In the court of Queen Elizabeth I Maid of Honour Lady Graces the Queens favourite & her very own Lady Pursuivant investigating intrigues at court. When Graces fellow Maid of Honour Lady Sarah disappears after a trip to meet the Queens fleet in the docks Grace knows she has to find out whats going on. She believes Sarah has run away to be married to the handsome Captain Drake
- but is she right? With the help of her acrobat friend Masou Grace leaves the court in disguise in an attempt to track down Lady Sarah & try to save her honour. But this time Grace may be taking on more than she can cope with as she faces life at sea & the dangers of pirates! Will Grace & Masou ever return from their ill-fated voyage?
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Queen Elizabeth is furious at the delays to the production of her new coin
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The Lady in the Lake" is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crime. Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce & marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything & sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery he's denying nothing
- on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe's on the trail of a killer who leads him out of smoggy LA all the way to a murky mountain lake..." Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence". (" Daily Telegraph"). " One of the greatest crime writers who set standards others still try to attain". (" Sunday Times"). " Chandler is an original stylist creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes". (Anthony Burgess). Best-known as the creator of the original private eye Philip Marlowe Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 & died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen & he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction. His books include " The Big Sleep" " The Little Sister" " Farewell" " My Lovely" " The Long Good-bye" " The Lady in the Lake" " Playback" " Killer in the Rain" " The High Window" & " Trouble is My Business"."
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The imprisonment & execution of Queen Anne Boleyn Henry VIIIs second wife in May 1536 was unprecedented in English history. It was sensational in its day & has exerted endless fascination over the minds of historians novelists dramatists poets artists & film-makers ever since. Anne was imprisoned in the Tower of London on 2 May 1536 & tried & found guilty of high treason on 15 May. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men one her own brother & plotting the Kings death. Mystery surrounds the circumstances leading up to her arrest. Was it Henry VIII who estranged from Anne instructed Master Secretary Thomas Cromwell to fabricate evidence to get rid of her so that he could marry Jane Seymour? Or did Cromwell for reasons of his own construct a case against Anne & her faction & then present compelling evidence before the King? Or was Anne in fact guilty as charged? Never before has there been a book devoted entirely to Anne Boleyns fall. Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence demolished many romantic myths & popular misconceptions & rewritten the story of Annes fall creating a richly researched & impressively detailed portrait of the dramatic last days of one of the most influential & important figures in English history. ...

Spring 1540 I am afraid. You are in grave danger. Mother will you run away with me if I can free you? The servants call it the Lady Tower: the isolated part of the castle where Eleanors mother is imprisoned after a terrible accusation. For four years Eleanors only comfort has been their secret notes to one another. A chance discovery reveals a plot to murder her mother. Now Eleanor must free her before it is too late. But with danger & betrayal at every turn she can trust no one. Especially not her father. Eleanor must use all her cunning to survive. For she soon realises that it is not just her mother she needs to save.. .but also herself. ...

Alan Bennett is the author of Writing Home" " The Madness of George III" " Talking Heads" " The Clothes They Stood Up In" & much else besides. Miss Shepherd lived in a Robin Reliant opposite Bennetts house in Camden Town. After a series of attacks on her van he suggested she move with her van to his front drive. Initially reluctant she agreed
- & Bennett landed himself a tenancy that went on for fifteen years. " The Lady in the Van" is probably Alan Bennetts best-known work of non-fiction & follows his other little blockbuster " The Clothes They Stood Up In"."
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels from Starter to Advanced this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Is it coincidence or is he losing his mind? While researching a new programme John a successful television producer comes across a story about a ghostly hitch-hiker. Soon he realises that the story of the Lady in White bears many similarities to part of his own life. Returning to London from a holiday in Ireland John begins to ask himself some uncomfortable questions. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book. ...

HIS LADY IN WAITING In her long years at the convent waiting for her betrothed Lady Isobel de Turenne has built the Comte d Aveyron into a fantasy
- a man who will rescue protect & love her... But when the Comte finally returns to claim his bride Isobel finds instead a man of contradictions
- one who masks dark secrets with desire. Wary of a mans touch but desperate to grasp her new freedom Isobel must decide ifi??its solely duty forcing the Comte to marry or whether he is truly her longedfor champion. Knights of Champagne Three swordsmen for three ladies

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This is the tragic story of Lady Jane Grey who was Queen of England for nine days in July 1553. Jane grew up watching her cousins in training as heirs to the throne little imagining that by a twist of fate she would one day be crowned. But this is Tudor England where nobody plays fair & even a queen isnt safe from those who wish her harm. ...

This is a fresh young fiction look for Dick King-Smith's timeless classics Lady Lollipop & Clever Lollipop". Lollipop is no ordinary pig. According to her young owner Johnny Skinner she's the cleverest pig in the whole kingdom. When people stare into Lollipop's bright intelligent eyes it seems to change them for the better. But will Lollipop win over spoilt Princess Penelope
- & the King & Queen? Lady Lollipop & Clever Lollipop make a classic pair from the much-loved Dick King-Smith the man who brought pigs to fame with " The Sheep-Pig" (filmed as " Babe")."
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