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  Last Train to Waverley

  Malcolm Archibald

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  To commemorate the involvement of Scots Regiments in WWI "Last Train to Waverley" is set in France during one week in March 1918. The Germans launched their final major offensive of the war and pushed the British back thirty miles. One unit of the 20 Royal Scots were cut off. This book follows the fortunes of this unit, and the personal dilemmas of Douglas Ramsay, the officer in charge. Lieutenant Ramsay returns from hospital to the front line in March 1918. Before he has time to get to know his men, the Germans attack and break through the British lines. He is left in an isolated position with a handful of men. Most of his men are very young but he has two veterans in Sergeant Flockhart and Corporal McKim. Unfortunately Ramsay and Flockhart have a bad history, the details of which come out in a series of flashbacks throughout the book. Ramsay leads the survivors of the 20th Royal Scots back through the German lines to try and reach the always moving British positions. He is aided by Flockhart and McKim as he encounters various German formations on the way, including a crack Prussian platoon. As the Royals find their way back, the back stories of the sergeant and the officer are revealed through a series of flashbacks that show the social tensions and difference in lifestyles of the period. The book climaxes when Ramsay leads his men through the town of Albert in Picardy. The German advance slows as the soldiers loot the town. Ramsay's men reach the British lines and a machine gun ambush wipes out the Prussian Guards.

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  The Children of Punjab -...

  Ishar P. Singh

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  From 1748, Mir Mannu ruled over the Punjab as the Subedar of Lahore for the great Afghan emperor, Ahmed Shah Durrani. 
  During Mir's reign, the Sikh's were hunted, captured, tortured and killed. This fictional tale takes place during one of the darkest chapters in Sikh history. 
  Join Ruhi Kaur and Jaikaar Singh as they navigate this world and embark upon an adventure that will change their lives forever.

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  The Secret Kiss of Darkness

  Christina Courtenay

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  Kayla Sinclair knows she's in trouble when she almost bankrupts herself to buy a portrait of a mysterious eighteenth century man.  Jago Kerswell, inn-keeper and smuggler, will take any risk to be with Lady Eliza Marcombe.  Over two centuries separate Kayla and Jago, but thanks to a gypsy's spell, their lives become inextricably linked. Kayla finds herself on a quest that could heal the past, but will she find heartache or happiness?A W. F. Howes audio production.

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  Dark Night's Work

  Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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  Love, murder and class commentary in Mrs Gaskell's usual brilliant style! This novel was originally serialised and published by Charles Dickens, with whom Mrs Gaskell had several disagreements. She chose to avoid melodrama and concentrate on psychological realism to produce a moving story of people meeting and parting across class divides. - Summary by Beth Thomas

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  Alice's Tulips

  Sandra Dallas

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  Best-selling author Sandra Dallas has won rave reviews for this tale set during the Civil War. When Alice  Bullock’s husband joins the Union Army, the young quilting enthusiast is left to deal with an Iowa farm and an  imposing mother-in-law. And then her life turns upside down when she’s accused of murder.  “Alice is a feisty Northern counterpart to Scarlett O’Hara … and her irreverent humor and precise expression  will keep readers  entertained.”—Publishers Weekly

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  Quo Vadis

  Henryk Sienkiewicz

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  Sienkiewicz’s epic novel of ancient Rome finds the Empire at the height of her power and splendor, but struggling with the madness and cruelty of the Emperor Nero. A new religion is sweeping across the world, causing many Romans to wonder and leading many others to sacrifice everything for it. Yet, even as a great city burns and darkness threatens to overwhelm the age, hope is found in the love of the Roman tribune Marcus Vinicius for the beautiful Christian maiden Lygia, and in his journey toward his life’s true purpose (Introduction by D. Leeson).

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