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BLACKBERRY WINECatalogue number: 5787Number of cassettes: 8 Time (hours): 11.00 Reader: Burt, Andrew Main subject: General Fiction With one best-selling novel behind him, Joe Mackintosh has writer's block. On a whim he buys a derelict farmhouse in France. Once there he relives childhood memories and feels a benign presence. Is it his imagination or magic? UK only. |
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CHOCOLATCatalogue number: 5637Number of cassettes: 7 Time (hours): 9.25 Reader: Walshaw, Virginia Main subject: General Fiction When Vianne Rocher and her daughter arrive in Lansquenet, the village priest is horrified by her plans to open a chocolate shop. The village is divided when Vianne suggests an Easter Chocolate Festival, but who will triumph, the Church or Vianne? |
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COASTLINERSCatalogue number: 6060Number of cassettes: 10 Time (hours): 14.50 Reader: Laughton, Cecilia Main subject: General Fiction For generations wealthy La Houssiniere and impoverished Les salants have fought for the control of the beach of a tiny Breton island. When a local girl returns home after aten year absence, she finds her home village, Les Salants, dying. And decides to re |
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FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGECatalogue number: 6147Number of cassettes: 9 Time (hours): 13.25 Reader: Laughton, Cecilia Main subject: General Fiction Secretive Framboise returns to her former home, a ruined farm, in the village of Les Laveuses. Gradually she relives the tragic wartime events of her childhood, which caused her family to leave the farm. |
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GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERSCatalogue number: 7089Number of cassettes: 12 Time (hours): 0.00 Reader: Pacey, Stephen Main subject: General Fiction At St Oswalds, a long established school, unwelcome change is about to happen. Beneath the usual school rivalries there are darker undercurrents as a bitter hidden but carefully nurtured grudge is about to erupt. |
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HOLY FOOLSCatalogue number: 6482Number of cassettes: 9 Time (hours): 13.25 Reader: Denison, Wendy Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914 Seventeenth century France is a hotbed of religious frenzy and political instability. Juliette, an actress and dancer abandons her travelling ways and joins a remote convent, to create a stable life for herself and her daughter. Several years later, following the death of the Abbess, life in the convent unravels as Juliette's past catches up with her. |
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SLEEP, PALE SISTERCatalogue number: 6998Number of cassettes: 10 Time (hours): 0.00 Reader: Pacey, Stephen Main subject: General Fiction Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, discovers the perfect Model in nine-year old Ellie. Ten years later they marry, but Ellie is being drawn into a dangerous underground world where she discovers Henry's secret past. |
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