Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on his wits and dazzling charm. As his memory begins to fail, she embarks on a quest to unravel his story, and soon finds herself in a far more consuming...
Great Britain
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Author:Carew, KeggieSummary: - Author:Knight, BernardSummary:
While investigating a brazen murder, Coroner of the Verge Sir John de Wolfe discovers a sinister plot to topple the crown, even as King Richard is away fighting the French. Sir John's smarts and quick wits will surely be tested by the...
- Author:Scott, AmandaSummary:
Lady Sibylla Cavers est mûre pour le mariage et pourtant, elle rejette les trois premiers prétendants présentés par son père. Quand l'un d'eux, l'élégant lord Simon Murray, porte secours à lady Sibylla et à la...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:In the Spring of 1277, Prioress Eleanor goes on a pilgrimage to a famous East Anglian shrine. There are rumors that King Edward may also visit the shrine soon to seek God’s blessing for his invasion of Wales. Lurking in this sacred...
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Author:Speedwell, RowanSummary:El encantador granuja Tristan Northwood parece tenerlo todo: un nombre con solera, una herencia noble, una encantadora mujer y un hijo al que adora. Las mujeres le aman y parece que no hay nada que no pueda hacer, tanto si es seducir a...
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Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:It’s 1842. 14-year-old Jennie Lawrence has been found guilty of stealing, and finds herself aboard one of the few women-only convict ships destined for Australia.
Jennie had been desperate – and, as she gets to know the other...
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Author:Senior, HerewardSummary:The insular character of Britain delayed the creation of professional police until the 19th century. This volume traces the course of British amateur policing until that time, at which point it deals with the foundation of the London...
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Complete Surrender: the True Story of a Family's Dark Secret and the Brothers it Tore Apart at BirthAuthor:SHARP, DaveSummary:Approximately sixty years after the event, Dave Sharp discovered that he had been given away at the age of one month. This sent him on a quest to discover the truth behind his mysterious abandonment, and finally reunited him with his...
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Olympic diver Tom Daley explores the experiences that have shaped him and the qualities that brought him success and joy--from the resilience he developed competing at a world-class level, to the courage he discovered while reclaiming...
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Author:Gildiner, CatherineSummary:Written with the same spirit and wit as the bestselling Too Close to the Falls and After the Falls, Coming Ashore is the third and final volume of Catherine Gildiner’s memoir series. Picking up her story in the late ’...
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Author:Edwards, Ruth DudleySummary:Robert Amiss is persuaded by his friend Detective Sergeant Pooley of the CID to take a job as a waiter in Ffeatherstonehaugh’s (pronounced Fanshaw’s), a gentlemen’s club in St James’, London. The club secretary has allegedly jumped to...
- Author:Johnson, PaulSummary:
Johnson explores the complex and fascinating character of Winston Churchill--the soldier, orator, and statesman who shined brightest during Britain's darkest hours.
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Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary:Charles Dickens is known for writing the greatest of all Christmas stories -- A Christmas Carol, but few know that he wrote a number of other short stories for that holiday season. Here in one wonderful audio collection are six short...
- Author:Toye, JoannaSummary:
Uplifting and heartwarming: drama, courage and romance at Marlow's department store this Christmas For Lily Collins and her fellow shop girls at Marlow's Department store, another Christmas with ration books, shortages of goods and...
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Charlie Muffin has been approached to mastermind a 4.5 million dollar protection job for Tsar Nicholas II's priceless stamp collection. Charlie has no way of knowing that the Romanov stamp exhibition has been staged entirely by the FBI...
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Author:JACOBS, JosephSummary:Leading British folklorist selected 20 tales embodying the wonderful humor and heroism of Celtic folklore and compiled them into this one important volume. Leprechauns, fairies, and medieval heroes figure in the strange events related...
- Author:Hibbert, ChristopherSummary:
Presents a vivid, detailed narrative history of the English Civil War, 1642-1649.
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Author:Fleming, IanSummary:For James Bond and the British Secret Service, the stakes couldn't be higher. The MI6 agent's mission is to neutralize the Russian operative Le Chiffre by ruining him at the baccarat table and forcing his Soviet masters to "retire" him...
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Caustic and hilarious, Candide has ranked as one of the world's great satires since its first publication in 1759. It concerns the adventures of the youthful Candide, disciple of Dr. Pangloss. In the course of his travels in Europe and...
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Author:Evelina, NicoleSummary:History remembers Guinevere’s sin, but it was Arthur who transgressed first.Forced into a marriage she neither anticipated nor desired, Guinevere finds herself High Queen, ruling and fighting alongside Arthur as they try to subdue the...
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