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5 books

BURNING BRIGHT

Catalogue number: 7854
Number 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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Please Note: Due to copyright restrictions, this book is only available for loan to members who reside in the European Union.

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FALLING ANGELS

Catalogue number: 6003
Number 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 EARRING

Catalogue number: 5940
Number 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, THE

Catalogue number: 6691
Number 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, THE

Catalogue number: 7005
Number 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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