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Turn Left at the Daffodils
5
A stirring Second World War tale of love and loss set in Yorkshire from the author of The Linden Walk and A Scent of Lavender.Set during World War 2, TURN LEFT AT THE DAFFODILS tells two love stories – those of Nan and Carrie.Nan meets Charles, a gau…
A stirring Second World War tale of love and loss set in Yorkshire from the author of The Linden Walk and A Scent of Lavender.Set during World War 2, TURN LEFT AT THE DAFFODILS tells two love stories – those of Nan and Carrie.Nan meets Charles, a gau…
The Girl in the Picture
3
Two women. One house. Centuries of secrets.East Sussex Coast, 1855Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets the mysterious and handsome Edwi…
Two women. One house. Centuries of secrets.East Sussex Coast, 1855Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets the mysterious and handsome Edwi…
Stalin: History in an Hour
5
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Arguably no person in history had such a direct and negative impact on the lives of so many as Joseph Stalin. Under the Red Tsar terror knew no limits, it did not discriminate; no one was safe, no…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Arguably no person in history had such a direct and negative impact on the lives of so many as Joseph Stalin. Under the Red Tsar terror knew no limits, it did not discriminate; no one was safe, no…
The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour
5
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Britain has invaded Afghanistan twice before in the nineteenth century. Both times tenacious Afghan fighters defended their country to humiliating British defeats. The Soviet Union also discovered…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Britain has invaded Afghanistan twice before in the nineteenth century. Both times tenacious Afghan fighters defended their country to humiliating British defeats. The Soviet Union also discovered…
The Colour of Heaven
3
From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE – a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Florence and China surrounding the search for ultramarine.THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanis…
From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE – a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Florence and China surrounding the search for ultramarine.THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanis…
The Family on Paradise Pier
5
A stunning historical saga set in the early decades of the twentieth century which follows the lives and loves of one extraordinary family.We first meet the Goold Verschoyle children in 1915. Though there is a war going on in the world outside, they …
A stunning historical saga set in the early decades of the twentieth century which follows the lives and loves of one extraordinary family.We first meet the Goold Verschoyle children in 1915. Though there is a war going on in the world outside, they …
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
5
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing.’Just before the First World War, two yo…
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing.’Just before the First World War, two yo…
Tristram Shandy
4
Now seen as one of the great English comic novels, Tristram Shandy caused a stir on publication in polite 18th-century English society. The novel broke with conventions of form and structure, foreshadowing Postmodern authors by 200 years, and scandal…
Now seen as one of the great English comic novels, Tristram Shandy caused a stir on publication in polite 18th-century English society. The novel broke with conventions of form and structure, foreshadowing Postmodern authors by 200 years, and scandal…
The Awakening
5
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.’Heralded as one of the first instances of fem…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.’Heralded as one of the first instances of fem…
The Evolution of Inanimate Objects: The Life and Collected Works of Thomas Darwin
5
LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZE 2012While carrying out historical research at an Ontario asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register. Could the “Thomas Darwin of Down, England” be a relative of th…
LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZE 2012While carrying out historical research at an Ontario asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register. Could the “Thomas Darwin of Down, England” be a relative of th…
The Emerald Comb
4
'If you want a book that is exciting, fast-paced and impossible to put down, with plenty of twists and turns, then you need to buy this book! I can't wait to read more of Kathleen's novels.' – Emma's Book ReviewsSome secrets are best left buried…Rese…
'If you want a book that is exciting, fast-paced and impossible to put down, with plenty of twists and turns, then you need to buy this book! I can't wait to read more of Kathleen's novels.' – Emma's Book ReviewsSome secrets are best left buried…Rese…
A Most Improper Proposal
5
Isabella Adams has tasted desire—and paid the price.With four scandalous attachments to her name, only the fierce patronage of Lady Watson has kept the doors of fashionable society open. And yet, when a handsome stranger literally sweeps her off her …
Isabella Adams has tasted desire—and paid the price.With four scandalous attachments to her name, only the fierce patronage of Lady Watson has kept the doors of fashionable society open. And yet, when a handsome stranger literally sweeps her off her …
The Scandalous Proposal Of Lord Bennett
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To have and to hold?Reluctant debutante Lady Clarissa Macpherson has never forgotten the forbidden kiss she shared with notorious rake, Lord Theodore Bennett, all those years ago. Even now, he’s the one man who sets Clarissa’s pulse racing and her sk…
To have and to hold?Reluctant debutante Lady Clarissa Macpherson has never forgotten the forbidden kiss she shared with notorious rake, Lord Theodore Bennett, all those years ago. Even now, he’s the one man who sets Clarissa’s pulse racing and her sk…
The Trouble With Misbehaving
3
Love, Betrayal and RedemptionCalista ‘CC’ Collins is used to being the talk of the town. With her scandalous past she’s learnt the hard way that a woman needs to be strong to get what she wants in a man’s world. And what she wants is the infamous Cap…
Love, Betrayal and RedemptionCalista ‘CC’ Collins is used to being the talk of the town. With her scandalous past she’s learnt the hard way that a woman needs to be strong to get what she wants in a man’s world. And what she wants is the infamous Cap…
Fighter Heroes of WWI: The untold story of the brave and daring pioneer airmen of the Great War
3
The first heroes of the air.Rewriting the rules of military engagement and changing the course of modern history as a result, the pioneering airmen of the First World War took incredible risks to perform their vital contribution to the war effort.Fig…
The first heroes of the air.Rewriting the rules of military engagement and changing the course of modern history as a result, the pioneering airmen of the First World War took incredible risks to perform their vital contribution to the war effort.Fig…
Волна
4
В сборник рассказов вошли истории людей, прошедших блокаду Ленинграда, истории женщин, которые ждали мужей с войны. Также книгу возглавляет история, основанная на реальных событиях, произошедших в Северо-Курильске в 1952 году. Об этой трагедии, унесш…
В сборник рассказов вошли истории людей, прошедших блокаду Ленинграда, истории женщин, которые ждали мужей с войны. Также книгу возглавляет история, основанная на реальных событиях, произошедших в Северо-Курильске в 1952 году. Об этой трагедии, унесш…
Русские горки. Солнечный ветер
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Это сборник коротких повестей о похождениях русских людей на поверхности планеты Земля в XIX — XX веках. Пародия на классический вестерн «Настоящему индейцу завсегда везде ништяк» повествует о приключениях блудливого попа и отмороженного казака на Ди…
Это сборник коротких повестей о похождениях русских людей на поверхности планеты Земля в XIX — XX веках. Пародия на классический вестерн «Настоящему индейцу завсегда везде ништяк» повествует о приключениях блудливого попа и отмороженного казака на Ди…
Minni. Призвание – любить
5
Роман «Minni. Призвание – любить» погружает читателя в эпоху расцвета и трагического падения Российской империи, крушения жизней, верований и надежд миллионов людей. Но не об этом основной сюжет этого произведения, а о большой, ставшей бессмертной и …
Роман «Minni. Призвание – любить» погружает читателя в эпоху расцвета и трагического падения Российской империи, крушения жизней, верований и надежд миллионов людей. Но не об этом основной сюжет этого произведения, а о большой, ставшей бессмертной и …
Золотой скарабей
4
В романе «Золотой скарабей» прослеживается история семьи Строгановых. Петр I не очень любил титулованную знать и дал Строгановым, этим энергичным, деятельным, талантливым людям, свое именование – «именитые люди». На Урале таких было две семьи, Строга…
В романе «Золотой скарабей» прослеживается история семьи Строгановых. Петр I не очень любил титулованную знать и дал Строгановым, этим энергичным, деятельным, талантливым людям, свое именование – «именитые люди». На Урале таких было две семьи, Строга…
Раскаты
3
1904-й год. Российская империя, охваченная забастовками рабочих и лихорадкой войны с Японией, доживает последние месяцы перед Первой революцией. Александр Арцыбашев - известный и талантливый хирург, под маской которого прячется человек с темными стра…
1904-й год. Российская империя, охваченная забастовками рабочих и лихорадкой войны с Японией, доживает последние месяцы перед Первой революцией. Александр Арцыбашев - известный и талантливый хирург, под маской которого прячется человек с темными стра…

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