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ANOTHER DAY - Eighteen
years after being
disowned by her father
for falling pregnant,
Kirsty Lennox returns to
Paisley determined to lay
to rest the ghosts of the
past. However, Kirsty's
new life brings her a
steady stream of troubles
as she has to endure the
jelousy her inheritance
attracts from the
townsfolk, her husband
Matt's crippling illness,
the constant squabbling
of her sons and the
tragedy that accompanies
one snowy February day.
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May 1914. Two top
diplomats hurry home by
sea and rail, each
carrying a document of
world-changing
importance. Then the
liner Empress of India is
sunk in a collision, and
the Manhattan-Line
express plunges from a
shattered bridge - both
dragging their VIP
passengers to watery
oblivion. Tragic
coincidence - or
conspiracy? Seventy-five
years later, a chance
revelation reopens the
question. In the
energy-starved fear-torn
1980s, those long-lost
papers could destroy
whole nations, and Dirk
Pitt confronts his
biggest challenge yet.
Racing against time,
against hired killers -
and the horrors of the
sea bed - he launches his
deep-sea search craft in
the hunt for the
documents. ?Night Probe?
has begun.
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From the author of the
Orange New Writers
shortlisted THE BOOK OF
FIRES 1565. Across
Europe, a new era of
natural science is
dawning. In a remote,
damp corner of Somerset,
an unlikely pioneer is
working to change the
course of English botany.
Passionate, private,
meticulous - Henry Lyte
has begun to neglect his
other responsibilities in
the pursuit of knowledge.
This has happened before,
with disastrous results.
Married again after the
tragic death of his first
wife Anys, Henry tries
to forget the past,
absorbed by his scholarly
translation of a Dutch
'Herbal' and by the
intricate herb garden he
is planting, with a Knot
at its heart. Yet beneath
the surface he is uneasy,
and as the garden begins
to flourish, old family
troubles start to worm
their way up towards the
light. Here, on the edge
of the fertile wetlands
that his new wife Frances
fears so much, Henry is
accustomed to the peril
of flood. But when the
unexpected death of his
father unleashes the
malevolence of his
stepmother Joan Young,
he is not prepared for
this new threat that
could destroy everything
he has come to love...
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When Gervase Frant,
Seventh Earl of St Erth,
returns at last from
Waterloo to his family
seat at Stanyon, he
enjoys a less than
welcome homecoming. Only
Theo, a cousin even
quieter than himself, is
there to greet him - and
when he meets his
stepmother and young
half-brother he detects
open disappointment that
he survived the wars. But
the dangers of the
Lincolnshire countryside
are quite different to
those of the battlefield.
Georgette Heyer was the
most successful and
best-loved novelist of
her day, and The Quite
Gentleman displays all
the skills which won the
hearts of her large and
enduring audience.
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The one and only Conn
Iggulden takes on the
story of the mighty
Kublai Khan. An epic tale
of a great and heroic
mind; his action-packed
rule; and how in
conquering one-fifth of
the worlds
inhabited land, he
changed the course of
history forever. A
scholar who conquered an
empire larger than those
of Alexander or Caesar. A
warrior who would rule a
fifth of the world with
strength and wisdom. A
man who betrayed a
brother to protect a
nation. From a young
scholar to one of
historys most
powerful warriors,
Conqueror tells the story
of Kublai Khan ? an
extraordinary man who
should be remembered
alongside Julius Caesar,
Alexander the Great and
Napoleon Bonaparte as one
of the greatest
conquerors the world has
ever known. It should
have been a golden age,
with an empire to dwarf
the lands won by the
mighty Genghis Khan.
Instead, the vast Mongol
nation is slowly losing
ground, swallowed whole
by their most ancient
enemy. A new generation
has arisen, yet the long
shadow of the Great Khan
still hangs over them all
? Kublai dreams of an
empire stretching from
sea to sea. But to see it
built, this scholar must
first learn the art of
war. He must take his
nations warriors to
the ends of the known
world. And when he is
weary, when he is
wounded, he must face
his own brothers in
bloody civil war.
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Empress Josephine's
family has been called to
Napoleon's court to hear
the terrible news that he
intends to divorce his
wife of thirteen years -
who has failed to provide
an heir - and take a
younger bride, the
Austrian princess
Marie-Louise. For his new
wife, the marriage is a
horrible duty she must
take on in her father's
name and there is little
in her new life to enjoy.
But an unlikely
friendship with Hortense,
Josephine's daughter,
will bring her much
comfort as she fights for
happiness. For Napoleon's
sister, Pauline
Bonaparte, it is yet
another woman stealing
her brother's attention.
Having spent years
attempting to control his
power, she must fight
dirtier if she is to
win...
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An enchanting debutante
and the eldest daughter
of an impoverished
country parson, Arabella
embarks on her first
London season. Armed with
beauty, virtue and a
benevolent godmother (as
well as a notoriously
impetuous temper) she
quickly runs afoul of
Robert Beaumaris, the
most eligible Nonpareil
of the day. When he
accuses her of being yet
another pretty female
after his wealth,
Arabella allows herself
to be provoked - into a
deceitful charade that
might have quite
unexpected
consequences... Arabelle
is a tale of Regency
romance from the creator
- and still the best
writer - of this beloved
genre.
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March 1814, Admiral Sir
Richard Bolitho returns
to England from several
months' rigorous
patrolling off the North
American coast. War with
the United States has not
yet ended, but news of
Napoleon's defeat and
abdication has stunned a
navy and a nation bled by
years of European
conflict. Victory has
been the impossible dream
and now, for Bolitho, a
vision of the future and
a personal peace seems
attainable. However an
unsympathetic Admiralty
dispatches him to Malta.
In this appointment a
compliment or a malicious
ploy to keep Bolitho from
the woman he loves and
the freedom he craves? He
cannot know, but the
voice of duty speaks more
insistently even than the
voice of the heart, and
in this familiar sea
where both glory and
tragedy have touched his
life, Bolitho must
confront the future, the
renaissance of a hated
tyrant, and the
fulfilment of destiny.
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Their lives were perfect
until they met each
other. Lady Hero Batten
is perfect,
well-mannered and
beautiful with an
impeccable pedigree.
After years of waiting
for a gentleman to sweep
her off her feet, she
has decided to do her
duty and settle for a
proper society marriage
to Thomas Remmington,
the Marquess of
Mandeville. True, the
marquis is a trifle dull
and lacks a sense of
humour, but he is
handsome and rich.
Griffin Remmington, Lord
Greyson, the Marquess'
younger brother, is not
at all perfect. In fact,
some have called him the
most notorious rake in
London. When Griffin
meets Hero he thinks that
she is much too
intelligent for society,
let alone his brother.
Their duel of words soon
sparks a fire in them
both, despite the fact
that Hero's marriage to
Thomas is drawing ever
nearer.
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Genghis Khan has
fulfilled his dream of
uniting the many warring
tribes of his lands into
one great nation. He has
taken his armies against
the mighty cities of
their oldest enemies. Now
he finds trouble rising
west of the Mongolian
plains. His emissaries
are being mutilated or
killed and his trading
gestures rebuffed. He
decides to divide his
armies to conquer, using
his sons as generals and
sending them out
simultaneously in many
directions.
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Gina was forced into
marriage with Camden,
the Duke of Girton, at
an age when she'd have
been better off in a
schoolroom than a
ballroom. Directly after
the ceremony her handsome
spouse promptly fled to
the continent, leaving
the marriage
unconsummated and Gina
quite indignant. Now she
is one of the most
well-known ladies in
London... living on the
edge of scandal - desired
by many men, but
resisting giving herself
to anyone. Finally,
Camden has returned home
to discover that his
na?ve bride has blossomed
into the toast of the
ton. Which leaves Cam in
the most uncomfortable
position of discovering
that he has the bad
manners to be falling in
love - with his own wife!
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Anne de Bohun has a dark
secret. A secret that
threatens her life, and
the future of the kingdom
of England itself. Raised
as a peasant girl,
Anne's gift for healing
saw her thrust into the
dangerous heart of court
affairs, and under the
spell of the greatest
love of her life, King
Edward himself. Yet
theirs is a forbidden
passion, for Anne is the
illegitimate daughter of
Henry VI, the king
usurped by the man she
loves. Now exiled in
Brugge, Anne struggles
to find peace in a
dangerous world of
treachery and suspicion,
where enemies masquerade
as allies, and someone
very powerful wants her
dead.
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The new novel from Susan
Fletcher, author of the
bestselling ?Eve Green?
and ?Oystercatchers?.
1692. Corrag, a wild
young girl from the
mountains of Scotland,
has been imprisoned as a
witch. Terrified, in a
cold, filthy cell, she
awaits her fate of death
by burning ? until she is
visited by Charles
Leslie, a young
Irishman, hungry to
question her. For Corrag
knows more than it seems:
she was witness to the
bloody and brutal
Massacre of Glencoe. But
to reveal what she knows,
Corrag demands a chance
to tell her true story.
It is a tale of passion
and courage, magic and
betrayal, and the
difference that a single
heart can make to the
great events of history.
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When Isikara discovers
the beautiful Queen Tiy
of Egypt has been killed
and her eldest son,
Tuthmosis, is facing the
same fate, she finds
herself on the run with
the young prince to get
help to return him to his
rightful place on the
throne of Egypt. They
must travel to Nubia to
find allies - a journey
which takes them along
the Nile, across the
desert and through
bustling market towns,
all the while avoiding
their pursuers, the High
Priests who wish to
silence them. But there
are dangers in the desert
and all around. Who can
they trust? And where
will their adventure lead
them? A gripping and pacy
tale, packed with
fascinating historical
detail of Egypt.
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The excesses of the young
Marquis of Vidal are even
wilder than his father's
before him. Not for
nothing is the reckless
duellist and gamester
called 'the Devil's Cub'.
But when he is forced to
leave the country, Mary
Challoner discovers his
fiendish plan to abduct
her sister. And only by
daring to impersonate her
can Mary save her sibling
from certain ruin.
Georgette Heyer's
wonderful characters and
stories made her the
undisputed queen of the
historical romance, and
an international
bestseller, still loved
today by a huge
readership.
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The Emperor Domitian is a
talented tyrant and
deluded despot. When he
vents his suspicions, no
one is safe. Gaius Vinius
Clodianus is a reluctant
recruit in the elite
Praetorian Guard who must
fight for honour in a
world of corruption and
deceit. Flavia Lucilla
has access to the
Emperor's most private
inner circle and hears
the most intimate secrets
of the ruler who toys
with the lives of his
subjects as if indeed he
was a careless god.
Together these unwilling
heroes must choose
between their sworn duty
to protect the Emperor
and an act of courage
that will change the
future of Rome.
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Paperback re-issue of
classic Bolger novel 'One
of the essential Irish
novels, certainly of the
decade, and possibly of
many another.' Sunday
Tribune Set in the grimy,
backstreets and suburbs
of Dublin. Bolger has
often used a woman's
voice to tell his story,
and this novel is no
exception; we follow the
lives of three women -- a
Victorian maid, a young
woman brought up in the
1960s (the product of a
violent family) and that
young woman's daughter,
the child of an
incestuous relationship,
hidden away from sight.
'The Woman's Daughter is
filled with characters
who are the people who
have been written out of
history. Bolger's work is
an attempt to construct a
history for them, an
unofficial history, a
preservation of the
memory of wasted lives so
that they may not, in
the end, be in vain.'
Sunday Tribune
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Edie Burchill and her
mother have never been
close, but when a long
lost letter arrives with
the return address of
Milderhurst Castle,
Kent, printed on its
envelope, Edie begins to
suspect that her
mothers emotional
distance masks an old
secret. Evacuated from
London as a thirteen year
old girl, Edies
mother is chosen by the
mysterious Juniper
Blythe, and taken to
live at Milderhurst
Castle with the Blythe
family. Fifty years
later, Edie too is drawn
to Milderhurst and the
eccentric Sisters Blythe.
Old ladies now, the
three still live
together, the twins
nursing Juniper, whose
abandonment by her fianc?
in 1941 plunged her into
madness. Inside the
decaying castle, Edie
begins to unravel her
mothers past. But
there are other secrets
hidden in the stones of
Milderhurst Castle, and
Edie is about to learn
more than she expected.
The truth of what
happened in the distant
hours has been waiting a
long time for someone to
find it.
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A superb historical novel
about Richard III, the
notorious hunchback king
whose burial site was
recently uncovered,
which will appeal to fans
of Josephine Tey's THE
DAUGHTER OF TIME,
Philippa Gregory's THE
KINGMAKER'S DAUGHTER,
and readers of Hilary
Mantel.
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When an unidentified body
is discovered in the
harbour town of Axmouth,
twenty miles from Exeter,
Sir John de Wolfe, the
county coroner is called
to investigate. The
manner of the young man's
death is a matter of some
dispute - but, as Sir
John soon discovers, it
was no accident. The
victim did not drown, as
the manor reeve alleges,
but was strangled to
death. In the ensuing
murder investigation,
Sir John is frustrated by
what appears to be a
conspiracy of silence
among the seamen and
townsfolk. Just what is
the local population
trying to hide? As
Crowner John is to learn,
there are those who
would go to any length to
ensure the shocking truth
remains hidden. And the
coroner must draw on all
his resources of courage,
cunning and
determination if he is to
escape from Axmouth with
his life.
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The three great-nephews
of cantankerous Mr
Penicuik know better than
to ignore his summons,
especially when it
concerns the bestowal of
his fortune -- the wily
old gentleman has hatched
a typically freakish plan
for his stepdaughters
future and his own
amusement: his fortune
will be Kittys dowry. But
while the beaux are
scrambling for her hand,
Kitty counters with her
own inventive, if
daring, scheme: a sham
engagement which should
keep wedlock at bay.. .
Cotillion shows what made
Georgette Heyer the
undisputed queen of
historical romance - one
of the most popular
novelists of her day,
she is still adored by a
huge readership.
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Paisley, 1920. In the
post-war decade of peace,
uncomfortable new
conflicts are looming.
Women no longer take a
back-seat in the business
community and one, Fiona
MacDowall, has made it
clear she intends to
inherit her father's
furniture emporium. Her
half-brother Alex,
although born out of
wedlock, has other
ideas. But it's Alex's
wife Rose who objects
most. A businesswoman in
her own right, she owns
Harlequin, the town's
grandest and most
successful dressmaker's.
She is sure Fiona will
stop at nothing to get
what she wants. And on
Fiona's list is a husband
and, she suspects,
Rose's own business.
..For their extended
families and the
community at large,
other troubles are
brewing. Irish
cabinetmaker Joe McCart,
employed by Alex, has
recently arrived with his
family - and a dark
secret. His daughter's
friend Rowena is the
centre of another mystery
- about her parentage.
And sisters Caitlin and
Mary, who both work at
Harlequin, have their
eyes on marriage. But
there are people in the
community who have other
ideas about how people
should run their lives,
their marriages - and
their businesses... But
it's Alex's wife Rose who
objects most. A
businesswoman in her own
right, she owns
Harlequin, the town's
grandest and most
successful dressmaker's.
She is sure Fiona will
stop at nothing to get
what she wants. And on
Fiona's list is a husband
and, she suspects,
Rose's own business...
For their extended
families and the
community at large,
other troubles are
brewing. Irish
cabinetmaker Joe McCart,
employed by Alex, has
recently arrived with his
family - and a dark
secret. His daughter's
friend Rowena is the
centre of another mystery
- about her parentage.
And sisters Caitlin and
Mary, who both work at
Harlequin, have their
eyes on marriage. But
there are people in the
community who have other
ideas about how people
should run their lives,
their marriages - and
their businesses...
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From the end of the
Second World War to the
present day, the world
has changed immeasurably.
The art of spying has
changed too, as spies
have reacted to changing
threats. Here you will
find the fascinating
stories of real-life
spies, both famous and
obscure, from either
side of the Iron Curtain,
along with previously
secret details of War on
Terror operations.
Detailed stories of
individual spies are set
in the context of the
development of the major
espionage agencies,
interspersed with
anecdotes of gadgets,
trickery, honeytraps and
assassinations worthy of
any fictional spy. A
closing section examines
the developing New Cold
War, as Russia and the
West confront each other
once again.
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The perennial classic.
Arguably the first spy
novel ever written that
remains one of the finest
examples of the genre to
this day. Carruthers, a
Foreign Office clerk with
a taste for yachting,
joins his former
schoolmate, Davies, for
a spot of sailing on the
North Sea. Carruthers is
initially disdainful of
their rather rudimentary
vessel, the Dulcibella,
but he warms to the
voyage when they detect
suspicious German naval
activity off the coast of
the Frisian Islands.
Pretending to be hunting
duck, the friends decide
to investigate the
Germans' intentions -
self-appointed secret
agents. In no time they
become embroiled in a
world of suspense and
intrigue, and the pair
set about foiling a plot
to invade England.
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Can a pirate learn that
the only true treasure
lies in a woman's heart?
Widowed Silence
Hollingbrook is
impoverished, lovely,
and kind - and nine
months ago she made a
terrible mistake. She
went to a river pirate
for help in saving her
husband and in the
process made a bargain at
the cost of her marriage.
That night wounded her so
terribly that Silence
hides in the foundling
home she runs with her
brother. Except now that
same river pirate is back
and he's asking for her
help. 'Charming' Mickey
O'Connor is the most
ruthless river pirate in
London. Devastatingly
handsome and fearsomely
intelligent, he clawed
his way up through
London's criminal
underworld. Mickey has no
use for tender emotions
like compassion and love,
and he sees people as
pawns to be manipulated.
And yet he's never been
able to forget the naive
captain's wife who came
to him when she was most
in need.
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Kidnap, murder, slander
and a legend unearthed.
1483: King Edward IV
dies, leaving two
innocent young princes in
line to the throne. But
when scandal and
conspiracy explodes
around their claim,
Richard of Gloucester is
proclaimed king. Shortly
after, the princes
vanish, and storm clouds
begin to gather around
the newly crowned King
Richard III. Fighter,
philanderer and royal spy
Henry Morane is tasked
with investigating the
princes' disappearance,
the attempted kidnap of
the exiled Lancastrian
leader Henry Tudor and
the hunting out of
traitors amid Richard's
supporters. And at the
bloody battle of Bosworth
Field, King Richard and
Henry Morane will face a
fatal trial that will
dictate the path of
history. With the mystery
of C.J. Sansom and the
epic adventure of Bernard
Cornwell, Robert
Farrington's thrilling
novel brings to life King
Richard III as we now
know him.
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A hero is born A sword
will choose him A
sorcerer will save him
The Roman Empire is in
ruins. On a tiny boat in
the Irish Sea float one
man and a child,
helpless after war has
nearly destroyed their
home, the colony called
Camelot. That man is
Merlyn Britannicus,
cousin to the slain king
Uther Pendragon. He would
shed oceans of blood and
sacrifice his life to
defend the baby and royal
heir: Arthur. With
Camelot ripped apart by
warring lords and
assailed by violent
tribes, Merlyn must use
everything in his power
to protect Arthur and
return him to the land in
which he'll become a
hero. Discover the most
authentic telling of the
Arthurian legend ever
written
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From the bestselling
author of the Boudica
novels, The Fire of Rome
is a gripping
race-against-time
historical adventure in
the bestselling tradition
of Robert Harriss
Pompeii. AD 34: Sebastos
Pantera is twelve.
Training for the time
when he too will be a
soldier of Rome, he
follows his father to a
garden tomb on the
outskirts of Jerusalem
where he watches him
greet two men and a
heavily pregnant woman.
In a moment that changes
his life forever, he
sees a wounded
revolutionary being
brought out of the tomb
alive... Twenty years
later, Pantera returns
from five years
undercover in Britannia
as assassin and spy for
the Legions. He is sick
of spying, but a deadly
combination of old
loyalties and a sense of
unfinished business
combine to lure him
homeward to the city of
Rome where, his former
mentor and spymaster,
the Machiavellian Seneca
the Younger, charges him
with rooting out the
revolutionaries
responsible for the
citys seething
unrest. Pantera discovers
that the main
troublemaker is none
other than his closest
friend, Saulos, a
recent convert to the new
religion of Christianity,
and Saulos is planning
the biggest single act of
terrorism the Roman
Empire has known. Spying,
forbidden secrets, an
ancient manuscript and an
apocalyptic fire combine
in a gripping thriller
that will change the way
we think about the
ancient world.
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The wartime airfield at
Rivenhall is typical of
the many airbases that
were hastily built in
Britain following the
entry of the US into the
Second World War. It was
first used by a
long-range Mustang
fighter group whose task
it was to escort the
bombers of the US Eighth
Air Force on daylight
raids deep into Germany,
and this was followed by
four squadrons of
Marauder bombers that
stayed at Rivenhall for a
total of 111 days. They
were used against targets
on the Continent in
support of the Allied
Forces prior to and
following the Normandy
invasion in June 1944.
The last aircraft to use
the airfield were the
Stirling tugs and Horsa
gliders of No. 38 Group
of the Royal Air Force.
These squadrons performed
a variety of duties and
eventually took part in
the final airborne
operation of the war,
the Rhine Crossing.
Luckily many of the
wartime features of
Rivenhall still exist. In
addition to the
operational history,
this book contains a
total of seventy
photographs as well as a
number of maps and
appendices.
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A luminous and bewitching
debut novel that is
perfect for fans of
Angela Carter. Set in
Victorian London, it
follows the fortunes of
Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl
and Abel, the Flayed
Man. A magical realism
delight. Before Eve is
born, her mother goes to
the circus. She buys a
penny twist of coloured
sugar and settles down to
watch the heart-stopping
main attraction: a lion,
billed as a monster from
the savage heart of
Africa. Mama swears she
hears the lion sigh,
just before it
leaps...and nine months
later when Eve is born,
the story goes, she
doesn't cry - she meows
and licks her paws. When
Abel is pulled from the
stinking Thames, the
mudlarks are sure he is
long dead. As they search
his pockets to divvy up
the treasure, his eyes
crack open and he coughs
up a stream of black
water. But how has he
survived a week in that
thick stew of human
waste? Cast out by
Victorian society, Eve
and Abel find succour
from an unlikely source.
They soar to fame as The
Lion Faced Girl and The
Flayed Man, star
performers in Professor
Josiah Arroner's Palace
of Curiosities. And there
begins a journey that
will entwine their fates
forever.
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This book, the second in
a series of four unique
War Diaries produced in
conjunction with the
Imperial War Museum,
will tell a story that is
rarely heard: the
experiences of a nurse
working close to the
Western Front in the
First World War.
Incredibly, Edith
Appleton served in France
for the whole of the
conflict. Her bravery and
dedication won her the
Military OBE, the Royal
Red Cross and the Belgian
Queen Elisabeth medal
among others. Her diary
details with compassion
all the horrors of the
'war to end wars',
including the first use
of poison gas and the
terrible cost of battles
such as Ypres, but she
also records what life
was like for nurses and
how she spent her time
off-duty. There are
moments of humour amongst
the tragedy, and even
lyrical accounts of the
natural beauty that still
existed amidst all the
destruction.
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Pontypridd 1930. At
eighteen Edyth is the
'plain, intelligent' one
of Harry and Sali Evans's
five daughters, until a
chance meeting with
handsome curate Peter
Slater throws her life
into turmoil. Head over
heels in love, she
sacrifices her own
ambitions of a college
education and career,
and defies her parents'
opposition so she can
help Peter realise his
dream of running his own
parish. The church sends
Peter to Butetown, a
dockland area of Cardiff,
commonly known as Tiger
Bay. There Edyth and
Peter encounter rich
cultures from all corners
of the world, cultures
that flourish despite
desperate poverty and the
Depression. It is a
society where creed,
language and the colour
of a family's skin
doesn't matter - as long
as the borders that
separate Tiger Bay from
the city aren't crossed.
Then Edyth discovers
exactly why her parents
were so opposed to her
marriage. Peter has a
dark secret that has not
only blighted his life
but also hers. A secret
that threatens to destroy
her love and, ultimately
their marriage.
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What is the price of
love? Nick Gentry is
reputed to be the most
skilful lover in all
England. Known for
solving delicate
situations, he is hired
to seek out Miss
Charlotte Howard. He
believes his mission will
be easily accomplished -
but that is before he
meets the lady in
question. For instead of
a wilful female, he
discovers one in
desperate circumstances,
hiding from a man who
would destroy her very
soul. So Nick shockingly
offers her a very
different kind of
proposition - one he has
never offered before: he
asks her to be his bride.
But Nick quickly
discovers that while he
might easily claim
Charlotte's body, it
will take much more than
passion to win her love.
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For a single wild orchid
her world was torn apart!
It is 1660. The King has
returned, but the wounds
of the Civil War remain.
In rural Westmorland,
artist Alice Ibbetson has
become captivated by the
rare Lady's Slipper
orchid growing on the
land of recently
converted Quaker,
Richard Wheeler. But
others are equally
captivated by the orchids
strange beauty. A local
medicine woman is seduced
by the Lady's Slipper's
mysterious medicinal
powers, while Sir
Geoffrey Fisk, Alice's
patron and former
comrade-in-arms of
Wheeler, sees the plant
as a way to repair his
ailing fortunes. Vivid,
gripping and intensely
atmospheric, The Lady's
Slipper is a novel of
beauty, faith, love and
loyalty.
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Admiral John Benbow was
an English naval hero, a
fighting sailor of
ruthless methods but
indomitable courage.
Benbow was a man to be
reckoned with. In 1702,
however, when Benbow
engaged a French squadron
off the Spanish main,
other ships in his
squadron failed to
support him. His leg
shattered by a
cannon-ball, Benbow
fought on - but to no
avail: the French escaped
and the stricken Benbow
succumbed to his wounds.
When the story of his
'Last Fight' reached
England, there was an
outcry. Two of the
captains who had
abandoned him were
court-martialled and
shot; 'Brave Benbow' was
elevated from national
hero to national legend,
his valour immortalized
in broadsheet and
folksong: ships were
named after him; Tennyson
later f?ted him in verse;
in Robert Louis
Stevenson's Treasure
Island, the tavern where
Jim Hawkins and his
mother live is called
'The Admiral Benbow'. For
the very first time, Sam
Willis tells the
extraordinary story of
Admiral Benbow through an
age of dramatic change,
from his birth under
Cromwell's Commonwealth;
to service under the
restored Stuart monarchy;
to the Glorious
Revolution of 1688; to
the French wars of Louis
XIV; and finally to the
bitter betrayal of 1702.
The Admiral Benbow covers
all aspects of
seventeenth century naval
life in richly vivid
detail, from strategy
and tactics to health and
discipline. But Benbow
also worked in the Royal
Dockyards, lived in
Samuel Evelyn's House,
knew Peter the Great,
helped to found the first
naval hospital, and
helped to build the first
offshore lighthouse. The
second volume in the
Hearts of Oak trilogy,
from one of Britain's
most exciting young
historians, The Admiral
Benbow is a gripping and
detailed account of the
making of a naval legend.
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It is whispered behind
the fans of London's
dowagers and in the
corners of the
fashionable ballrooms
that scandal follows
wilfully wild Lady
Beatrix Lennox wherever
she goes. Three years
earlier, the debutante
created a sensation by
being found in a
distinctly compromising
position. Now the ton has
branded her as
unmarriageable, her
family has called her a
vixen, and Beatrix sees
no reason not to go after
what - and who - she
wishes. And she wants
Stephen Fairfax-Lacy,
the handsome Earl of
Spade. Beatrix, with her
brazen suggestions and
irresistibly sensuous
allure, couldn't be more
different from the earl's
ideal future bride. Yet
Beatrix brings out a
wildness in him that he
has tried to deny for far
too long. Still, he's
not about to play love's
game by Lady Beatrix's
rules. She may be used to
being on top in affairs
of the heart, but that
will soon change.
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She couldn't remember who
she was... A temptingly
beautiful woman awakens
in a stranger's bed,
rescued from the icy
waters of the Thames,
her memory gone. Told
that she is Vivien Rose
Duvall, one of London's
most scandalous beauties,
she finds herself in the
protection of enigmatic,
charming Grant Morgan.
Her life is in his hands.
Deep in her heart, she
knows he has mistaken her
for someone else... He
was the only man she
could trust. As one of
London's most eligible
and unattainable catches,
Grant Morgan is a man
who has known every kind
of woman. And the one in
his arms now seems so
innocent, so vulnerable,
that he can't help but
be enchanted. And as his
love for this mysterious
beauty grows, he's
determined to unravel the
secrets of her past and
discover the truth - no
matter what.
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11th Century Italy. The
domination of the
Normans, the most feared
warriors in Christendom,
is causing trouble. At
their head is Robert de
Hauteville, the
'Guiscard', who has
colonised much of Italy
and now commands the
triple Dukedom of the
extended Norman family.
But Robert has made many
enemies, including the
ever-powerful papacy in
Rome. As Robert
successfully suppresses a
Lombard revolt, his
first-born, Bohemund,
now seventeen and blessed
with the strength,
height and military
prowess of his father,
has come to fight in his
army. Already recognised
as a formidable warrior,
Bohemund seeks to assert
his natural right as the
heir of Robert's dukedom.
With Robert's second son,
Borsa, legally entitled
to inherit, his quest is
not without conflict. A
battle between the sons
is inevitable, and blood
ties will count for
nothing.
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New York, 1961. One
young woman from Essex
has come to The Big Apple
to begin a career that
will change the course of
her life. At the age of
22, Betty Riegel was
plucked from more than a
thousand eager young
British women who had
applied to be part of the
Pan Am programme and was
sent to New York to learn
the art of being the
perfect stewardess.
Growing up in a
working-class family with
parents who struggled to
make ends meet, Betty
spent the first six years
of her life hiding in
air-raid shelters as
bombs dropped around her
and her dad fought for
his country. In her early
twenties, she saw an
advert in the local
newspaper and secured
herself an interview for
the Pan Am training
programme. She was
weighed and measured,
and declared 'desirable'
enough to earn a coveted
place. Having never left
her home town before,
Betty said goodbye to her
parents and her
high-school sweetheart,
boarded her first plane
to New York, and landed
in Manhattan - a city
full of noise, traffic,
towering skyscrapers and
promise. Under the
watchful eye of her
housemother, Dottie,
Betty was taught
deportment, geography,
safety, make-up
application and how to
charm the passengers. But
nothing prepared her for
the rollercoaster of life
in the air - preparing
five-course Parisian
cuisine from scratch in
the galley of the plane,
mixing cocktails at an
open bar, serving
lobster thermidor and
two-foot-long fillets of
beef to each passenger's
specification. Scrambling
280 eggs for breakfast in
severe turbulence and
teaching the mashed
potato dance to a Saudi
Prince - Betty lived the
dream.
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This fourteenth Bolitho
novel has the epic scenes
of action, the powerful
characterization and the
authentic period detail
that have made Alexander
Kent a bestseller
wherever sea stories are
read. After eight years
of war between Britain
and France there is at
last a rumour of peace.
But the old enemies are
well aware that any
settlement will be only a
breathing space in which
to recover from their
terrible losses. To
obtain the best terms the
French muster a show of
strength from Biscay to
the Channel ports. At the
British Admiralty there
are some who see a daring
opportunity to even the
score at any negotiation
table - and who better to
undertake it than the
young Rear Admiral
Bolitho! In June 1801
Bolitho's small squadron
is still repairing the
scars of battle earned at
Copenhagen - and as he
receives his orders from
London Bolitho is, for
the first time in his
life, torn between the
demands of duty and his
real desire to marry.
When the squadron sails
it is joined by an
additional ship, a
frigate with many
memories from the past.
But where Bolitho's flag
leads so his captains
must follow, if
necessary to the brink of
disaster - for theirs is
a tradition of victory.
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Philippa Gregory blends
passion, personalities
and politics in this
stunning novel of the
Tudor court and a country
divided. This is a
sumptuous historical
novel set in the court of
Elizabeth I, from Sunday
Times No.1 bestseller
Philippa Gregory, the
author of The Other
Boleyn Girl. Elizabeth I
has acceded to the throne
of England, a position
she has waited and
schemed for all her life.
She is surrounded by
advisers, all convinced
that a young woman cannot
form political
judgements. Elizabeth
feels that she can rely
on just one man: her
oldest friend, Robert
Dudley. It is soon plain
that he is more than
merely a friend. In a
house in the countryside
waits a very different
woman, Amy Robsart ?
Roberts wife. She
has no taste for life at
court and longs for the
day when her husband will
return home. She has
loved him since she was a
girl, but now they are
adults she hardly sees
him. Meanwhile, the
pressure grows for
Elizabeth to marry, for
it is unthinkable that a
queen should rule on her
own. Elizabeths
preference is clear, but
he is unavailable. But
what if the unthinkable
were to happen.
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A stunning novel set in
the Tudor court, from
the Sunday Times No.1
bestseller Philippa
Gregory. The rivalry
between Queen Mary and
her half-sister Elizabeth
is played out against a
background of betrayal,
conflict and passion. The
savage rivalry of the
daughters of Henry VIII,
Mary Tudor and Elizabeth,
mirrors that of their
mothers, Katherine of
Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
Each will fight by any
available means for the
crown and future of the
kingdom. Elizabeths
bitter struggle to claim
the throne she believes
is hers by right, and
the man she desires
almost more than her
crown, is watched by her
?fool?: a girl who has
been forced to leave her
homeland of Spain, as a
Jew fleeing the
Inquisition. In a court
where truth is wittily
denied and lies are mere
games, it is the fool
who can speak plainly: in
these dangerous times, a
woman must choose between
ambition and love.
Elizabeth will not make
the same mistakes as her
mother.
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Under the reign of Louis
XV, corruption and
intrigue have been
allowed to blossom in
France, and Justin
Alastair, the notorious
Duke of Avon and proud of
his soubriquet Satanas,
flourishes as well. Then,
from a dark Parisian
back alley, he plucks
L-on, a red-headed
urchin with strangely
familiar looks, just in
time for his long
over-due schemes of
revenge on the Comte de
St. Vire. Among the
splendours of Versailles
and the dignified
mansions of England,
Justin begins to unfold
his sinister plans --
until, that is, Leon
becomes the ravishing
beauty Leonie.. . Yet
again Georgette Heyer
shows the qualities that
made her one of the most
successful and best-loved
romantic novelists of her
age, and why her
popularity endures to
this day.
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Thunder claps, lightning
strikes and her imposing
new mansion looms high,
but Miss Marchant is not
one to be afraid. Not
willful, beautiful
Sydony Marchant. If the
house doesn't shock her,
the arrival of Viscount
Hawthorne does. No longer
the boy she once
kissed--Bartholomew is a
man with a ruthless glint
in his eye. He's here to
uncover a truth and ruin
Sydony. But they are soon
entangled in secrets
darker than they know.
And as the tension
crackles between them,
the memory of their
innocent kiss is no
longer enough....
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The name Borgia is
synonymous with the
corruption, nepotism,
and greed that were rife
in Renaissance Italy. The
powerful, voracious
Rodrigo Borgia, better
known to history as Pope
Alexander VI, was the
central figure of the
dynasty. Two of his seven
papal offspring also rose
to power and fame -
Lucrezia Borgia, his
daughter, whose husband
was famously murdered by
her brother, and that
brother, Cesare, who
served as the model for
Niccolo Machiavelli's The
Prince. Notorious for
seizing power, wealth,
land, and titles through
bribery, marriage, and
murder, the dynasty's
dramatic rise from its
Spanish roots to its
occupation of the highest
position in Renaissance
society forms a gripping
tale. Erudite, witty,
and always insightful,
Hibbert removes the
layers of myth around the
Borgia family and creates
a portrait alive with his
superb sense of character
and place.
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August 1939:
Thirteen-year-old Poppy
Brown is evacuated to a
village in Dorset. Tired
and frightened, she
arrives with nothing but
her gas mask and a change
of clothes to her name.
Billeted at a grand
country house, Poppy is
received with cold
indifference above stairs
and gets little better
treatment from the
servants. Lonely and
missing the family she
left behind in London,
Poppy is devastated when
she hears that they have
been killed in the Blitz.
Circumstances soon force
Poppy to move to the
suburbs and into the
company of strangers once
more. Earning a meagre
income as a hospital
cleaner, as the war
continues to rage, Poppy
longs to do her duty. And
as soon as she is able
to, she starts her
training as a nurse.
While the man she loves
is fighting in the skies
above Europe, Poppy
battles to survive the
day-to-day hardships and
dangers of wartime,
wondering if she'll ever
see him again...
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Summer, 1384. The sun is
hot and high - but
storm-clouds of
insurrection are
gathering over England.
Hildegard of Meaux -
sleuth, spy and now an
abbess of the powerful
Cistercian order - has
found refuge from a world
of violence and
blood-feud at her new
home in Yorkshire. But by
taking a bonded maid into
the fold, Hildegard has
made a dangerous enemy,
an enemy who thinks
nothing of destroying her
little sanctuary to
further his own ends.
Meanwhile her own
history, and her
possession of a priceless
relic, threatens to drag
her into the schemes of
traitors to the crown who
seek to overthrow King
Richard II - including
the ruthless Henry
Bolingbroke. And with
portents in York that the
end of days is imminent;
signs expressed by death
in fire, can even the
resourceful Hildegard
unweave the tangled skein
of conspiracy?
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The female criminals of
nineteenth-century
Warwickshire were far
from the delicate gentle
sex of popular belief.
Gangs of prostitutes
lured men into the back
alleys of Birmingham to
rob them with such
extreme violence that the
city reeled with shock.
Psychotic servants
suddenly turned on their
unwitting employers with
stunning savagery. It was
an era when domestic
tranquillity could be
silently stifled with a
well-placed dose of
arsenic. Sheer greed
drove one woman to fake
her mother-in-law's
suicide. She had already
buried two husbands.
Another lady finally
snapped after years of
abuse, seeking revenge
for being sold into
prostitution as a child.
Utter selfishness made
other women find devious
ways to rid themselves of
inconvenient children,
with poverty and alcohol
the backdrop of such
crimes. In a world that
seems so antique, we
still have so much in
common: thwarted love
affairs, chillingly
callous abuse of the weak
and sick, exploitation
and violence. A few
Victorian women were just
as wicked as the men. In
a male dominated world
many women walked free
from court, the judge
and jury unable to
believe that they could
be anything other than
their stereotype.
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They are known as the
Legion of the
Damned...Throughout the
Roman Army, the Twelfth
Legion is notorious for
its ill fortune. It faces
the harshest of postings,
the toughest of
campaigns, the most
vicious of opponents. For
one young man, Demalion
of Macedon, joining it
will be a baptism of
fire. And yet, amid all
of the violence and
savagery of his life as a
legionary, he realizes
he has discovered a
vocation - as a soldier
and a leader of men. He
has come to love the
Twelfth and all the
bloody-minded,
dark-hearted soldiers he
calls his brothers. But
just when he has found a
place in the world, all
that he cares about is
ripped from him. During
the brutal Judaean
campaign, the Hebrew
army inflict defeat upon
the legion - not only
decimating their ranks,
but taking away their
soul, the eagle. There
is one final chance to
save the legion's honour
- to steal back the
eagle. To do that,
Demalion and his
legionaries must go
undercover into
Jerusalem, into the very
heart of their enemy -
where discovery will mean
the worst of deaths - if
they are to recover their
pride. And that, in
itself, is a task worthy
only of heroes.
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Rejected by the
incomparable Miss
Milborne for his
unsteadiness of
character, wild Lord
Sheringham is bent on
avenging Fate and coming
into his fortune. But the
very first woman he
should see is Hero
Wantage, the young and
charmingly
unsophisticated chit,
who has loved him since
childhood.. . Fridays
Child is a typically
sweeping historical
romance by the queen of
the genre, who for fifty
years won the hearts of
readers worldwide and has
found a new devoted
readership in the
twenty-first century.
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Midday, 13th May, 1784:
An earthquake in Peru
tears up the white
streets of Arequipa. As
the dust settles, a
young girl with
fanaticism already
branded on her face
arrives at the devastated
convent of Santa
Catalina. At the same
moment, oceans away in
Venice, the infant
Minguillo Fasan tears his
way out of his mother's
womb. The great Palazzo
Espagnol, built on
Peruvian silver and New
World drugs, has an
heir. Twelve years later,
Venice is in Napoleon's
sights and Minguillo,
who has already contrived
to lose one sibling, is
listening to the
birth-cries of his new
sister Marcella, a
delicate, soft-skinned
threat to his
inheritance. Meanwhile,
at Santa Catalina, the
scarred young girl has
become Sor Loreta, whose
craving for sainthood is
taking a decidedly
sinister turn.
Minguillo's livid
jealousy will condemn his
sister to a series of
fates as a cripple, a
madwoman and a nun. But
Marcella Fasan is not
quite the soft target
Minguillo imagines. Aided
by a loyal servant, an
irascible
portrait-painter, a
young doctor obsessed
with skin, a warhorse of
a Scottish merchant and a
cigar-smoking
pornographer nun,
Marcella pits her sense
of humour, her clever
pencil and her fierce
heart against Minguillo's
pitiless machinations.
Her journey takes her
from Napoleon's shamed
Venice to the last
picaresque days of
colonial Peru - where the
fanatical Sor Loreta has
plans of her own for the
young girl from Venice.
Bewitching, daring,
darkly humorous and alive
with historical detail,
The Book of Human Skin is
a breathtaking story of
unmitigated villainy,
Holy Anorexia, quack
medicine, murder, love
and a very unusual form
of bibliomania. The size
of this book is 23.4cm in
height and 15.2 cm wide
with 500 pages
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It's AD 65. Sebastos
Pantera, spy to the
Emperor Nero, has
undertaken the most
dangerous of missions.
Hunting often alone,
with few he can trust,
he must find the most
dangerous man in Rome's
empire, and bring him to
bloody justice. Against
him is Saulos. Consumed
by private enmities and
false beliefs, Saulos is
pledged to bring about
the destruction of an
entire Roman province.
Brilliantly clever,
utterly ruthless, he
cares only for his vision
of total victory - and
not the death and
devastation such a
campaign would bring.
Between them is the
huntress Iksahra.
Beautiful and deadly,
feared by men, loved by
the beasts she cares for,
she must decide who to
support if she is to
avenge her father's
death. Fought inside the
palace of a royal city
and within the rocky
fastness of a desert
fortress, this will be a
conflict between two men
who have everything to
gain - and a kingdom to
lose...
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1793. John Pearce and his
Pelicans are homeward
bound, determined to put
the treacherous Captain
Ralph Barclay in the
dock. But first they must
evacuate Toulon where the
Republican Army and the
threat of the guillotine
wreak havoc. Pearce must
keep his wits about him
in order to survive.
Barclay and his wife
Emily are sharing the
voyage home and Pearce
must stay close to both -
difficult given his
loathing for the captain
and his feelings for
Emily. Then she discovers
the incriminating
evidence Pearce holds
against her husband,
papers that could destroy
his career and
potentially her security.
Events put them in her
possession. Back on
British soil following a
gruelling voyage, the
Pelicans hope their
troubles are over, but
with the important
documents missing, their
real concerns are just
beginning. Emily holds
the key, but do her
loyalties lie with her
husband or her
conscience?
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A powerful story of
revolution, love and
intense rivalry set in
1870 during the
four-month siege of
Paris. 1870. All over
Paris the lights are
going out. The Prussians
are encircling the city
and Europe's capital of
decadent pleasure and
luxury is becoming a
prison, its citizens
caught between defiance
and despair. Desperate
times lie ahead as the
worst winter for decades
sets in and starvation
looms. One man seems to
shine like a beacon in
the shadows. Jean-Jacques
Allix promises to be the
leader the people need,
to save the city itself.
Painter Hannah Pardy,
his young English lover,
believes in him utterly;
taking up arms for his
cause, she is drawn into
the heart of the battle
for Paris. But as the
darkness and panic
spreads it is harder and
harder to see things as
they really are, and
Hannah struggles to
separate love from
self-interest and
revolutionaries from
traitors. Faced with
impossible decisions,
Hannah must confront the
devastating reality of
her beloved Paris to
establish what truly
matters to her - and what
she will do to protect
it.
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Winner of the Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction and
Richard and Judy pick.
From the author of the
acclaimed 'Year of
Wonders' and 'People of
the Book', a historical
novel and love story set
during a time of
catastrophe on the front
lines of the American
Civil War. Set during the
American Civil War,
'March' tells the story
of John March, known to
us as the father away
from his family of girls
in 'Little Women',
Louisa May Alcott's
classic American novel.
In Brooks's telling,
March emerges as an
abolitionist and
idealistic chaplain on
the front lines of a war
that tests his faith in
himself and in the Union
cause when he learns that
his side, too, is
capable of barbarism and
racism. As he recovers
from a near-fatal illness
in a Washington hospital,
he must reassemble the
shards of his shattered
mind and body, and find
a way to reconnect with a
wife and daughters who
have no idea of the
ordeals he has been
through. As Alcott drew
on her real-life sisters
in shaping the characters
of her little women, so
Brooks turned to the
journals and letters of
Bronson Alcott, Louisa
May's father, an
idealistic educator,
animal rights exponent
and abolitionist who was
a friend and confidante
of Ralph Waldo Emerson
and Henry David Thoreau.
The story spans the
vibrant intellectual
world of Concord and the
sensuous antebellum
South, through to the
first year of the Civil
War as the North reels
under a series of
unexpected defeats. Like
her bestselling 'Year of
Wonders', 'March'
follows an unconventional
love story. It explores
the passions between a
man and a woman, the
tenderness of parent and
child, and the
life-changing power of an
ardently held belief.
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When in 1798 Richard
Bolitho hoists his broad
pendant as commodore of a
small squadron and
prepares to re-enter the
Mediterranean he is soon
made aware of his
responsibility. There are
rumours of a massive
French armada and of the
latest type of artillery
- and Bolitho's orders
are to seek out the enemy
and to discover the
intentions of his growing
force. Without any
British bases in the
Mediterranean, and
unable to show favour to
old friends, Bolitho is
well aware that there are
others within his ships
who are no less dangerous
than the enemy - and
during the weeks and
months in which the
squadron faces the
hazards of the weather
and French broadsides
alike, Bolitho knows
that far more than his
own future is at stake. A
fleet, even a nation,
could depend on his
decisions and, when he
places his squadron
between the Nile and the
power of France, he must
accept the price of the
challenge.
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A saga of life in the
Northern Territories and
the clash of white and
Aborigine cultures - one
of Australia's all-time
best-selling novels and
an inspiration for Baz
Luhrmann's lavish film
'AUSTRALIA'. Capricornia
has been described as one
of Australia's 'great
novels', a sharply
observed chronicle about
life in the Northern
Territory of Australia
and the inhumane
treatment suffered by
Aborigines at the hands
of white men. The story
is immense and rambling,
laced with humour that is
often as bitter and as
harsh as the terrain in
which it is set, and
follows with irony the
fortunes (and otherwise)
of a range of Outback
characters over a span of
generations. Through
their story is reflected
the story of Australia,
the clash of
personalities and
cultures that provide the
substance on which
today's society is
founded. Above all,
however, this is a novel
of protest and of
compassion - for the
Aborigines and
half-bloods of
Australia's 'last
frontier'. Sprawling,
explosive, thronged with
characters, plots and
sub-plots, Capricornia
is without doubt one of
the best known and widely
read Australian novels of
the last 70 years. When
it was first published it
was acclaimed as 'a
turning point', an
'outstanding work of
social protest'. Its
message is as penetrating
today as it was in the
1930s when Herbert
himself was official
'Protector of Aborigines'
at Darwin.
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Every marriage has two
hearts, one light and
one dark. Lisey knew it
when she first fell for
Scott. And now he's dead,
she knows it for sure.
Lisey was the light to
Scott Landon's dark for
twenty-five years. As his
wife, only she saw the
truth behind the public
face of the famous author
- that he was a haunted
man whose bestselling
novels were based on a
terrifying reality. Now
Scott has gone, Lisey
wants to lock herself
away with her memories.
But the fans have other
ideas. And when the
sinister threats begin,
Lisey realises that,
just as Scott depended on
her strength - her light
- to live, so she will
have to draw on his
darkness to survive.
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Ellen and Mirren are mill
girls who earn extra
money by working in a
fish and chip shop
several evenings a week.
Mirren is engaged to
Donald who has gone to
America and will send for
her when he is settled.
However, when he does
so, she is unable to
leave as her mother is
sick and dying. By the
time her responsibilities
have ended, Donald has
found another... Robbie,
Mirren's brother, is
getting involved with
politics and often brings
home a friend, Joe,
usually following a fight
when they need patching
up. Mirren is dead
against the political
meetings but, after
several failed dates with
other men, she realises
she is rather attracted
to Joe.
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Since the beginning of
time mankind has
struggled with the big
questions surrounding our
existence. Whilst most
people have heard of
Socrates, Machiavelli
and Nietzsche, many are
less clear on their
theories and key
concepts. In The Great
Philosophers,
bestselling author
Stephen Law condenses and
deciphers their
fundamental ideas.
Avoiding the technical
jargon and complex logic
associated with most
books on philosophy, Law
brings the thoughts of
these great thinkers,
from Confucius and Buddha
to Wittgenstein and
Sartre, to life.
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The face of Plymouth
changed forever during
the Second World War.
Heavy bombing destroyed
most of its buildings and
left the city devastated.
Many people found
themselves homeless with
their only belongings
being possessions
salvaged from their
destroyed homes. Many
children were evacuated
away from danger and were
sent out into the
countryside. Many didn't
t want to go while others
saw it as an adventure.
The Dockyard also came
under attack and large
areas of Devonport were
destroyed or severely
damaged. Other areas hit
by the bombing included
St Bordeaux, Saltash
Passage, Swilly (later
North Prospect) and
Stonehouse. Plymouth Hoe
also suffered damage
including the destruction
of the Pier. Plymouth at
War Through Time shows
much of the devastation
to the city as well as
photographs of the same
areas as they are today.
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London, 1196. At the
command of Richard the
Lionheart, Sir John de
Wolfe has left his
beloved West Country for
the Palace of
Westminster, where he
has been appointed
Coroner of the Verge. But
with the king overseas,
embroiled in a costly war
against King Philip of
France, Sir John is
dismayed to discover that
the English court is a
hotbed of greed,
corruption and petty
in-fighting. The murder
of one of the palace
clerks, stabbed in broad
daylight and thrown into
the River Thames, leads
John to suspect that
theres a conspiracy
underway to overthrow
King Richard. And with
the visit of the dowager
Queen Eleanor fast
approaching, the new
Coroner must risk his
life to prove his
suspicions are right,
root out the traitors
within and prevent a
national catastrophe.
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At over 600 pages, the
new book, Heartstone,
is one of his most
imposing, but after a
challenging, slowish
start (something
frequently attempted by
Sansom -- like many good
writers, he often
demands a certain
patience from his
readers), the customary
comprehensive grip is
rigorously maintained.
The invasion of France
mounted by Henry VIII has
been a disaster, and,
in retaliation, an
imposing French fleet is
making preparations to
cross the Channel. At
Portsmouth, the English
navy is readying itself
for the battle of its
life, and at Henry's
autocratic direction, a
massive militia army is
being raised. England,
reeling under the
debasing of its currency
to pay for the war, is
suffering crippling
inflation and economic
meltdown. (If the thought
of Britain's involvement
in controversial foreign
wars while suffering an
economic crisis might
remind the reader of a
few contemporary
parallels, there is
little doubt that is
exactly what CJ Sansom
intends.) Against this
tumultuous backdrop, the
lawyer Matthew Shardlake
is presented with a
difficult case via an
elderly servant of Queen
Catherine Parr which will
plunge him into the
labyrinthine toils of the
King's Court of Wards.
Shardlakes job is
to look into wrongs which
have been done to the
young ward Hugh Curteys
by a Hampshire landowner,
and (as is customary
with most cases involving
Shardlake) violent death
is soon on the agenda,
as the threat of war
lours.
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