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The Tent | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Margaret Atwood | ||||
| Bloomsbury 2006 159 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0747582254 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
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The Children of Hurin | |||
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| JRR Tolkien; Ed. Christopher Tolkien | ||||
| Houghton Mifflin 2007 313 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0618894640 | ||||
| Published Price $26.00 | Slightly off-mint | Our Price £6.99 | ||
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Wood Leighton | |||
| A Year in the Country | Literature | |||
| Mary Howitt | ||||
| Nonsuch 2007 512 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845882105 | ||||
| Published Price £6.00 | Our Price £1.99 | |||
| When the solitary, pious Mr Crumpton dies, he leaves his house to the family of the narrator. This novel recounts the two stories told to that family: the vicar of the village tells them a revenge story, that of the Curse of Denborough Park; while his daughter tells The Sinner’s Grave, a sad tale of adultery. | ||||
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Rory O'More | |||
| A National Romance | Literature | |||
| Samuel Lover | ||||
| Nonsuch 2006 448 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845882024 | ||||
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| Based on the life of an Irish leader in the rising of 1641, the ‘national romance’ which first brought Samuel Lover’s literary talents to the public eye was first written as a ballad and was developed in 1837 into novel form. | ||||
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The Queen of Love | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Sabine Baring-Gould | ||||
| Nonsuch 2007 352 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845883586 | ||||
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| When Signor Giuseppe Santi’s circus arrives at the small salt-mining town of Saltwich, Cheshire, the most commanding power in the town leads a deputation against its insidious influence, bringing about the destruction of the circus and leaving the raising of the ringmaster’s orphaned daughter in his hands. | ||||
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"Plain or Ringlets?" | |||
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| Robert S Surtees | ||||
| Nonsuch 2006 512 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845881176 | ||||
| Published Price £6.00 | Our Price £2.99 | |||
| Set in 19th century England and tracing the path of the beautiful Rosa McDermott and the charismatic John Bunting, whose marriage has been foretold by Gipsy prophecy, this novel is written by one of the acclaimed comic chroniclers of the foibles of country life, and acknowledged master of the hunting novel. | ||||
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Mr Facey Romford's Hounds | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Robert S Surtees | ||||
| Nonsuch 2006 448 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845882253 | ||||
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| The last work by the acknowledged master of the hunting novel is widely regarded as one of his best, following the fortunes of Facey Romford whose hopes of inheriting his uncle’s estate are thwarted when he discovers that he has numerous aunts and cousins who supercede his inheritance claims. | ||||
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A Long-Ago Affair | |||
| Tales from Caravan | Literature | |||
| John Galsworthy | ||||
| Nonsuch 2006 384 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845881052 | ||||
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| This collection of 32 tales, written between 1900 and 1923, form the second and final volume of Caravan, the assembled stories of John Galsworthy (1867-1933), arranged in pairs by the author. The stories explore Galsworthy's themes of divisions in social hierarchy, the vagaries and machinations of love and the struggle between desire and honour. | ||||
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The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong | |||
| The Factory Boy | Literature | |||
| Frances Trollope | ||||
| Nonsuch 2007 544 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845882148 | ||||
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| The first 'industrial' novel to appear in Britain, Michael Armstrong is an unforgiving exploration of 19th century child labour. In a show of philanthropy, a wealthy businessman adopts a young factory boy, but having tired of him, sends Michael to a home for unwanted pauper children. Michael escapes, and his dangerous adventures begin. First published in 1940. | ||||
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The Last Chronicle of Barset | |||
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| Anthony Trollope | ||||
| Nonsuch 2006 928 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845882237 | ||||
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| In this grand finale of the Barsetshire series, Mr Crawley, the fanatically proud curate of Hogglestock, is accused of theft and persecuted by the domineering Mrs Proudie and her self-righteous followers. Trollope described The Last Chronicle as 'the best novel I have written'. | ||||
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Hillingdon Hall | |||
| Or, The Cockney Squire | Literature | |||
| Robert S Surtees | ||||
| Nonsuch 2006 512 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845882113 | ||||
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| This novel features Surtees’ much-loved Cockney grocer and ‘sporting hero’ John Jorrocks as he acquires a country estates and tries his hand at being a squire, struggling to adjust to country life and the society he finds there, from the local farmers to the Duke and Duchess of Donkeyton. | ||||
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Elsie Venner | |||
| A Romance of Destiny | Literature | |||
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | ||||
| Nonsuch 2007 448 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845881915 | ||||
| Published Price £8.00 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| Oliver Wendell Holmes’ ‘romance of destiny’, set in mid 19th century small town America, follows the fortunes of a wealthy heiress who was born half-snake, repulsing and fascinating those around her in equal measure, as she vies for the attention of a young doctor with whom she has fallen in love. | ||||
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Three Courses and a Dessert | |||
| Literature | ||||
| William Clarke | ||||
| Nonsuch 2005 448 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845880722 | ||||
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| William Clarke (1800-1838) is best known for The Boys' Own Book, but he also published collections of humorous short stories, of which this is the most successful, due in part to its illustrator - George Cruikshank. The 'three courses' are West Country, Irish and legal stories; the 'festal afterpiece' a miscellany of shorter pieces and verses. | ||||
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'Ask Mamma' | |||
| or, The Richest Commoner in England | Literature | |||
| Robert S Surtees | ||||
| Nonsuch 2005 544 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1845880021 | ||||
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| Famous for his writings on horses and hunting, Robert Surtees here offers a narrative that revels in the absudities of life as it follows the romantic exploits of Emma Wilding ('Mamma'), a seamstress made good, and her son Fine Billy, whose adventures in polite country society culminate in the Hit-im and Hold-im shire hunt ball. Illustrated by John Leech. First published in 1858. | ||||
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What's So Funny? | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Donald Westlake | ||||
| Quercus 2007 360 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1847241107 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
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