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Pub. Date
2021
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William Warwick, now a Detective Inspector, is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. His team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle appears to exceed his income. But as a personal relationship develops with a member of William's team, it threatens to compromise the whole investigation. Meanwhile,...
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2013.
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1831. 15-year-old Mary begins the difficult task of telling her story. Mary leads a harsh life working on her father's farm. In the summer she is sent to work for the local vicar's invalid wife, where the reasons why she must record the truth of what happens to her are gradually revealed.
6) Hamnet
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Tinder Press
Pub. Date
2020
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On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the week.
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Pathfinder guide volume 7
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Jarrold
Pub. Date
1998
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Pathfinder Guides provide easy to follow directions and detailed maps for country walks throughout the British Isles. This guide to walks around Fort William and Glencoe presents 28 colour-coded routes for walkers of all abilities.
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Jonathan Cape
Pub. Date
2011
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Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England and formally recognized as such by her subjects. In this biography, Tracy Borman elegantly sifts through the shards of evidence to uncover an extraordinary story.
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Vintage
Pub. Date
2012
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Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England and formally recognized as such by her subjects. In this biography, Tracy Borman elegantly sifts through the shards of evidence to uncover an extraordinary story.
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2017
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Stavern 1983: Christmas is approaching, snow is falling heavily, and a young ambitious policeman named William Wisting has just become the father of twins. After a brutal robbery, he is edged off the investigation by more experienced officers, but soon he is on another case that is not only unsolved but has not even been recognised as murder. Forgotten in a dilapidated barn stands a bullet-riddled old car, and it looks as if the driver did not get...
11) Devil
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Headline
Pub. Date
2015
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Robert of Normandy is handsome, brave and impetuous - and has just seized Normandy's mightiest castle. But his older brother, Richard, the Duke of Normandy, wants it back ... and will take it by force if need be. Herleva of Falaise is the mere daughter of a tanner but she's more beautiful than any princess and when she and Robert meet, together they will change the course of history. Their illegitimate son, William, is born into a world of murder...
12) The harrowing
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Heron Books
Pub. Date
2016
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A Norman army marches through the North of England: burning, killing and laying waste to everything in its path. The Harrowing has begun. As towns and villages disappear under the Norman advance, five travellers fleeing ahead of this destruction are drawn together as refugees in their own country, journeying through a wasteland to seek sanctuary in the last Saxon stronghold. But are they fleeing the Normans or their own troubles? Priest, Lady, Servant,...
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Bolinda/BBC audio
Pub. Date
2016
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Three powerful radio productions from the BBC archives starring Ian McKellen, Ronald Pickup and Paul Scofield and a host of celebrated acting talent . These three legendary plays, performed by some of the best-known theatrical actors of the 20th Century, are the perfect way to commemorate England's greatest dramatist. Romeo and Juliet: The Montagues and the Capulets are sworn enemies, so when Romeo Montague falls in love with Juliet Capulet, tragedy...
18) Duke
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Headline
Pub. Date
2016
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David Churchill's 'The Leopards of Normandy' trilogy continues, as William of Normandy inherits his father's title and assumes command of his lands.
19) King Lear
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The ageing King Lear, tired of office, decides to split his kingdom between his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia; but the decision to allot their share based on the love they express for him proves to be a terrible mistake. When Cordelia refuses to take part in her father's charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters. In the scheming and recriminations that follow, not only does the...
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Canongate
Pub. Date
2017
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In the middle of the Calais 'Jungle' refugee camp, Dominic Dromgoole watches from the makeshift wings, as Hamlet delivers his monologue. Four years earlier, Dromgoole decided to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death by sharing his beloved playwright with the entire world. Over two full years, Dromgoole and The Globe players toured all seven continents performing the bard's most famous tragedy in sweltering deserts, ice-cold cathedrals...