, but all of them are true (Most of the time, real events are lots better than fiction anyway). I hope that when you read these clips from my life that it may bring a smile to your face and make your day a little more pleasant, or make you count your blessings! Copyright 2014 Lloyd Benson

An incredible true story - in 1964 my father, British Javelin champion John McSorley, built a man-size box and shipped it from Heathrow airport. The airfreight was human; his friend Reg Spiers, a penniless young Australian athlete desperate to get home and win back his girl. He was in for the ride of his life; a nightmarish cocktail of turbulent cargo holds, forklift truck disasters and mind-altering dehydration. He’d risk everything for Annie, but little did she know, they'd soon be skipping bail on drug-smuggling charges. Follow the true-crime exploits of the young couple and their years of gripping, high-stakes dramas through India, Africa and Sri Lanka.

This talks about the whole Pan-African story of Africa's Man of the Millennium, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah!

Lieutenant Andrew Davis and his troop of Navy SEALs have been stationed in the African country of Tembo Bara where a civil war has broken out allowing citizens to be manipulated into joining terrorist groups. In the midst of this, journalist Aileen Turner has been dumped on Andrew to protect as she documents their missions. Being attracted to the woman in the middle of the chaos is not what Lt. Davis is ready for but love is not something anyone can control, even a Navy SEAL.

From the author of The Soaring Spirit, Kolbe, Land of Our Father, The Pitboys, Amoc, The Scribe, War, Belfast, A Tale of Two Winters, Orphans, and Sorting out Charlie, comes a sweeping new novel that spans the turbulent years in Irish history - 1916 to 1923. The 1916 Easter Rising wasn't just a military rising, but a cultural revolution too. The Nationalists tells the story of a doomed love affair between a revolutionary journalist and a headstrong Kerry born Cumann na mBan girl. The story also explores how the catholic church viewed events. A number of different characters appear in the story, both factual and fictional. A powerful tale of tragedy and love. The Nationalists is the first book of a planned trilogy.