Editore: Headline Book Publishing 2004 Paperback, 2004
ISBN 10: 0755309928 ISBN 13: 9780755309924
Da: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nuova Zelanda
Condizione: Good. 320 pages.
Editore: Headline Book Publishing 2004 Paperback, 2004
ISBN 10: 0755301455 ISBN 13: 9780755301454
Da: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nuova Zelanda
Condizione: Good. London 1593: The great Queen Elizabeth I is growing tired, worn out by England's bitter struggle for dominance over the Wild Irish. A ship sails into London bearing the colours of the legendary Irish pirate queen Grace O'Malley, who has come to plead for the life of her son. Although they are on opposite sides of a bitter and bloody conflict, these two powerful women, meeting near the end of their long and extraordinary lives, recognise in each other an equal in intelligence, courage and leadership. Both have had the unique opportunity to take control of their own destinies in a man's world and both have placed their love for their countries before their own happiness. Through their eyes, the dramatic and turbulent events of the late sixteenth century are brought to life. 416 pages.
Editore: Headline Book Publishing Ltd 2004 Paperback, 2004
ISBN 10: 075530750X ISBN 13: 9780755307500
Da: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nuova Zelanda
Condizione: Fair. It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was. 544 pages.
Editore: Headline Book Publishing 2004 Paperback, 2004
ISBN 10: 0755301811 ISBN 13: 9780755301812
Da: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nuova Zelanda
Condizione: Good. In 1938, Ulrike Walter, a beautiful young German musician, is engaged to be married to Erich Hinkel, a member of the Hitler Youth. But when she meets Inspector Cameron Ross, a Scotland Yard policeman, whose father is a colonel in British Intelligence, her life will be changed for ever. When war is declared, Ulrike flees Germany for the safety of England but is instead cruelly imprisoned as an enemy alien. Her only hope of rescue is Cameron, who, despite his better judgement, is falling in love with her. And then Erich is captured by the British and incarcerated in a prisoner of war camp in England. He faces interrogation by Cameron Ross, the one man who stands between him and Ulrike, the woman who means more to Erich than life itself. 352 pages.
Editore: Headline Book Publishing 2004 Paperback, 2004
ISBN 10: 0755307518 ISBN 13: 9780755307517
Da: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nuova Zelanda
Condizione: Fair. It is 1948 in an England that is still shaken by war. At 21 Nevern Street, London, Queenie Bligh takes into house lodgers who have recently arrived from Jamaica. She feels she has no choice. Her husband, Bernard, whom she married to escape her dreary upbringing on a farm in the Midlands, was posted to India with the RAF during the war, but when the conflict was over he did not return. What else could she do? Among her tenants are Gilbert and his new wife Hortense. Gilbert Joseph was on of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England after the war he finds himself treated very differently now that he is no longer in a blue uniform. It is desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock on her door. Hortense shared Gilbert's dream of leaving Jamaica and coming to England to start a better life - that's why she married him. But when she at last joins her husband, she is shocked by England's shabbiness and horrified at the way the English live. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was. Queenie's neighbours do not approve of her choice of tenants, and neither would her husband, were he there. England may be recovering from the war, but at 21 Nevern Street it has only just begun. 448 pages.
Editore: Headline Book Publishing Ltd 2004 Paperback, 2004
ISBN 10: 075530750X ISBN 13: 9780755307500
Da: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nuova Zelanda
Condizione: Good. It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was. 544 pages.