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BURNING BRIGHTCatalogue number: 7854Number of cassettes: 8 Time (hours): 9.00 Reader: Garrett, Cornelius Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914 In 1792 the Kellaway family move from Dorset to London, a city jittery about the bloody French Revolution. The youngest boy, Jem, becomes friendly with streetwise Maggie Butterfield. The friendship changes when they become involved with a neighbour, the poet and radical, William Blake. |
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FALLING ANGELSCatalogue number: 6003Number of cassettes: 5 Time (hours): 7.25 Reader: Down, Nicola Main subject: General Fiction The Waterhouses, a traditional victorian family, first meet the progressive Coleman's in 1901 when they visit neighbouring graves in a fashionable cemetery. To their mutual distaste their lives are linked when their daughters become friends. |
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GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRINGCatalogue number: 5940Number of cassettes: 7 Time (hours): 7.00 Reader: Johnson, Jill Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914 Set in seventeenth century Delft, a young woman becomes a servant in the home of the enigmatic painter Vermeer. Servant and master become increasingly intimate which throws the whole household into turmoil! |
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LADY AND THE UNICORN, THECatalogue number: 6691Number of cassettes: 6 Time (hours): 0.00 Reader: Garrett, Cornelius Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914 Additional subject: General Fiction Nicolas des Innocents is commissioned by nobleman Jean Le Viste to design a series of tapestries for his Great Hall. While Nicolas is surveying the hall he meets Le Viste's beautiful daughter. Any relationship is forbidden, so the only avenue of expression for their passion is the creation of the magnificent tapestries. |
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VIRGIN BLUE, THECatalogue number: 7005Number of cassettes: 8 Time (hours): 0.00 Reader: Lefkow, Laurel Main subject: General Fiction When Ella Turner moves to France, she has time on her hands. She decide to look into the history of her family, particularly the tragic life of Isabelle, who lived in the sixteenth century. |
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