Lucy Scott
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"Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a beguiling novel of star-crossed lovers, heartbreak, revenge, and murder--and a brilliant re-imagination of one of the most talked-about unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. Every story has its secrets. Every mystery has its motives. "A long time ago, in another country, I nearly killed a woman. It's a particular feeling, the urge to murder. It takes over your body so completely, it's like a divine...
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Though Frances Burney's novels significantly influenced writers such as Jane Austen, Austen satirizes the genre in her own novel Northanger Abbey, writing of it: 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed
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[1992?], c1928
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437 p. ; 22 cm.
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One of the most influential gay and lesbian novels, The Well of Loneliness
recounts the life and loves of Stephen Gordon, a defiant woman who
simply wants to be true to herself. Named by a father who wanted a
boy, Stephen is a keen fencer, horse rider and lover of women. Her less-
than-feminine behaviour causes a rift between her and her mother and
eventually she leaves home, living on her own terms and experiencing a
series of affairs. Her...
4) Louise's War
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Caught between enemy lines—can they survive?
1914, Hampshire
Jack Barlow has a dream. For generations his family have been in service at Trenwith Estate. If he can survive the ravages of war, he'll return home to build his own mechanical business and become master of his own destiny.
Louise Saint-Claire is battling against the odds to run her family farmhouse in German occupied France after her abusive husband is taken prisoner by the Germans. She...
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Preorder the BRAND NEW getaway novel from the BESTSELLING author of The Bordeaux Book Club, Gillian HarveyEveryone's story has some magic. You just have to turn the page to find it…
As the sun rises over the little Provence village where single mother Adeline has escaped with her little girl Lili, she breathes deeply. This is their new beginning. Here, she can forget the lies her family told her. Here, she can start her story again.
Later she...
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Would you swap houses with a stranger?
Nina has always played it safe. But when her divorce papers come through on her fortieth birthday, she decides enough is enough.
She's always chosen the sensible route, staying in her stable job and marrying her rather boring ex. In fact, she realizes, she's chosen security over excitement for years. Ever since she refused to elope with her first love: beautiful, poetic, thoughtful Pierre, the man she met aged...
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The Strong family has survived against all odds, but their greatest test is still to come.
After a seemingly endless labour, Horatia Strong is delighted to announce that she's given her husband, Tom, a much-needed son and heir to the entire Strong fortune. But the birth of the child is soon shrouded in secrets and Horatia will do anything to keep the truth from her husband – it could destroy the Strong family completely.
Tom's enduring love for...
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Discover the brand new escapist read from the author of Top 10 bestseller, A Year at the French Farmhouse.
It was just supposed to be a holiday, but could it become the second chance she didn't know she needed...?
Life isn't quite going as planned for Katy. With her only daughter living in Australia and a husband who has asked for a break, she is suddenly at a loss.
Her best friends, Sam, Vicky and Ivy have always been there for her through thick...
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A BRAND NEW spellbinding novel from the bestselling author of No.23 Burlington Square, Jenni Keer'There are a lot of shadows at Ravenswood, so you will need to be strong…'
The year is 1885 and a young woman is on the run, knowing if she's caught, she'll be hanged for murder. Moments from a safe haven, she collides with a gruff stranger, falling and breaking her ankle.
To her surprise, the man – Marcus Greybourne – convinces the local constable...
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Preorder the BRAND NEW beautiful historical novel from Victoria Scott, perfect for fans of Evie Woods, Kate Storey and Rachel Burton.
A secret buried for decades… A story that will change everything.
1940: When twenty-one-year-old Nita Bineham is offered the chance of independence, away from the high walls of her family's Surrey estate, she grasps it with both hands. But her new role at a local newspaper coincides with the emergence of a sinister...
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The BRAND NEW captivating, heartfelt read from INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Gillian Harvey
Ten years. Two people. One last visit…
Sophie and Tom first visited Paris together as students. During their weekend away in the world's most romantic city, falling in love – with the place, and each other – was simply inevitable.
They resolved to return every summer and kept their word, until something happened that changed their world forever.
Five years...
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Is a change as good as a rest?
When married couple Fern and Aiden have a windfall, their reactions could not be more different. While Fern is content to pay off their mortgage and build a nest egg before starting a family, her husband is set on traveling the world.
Fern's not much of a back-packer so, before she knows it, the idea of a 'marriage gap year' takes shape. And, as Aiden heads off to the wilds of Australia, Fern chooses the more restful...
13) Sarah's Choice
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Can life ever be the same again? The start of a fabulous new series set at Trenwith Estate from bestselling author Rosie Clarke
Hampshire, 1913
Amidst the glitz and glamour of England's High Society, Sarah Trenwith is more of a wallflower living in the shadow of her beautiful sister Marianne.
But as the war approaches Sarah will have to step out of the place society and her family have assigned her if she's to do her part and claim the love she always...
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A young girl's tragic loss will shape her dreams and her future…
1930 - Douro Valley, Portugal
Twelve-year-old Catherine is watching the Rabalo race in Porto when the sound of a shot being fired changes her life forever.
Her beloved mother, mistress for some years to Walter Shellard, a Bristol based wine and port merchant has received distressing news that her lover, Walter, has married a wealthy heiress. In her anguish she takes her own life,...
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It's 1923 and in a decade that promises excitement and liberation, Pearl Glenham and her father are invited to a mysterious country house party on the Dorset coast, by a total stranger.
Her father claims not to have any prior association with Highcliffe House, but upon arrival, it is apparent that he has a shared history with several of the guests, although he won't admit it. Belatedly discovering that her father was blackmailed into attending, Pearl's...
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Love books? The Bordeaux Book Club is seeking new members!
When Leah and her husband moved to France, it was with the dream of becoming self-sufficient. But in truth, it's not the 'good life' she'd imagined, as three hours of digging barely yield a single straggly carrot. Worse, her teenage daughter is acting up, and her husband seems to find every strange excuse under the hot French sun to disappear.
So when her friend entreats her to join the...
17) Effi Briest
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Often compared to Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina, Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest tells the poignant story of a passionate and spontaneous young woman who becomes trapped in a dull and restrictive upper-class existence. Married at the tender age of 17 to Geert von Innstetten, an ambitious nobleman and civil servant nearly 20 years her senior, unworldly Effi is whisked away to the quiet town of Kessin, on the Baltic coast of Prussia, where she is left...
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Claude Debussy is regarded by many as the quintessential French composer, with music
that invited both warm applause and frosty criticism in his day. While our ears no longer
hear him as controversial, his works heralded the dawn of an artistic period founded on
innovation and experiment, and a desire to break with the past in search of new expressive
means. With never a dull moment, Debussy went from being a musical misfit at the Paris
Conservatoire...
19) The Beach House
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Pre-order the brand new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Bridesmaid and The Daughter in Law.
It should have been the perfect weekend…
Work colleagues Nicole, Margo, Paisley and Audrey all appear to be looking forward to a weekend away at Nicole's luxurious beach house on the Dorset coast. It should be a chance for the women to kick back, relax and regroup after a stressful moment at work.
But this is no normal girls'...
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Polish by birth, Fryderyk Chopin made his
name in post-Revolutionary Paris and is
often depicted as the archetypal Romantic
artist - blessed with extraordinary talent
but consumed by the flame of genius,
tormented by intense and tempestuous
relationships and doomed to an early death.
But how much of this story is based on fact?
This account of Chopin's life and times
separates myth and reality and, illustrated
with numerous musical examples,...