When 12-year-old Katherine Howard comes to live in the Duchess of Norfolks household poor relation Cat Tilney is deeply suspicious. The two girls couldnt be more different: Cat watchful & ambitious; Katherine interested only in clothes & boys. Their companions are in thrall to Katherine but its Cat in whom Katherine confides & despite herself Cat is drawn to her. Summoned to court at 17 Katherine leaves Cat in the company of her ex-lover Francis & the two begin their own much more serious love affair. Within months the king has set aside his Dutch wife Anne for Katherine. The future seems assured for the new queen & her maid-in-waiting although Cat would feel more confident if Katherine hadnt embarked on an affair with one of the kings favoured attendants Thomas Culpeper. However for a blissful year & a half it seems that Katherine can have everything she wants. But then allegations are made about her girlhood love affairs. Desperately frightened Katherine recounts a version of events which implicates Francis but which Cat knows to be a lie. With Francis in the Tower Cat alone knows the whole truth of Queen Katherine Howard
- but if she tells Katherine will die.
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A KGB-trained IRA assassin has gone rogue & is hellbent on killing the Pope. The IRA KGB & British Secret Service are all after him but can Liam Devlin get there first? Classic Jack Higgins for the new generation Operating in Ireland to keep the cycle of violence between the IRA & British Intelligence at a fever pitch hit man Cuchulain targets the pope as his ultimate victim & two enemies become the only people who can stop him. The third book in the Liam Devlin series hero of The Eagle has Landed. ...

A KGB-trained IRA assassin has gone rogue & is hellbent on killing the Pope. The IRA KGB & British Secret Service are all after him but can Liam Devlin get there first? Classic Jack Higgins for the new generation Operating in Ireland to keep the cycle of violence between the IRA & British Intelligence at a fever pitch hit man Cuchulain targets the pope as his ultimate victim & two enemies become the only people who can stop him. The third book in the Liam Devlin series hero of The Eagle has Landed. ...

Simon Mayo first opened his confessional in 1988 on BBC Radio 1's Breakfast Show. Every day one shamefaced listener would share their deepest darkest secret while millions tuned in to find out whether or not Simon would grant his forgiveness. Over twenty years later Simon presents the daily Drivetime show on BBC Radio 2 & the confessions segment is back. Now those guilty listeners who missed their chance first time round have joined a whole new generation of sinners to beg for clemency from Father Mayo & his flock. From supermarket-wrecking games of 'aisle catch' to kidnapped pensioners & clandestine pet vasectomies this is a br&-new collection of hilarious letters & emails from Simon's ever-popular show. Join the discussion on Twitter: drivetimeconfessions. ...

The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange & mysterious place. Now you can climb inside & wander around. Find out just how Derren's mind works see what motivates him & discover what made him the weird & wonderful person he is today. Obsessed with magic & illusions since childhood Derren's life to date has been an extraordinary journey & here in Confessions of a Conjuror he allows us all to join him on a magical mystery tour
- to the centre of his brain... Taking as his starting point the various stages of a conjuring trick he's performing in a crowded restaurant Derren's endlessly engaging narrative wanders through subjects from all points of the compass from the history of magic & the fundamentals of psychology to the joys of internet shopping & the proper use of Parmesan cheese. Brilliant hilarious & entirely unlike anything else you have ever read before Confessions of a Conjuror" is also a complete & utter joy."
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The incredibly popular Daily Mail column Confessions of a Fashionista" feeds its hungry readers snippets of a life in the glittering yet deranged world of fashion. Now its anonymous author reveals both her identity & the true story of her giddyingly glamorous time in the style industry with insider gossip on the people who populate it. Propelled by a painful end to a relationship & determined to prove her ex wrong for breaking up with her our Fashionista lands a place on the Harrods Graduate Scheme. A complete outsider to the fashion world she sets out on a wing & a pair of Guccis & finds herself in a whirlwind of couture & craziness. Along the way she learns how to stay sane in a world where hairdressers have egos as big as their clients bouffants where dogs fly business class & if youre eating carbs it can only be because youre pregnant. " Confessions of a Fashionista" is a book for anyone whos ever been an outsider for anyone whos ever had a relationship end badly & thought theyd never find true love & for anyone who thinks that cakes were made to be eaten not sniffed. By turns hilarious sad thrilling romantic & fun it is the It book for fashionistas everywhere." ...

From GMTV weathergirl to Loose Women anchor Andrea Mc Lean has become one of our most-loved TV presenters. But for years her famous smile has been concealing some devastating secrets. With heartbreaking honesty she opens up about the end of her first marriage & how on the edge of a breakdown she found herself juggling her demanding career with raising her son alone. When her second marriage also fell apart
- in the glare of the media spotlight
- it seemed her life had really hit rock bottom. In her fully updated autobiography Andrea writes movingly about her joys & sorrows & about coming to terms with being a single mum again. She describes how she learns that messing up doesnt mean youre wicked
- just human. & she takes us behind the scenes at GMTV Dancing on Ice & Loose Women to reveal that television can be a treacherous place for a good girl!


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When Cy Flood applied for work as a holiday rep his reasons were simple. He wanted to party like crazy booze like there was no tomorrow & pull like it was going out of fashion! In his ten years working for holiday companies as a rep Cy has seen it all. From Lanzarote to Ibiza from Palma to the Greek Islands there have been flying cockroaches flying televisions drunken pub crawls angry clients wild sex & a TV crew on the scene. There are tales so tall that they defy belief. As well as the sun sea sand & shameless excess a shockingly true picture of life as a travel rep is exposed; a world of violent crime corruption & drug dealing. Cy's confessions allow us to peep into a world we all see from the outside but wish we knew more about. ...

From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP. From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career
- as the only man in a gynaecology ward
- hes pretty much dealt with everything: body parts that come off in his hands; teenagers with phantom pregnancies; doctors unable to tell the difference between their left & right; violent drunks; singing relatives; sexism...and a whole lot of nudity. Confessions of a Male Nurse is a touching shocking & frequently hilarious account of one mans life in nursing.

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