- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century
When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart...
- Location(s): England, Scotland, Wales
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
The British Isles are remarkable for their extraordinary seabird life: spectacular gatherings of charismatic Arctic terns, elegant fulmars and stoic eiders, to name just a few. Often found in the most remote and dramatic reaches of our shores, these...
The Search for the Pink Headed Duck
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): 1980s
Nugent goes to India in search of the pink headed duck, and it is 50 odd years since it was last seen. Is it extinct? From Calcutta to New Delhi, and NE India.
- Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
- Genre(s): Humour
- Era(s): 1990s
Once you have the rhythm of the Geordie dialect, you will be well away! Tulloch is interested in humanizing the inhabitants of modern Britain’s slums and ghettos and in this book via Gerry and Sewell, two teenage boys living...
- Location(s): Harrogate
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Dear Ms Blythe We are dealing with an estate of which you may be a beneficiary. Please send any documents in your possession that relate to your birth and adoption. September is at her wits’ end. There’s never enough...
- Location(s): Northumberland
- Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Could a new start heal her appetite for life? When Cath moves to a rural Northumberland village to escape her husband’s betrayal and a life that no longer feels her own, she’s determined to embrace a fresh start. But...
- Location(s): Vienna
- Genre(s): Thriller
Most of the remaining population of Vienna―a city scarred by World War I in which the grandeur of the Habsburg Empire is a fading memory―is surviving by its wits, living hand to mouth in a city rife with crime,...
- Location(s): Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 15th century
1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts – coins, fragments of glass, human bones – which the old parson...
- Location(s): Assam
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1920s
Assam, 1925. James MacDonald is one of the sons of empire who has no yearning for England. Running a tea plantation, he loves India and is reluctant to choose a British bride from the eager crowds sent over. But...
The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life
- Location(s): Lewes
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000
This is the first book in a loose trilogy and is set over 10 days in 2000. Laura is content enough with her marriage, two children and part-time job. That is, until a lover from her past comes back...
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