Books Historical Fiction Books Can Edie find the courage to choose her own future? June 1914. Edie Moore is a Governess for Lord & Lady Morel&, living in comfort at the grand Downland House in Sussex. But, wanting more from life, she flees in secret to Littlehampton, the place where she spent many idyllic childhood holidays. Desperate for work, Edie begins working as a chambermaid at the prestigious Beach Hotel, even if the menial tasks are a far cry from her previous job. While the days are long & gruelling, Edie works hard & soon is in favour of Helen Bygrove, the manager's wife, who sees that Edie is destined for bigger things
- which leads to tension with some of the other chambermaids. But as she navigates her new life & finds friendship with fellow maid Lili Probert, she also grows closer to charming, cheerful porter, Charlie Cobbett, & finally finds the happiness she has been searching for. However, what none of her new friends know is that Edie is hi...
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Are these newly-trained Wrens ready to protect Britain’s coastline?

Following a humiliating experience involving

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Books Historical Fiction Books As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end & it’s time for the girls to move on. Years of struggle are over for Frances O’ Leary when Johnny Randolph returns to make things right for her & their daughter.   Do they have a chance of happiness? Of being a family after so long? But their good fortune is fraught with complications when sister Ruby Randolph decides to have her last hurrah, leaving a trail of devastation in her wake. Jessie Delaney is afraid to follow her dreams & leave those she loves behind – can she really have it all? All the seaside girls have their own battles to fight. & while they figure things out it’s time for them to do their bit for the war & keep Britain smiling. Product Information:  •†ISBN:†9781785130250 •†Author: Tracy Baines •†Publisher: Boldwood Books •†Format:†Paperback •†Pages: 304 •†Dimensions:†12.9 x 1.75 x 19.8cm   ...

Host a wonderful themed dinner party! This Classic Dining Moment pack will give you everything you need to give your guests a unique dining experience. Host an exclusive evening of dining entertainment & dressing to impress where exclusive awards are on offer to your guests. Also included three appropriately A-list party games plus all the content required to organise invite & theme your Night at the Awards. This is suitable for 8 Dinner Guests ...

A Night To Remember Martin Jarvis reads Walter Lords definitive account of the sinking of the Titanic, compiled from his own interviews with eyewitnesses Eleven storeys high, a sixth of a mile long & a list of passengers collectively worth 250 million dollars... On the 10th April 1912 the unsinkable Titanic left Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. At 11.40pm on the 14th April, the Titanic collided with an iceberg & was lost. 1, 500 people died in the freezing sea. Legends & stories grew & even now the whole affair still sends shivers down the spine. First published in 1956 & born of 20 years research, this account of the voyage & its aftermath is a classic of detailed investigation. ...

The perfect night
- or the perfect nightmare? It's Saturday night it's the school dance five friends have been waiting for. Five
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In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, the gardens of a deserted farmhouse have lain untouched for decades. But the new owner, keen for renovations to begin, is summoned urgently to the house when his workmen disturb a macabre grave. Wild animals have done their grisly work & the human corpse is badly decomposed. Then a valuable signet ring is found close by, providing the first vital clue. It leads Commissario Guido Brunetti right to the heart of aristocratic Venice, to a family still grieving for their abducted son. ...

Paul Davis forgets things. Why he walked into a room. Who he spoke to, & what they said. What he promised his wife he'd do. Sometimes it's too much, & the panic takes hold.

But he wasn't always like this.

Eight months ago, Paul was attacked
- left for dead after seeing something he shouldn't have
- & has been piecing his life back together ever since.

During the days, therapy helps. But at night, he hears noises that no one else can. That nobody believes. Sometimes he thinks someone is in the house. Other times, the sounds are far stranger.

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• ISBN: 9781409164005
• Author: Linwood Barclay
• Publisher: Orion
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 386
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm















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In the early 1960s, Anne Watts was a newly qualified nurse, eager to use her skills. Her father expected her to work locally, not too far from North Wales, where Anne had grown up, & to then settle down & have children. However, Anne had inherited her father's adventurous spirit & at the first opportunity she set sail for Canada to work in the remote stations in the frozen north of the country. She found a placement easily, among the indigenous Inuit people. With the whole world to explore, Anne later headed for Alice Springs in the Australian outback. She speaks eloquently about what it was like to be a nurse & midwife among a tough cattle-ranching community who lived in close proximity with Australia's Aboriginal people. Anne's eyes were opened to their skills at surviving the harshest of environments, but also to the prejudices they suffered. Forty years later, Anne returned to both countries to see how life has changed in Eskimo Point & Alice Springs, & what has become of its people & landscape. ...

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 & dedication won her the Military OBE, the Royal Red Cross & 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 & the terrible cost of battles such as Ypres, but she also records what life was like for nurses & how she spent her time off-duty. There are moments of humour amongst the tragedy, & even lyrical accounts of the natural beauty that still existed amidst all the destruction. ...