Jacquetta daughter of the Count of Luxembourg & kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe was married to the great Englishman John Duke of Bedford uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house-hold for love & then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's close friend & a Lancaster supporter
- until the day that her daughter Elizabeth Woodville fell in love & married the rival king Edward IV. Of all the little-known but important women of the period her dramatic story is the most neglected. With her links to Melusina & to the founder of the house of Luxembourg together with her reputation for making magic she is the most haunting of heroines.
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Ed an American author on the hunt for a story for his next book arrives in London looking for inspiration. A stranger in a strange city hes haunted by a deadly secret that refuses to stay buried & no matter how hard he tries he cannot escape the manifest sins of his past. What Ed wants is answers what he finds is something he definitely didnt bargain for: the beautiful & untouchable Andeanna Menderes. Andeanna is a woman who is dangerously bound to one of Londons most notorious crime lords & if they are caught together it could mean death for them both. Ensnared in an illicit affair that can only be conducted in the shadows Eds world is turned upside down as a series of shattering revelations blurs the line between whats real & whats not... ...

Neville Roscoe notorious & enigmatic lives resolutely outside society bound only by his code of honour
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SEDUCING THE CAPTAIN It would be unwise to mistake me for an innocent debutante
- for years I have graced the smoky gloom of many
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This collection brings together Jane Austen's earliest experiments in the art of fiction & novels that she left incomplete at the time of her premature death in 1817. Her fragmentary juvenilia show Austen developing her own sense of narrative form whilst parodying popular kinds of fiction of her day. Lady Susan is a wickedly funny epistolary novel about a captivating but unscrupulous widow seeking to snare husbands for her daughter & herself. The Watsons explores themes of family relationships the marriage market & attitudes to rank which became the hallmarks of her major novels. In Sanditon Austen exercises her acute powers of social observation in the setting of a newly fashionable seaside resort. These novels are here joined by shorter fictions that survive in Austen's manuscripts including critically acclaimed works like Catharine Love & Freindship [sic] & The History of Engl&. ...

The Lady with the Little Dog & Other Stories 1896-1904" is an enchanting collection of tales which showcase Anton Chekhov at the height of his power as a writer. This " Penguin Classics" edition is translated by Ronald Wilks with an introduction by Paul Debreczeny. In the final years of his life Chekhov produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces & some of the most highly-regarded works in Russian literature. The poignant " The Lady with the Little Dog" & " About Love" examine the nature of love outside of marriage
- its romantic idealism & the fear of disillusionment. & in stories such as " Peasants" " The House with the Mezzanine" & " My Life" Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor & of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation & hardship. With the works collected here Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales
- developing a broader range of characters & subject matter while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire such modern short-story writers as Ernest Hemingway & William Faulkner. Ronald Wilks's translation is accompanied by an introduction in which Paul Debreczeny discusses the themes that Chekhov adopted in his mature work. This edition also

Includes:: a publishing history & notes for each story a chronology & further reading. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born in Taganrog a port on the sea of Azov. In 1879 he travelled to Moscow where he entered the medical faculty of the university graduating in 1884. During his university years he supported his family by contributing humorous stories & sketches to magazines. He published his first volume of stories " Motley Tales" in 1886 & a year later his second volume " In the Twilight" for which he received the Pushkin Prize. Today his plays including " Uncle Vanya" " The Seagull" & " The Cherry Orchard" are recognised as masterpieces the world over. If you enjoyed " The Lady with the Little Dog" you might like Leo Tolstoy's " The Death of Ivan Ilyich & Other Stories" also available in " Penguin Classics"."



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London 1844 & a shy young woman has arrived to take up a new position in the grandeur of No. 50 Wimpole Street. Subtly & compellingly Lady's Maid gives voice to Elizabeth Wilson's untold story her complex relationship with her mistress Elizabeth Barrett & her dramatic role in the most famous elopement in history. ...

In the quiet of a warm summer evening two young mothers are forced to give up their babies. Whilst Kate grows up knowing only poverty & servitude Josie's world is one of privilege & luxury. Despite the differences in their circumstances Kate & Josie have been friends since childhood. But their past binds them together in ways they must never know. Until a chance meeting forces Kate & Josie to confront the truth of that night nearly twenty years before
- a truth that turns both worlds upside down & threatens to destroy their friendship forever...
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Older babies & toddlers will love the wiggly jiggly ladybird finger puppet smiling faces & bright colours in this interactive first numbers book part of Ladybird's best-selling Baby Touch" range. Have fun counting up from one to five together & playing with the soft friendly ladybird peeking through every page. " Ladybird Baby Touch: Wiggle Jiggle Ladybird!" is perfect for sharing with active babies & stimulating their senses." ...

Ahoy there! Welcome to Skullabones Island! Meet Captain Cutlass & his loyal crew including Toolbox Tom & Lookout Lil in this exciting eight button sound book from Ladybirds Big Noisy Book" range. There are five different pirate tales throughout with cues to press the sound buttons & help the story along. From dancing to pirate music & hearing the parrots squawk to firing a cannon or booing the horrid Stinkyfish Gang theres noisy pirate fun galore." ...