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Mary Chamberlain
Fenwomen

50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - now a Virago Modern Classic with a new introduction by Alexandra Harris 'Full of dignity, courage and humour, and as fresh and insightful as the day it was written, FENWOMEN is …

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Rumer Godden
Kingfishers Catch Fire

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Rumer Godden's classic novel introduced by the bestselling author, Rosie Thomas. It tells the story of a young English woman's dramatic and disturbing experiences in Himalayan Kashmir.

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Rumer Godden
A Fugue in Time

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Rumer Godden's classic wartime love story is a dramatic tale that inspired the film Enchantment starring David Niven and Teresa Wright.

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Rumer Godden
Breakfast with the Nikolides

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INTRODUCED BY ROSIE THOMASBreakfast with the Nikolides was always to be the last hour of her childhood . . .For Emily Pool, India is a magical place where she has the freedom to escape her mother's suffoc…

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Rumer Godden
An Episode of Sparrows

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INTRODUCED BY JACQUELINE WILSONTo Angela they were sparrows because they were cheeky, cocky, common as sparrows; to Olivia nothing was common . . .Someone has been digging up the private garden in graciou…

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Mary Renault
The Last of the Wine

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A VIVID, SWEEPING SAGA OF QUEER LOVE AND POLITICS IN ANCIENT GREECE, FROM THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION 'Renault's eye for intimacy is amazing' DOUGLAS STUART'Arresting and beautiful and moving . . . de…

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Rumer Godden
Cromartie v. the God Shiva

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Marking Rumer Godden's return to south India, this classic novel is a vivid evocation of love and class in the beloved country that inspired many of her bestselling works.

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Rumer Godden
The Lady and the Unicorn

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In The Lady and the Unicorn Rumer Godden explores the cultural divide in colonial India through a young, forbidden romance.

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Merce Rodoreda,
In Diamond Square

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'A small masterpiece' COLM TÓIBÍN, DAILY TELEGRAPH 'The most beautiful novel published in Spain since the Civil War' GABRIEL GARCÍA MARQUEZ 'Rodoreda's writing pays such fierce and tender attention to the…

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Rumer Godden
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFBLACK NARCISSUS AND THE RIVER'One of our best and most captivating novelists' PHILIP HENSHER'[Godden has] a genius for storytelling' EVENING STANDARD'Her prose is pure, delic…

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Nell Dunn
Poor Cow

THE BESTSELLLING CLASSIC OF SIXTIES LONDON'Touching, truthful and fresh - a tour de force' MARGARET DRABBLE 'Hilarious, heartbreaking' PARIS REVIEW 'Her art is ignited by voice' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN 'Exube…

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Rumer Godden
The River

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INTRODUCED BY ANITA DESAIThe day was gone. However they might lie awake and cry or ache, they could not claim it back again. Who was it who had said you could not stop days or rivers? Harriet is caught be…

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Mary Renault
The Praise Singer

AN ODYSSEY OF ART AND POWER, BY THE CLASSIC QUEEN OF ANCIENT GREEK RETELLINGS 'Mary Renault is an exceptional storyteller' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON'A song of praise, a work of love, a serene, deliberate book, …

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Mary Renault
The Mask of Apollo

THE ANCIENT GREEK STAGE BROUGHT THRILLINGLY TO LIFE BY THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION'Mary Renault has made the classical era alive' GORE VIDAL'Her books have stood the test of time' INDEPENDENTThe artis…

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Barbara Comyns
The Vet's Daughter

'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities' SARAH WATERS 'A wonderful and original novel' ALAN HOLLINGHURST 'The strange off-b…

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Mary Renault
The King Must Die

INTRODUCED BY BETTANY HUGHES I know I thought of many things: of death, and fate, and what the gods want of man . . .The true parentage of Theseus, grandson of the King of Troizon, has always been shroude…

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Mary Renault
The King Must Die

'All my sense of the ancient world - its values, its style, the scent of its wars and passions - comes from Mary Renault' EMMA DONAGHUE'This brilliant retelling of the story of Theseus, the king of Athens…

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Mary Renault
The Bull from the Sea

The greater part of me had been Theseus the Athenian, team-leader of the Cranes; the odds-on fancy, the back-somersault boy, the first of the bull-leapers. . . Now it was time to be my father's son.Having…

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Elizabeth Taylor
Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont

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A humorous and compassionate look at friendship between an old woman and a young man.

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L. M. Montgomery
The Story Girl

Sara Stanley is only fourteen, but she can weave tales that are impossible to resist. In the charming town of Carlisle, children and grown-ups alike flock from miles around to hear her spellbinding tales.…

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