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This is the first full biography of Alexander Burnes (1805-1841) from his humble origins in Montrose (the great nephew of Robert Burns) to his entry to the East India Company & his work as a political agent in India & Afghanistan This is an astonishing true tale of espionage journeys in disguise secret messages double agents assassinations & sexual intrigue as Britain strove with Russia for control of Central Asia & the routes to the Raj There are many lessons for the present day in this tale of the folly of invading Afghanistan & Anglo-Russian tensions in the Caucasus Murray's meticulous study has unearthed original manuscripts from Montrose to Mumbai to put together a detailed study of how British secret agents operated in India revealing Burnes as a figure of broad intellectual range with a respect for local culture & a lack of racism out of tune with the mood of the day ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An acclaimed & faithful adaptation of George Eliot&s classic tale of tragedy intrigue & human tenderness Ben Kingsley gives a passionate & heartrending performance of a man betrayed & crushed but given hope where he least expects it Silas Marner was a man who had everything
- until he lost it all Falsely accused of theft & driven out of his town Silas starts life anew seeking solace in hard work solitude & his increasing hoard of gold When he is robbed of his entire savings by the wayward son of the local squire it seems he has lost everything for a second time Then one day upon arriving home he discovers a foundling child asleep on the hearth Could this young girl be the redemption to love & happiness that Silas has been looking for? Or is he just risking even more loss & heartbreak? Actors Ben Kingsley Jenny Agutter Jim Broadbent Patrick Ryecart Freddie Jones Jonathan Coy Patsy Kensit Elizabeth Hoyle Melinda Whiting & Angela Pleasence Director Giles Foster Certificate PGYear 1985 Languages English
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Gold!
- his own gold
- brought back to him as mysteriously as it had been taken away! Falsely accused of theft Silas Marner

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Introduction & Notes by RT Jones Honorary Fellow of the University of York Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels Silas Marner is one of her most admired & loved works It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner
- a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England
- & how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie Silas Marner is a tender & moving tale of sin & repentance set in a vanished rural world & holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test

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George Eliot's tale of a solitary miser gradually redeemed by the joy of fatherhood Silas Marner is edited with an introduction & notes by David Carroll in Penguin Classics Wrongly accused of theft & exiled from a religious community many years before the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe living only for work & his precious hoard of money But when his money is stolen & an orphaned child finds her way into his house Silas is given the chance to transform his life His fate & that of Eppie the little girl he adopts is entwined with Godfrey Cass son of the village Squire who like Silas is trapped by his past Silas Marner George Eliot's favourite of her novels combines humour rich symbolism & pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life This text uses the Cabinet edition revised by George Eliot in 1878 David Carroll's introduction is complemented by the original Penguin Classics edition introduction by QD Leavis Mary Ann Evans (1819-80) began her literary career as a translator & later editor of the Westminster Review In 1857 she published Scenes of Clerical Life the first of eight novels she would publish under the name of ' George Eliot' including The Mill on the Floss Middlemarch & Daniel Deronda If you enjoyed Silas Marner you might like Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter also available in Penguin Classics'I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author's works It is more nearly a masterpiece; it has more of that simple rounded consummate aspect which marks a classical work' Henry James ...

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