The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature. Whether it is the ruthless ambition of Macbeth or the folly of Lear the irresolution of Hamlet or the suspicion of Othello the cause of the tragedy
- even when it is the murder of a king
- is trifling compared to the calamity that it unleashes. Despite his flawed nature however the tragic hero has a nobility that emphasizes the greatness of man. From this paradox the audience is brought to a greater understanding of
- & sympathy with
- suffering. The four tragedies in this collection are accompanied by notes & an introduction to each text making this edition of particular value to students & theatre-goers.



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HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft & fend off any incoming threat to the highly valuable ships & aircraft behind her. On 25 May Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks & hit by three bombs. The explosions tore out most of her port side & killed 19 of the crew leaving many others injured. Within twenty minutes she had capsized & was to sink early the next day. In her final moments when all those not killed by the explosions had been evacuated from the ship her Captain David Hart Dyke himself badly burned climbed down her starboard side & into a life-raft. This is his compelling & moving story. ...

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Foursome" is the brilliantly witty novel from Jane Fallon bestselling author of " Getting Rid of Matthew". Rebecca Daniel Alex & Isabel have been best friends since university. Rebecca married Daniel Alex married Isabel & for twenty years they have been inseparable. But all that is about to change... When Alex walks out on Isabel Rebecca thinks things can't get any worse. But then she finds out the reason why & she's left harbouring a secret she'd rather forget... And there's more upheaval to come in Rebecca's life as her emaciated neurotic self-obsessed colleague Lorna
- her arch nemesis at work
- suddenly becomes a regular feature in her social life. Rebecca's once-happy foursome is now a distant memory & with hearts broken & friendships fractured it seems that change is never a good thing. Or is it? " Foursome" is the sharp & hilariously funny novel from Jane Fallon the bestselling author of R&J selection " Getting Rid of Matthew". Praise for Jane Fallon: " Intelligent edgy & witty". (" Glamour"). "A brilliant & original tale". (" Sun"). " Chick lit with an edge". (" Guardian"). Jane Fallon is the multi-award-winning television producer behind shows such as " This Life" " Teachers" & "20 Things to Do before You're 30". Her novels are " Getting Rid of Matthew" " Foursome" " Got You Back" & " The Ugly Sister"."

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The crows are gathering above Glasgow watching the movements of the clergy & townspeople alike... Tied to St Mungos Cross by the cathedral to be cured of her madness overnight by the saint the young woman is found in the morning beaten & strangled still tied to the cross. But is she who she seems to be? & who would flout the saints protection like this? Gil Cunningham must trace the dead woman & find her enemies track down the thieves & murderers & identify the watchers in the shadows particularly the elusive fourth person who holds the secret of what happened that night. Questioning cathedral staff & apprentice boys pilgrims & tradesmen he uncovers only more puzzles. & then there is another death. How is it connected to the first? While his wife Alys deals with the tensions within their family Gil has to untangle the threads of the mystery to find the solution to all the crimes. ...

The cult calling itself Fourth Day is well-funded & fiercely guards its privacy. Five years ago Thomas Witney went in to try & get evidence that the cults charismatic leader Randall Bane was responsible for the death of Witneys son. Witney never came out. Now ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox agrees to go undercover into Fourth Days California stronghold. A fast covert op
- no real danger for someone with her mind set & training. But Charlie is not prepared for the lure of Randall Bane or how easily he will pinpoint her weaknesses.. .
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The worlds most powerful newspaper barons
- which of them will triumph? At first glance Richard Armstrong & Keith Townsend seemed
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In the course of a routine police raid Detective Inspector Frank Frolich of the Oslo Police saves Elizabeth Faremo from getting inadvertently caught in crossfire. By the time he learns that she is the sister of Jonny Faremo wanted member of a larceny gang it is already too late. He is obsessed. Suspected suspended & blindly in love Frolich must find out if he is being used before his life unravels beyond repair. ...

Set in Mumbai during the Hindu-Muslim conflict of the early 1990s The Fourth Passenger" is the story of four women raised with traditional Indian values whose partnership give them the temerity to stand up against the religious extremism. Having reached their thirties & disillusioned with their lives & husbands their decision to open an urban food stand is mingled with their memories of a distant past when two of them loved the same man. But in order to establish their fledgling business they must contend with individual temperament extortionists ruthless competitors & most importantly the prevailing religious intolerance." ...

Plan Aurora hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow & initiated with relentless brilliance & skill is a plan within a plan that in its spine-chilling ingenuity breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol & turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent placed under cover in a quiet English country town begins to assemble a jigsaw of devastation. MI5 investigator John Preston working against the most urgent of deadlines leads an operation to prevent the act of murderous destruction aimed at tumbling Britain into revolution... ...