Author: Virtue, Noel
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
ISBN: 0720617537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Jean Barrie is an enormously successful, award-winning singer who spends her time in self-imposed retreat in her huge, dark St. John's Wood home. Here she wanders around the empty rooms drinking gin and vodka. Upstairs in the attic lives her mysterious lodger, The Fallen Nun. Beyond the house, Jean's narrow world is inhabited by her octogenarian Aunt Dizzy, who smokes hand-rolled cigars, wears blood-red hot pants, and gave up aerobics at 79; Jean's best friend Freida—the self-styled Devils Dyke; and Christopher—a 17-year-old with a Bible-bashing mother and a passion for his Uncle Fergus—who tends the garden and cleans the house. But Jean's solitude is about to be invaded: the house rapidly becomes a haven for eccentric souls drawn to her by chance or design, and sudden death and revelations of past horrors dart in from unexpected directions. A satisfying gem of offbeat humor with dark tragedy, Lady Jean is Virtue at his best, as he skillfully weaves his narrative into a unique tapestry. A romantic novel from one of New Zealand's most revered writers.
Author: Sarah Tytler
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Author: Jean Plaidy
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307496406
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
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One of history’s most complex and alluring women comes to life in this classic novel by the legendary Jean Plaidy. Young Anne Boleyn was not beautiful but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to learn sophistication, and then to court to marry well and raise the family’s fortunes. She soon surpassed even their greatest expectations. Although his queen was loving and loyal, King Henry VIII swore he would put her aside and make Anne his wife. And so he did, though the divorce would tear apart the English church and inflict religious turmoil and bloodshed on his people for generations to come. Loathed by the English people, who called her “the King’s Great Whore,” Anne Boleyn was soon caught in the trap of her own ambition. Political rivals surrounded her at court and, when she failed to produce a much-desired male heir, they closed in, preying on the king’s well-known insecurity and volatile temper. Wrongfully accused of adultery and incest, Anne found herself imprisoned in the Tower of London, where she was at the mercy of her husband and of her enemies.
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 992
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Author: Scotland. Court of Session
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2934
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Author: James Johnstone Johnstone (chevalier de)
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Category : Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 2152
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Languages : en
Pages : 920
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