Library home. Books by Beryl Bainbridge

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ACCORDING TO QUEENEY

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5882 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Knight-Webb, Patricia
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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Having completed his life's work, the Dictionary of the English Language, Dr Johnson is prominent in 18th Century society, but his home life is chaotic. He develops a relationship with a friend's wife, which is observed by Mrs Thrale's daughter, Queeney.

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AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE, AN

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3060 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Usherwood, Brenda
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Young Liverpool girl gets involved in real drama with leading man in Repertory Company

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BIRTHDAY BOYS, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3550 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Culver, Frank
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Stories told by five men who accompanied Scott to the Antarctic in 1912 portraying the tensions between them;

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EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4680 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Simpson, Richard
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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Shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize. Recapturing the last days of the Titanic. An intense & emotional story of the fatal journey.

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MASTER GEORGIE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5186 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Clegg, Nancy
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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Narrated by several characters, this is the tale of Master Georgie's journey from Liverpool to the battlefield of Inkerman in the Crimean War.

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