A castle filled with intrigue a plotting duchess & a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland & one of Britain's wealthiest men ended his days virtually alone lying on a makeshift bed in a dank cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire For weeks as his health deteriorated his family his servants
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- pleaded with him to come out but he refused After his death his son & heir Charles the 10th Duke of Rutland ordered that the rooms be locked up & they remained untouched for sixty years What lay behind this extraordinary set of circumstances? For the first time in The Secret Rooms Catherine Bailey unravels a complex & compelling tale of love honour & betrayal played out in the grand salons of Britain's stately homes at the turn of the twentieth century & on the battlefields of the Western Front At its core is a secret so dark that it consumed the life of the man who fought to his death to keep it hidden This extraordinary mystery from the author of Black Diamonds perfect for lovers of Downton Abbey Brideshead Revisited & The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Praise for The Secret Rooms' Reads like the best kind of mystery story It is a tale of mistresses & heirlooms cowardice & connivance & a deeply dysfunctional familygripping' Sunday Times' Astonishingjaw-dropping It would spoil the book if I revealed the whole works suffice it to saywhat a family' Sunday Telegraph' An extraordinary detective operation' John Julius Norwich Catherine Bailey is the author of Black Diamonds She read history at Oxford University & is a successful award-winning television producer & director making a range of critically acclaimed documentary films inspired by her interest in twentieth century history She lives in West London

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When Aoi Narinomiya the last daughter of a prestigious family discovers that her grandfather has gone missing leaving her to carry an astronomical debt both she & her dog Sakura are inches away from finding themselves on the street When her enigmatic classmate Kei Katsuragi shows up on her doorstep to repossess everything her family once owned Aoi makes a desperate plea for Kei to take in her beloved Sakura—maybe she could at least be spared? It seems though that Kei is far less interested in owning a dog than he is in calling a pedigreed kitty his own & Aoi soon finds herself playing the part of the young man&s prized pet! Disturbingly it turns out to be a comfortable & reassuring life that Aoi feels she hastoo quickly settled into but could Kei have ulterior motives that go beyond just "owning" her? About the Author Akira Hagio is the creator of the romantic shoujo series The Secret Sakura Shares ...

Take control of Zak Saturday & his family the Saturdays scientific explorers dedicated to discovering & protecting secret artifacts & mysterious creatures known as Cryptids Using Zak's unique powers & The Claw to battle enemies & swing through exciting environments you will also find collect & interact with more than 30 never-before-seen Cryptids & record the details of each find in your very own Cryptipedia Solve fun puzzles to locate hidden Cryptids & discover new paths as you fight against the dastardly VV Argost's evil plot to control the Cryptids & rule the world Take Control of Zak Saturday & the rest of the Saturday family Multiple playable characters include the entire Saturday's family
- Zak Drew Doc Doyle & their pet Cryptids Zon Komodo & Fiskerton
- & some select Cryptids to fly swing pole vault & battle enemies Experience Zak's Unique Powers & The Claw Use Zak's unique powers to influence Cryptids & experience dozens of different play styles & abilities Use The Claw to fend off enemies & grapple & swing through huge action-packed environments More than 30 Never-Before-Seen Cryptids Collect & interact with more than 30 never-before-seen Cryptids including several other Cryptids from the TV series & record the details of each find in your very own Cryptipedia Explore 10 Action-Packed Levels Adventure through 10 exciting levels in amazing environments from dangerous jungles to lost undersea cities Original Storyline Based on the TV Series Travel with the Saturdays to protect secret artifacts & Cryptids from fearsome villains like Van Rook Piecemeal Munya & the evil VV Argost & his plans for world domination! Exceptional Level of Authenticity The game's art style sound effects & music authentically represent the TV series with voice acting provided by the original television cas

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Take control of Zak Saturday & his family the Saturdays scientific explorers dedicated to discovering & protecting secret artifacts & mysterious creatures known as Cryptids Using Zak&s unique powers & The Claw to battle enemies & swing through exciting environments you will also find collect & interact with more than 30 never-before-seen Cryptids & record the details of each find in your very own Cryptipedia Solve fun puzzles to locate hidden Cryptids & discover new paths as you fight against the dastardly VV Argost&s evil plot to control the Cryptids & rule the world ...

Nearing her one-hundredth birthday Roseanne Mc Nulty faces an uncertain future as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval she talks often with her psychiatrist Dr Grene & their relationship intensifies & complicates Told through their respective journals the story that emerges is at once shocking & deeply beautiful Refracted through the haze of memory & retelling Roseanne's story becomes an alternative secret history of Ireland's changing character & the story of a life blighted by terrible mistreatment & ignorance & yet marked still by love & passion & hope ...

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter & Janet & Jack Barbara Pam Colin & George Together they are The Secret Seven
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The Secret Seven are ready to solve any mystery any time! This 3-in-1 collection contains books 4-6 in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 novels perfect for young fans of mystery adventure or detective series Book 4 Secret Seven on the Trail (first published in 1952) Something mysterious is going on at Tigger's Barn & the Seven are intrigued When Jack overhears a strange conversation it's time for the Seven to leap into action Book 5 Go Ahead Secret Seven (first published in 1953) What exactly is the sinister-looking man up to & why does he want to get George into trouble? Will the Seven get to the bottom of the mystery before it's too late? Book 6 Good Work Secret Seven (first published in 1954)A car is stolen & Peter & Janet are the only witnesses But have the Seven got themselves too deep into a mystery that is beyond their powers to solve? This collection features the classic editions of three Secret Seven adventures & stunning original artwork from the 1950s ...

The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection & sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them They are accompanied by explanatory annotations a note on the texts & a preface Also included are documents related to Conrad's sources for the stories To help readers navigate the editor

Includes:: a glossary of nautical terms as well as diagrams of the kinds of ships that appear in the stories

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Did she once have a sister? Has her mother lied all these years? Why? After a painful divorce Maisey Lazarow returns to Fairham the small island off the North Carolina coast where she grew up She goes there to heal-and to help her brother Keith a deeply troubled man who's asked her to come home But she refuses to stay in the family house The last person she wants to see is the wealthy controlling mother she escaped years ago Instead she finds herself living next door to someone else she'd prefer to avoid-Rafe Romero the wild reckless boy to whom she lost her virginity at sixteen He's back on the island & to her surprise he's raising a young daughter alone Maisey's still attracted to him but her heart's too broken to risk Then something even more disturbing happens She discovers a box of photographs that evoke distant memories of a little girl a child Keith remembers too Maisey believes the girl must've been their sister but their mother claims there was no sister Maisey's convinced that child existed So where is she now? ...

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