E.M. Forsters vision of love struggling to assert itself in spite of the rigid class boundaries of Edwardian England A Room with a View" contains an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury in " Penguin Classics". Visiting Florence with her prim & proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional lower-class Mr Emerson & his son George. Upon her return to England Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse but she finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves & the passionate yearnings of her heart. More than a love story "A Room with a View" (1908) is a penetrating social comedy & a brilliant study of contrasts
- in values social class & cultural perspectives
- & the ingenuity of fate. In his sparkling introduction Malcolm Bradbury notes that "A Room with a View" was the work where Forster laid down most of his key themes the place where he displayed both his warmth & sharpness & developed his famous light style. This edition also contains suggestions for further reading & explanatory notes. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was a noted English author & critic & a member of the Bloomsbury group. His first novel " Where Angels Fear To Tread" appeared in 1905. " The Longest Journey" appeared in 1907 followed by "A Room With A View" (1908) based partly on the material from extended holidays in Italy with his mother. " Howards End" (1910) was a story that centred on an English country house & dealt with the clash between two families one interested in art & literature the other only in business. " Maurice" was revised several times during his life & finally published posthumously in 1971. If you enjoyed "A Room with a View" you might enjoy D.H. Lawrences " Women in Love" also available in " Penguin Classics"."

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Lucy Honeychurch arrives in Italy for the first time dependent on a Baedeker travel guide & her stern chaperone Miss Bartlett. As she explores Florence Lucy realises the constraints of her middle-class upbringing & finds herself attracted to George Emerson a young man also staying at the Pension Bertolini. Then an impulsive kiss & the confusion that follows prompt a sudden departure from the city. Back in England & engaged to the domineering Cecil Vyse Lucy meets George again. Caught between social obligation & a suppressed desire for a different life she must learn how to be true to herself. ...

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Rooney values his independence & has managed to avoid four widows & two spinsters. But once he moved to Ma Howells place life became very complicated. Harry is the nice bloke" who succumbs to the office vamp at the Christmas party & sets off a scandal that changes everything." ...

Tracing his ancestry through six generations
- slaves & freedmen farmers & blacksmiths lawyers & architects
- back to Africa

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From the author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England now a major BBC 2 TV series & SACRED TREASON comes the brilliant new Elizabethan thriller. 1564: Catholic herald William Harley Clarenceux King of Arms is the custodian of a highly dangerous document. When it is stolen Clarenceux immediately suspects a group of Catholic sympathisers the self-styled Knights of the Round Table. Francis Walsingham the ruthless prot?g? of the queen's Principal Secretary Sir William Cecil intercepts a coded message from the Knights to a Countess known to have Catholic leanings. He is convinced that Clarenceux is trying to use the document to advance the cause of the Catholic Queen. & soon Clarenceux enters a nightmare of suspicion deception & conspiracy. Conflict & fear compounded by the religious doubts of the time conceal a persistent mystery. Where has the document gone? Who has it & who really took it? & why? The roots of betrayal are deep & shocking: & Clarenceux's journey towards the truth entails not just the discovery of clues & signs but also the discovery of himself. ...

In the olive grove youve got to be wise in the feet & wild in the head. At the heart of the beautiful debut novel The Roots of the Olive Tree" are five generations of firstborn Keller women who live in the same house on an olive grove in secluded northern California. Matriarch Anna is 112 & trying to be the oldest woman in the world
- & succeeding heartily. Her daughter Bets granddaughter Callie great-granddaughter Deb & great-great granddaughter Erin are also defying the limits imposed on our lives. When a geneticist comes to study these marvel of longevity Erin announces she is pregnant with a firstborn boy & the Keller womens world is blown wide open. The familys lives tied so closely with the land & the olive trees are richly evoked with memories echoing across generations. Told in turn through the perspective of each of the women the mystery of their existence is revealed in rich compassionate writing that will remain a treasure across the generations."
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When I had first come to the Hebrides Morag my landlady had advised me always to take a rope -- in case ".. . Over & over I had proved its usefulness. I might need it to catch a calf or a sheep; to carry a bundle of hay to the cow or a can of paraffin from the grocer; to tie a bundle of driftwood I had collected or a sack of peat; to secure a boat; make a temporary repair to a sagging fence or a halter for a horse.. . Excepting when they were going on holiday or to church the Bruach crofters were rarely without a length of rope either coiled around an arm or protruding from a pocket. The fourth of Lillian Beckwiths books on her life on Bruach A Rope
- In Case is packed with hilarious stories & delightful characters. Yet it is never sentimental -- always observant. Hugely enjoyable fourth book of Hebridean humour & characters Manchester Evening News"
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