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Written in 1873 it was autobiographical and the heroine Elfride Swancourt is based on Hardy's first wife Emma Gifford. The novel tells the tail of a the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds.

Eight thrilling tales from the writer of Brothers in Law, featuring courtroom cases, legal wranglings, conspiracy and blackmail Barrister and county court judge, Henry Cecil wrote numerous comic stories set in the legal world, most famously Brothers in Law. Collected here are eight vintage...

January 1965. The orphaned O'Leary siblings—Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy—arrive in the village of Ballycrea, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start. After being met with suspicion from most of the locals, the family are thrilled when they're taken under the wing of their well-respected neighbours, Bill and Betty Nevan, who offer them work, companionship and an opportunity to fit in.

Immensely popular and hugely influential, legendary series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This first compendium presents the episodes in chronological order of original broadcast date.

In his latest adventure Bruno, France's favourite country cop, investigates a long-buried war crime and faces a devastating flood that threatens the town he polices and the people he loves. 'FRENCH TOURISM SHOULD RAISE A GLASS TO WALKER'S DORDOGNE MYSTERIES' Daily Mail The long arm of history...

Nowhere else in Britain in the modern era, or indeed in Europe, did civil order break down over such a wide area, or for such a long time, as on the border country between Scotland and England. For more than a century, the hoofbeats of countless raiding parties drummed over the border. From Dumfriesshire to the high wastes of East Cumbria, from Roxburghshire to Redesdale, from the lonely valley of Liddesdale to the fortress city of Carlisle, swords and spears spoke while the law remained silent

Immensely popular and hugely influential, The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This 14th and final collection returns to the programme's fourth series and includes the episodes 'The History of Communications', 'The Kippered Herring Gang', 'The Tooth-Paste Expedition', 'The Case of the Vanishing Room', 'The Greatest Mountain in the World', 'Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System', 'The Case of Agent X2 (aka The Silent Bugler)', 'The Story of Brain [sic] (aka Western Story)', 'The Saga of the Internal Mountain' and 'Bank of England Robbery'.

‘A powerful, beautifully crafted story that ratchets up the tension with every page and packs a huge emotional punch’ T. M. Logan ***** Knowing the truth will destroy her. Keeping it secret will destroy him. It’s Livia’s 40th birthday and she’s having the party of a lifetime to make up...

Agents of Innocence is the book that established David Ignatius's reputation as a master of the novel of contemporary espionage. Into the treacherous world of shifting alliances and arcane subterfuge comes idealistic CIA man Tom Rogers. Posted in Beirut to penetrate the PLO and recruit a high-level operative, he soon learns the heavy price of innocence in a time and place that has no use for it. 

Was World War II really the 'Good War'? In the years since the declaration of peace in 1945, many myths have sprung up around the conflict in the victorious nations. In this audiobook, Peter Hitchens deconstructs the many fables which have become associated with the narrative of the 'Good War'. Whilst not criticising or doubting the need for war against Nazi Germany at some stage, Hitchens does query whether September 1939 was the right moment or the independence of Poland the right issue.

Brought to you by Penguin. Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical...

The second of Richard Hannays’ adventures takes him from the trenches of the First World War on a mission of vital importance to the British campaign in the East. In an attempt to manipulate their Turkish allies the Germans have created a religious figurehead, a prophet of a new order to unify the disparate tribes of Asia and crush the allied offensive.

This is the story of the last acrimonious days of The Beatles, a final chapter reconstructing for the first time the seismic events of 1969, the year that saw the band reach new highs of musical creativity and new lows of internal strife. Two years after Flower Power and the hippie idealism of the Summer of Love, the '50s dream had perished on the vine. By 1969, violence and vindictiveness had replaced The Beatles' own mantra of peace and love.

‘There’s Rosemary, that’s for remembrance.’ Published in 1945, Sparkling Cyanide is all about remembrance. It begins with six characters recalling the horrific death of Rosemary Barton, a beautiful but shallow young heiress poisoned by a cyanide-spiked glass of champagne whilst...

Inspector Cross bittet Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson um Hilfe in einem mysteriösen Mordfall. Der Spediteur Roy West wurde tot in seinem Haus aufgefunden. Er lag in einer großen Blutlache, einige Federn waren um ihn herum drapiert. Es sah danach aus, als sei ein Ritualmord begangen worden. Sherlock Holmes hegt den Verdacht, dass es sich möglicherweise um ein Voodoo-Ritual gehandelt hat.

Reenas will sich mit Tony treffen. Um Mr. Silver zu helfen, sagt der Dämonenhasser zu. Doch dort wird er hart von einer Eisenkette am Kopf getroffen und ab diesem Moment hat er immer wieder Blackouts. Als Tony vor laufenden Kameras den Star-DJ Adrian Hooker erschießt, können es seine Freunde nicht fassen. Was ist nur mit Tony passiert?

Reenas, der schwarze Druide, hatte Mr. Silver in eine andere Zeit entführt, doch Tony und Lance konnten den Kristall an sich bringen, der dies ermöglicht hatte. Wird es ihnen gelingen, mit dessen Hilfe die Spur zu Mr. Silver zu finden? Reenas will das auf jeden Fall verhindern und er will seinen Kristall zurück.

Chief Inspector Anthony Stafford möchte mit seiner Frau Fiona ein romantisches Wochenende in Brighton verbringen, doch der nächste Mord ist nur einen Strandspaziergang entfernt. Warum werden Anthony und Fiona von mysteriösen Unbekannten verfolgt? Weshalb wird in ihr Hotelzimmer eingebrochen?

The Conservation Manifesto (also known as The Fight for Conservation) is a 1910 book by Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the United States Forest Service and one of the principal architects of the American conservation movement. Gifford Pinchot argued that America’s forests, water, minerals...

Linckes' Great Case is a captivating short mystery by the celebrated English author Georgette Heyer, renowned for her historical romances and her brilliant, intricately plotted crime stories. At the heart of the tale is a sharp, clever investigation packed with psychological tension, meticulous attention to detail, and a touch of classic British wit. When an unexpected crime disrupts the established order, it takes a keen analytical mind to unravel the web of secrets, hidden motives, and deceptive clues.