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If you like Philippa Gregory, you will love this vibrant and captivating historical page-turner from multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy - the perfect blend of history with romance and drama. 'Full - bloodied, dramatic, exciting' - THE...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2011-02-15
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Banished from her father's sight and home since the age of four, wheelchair-bound Esther Kerral is horrified when Jos Kerral forces her into an arranged marriage with Morgan Cosmore, the son of a local factory owner. Both fathers hope the union will save their ailing...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-02-09
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Robbed of marriage to the man she loved, Leah Bryce rears his daugther Miriam as her own. But her bitterness and desire for vengeance lead her to treat the girl with extreme cruelty, and when Miriam falls pregnant, Leah refuses to let her marry the father of her child....
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-02-09
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A dramatic tale of a wronged woman who rises above adversity to grasp love and happiness at last. For fans of Josephine Cox and Catherine Cookson.Shocked beyond measure at her wrongful imprisonment, Phoebe Pardoe finds it hard to adjust to the harshness of life in the...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-02-09
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Raped and left pregnant by her drunken father, Anna Bradley knows she must abandon her baby and make a new life if her son is to have a future. As luck would have it, she is befriended by Maggie Fellen, and under her gruff but tender care, Anna builds up a successful...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-02-09
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In a world at war, a brother and sister seek revenge...Another drama-drenched story in a truly epic historical series.They were born in the middle of a battle, into a world at war. And from their first moments of life, twins Satyrus and Melitta were fighting for...
Editeur :
Orion
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2011-02-03
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Tyrant
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In the remote forests of Mauritius, young Raj is almost oblivious of the Second World War raging beyond his tiny exotic island. With only his mother for company while his father works as a prison guard, solitary ever since his brothers died years ago, Raj thinks only of...
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Maclehose Press
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2011-02-03
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Bolitho adventure from our best-loved navel writer, Douglas Reeman writing as Alexander Kent.It is January 1819, and Captain AdamBolitho ships out from Falmouth bound for Freetown, on the old the slave coast of Africa. H.M.S. Onward carries sealed orders in the...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2011-02-03
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Grace Hammer lives a sweet enough life with her four children in London's dank and dirty East End, dipping into the pockets of wealthy strangers foolish enough to venture there. She keeps a clean house and a tight hold on her magpie nature, restricting her interests to...
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Vintage Digital
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2011-01-31
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Early nineteenth century New Zealand the great chief Te Rauparaha has conquered tiny Kapiti Island, from where Ngati Toa launches brutal attacks on its southern enemies. Off the coast of Kapiti, English trader John Stewart seeks to trade with Te Rauparaha, setting off...
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Nz Epenguin
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2011-01-31
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My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira is an epic historical novel about a brilliant young woman's struggle to become a doctor during the American Civil War.Mary Sutter, a brilliant young midwife, dreams of proving herself as capable as any man. But medical schools...
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Penguin
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2011-01-27
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'A gripping narrative - a deeply moving study of love, loss and solitude' Independent on Sunday Celebrated nineteenth-century concert pianist and composer, editor and teacher, friend of Brahms - Clara Schumann was also the wife of Robert Schumann, the mother of his...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-01-25
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The second part of the Irish epic from the bestselling author of Sarum, Russka, London and Dublin.Following the critically acclaimed success of Dublin, this riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation,...
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Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-01-18
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The epic novel from the bestselling author of Sarum, Russka, London andThe Forest.Edward Rutherfurd's great Irish epic reveals the story of the people of Ireland through the focal point of the island's capital city.The epic begins in pre-Christian Ireland during the...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-01-11
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Multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy brings the fascinating story of the hatred between two queens expertly to life. Readers of Philippa Gregory will not be disappointed. 'Full - bloodied, dramatic, exciting' - THE OBSERVER'Plaidy, by the...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2011-01-11
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Catherine de' Medici is about to unveil her most bloody plot for power...The ageingCatherine de' Medici has arranged the marriage of her beautiful Catholic daughter Margot to the uncouth Huguenot King Henry of Navarre. Margot, still desperately in love with Henry de...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2011-01-11
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Summer 1553: A time of danger and deceit. Brendan Prescott, an orphan, is reared in the household of the powerful Dudley family. Brought to court, Brendan finds himself sent on an illicit mission to the King’s brilliant but enigmatic sister, Princess Elizabeth. But...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2011-01-06
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Sold by his father for four guineas, Patrick Devlin was working as a servant to Royal Navy Captain John Coxon when he was catpured by pirates. Now, Devlin has himself become one of the most feared pirates in the world - and Coxon his most bitter foe. But in this...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-01-06
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I was ten years old whenI discoveredI might be a witch... The sixteenth century: the era of queens. Catherine de Medici is an impressionable, mystical girl. She is orphaned and taken hostage by her enemies, and manipulated by her advisors; yet she is to become...
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Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2011-01-06
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NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMA, THE SINGAPORE GRIP IS A MODERN CLASSIC FROM THE BOOKER-PRIZE WINNING J.G. FARRELL'Brilliant, richly absurd, melancholy' Observer'Enjoyable on many different levels' Sunday Times'One of the most outstanding novelists of his generation'...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2010-12-30
Collection :
W&N Essentials
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