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Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford
29.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
'Whenever I read the words "Peer's Daughter" in a headline, ' Lady Redesdale once sadly remarked, 'I know it's going to be something about one of you children.' The Mitford family is one of the century's most enigmatic, made notorious by Nancy's novels, Diana's marriage to Sir Oswald Mosley, Unity's inf ...Show more
O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
27.99 NZD
Category: Classic | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM MAGGIE O'FARRELL Janet lies murdered beneath the castle stairs, oddly attired in her mother's black lace wedding dress, lamented only by her pet jackdaw... In this, her first novel, Elspeth Barker evokes the unrelenting chill of Calvinism and the Scottish climate; it's a w ...Show more
The Queen's Gambit (PB) by Walter Tevis
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Series | Reading Level: very good
‘Superb’ - Time Out. ‘Mesmerizing’ - Newsweek. ‘Gripping’ - Financial Times. ‘Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years – for the pure pleasure and skill of it’ - Michael Ondaatje. ‘Don’t pick this up if you want a night’s sleep’ - The Scotsman When she is sent to an orphanage at the ag ...Show more
The Troubles by J. G. Farrell
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: General Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize 1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fianc e is strangely alt ...Show more
Toddler Hunting and Other Stories by Taeko Kono
27.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on the brink of self-destruction. In the famous title story, the protagonist loathes young girls but comp ...Show more
Troubles by J.G. Farrell
27.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancée he acquired on a rash afternoon's leave three years ago. Despite her many letters,the lady herself proves elusive,and the Major's engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts ...Show more
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