In 1700, a Venetian priest, Fra Benedict Loredan, compiles an assembly of documents - letters, written confessions, top-secret state files, diary excerpts, pieces of a secret chronicle - which together tell the story of two lovers caught up in a dangerous and...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2012-06-30

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Neal Stephenson follows his highly-praised historical novels, Quicksilver and The Confusion, with the extraordinary third and final volume of the Baroque Cycle.The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2012-06-30

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A rowdy, exuberant, badly behaved blast of an adventure, Missy begins in 1862 with Dol McQueen, nineteen-year-old flash girl and opium user, heading for a boom town in the American West. On the way she prevents a man from hanging himself only to discover he is a...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2012-06-30

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It's 1989 and, whenever he isn't hanging out in the local bars, Herr Lehmann lives entirely free of responsibility in the bohemian Berlin district of Kreuzberg. Through years of judicious sidestepping and heroic indolence, this barman has successfully avoided the...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2012-06-30

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The worldwide bestselling, Booker-shortlisted modern classicNow a BBC radio play starring Anne-Marie Duff and Bill Paterson, dramatised by Dennis Potter.'Spine-tingling... heart-stunning' New York Times'A novel of blazing imaginative and intellectual force' Salman...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2012-06-28

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An electrifying modern classic - Kneale's sweeping adventure story vividly brings a past age to lifeWINNER OF THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2012-06-28

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With an essay by D. H. Lawrence.'Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss'Fiercely romantic and hugely influential, The Scarlet Letter is the tale of Hester Prynne,...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2012-06-28
Collection : The Penguin English Library
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Two families are united in love and friendship, yet will ambition threaten their future happiness? Joan Jonker introduces Nellie McDonough and Molly Bennett, two of her most popular characters, for the first time in this heart-warming Liverpool saga, Stay in Your Own...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2012-06-24

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'This is historical fiction with a human face'Peter Ackroyd, The Times'A vivid and erudite tour de force'Penelope Lively, Booker Prize-winning author of Moon Tiger'A skilled, ornate and convincing examination of a nineteenth-century scandal in Bragg's own Cumbria'Thomas...

Editeur : Sceptre
Parution : 2012-06-21

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Callum O' Shaughnessy is Liverpool Irish. Ninth child of a tumultuous, affectionate, mostly devout, sometimes too outspoken family. He has 'got on', working his way up by sheer hard work and dedication to be master of his own ship. Maris Woodall's family know about...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2012-06-21

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The first novel inThe Nicholson Quartet, this powerful story of loyalty and heartbreak is set in Glasgow, early in the 20th century.Kirsty, an 'orphan brat' escapes from the remote Ayrshire farm where she was a servant and runs away with her sweetheart, Craig Nelson....

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2012-06-21
Collection : The Nicholson Quartet
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'I am Isabella, Queen of Castile . . .' Isabella was the notorious warrior-queen who, along with her husband Ferdinand, transformed Spain forever. Popular belief has her as a religious fanatic persuaded into the horrific excesses of the Inquisition by her confessor,...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2012-06-21

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There are some problems a quick wit cannot overcome... As war descends on London, a young woman struggles to hold her family together in Victor Pemberton's gripping saga Our Rose. Perfect for fans of Harry Bowling and Dilly Court.Growing up just around the corner from...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2012-06-21

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Left to fend for herself, can Grace hope for happiness again? In The Chandler's Daughter, Victor Pemberton captures the vibrancy of life in pre-war London in the story of one young woman and her path to happiness. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Cathy Sharp.'One...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2012-06-21

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Two women separated by time are linked by the most famous murder mystery in history, the Princes in the Tower.Lady Katherine Grey has already suffered more than her fair share of tragedy. Newly pregnant, she has incurred the wrath of her formidable cousin, Queen...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2012-06-21

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With her dying breath, Mary of Guise entrusts a silver casket containing explosive secret papers to the young Scottish heiress, Rinette Leslie. She makes Rinette promise to keep the casket hidden and only to give it to Mary, Queen of Scots, now on her way home from...

Editeur : Preface Digital
Parution : 2012-06-21

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'In a class of his own' William Boyd'Brilliant' Robert Harris'Dazzling' James Patterson 'I cannot wait for my next Furst' Independent'The most talented espionage novelist of our generation' Vince FlynnFrederic Stahl, born of Viennese intelligentsia, ran away to sea at...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2012-06-14

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With the Great War looming, one young woman also faces obstacles closer to home. Anne Baker's Echoes Across the Mersey is a thrilling saga of an impossible love, set under the storm clouds of war and class. Perfect for fans of Cathy Sharp and Katie Flynn.'A...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2012-06-07

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With the promise of happiness on the horizon, can a young woman help those she loves to achieve the same? A heart-warming and touching saga, Anne Baker's A Glimpse of the Mersey follows a young woman's eventful search for happiness and belonging. Perfect for fans of...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2012-06-07

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A terrible accident. A convicted murderer. An impossible love. A heart-breaking saga from much-loved author, Pam Evans, Close to Home is a gripping tale of intrigue and love, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. 'A compelling book' - Woman's RealmIn 1957,...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2012-06-07

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