This is a world dominated by The Wild. Man lives in pockets of civilisation claimed from The Wild. Within men's walls life is civilised, the peace punctuated by tournaments, politicking, courtly love & canny business. Beyond those walls men are prey
- vulnerable to the exceptionally powerful & dangerous creatures which populate the l&, & even more vulnerable to those creatures schemes. So when one of those creatures breaks out of The Wild & begins preying on people in their homes, it takes a specialist to hunt it down or drive it out.. . & even then, it's a long, difficult & extremely dangerous job. The Black Captain & his men are one such group of specialists. They have no idea what they're about to face.. . Forget George & the Dragon. Forget Sir Lancelot & tales of Knightly exploits. This is dirty, bloody work. This is violent, visceral action. This is a mercenary knight as you've never seen one before.
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The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy, The Cousins War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy ...

Read by Emily Watson & Gareth Armstrong. In a novel of conspiracy, passion & cold-hearted ambition, Number One bestselling author Philippa Gregory has brought to life the story of a proud & determined woman who believes that she alone is destined, by her piety & lineage, to shape the course of history. Married to a man twice her age, & a mother at only fourteen, Margaret Beaufort is determined to turn her lonely life into a triumph. She sets her heart on putting her son Henry on the throne of England regardless of the cost. Feigning loyalty to the usurper King Richard III, she marries one of his faithful supporters & then masterminds one of the greatest rebellions of the time
- all the while knowing that her son is growing to manhood, recruiting an army, his eyes on the greatest prize.
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Young David Fernley is determined to escape the drudgery of his life as a Yorkshire farmh&. Setting off for the coast, his aim is to join the whaling fleet at Whitby, to earn his living on the stormy & icy Arctic seas. Although he has few sailing skills, a captain soon recognises his worth for David is strong & unafraid of danger. David is followed to the small fishing town by Ruth, his childhood sweetheart, her heart set on marriage. Passionate & proud, she is sure to be a worthy wife. Yet David is drawn to another's betrothed: the pretty, gentle Jenny. & it is Jenny's bright red shawl that David searches for on the cliff-tops on his return from the long months at sea. ...

The poetry that emerged from the trenches of WWI is a remarkable body of work, at once political manifesto & literary beacon for the twentieth century. In this passionate recreation of the lives of the greatest poets to come out of the conflict, Nicholas Murray brilliantly reveals the men themselves as well as the struggle of the artist to live fully & to bear witness in the annihilating squalor of battle. Bringing into sharp focus the human detail of each life, using journals, letters & literary archives, Murray brings to life the men's indissoluble comradeship, their complex sexual mores & their extraordinary courage. Poignant, vivid & unfailingly intelligent, Nicholas Murray's study offers new & finely tuned insight into the
- often devastatingly brief
- lives of a remarkable generation of men.

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Not all angels are heaven sent. I am one such angel, & I have come to pass judgement on the living, & the dead... A report of a rare & unusual gun
- a type favoured by assassins
- being smuggled into the country sparks Detective Harry Hole's interest. Then a former WW2 Nazi sympathizer is found with his throat cut. Next, Harry's former partner is murdered. Why had she been trying to reach Harry on the night she was killed? As Harry's investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that the killer is hell-bent on serving his own justice. & while the link between the cases remains a mystery, one thing is certain: he must be stopped.

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By Jo Nesbo
- the next Stieg Larrson (The Independent) ' On the third day he rose again. To kill...' It is a freezing December
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THE REDEMPTION opens in the world's most oppressive & isolated totalitarian state: Albania in the 1970s. A prisoner suspected of being an enemy agent is held by state security. An unsettling presence, he maintains an eerie silence though subjected to unimaginable torture. He escapes
- & on the way to freedom, completes a mysterious mission. The prisoner is Dimiter, the American 'agent from hell'. The scene shifts to Jerusalem, focusing on Hadassah Hospital & a cast of unusual characters. All become enmeshed in a series of baffling, inexplicable deaths, until events explode in a surprising climax. Told with unrelenting pace, THE REDEMPTION's compelling, page-turning narrative is haunted by the search for faith & the truths of the human condition.
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Maureen O' Hara stars in this western as Kate Maxwell, a saloon proprietor who is torn between suave & sophisticated businessman Jim Averell (William Bishop) & down-to-earth local sheriff Stan Blaine (Alex Nicol). What she doesn't know is that Averell ...

Strong women. Powerful suspense. Fall into the grip of a Nora Roberts novel & it will never let you go. Tate Beaumont, a beautiful student of marine archaeology, & Matthew Lassiter, a sea-scarred young man, share the same ambition. Angelique's Curse, a jewelled amulet thought to be long lost at the bottom of the ocean, is steeped in legend
- & both divers are determined to find it. Forced into a reluctant partnership with Matthew & his uncle, Tate soon learns that her stormy fellow explorer holds as many secrets as the sea itself. & when the truth emerges about the mysterious death of Matthew's father eight years earlier, danger
- & desire
- rush to the surface.


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