No novelist is as intimately connected to a great city as Dickens is to London. The vibrancy & variety of the city determined the shape & character of Dickens work & he in turn re-created London in his fiction. Andrew Sanders retraces Dickens footsteps through the streets alleys highways & byways of the city exploring the physical nature & architecture of Victorian London. He follows Dickens & his characters from the slums to the City from the mansions of Mayfair to the respectable inner suburbs of Islington & Bloomsbury. He journeys from the untidiness of Walworth & Camden Town to the villas of Twickenham & Hampstead & semi-rural retreats of Dulwich Finchley & Highgate. Although vastly changed with time the London that Dickens created is still vividly present in his writing. The first & greatest of urban novelists Dickens captures the essence of the central modern social phenomenon
- the excitements & problems of the city.
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This is a collection of 5 of Dickens best-known novels: Oliver Twist" "A Christmas Carol" " David Copperfield" " Great Expectations" & "A Tale of Two Cities". This volume of fiction that truly captures the Victorian era will make an artful addition to any home library. Many readers know Victorian England through the writings of Charles Dickens. Not only did Dickens put a face to the era through his memorable characters he also captured the spirit of his age in entertaining fiction spun from its social concerns & historical events. This literary omnibus brings together five of Dickens best-known novels: " Oliver Twist" "A Christmas Carol" " David Copperfield" " Great Expectations" & "A Tale of Two Cities". Prolific energetic & committed to social change no other novelist of the time did as much as Charles Dickens to rally his readers to action & no other writer at any time has created such an extraordinary collection of well-loved novels. This exquisitely designed leatherbound edition has distinctive gilt edging & an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark; it will make an artful addition to any home library." ...

Charles Dowding the master of no-dig gardening developed his highly successful methods of vegetable growing through 30 years experience of growing & selling vegetables & extensive experiments. Through his courses at Lower Farm in Somerset & his three previous books he has won a keen following. Beginners & experienced veg growers alike find that his methods work & that he opens their minds to new possibilities. Now he has distilled the essence of his courses & ideas into one book. In it you will find out how to grow vegetables the Charles Dowding way. Charles Dowdings Vegetable Course is both a straightforward guide to success & an inspiring source of ideas for achieving a more productive vegetable garden for less effort. Lower Farm run by Charles & Susie Dowding has been part of Sawdays Special Places to Stay collection for 12 years. Click the link on the left to visit Sawdays to find out about accommodation at Lower Farm & our other characterful independently-run places to stay across the UK & Europe. All have been inspected & selected because we like them
- what makes each special varies hugely but common to all are owners whose personality friendliness & local knowledge ensure a memorable stay.
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Charles I was a complex man whose career intersected with some of the most dramatic events in English history. He played a central role in provoking the English Civil War & his execution led to the only republican government Britain has ever known. Historians have struggled to get him into perspective veering between outright condemnation & measured sympathy. Richard Cust shows that Charles I was not unfit to be a king emphasising his strengths as a party leader & conviction politician but concludes that none the less his prejudices & attitudes & his mishandling of political crises did much to bring about a civil war in Britain. He argues that ultimately after the war Charles pushed his enemies into a position where they had little choice but to execute him. ...

The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame" " Henry VIII" & " Captain Bligh" Charles Laughtons career spans 50 films & 40 stage roles. This entralling biography follows him from his parents hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his life. Along the way we meet a galaxy of Hollywood greats
- from Korda Hitchcock & Billy WIlder to Gregory Peck Robert Mitchum & Marilyn Monroe. We also discover a hugely talented & complex man
- a legend in his own lifetime who nonetheless counted himself a failure."

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Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of Simon Bretts comic crime novel An Amateur Corpse. Charles is out of work again & to make matters worse his mother has come to stay & hes no way of escaping her. So when hes offered some voiceover work by old friend Hugo hes delighted to get out of the house. But Hugos marriage is in trouble: his much younger wife Ellie spends all her time at her Amateur Dramatic Group & Hugo is drinking too much. When Ellie is found drowned in their swimming pool it seems Hugo is guilty of murder. Its up to Charles to prove his friends innocence... Bill Nighy Suzanne Burden & Geraldine Mc Ewan are among the star cast in this entertaining mystery dramatised by Jeremy Front. ...

In this explosive new ninth volume of never-before-collected comic strip including for the first time reproductions of original artwork from artist Joe Colquhouns archive things are looking up for Charley after he meets the love of his life. But their wedding is destroyed by the roar of destructive Zeppelin Bombers from Berlin! ...

Renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law Slaine) & legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) continue the thrilling humorous & horrifying story of World War One soldier Charley Bourne. As the winter of 1916 approaches Charley is caught in a desperate fight for survival against the Judgment Troopers. Injured in battle he returns home to convalesce...only to discover that the Germans have brought the war to the streets of London! Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy this third volume of Charleys War" features a brand new introduction & directors commentary by Pat Mills plus exclusive bonus content." ...

Renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law Slaine) & legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) continue the thrilling humorous & horrifying story of World War One soldier Charley Bourne. Home from the war thanks to an injury Charley escapes from a terrifying air-raid only to run into a deserter from the Foreign Legion
- who tells him of the awful siege of Fort Vaux even as both men run for their lives from the Military Police! Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy this fourth volume of Charley's War features a brand new introduction by Tariq Goddard & director's commentary by Pat Mills plus exclusive bonus content.
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Renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law Slaine) & legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) continue the thrilling humorous & horrifying story of World War One soldier Charley Bourne. Returning to the front Charley is reunited with old comrades Weeper & Old Bill
- & unfortunately bully Grogan & the vile Lieutenant Snell. As the bullets fly & bombs fall Charley faces as much danger from his own ranks as from the enemy's... Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy this fifth volume of Charley's War" features a brand new introduction & director's commentary by Pat Mills plus exclusive bonus content."
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