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  The Confession of Hilary Durwood

  Euron Griffith

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  Hilary Durwood writes his father a letter of confession from the London gaol in which he awaits execution. Eager for glory as an explorer in the further reaches of the Empire he is duped into undertaking a semi-mythical mission, in semi-mythical lands. After many adventures and setbacks he returns to London destitute, dismayed at having killed someone, and seeking revenge against the Gentleman Explorer who set him up. Meanwhile a serial killer, The Slasher, stalks the streets and inevitably their paths will cross…
  Hilary has survived dangerous islanders who are intent on eating human flesh, a huge cat with a wooden leg, a giant centipede, and a man who is determined to taste every animal on the planet. He has been fed by birds bringing hallucinogenic berries and held up the crumbling Tower of Ectha. And now Hilary must write his final letter and contemplate the nature of murder and of guilt.
  This dark comedy thriller is a page-turning and riotous engagement with the notions and myths of Empire, the nature of reality, the power of narrative and the gullibility of those who wish to believe, even in the face of the truth.
  'Crisp and memorable language' – Sheenagh Pugh, LIVEJOURNAL

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  The Snake And The Serpent

  S. M. Humphreys

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  The year is 1940, the Holocaust is about to begin. England and Germany are at war, and families are ripped apart. Rudolf Hess is formulating a plan to broker peace with England, and all is not as it seems. Natasha and Michele are sisters on opposite sides in the war. Having been separated for a decade, the two sisters have forged very different lives. Natasha is a Nazi interrogator and Michele is the head of the resistance. Is Munich big enough for both of them, or will things change forever with the mysterious Rudolf Hess and his secret mission? Experience a thrilling tale of war, politics and family conflict in 'the Snake and the Serpent'. Follow Natasha and Michele as they each manoeuvre through a deadly society. Like the game of chess, each move has an effect, but can this game ever have a winner?

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  A Court at Constantinople - In...

  Anthony Earth

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  Constantinople, 1859. 
  It is dangerous for lawyers and lovers when civilisations clash. 
  Under coercion, James Bingham, a struggling English barrister, joins Her Britannic Majesty's Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople. Osman Mehmed, a brilliant Turkish law student, loathes the British court, but the Ottoman government orders him to work with it on legal reform. Angry about injustices that women suffer, Rosamund Colborne initiates a relationship with James to escape a grim future dictated by her ruthless father. 
  The court's cases and the courtship's twists intertwine the fates of Mehmed, James, and Rosamund and force each to question what love and justice mean. With the Ottoman and British empires increasingly at odds, power, prejudice, and passions endanger the court's mission, the heart's desires, and the relationship between the European and Islamic civilisations. 
  At this precarious moment, a brutal crime threatens to destroy what law and affection have created. The trial reveals shocking secrets, and its violent end rouses courage by Rosamund, James, and Mehmed to see justice done and love prevail.

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  Ethan Frome

  Edith Wharton

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  “Ethan Frome” is one of Edith Wharton’s best known works and has become a staple of American literature classes around the globe since it was first published in 1911.   
  The story is a simple tale of desire, regret and forbidden love.  The title character, Ethan, has resigned himself to living in a loveless, sterile marriage with his wife Zenobia.  But  when his wife’s young cousin Mattie moves into the house and both she and Ethan are drawn together, it begins a romance that can only end in heartbreak…or tragedy.   
  One of only two novels Wharton ever created that takes place in a rural setting - most of her novels are set among the New York elite - “Ethan Frome” is now considered an American classic and it is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

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  Vows of Revenge

  JF Ridgley

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  Amid pirates, godfathers, and forbidden love, vows of revenge are made in the unforgiving world of ancient Rome. Aelia Sabina, a patrician’s daughter, and Martino Lucianus Drusus- a simple plebe rise like phoenixes from the ashes of their lives. Aelia’s abusive husband vows to finally destroy this plebe in Rome’s court where patricians rule and plebeians grovel. But will Lucianus grovel? Don’t count on it.

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  The Devil's Crossing

  J. A. Johnstone, William W....

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  Wagon trains carrying immigrants along the Oregon Trail are falling prey to outlaws. Most families surrender their valuables and goods peacefully, but anybody brave enough to resist gets a bullet. The gang's latest victim was a wagon master who sought to protect his charges only to die in the dust. With the blood of good men being spilled and families being terrorized, Preacher and Jamie MacCallister volunteer to escort the next wagon train. 
   
   
    
  Preacher travels with the settlers while MacCallister trails along at a distance, scouting for trouble. Their odyssey across the unforgiving territory takes them through violent storms and into the sights of hostile Indians. Battered and weary, the travelers are no match for the blood-lusting, trigger-happy gang—and Preacher is unprepared to meet the one outlaw he never expected to see again . . .

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