A jewel of modern Norwegian literature now hailed as Lars Saabye Christensen's crowning achievement - an intricate and utterly compelling narrative."With its tonal nuance and quietly amusing melancholy, Echoes of the City confirms him as one of Norway's finest writers"...

Editeur : Maclehose Press
Parution : 2019-10-03

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1971: Mao's cultural Revolution is at its peak. Two sons of doctors, sent to 're-education' camps, forced to carry buckets of excrement up and down mountain paths, have only their sense of humour to keep them going. Although the attractive daughter of the local tailor...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2019-09-19

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Jo Melling has arrived in Birch End from Australia, still grieving her father's recent death. She's not intending to stay long, but after tracking down her distant family,Jo becomes more involved in village life than she could ever have imagined - and suddenly in danger...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2019-08-22
Collection : Birch End
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The brand new series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novels . . . 1919: The war is over, but peace is yet to come. As men are demobbed, women must give up positions that gave them freedom. Edward is given an...

Editeur : Sphere
Parution : 2019-08-15
Collection : War at Home
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'I loved this exquisitely written novel and drank in every word. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant is a reminder of the redemptive nature of love, and that it can be found in the most unexpected places.' Fiona Valpy, bestselling author of The Dressmaker's Gift and...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2019-08-05

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Mojave Desert, 1957.Vincent Kahn is an astronaut in training, living with his wife in the desert. He will go on to be the first man to walk on the moon.Fay Fern is 19-years-old and working in a dive bar, having rejected her parents' wealth and conservatism. She will go...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2019-08-05

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Set in the 1950's, this epic, Warholian novel presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination.Where were you when you first heard President Kennedy had been shot? This is a question most people can answer, even if the...

Editeur : Corsair
Parution : 2019-08-01

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THE FIRST THREE VOLUMES INTHE BESTSELLING ERAST FANDORIN SERIES1THE WINTER QUEEN'Think Tolstoy writing James Bond with the logical rigour of Sherlock Holmes' GUARDIANMoscow 1876. A young law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Moscow's Alexander Gardens. But...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2019-08-01
Collection : Erast Fandorin Mysteries
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'This is historical fantasy at its best' S.A. Chakraborty, author of The City of BrassInspired by Mexican folklore, Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical, wildly imaginative coming-of-age tale for fans of Katherine Arden, Naomi Novik and Helene Wecker.The Jazz Age is in...

Editeur : Arcadia
Parution : 2019-07-23

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The loveable but incorrigible rogue Captain Alan Lewrie is back to cut a wide and wicked swathe through the Caribbean in his eleventh adventure. Its 1798, and Lewrie and his crew of the frigate Proteus have their work cut out for them. First Lewrie has rashly vowed to...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2019-07-15

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The twelfth thrilling and powder-packed instalment of this classic naval adventure series.It is early February 1799, a year of war. Sailing in the Caribbean, Captain Alan Lewrie is once again pursuing a chimera. A rich French prize ship hes left at anchor in Dominica...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2019-07-15

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The fourteenth tale in Dewey Lambdins stirring classic naval adventure series.Spring of 1800 and Captain Alan Lewrie, fresh from victory in the South Atlantic, is reckoned a hero on a par with Nelson in all the papers. Back in England he is fitting out his new frigate,...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2019-07-15

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Another thrilling and powder-packed instalment of this classic naval adventure series.After yellow fever decimated the crew of Alan Lewries HMS Proteus, it had seemed like a good idea to abscond with a dozen slaves from a Jamaican plantation to help man the frigate. But...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2019-07-15

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1989. Salvadorian society is immersed in the horror of civil war. On a fateful November dawn, a group of armed men entered the Universidad Católica and murder six Jesuits priests and two women in cold blood. Survivor of the massacre Father Tojeira is forced to take the...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2019-06-27

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"Immersive, nuanced, impeccably researched" IAN RANKIN"Beautifully written and moving" ALLAN MASSIE"Poignant, nostalgic and redolent of the smell of France" SIMON BRETTFamily history has always been a mystery to Will Latymer. His father flatly refused to talk about it,...

Editeur : Maclehose Press
Parution : 2019-06-27

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Betty is running for her life . . . The gripping Sunday Times bestseller about one woman doing whatever it takes to survive'You are in the story within minutes of opening the book . . . A brilliant story full of twists and turns' 5***** Reader Review'Compelling, rich in...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2019-06-27

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'So vividly evoked that you are there, living the story'Alison Weir***Frances Gorges was accused of witchcraft - and she survived. But if her torturers at the court of King James discover she is pregnant with the child of Tom Wintour, her lover executed for his part in...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2019-06-13
Collection : The King's Witch Trilogy
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** THE MEMORY BOX, THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM KATHRYN HUGHES, IS AVAILABLE NOW ***** Winner Book of the Year in Prima magazine Big Book Awards 2019 **** 'Storytelling at its finest with characters that come alive and a plot that dances with intrigue. An absolutely...

Editeur : Review
Parution : 2019-05-31

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'Elizabeth Gill is a born storyteller' Trisha AshleyAfter Ruth Dixon's mother deserts her on Christmas Eve, her father comes home drunk and commits an unthinkable act. Without money or friends she has nowhere to go, but when he hurts her a second time, she knows what...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2019-05-30

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Can their friendship survive the struggles of war?1940, the East End of London.Life is tough for the Ten Bells Street girls. Best friends from childhood, the three of them now find themselves scattered across London, surviving the war apart. Exiled from the East End,...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2019-05-16
Collection : The Spitalfields Sagas
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