Blogs in January 1970

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death 1st January 1970

Revenge is a dish best served warm…High-flying public relations supremo Agatha Raisin has decided to take early retirement. She’s off to make a new life in a picture-perfect Cotswold village. To make friends, she enters the local quiche-making competition...

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God’s Own Country 1st January 1970

Sam Marsdyke, is a man of the Moors. At times everything feels sadistic and menacing, set against a backdrop of Gothic moorland where Sam stalks his prey, both animal and human.

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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen 1st January 1970

A tale of Alderley When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one...

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The Chocolate Girls 1st January 1970

Three very different women work together at Cadbury’s Bournville factory, and their lives become entwined by war and work – and a child called David. Edie, the main character, marries young to escape her unhappy family home. Widowed at...

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The Fortnight in September 1st January 1970

Domestic life at 22 Corunna Road in Dulwich, is exchanged for a train journey via Clapham Junction to the south coast,two weeks living in lodgings and going to the beach every day. This is the story of one family’s...

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