Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Starring David Suchet & David Capaldi this powerful three-part BBC adaptation of Joseph Conrad&s famous novel tells of an attempt by a triple agent to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 a time of unrest & anarchist violence throughout Europe However it is the far-reaching effect this infamous conspiracy has upon the domestic life of the anti-hero Adolf Verloc that takes this compelling & complex tale beyond political intrigue to reveal a psychological drama of probing depth & vivid detail in its incisive portrayal of human frailty Forced against his will to commit a terrorist outrage & become a political pawn Verloc is unable to avoid involving his own wife Winnie & her handicapped brother Stevie in an escalating & desperate struggle for survival in the merciless arena of political blackmail & treachery The diverse worlds of Victorian London&s embassies & fashionable aristocratic society alongside the squalid criminal back streets of Soho provide a smouldering background to the dark tragedy that will befall Verloc&s family Faced with an impossible moral dilemma this hapless victim of circumstance sees his life filled with mystery danger & ultimately death ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Hugh Epstein Secretary of the Joseph Conrad Society of Great Britain ' Then the vision of an enormous town presented itself of a monstrous towna cruel devourer of the world's light There was room enough there to place any story depth enough for any passion variety enough there for any setting darkness enough to bury five millions of lives' Conrad's monstrous town' is London & his story of espionage & counter-espionage anarchists & embassies is a detective story that becomes the story of Winnie Verloc's tenacity in maintaining her devotion to her peculiar & simple-minded brother Stevie as they pursue their very ordinary lives above a rather dubious shop in the back streets of Soho However far from offering any sentimental picture The Secret Agent is Conrad's funniest novel Its savagely witty picture of human absurdity & misunderstanding is written in an ironic style that provokes laughter & unease at the same time & that continues to provide one of the most disturbing visions of aspiration & futility in twentieth century literature ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award 2018 Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2018 Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2018 Eye-opening funny & horrifying& Observer Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it& Daily Mail You may not wish to think about it but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom You might be a juror a victim a witness or
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- a defendant Whatever your role you&d expect a fair trial I&m a barrister I work in the criminal justice system & every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect The innocent are wronged & the guilty allowed to walk free I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken who broke it & why we should start caring before it&s too late A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FOR 24 WEEKS

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- the story of Altair one of the brotherhood's most extraordinary Assassins Altair embarks on a formidable mission
- one that takes him throughout the Holy Land & shows him the true meaning of the Assassin's Creed To demonstrate his commitment Altair must defeat nine deadly enemies including Templar leader Robert de Sable Altair's life story is told here for the first time a journey that will change the course of history; his ongoing battle with the Templar conspiracy; a family life that is as tragic as it is shocking; & the ultimate betrayal of an old friend Assassin's Creed The Secret Crusade is based on the phenomenally successful gaming series Oliver Bowden is the pen-name of an acclaimed novelist

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