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Scribner. Very Good. 6.02 x 0.89 x 9.21 inches. Paperback. 2020. 368 pages. <br>Truly terrific' Richard Ford 'Dickens for the twen ty-first century' Roddy Doyle 'A powerful, gripping tale' Sunday Times A man hanging on by a thread. A city about to snap. From the acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of re venge and obsession. Manchester, 1867 Two men, haunted by their ... .

Pan Macmillan. Very Good. 130 x 196 x 27mm. Paperback. 2000. 422 pages. <br>Jean-Christophe Rufin yokes the elegant language o f the French enlightenment with the storytelling of Alexandre Dum as to create a splendid parable of liberty, religious fanaticism and the possibility of happiness. 'Set in 1700, towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV, it follows the fortunes of a brave ap othecary, ... .

London: Little, Brown. Good. 22 x 14cm. Paperback. 2001. 266 pages. <br>In 1764, the great Samuel Johnson, irascible geniu s, unparalleled wit and the toast of all society, is plagued by i ll health and has become jaded with his bickering dependants. Suf fering from a bout of melancholy, he accepts an introduction to t he table of Henry Thrale, a wealthy Southwark brewer, and his viv acious ... .

Signet. Very Good. 169mm / 178mm. Paperback. 2003. 336 pages. <br>In the year 666 C.E., Sister Fidelma embarks on a pilgrimage to reflect upon her commitment to the church and her r elationship with the Saxon monk Eadulf. Seabound to the Shrine of St. James, she encounters her first love Cian, who abandoned her ten years earlier. But before she can sort out her feelings-she must ... .

HarperCollins. Good. 222mm / 141mm. Hardcover. 2002. 341 pages. Text tanned<br>Featuring the irrepressible Countess A shby de la Zouche, this hilarious romp leads the reader through H uguenot plots against the king and Catholic plots against the Eng lish to explore themes of bigotry, decadence, sexual depravity an d grand living. .

Doubleday. Very Good. Paperback. 1998. 250 pages. <br>The Anatomist de Andahazi Federico. Doubleday, 199 8. .

Pan. Good. 10.8 x 3.2 x 17.1 centimetres (0. Paperback. 1996. 612 pages. Cover worn<br>Ross Poldark sits for the borough of Tru ro as Member of Parliament - his time divided between London and Cornwall, his heart divided still about his wife, Demelza. His ol d feud with George Warleggan still flares, as does the illicit lo ve between Morwenna and Drake, Demelza's brother. .

Penguin Group Australia. Good. 4.49 x 1.54 x 7.24 inches. Paperback. 1998. 648 pages. Cover worn.<br>A copy that has been read, but is in ex cellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or hi ghlighting. The spine remains undamaged. .

St. Martin's Publishing Group. Near Fine. 5.54(w) x 8.14(h) x 0.85(d). Paperback. 2009. 320 pages. <br>The hideously disfigured body was found in the atr ium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak, and, carved into th e stone at the corpse's feet, the word Sparta. The murdered man w as the overseer of Marcus Crassus's estate, apparently killed by two runaway slaves bent on joining Spartacus's revolt. In respons e ... .

Granada. Good. 150 x 230mm. Hardcover. 1979. 496 pages. Dj worn<br>Originally published: New York : Dial Press , 1978. Bibliography note: Bibliography (1p.) .

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good. 24 x 15cm. Hardcover. 2005. 378 pages.<br>Late-Victorian Britain is brought to vivid life in the story of the intersection of two lives: one an internationall y famous author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the other, an obscur e country lawyer, George Edalji, son of a Parsi Midlands vicar an d a Scottish mother .

London, United Kingdom: Robert Hale Ltd. Fair. Hardcover. 1967. First edition. 205 pages. Front hinge frayed and worn. Dj taped to endpapers<br> .

London: Secker & Warburg. Good. Hardback. 2002. EX-LIBRARY. Some browning of text .

Simon & Schuster. Good. 6.75 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches. Hardcover. 1994. First edition. 576 pages. Shelf wear. dj worn.<br>Chronicles the turbulent lives of Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II Editorial Reviews Fr om Publishers Weekly Brisk, cogent and bristling with engaging ch aracters, this sequel to The Fatal Crown follows the wily Eleanor of Aquitaine through 32 tumultuous years. Set between 1130 and 1 162, ... .

Simon & Schuster. Very Good. 241mm / 171mm. Hardcover. 1994. 570 pages. <br>Set against the brilliant backdrop of the twelfth- century renaissance, Eleanor of Aquitaine makes her dramatic entr ance into history. Twice a queen, mother of two kings, an incompa rable woman of her day, she was both ultimate sex symbol and astu te politician, whose adventurous and exciting life remains unequa led ... .

Tyndale House Publishers. Good. 224mm / 150mm. Paperback. 2016. 409 pages. Rear corner bent<br>As one of the bestselling stories of all time, Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ has capt ivated and enthralled millions around the world--both in print an d on the big screen. Now Lew's great-great-granddaughter has take n the old-fashioned prose of this classic novel and breathed new life ... .

Sydney et al: Doubleday. Good. 24 x 15cm. Hardback. 2000. 599 pages. Spine faded. Text edge lightly foxed.<br>When Sydney f ilm producer Dimp Bettany discovers the memoirs of her ancestors, pioneer settler John Bettany and convict Sarah Bernard, she is c onvinced she has found the vehicle for her next film masterpiece. Filtered through Dimp's correspondence with her sister, Prim, an ... .

Pan Macmillan. Good. 18 x 11cm. Paperback. 1973. 541 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.<br> .

Vintage. Very Good. 5.08 x 1.3 x 7.8 inches. Paperback. 1994. 528 pages. Text tanned.<br> A tale of love and war early this cen tury. The protagonists are Stephen Wraysford, a British businessm an, and Isabelle Azaire, a married Frenchwoman. They meet in 1910 , she elopes with him, gives birth to his child, then remorse sen ds her back to her husband. But World War I will bring them toget her ... .

London: Coronet. Good. 18 x 11cm. 1999. 406 pages. Cover worn.<br>Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton .