THE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe Knights Templar were the wealthiest most powerful
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' The Maigret of the Dordogne' ANTONY BEEVOR' Walker does a wonderful job of bringing La France Profonde to life' MAIL ON SUNDAYIn this latest mouthwatering mystery starring country policeman Bruno the body of a woman is found outside a cave beneath the ruined Templar chateau of Commarque in the heart of the Dordogne She died of a broken neck An accidental fall or was she pushed? The victim carries no identification & her fingerprints are not known to the French Police or Interpol The only clue to the woman's identity is that her dentistry looks American but Bruno's inquiries at local hotels & gites yield no trace of a missing foreign woman The chateau of Commarque begun in the 11th century was founded by a Bishop of Sarlat & entrusted to the Knights Templar In the rocks beneath it are caves It is one of the few Templar sites in France that has never been associated with the fabled hidden treasure of the Templars
- never until now when a local journalist publishes a sensational story around the unknown woman's death & a centuries-old mystery looks like it might finally be solved
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A collectible new Penguin Classics series stunning clothbound editions of ten favourite poets which present each poet's most ...

Honda a brilliant lawyer & man of reason is called to Bangkok on legal business where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess
- an encounter that radically alters the course of his life He is convinced she is a reincarnated spirit & undertakes a long arduous pilgrimage to the holy places of India where in the climatic scene he encounters her once more only to have his newfound beliefs shattered & his life bereft of all meaning
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Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer Taunted by his schoolmates he feels utterly alone untill he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto where he develops an all-consuming obsession with the temple's beauty This powerful story of dedication & sacrifice brings together Mishima's preoccupations with violence desire religion & national history to dazzling effect ...

Important information is leaking from inside the Venetian Questura & Commissario Guido Brunetti is tasked with uncovering the culprit 320 pages Leon Donna ...

Timeless stories of love & longing Sweeping sagas of breathtaking scope & beautiful detail Be swept away with Santa Montefiore 416 pages Montefiore Santa ...

This enchanting nude figure is made from cold cast bronze It displays the Greek mythology monster Medusa looking seductive but still deadly with her head full of Snakes The detail is superb in this sculpture & the design is excellent Weight 740g Width 10cm Depth 13cm Height 21cm Colour Bronze Packaging Brown Box with Polyfoam Material Cold Cast Bronze ...

Where is David Pemberton? It's 1971 Thirteen year old David has been missing for two years It's now up to Laurel Bowman & Frank Diamond partners in the newly formed Anglian Detective Agency to find him 384 pages Morris Vera ...

Cesare is a seventy-seven-year-old widower & cynical troublemaker He has lived his whole life by his own rules & has no intention of changing now Aside from an intermittent fling with a nurse called Rossana he spends his days avoiding the old cat lady next door & screening calls from his children But when the enigmatic Emma moves in next door with her strange & sinister husband Cesare suspects there is more to their relationship than meets the eye He enlists the other residents to help him investigate & soon discovers a new & unexpected sense of purpose that leads him to risk everything for a future he had never thought possible Laced with humour & pathos in equal measure this is a delightful book to savour for young & old alike ...