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1) Jane Eyre
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English
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Classic / British English Jane Eyre, a poor orphan, grows up in misery until she becomes the governess in the house of wealthy Mr Rochester and falls in love. But mysterious events take place in the house at night, and Mr Rochester appears to be hiding a terrible secret. Can Jane even hope for happiness?
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Pub. Date
2021
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English
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1874. Growing up in extreme poverty in London, Pearl thinks life can get no worse. But when her parents discover there's yet another baby on the way, they have to tighten the belt even further. Pearl's mother decides to send her and her younger sister Eliza to the workhouse, where they are forced into a new life of hardship and struggle. Pearl's hopes are raised when the workhouse offers the sisters a new life in Canada and they board an orphan ship...
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Pub. Date
2016
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English
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1942. England is at war. After surviving a bomb raid in Bethnal Green tube station, Doreen can't stop reliving the trauma, and leaves her office job in London. On the south coast, Ivy has been billeted with Doris, a cantankerous woman who is making Ivy's life a misery. When she escapes an explosion at the munitions factory, the nightmares won't go away. Peggy Reilly invites both women to stay at Beach View Boarding House in Cliffehaven, in the hope...
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Series
Kingsbridge volume 5
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters. Revolution is in the air 1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France?s neighbours are on high alert. Kingsbridge is on the edge Unprecedented...
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Publisher
Spellmount
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Even now, more than ninety years on, the very mention of the name is enough to conjure up apocalyptic images of desolation and misery on a quite bewildering scale - humanity drowning in a sea of mud. Passchendaele has come to serve as a symbol of the folly and futility of war, chiefly remembered for its carnage and profligate waste of human lives. It also stands as testament to the endurance and extraordinary courage displayed by men of all ranks...
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