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BURNING BRIGHT

\pause{1500}Author: Chevalier, Tracy
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7854 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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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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FOUR DAYS IN JUNE

\pause{1500}Author: Gale, Iain
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7474 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
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\pause{1500}Main subject: War Stories
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Iain Gale's stunning, fictitious re-creation of the Battle of Waterloo and its aftermath.

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HMS EXPEDIENT

\pause{1500}Author: Smalley, Peter
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7731 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 11.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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It is 1786 and Captain William Rennie is amazed to be given a prime commission: HMS Expedient a 36 gun frigate to be sent to the South Seas on a scientific expedition. But Rennie and his lieutenant sense that they are not being told the whole truth and someone is trying to sabotage their mission.

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LADY AND THE UNICORN, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Chevalier, Tracy
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6691 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
\pause{1500}Additional subject: General Fiction
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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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SERPENT IN THE GARDEN, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Gleeson, Janet
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7088 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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In 1756, Joshua Pope accepts a commission to paint a wedding portrait for Herbert Bentnick and Sabine Mercier at Astley in Richmond. When a body is found in Sabine's conservatory, Joshua investigates, but when Sabine's valuablenecklace goes missing he is implicated. Now he urgently needs to discover what is happening at Astley.

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STAIN ON THE SILENCE, A

\pause{1500}Author: Taylor, Andrew
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7502 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Thrillers
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Twenty-four years ago James had an affair with Lily, his best friendãs mother, now she confesses that they have a daughter, Kate, who is wanted for murder and needs his help. James has also been keeping a secret - a dark and deadly one.

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TERSIAS

\pause{1500}Author: Taylor, G P
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16538 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
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London is in chaos after a comet narrowly misses the Earth. Tersias, a blind boy who predicted the comet and can see the future, is attracting attention from several quarters: thereÆs Jonah, the teenage highwayman; crazy Solomon, who has bred a giant flesh-eating locust; and the keeper of mysterious powers, Lord Malpas.

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WORMWOOD

\pause{1500}Author: Taylor, G P
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16448 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
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After being hit by a meteor London is devastated and it is not long before people start taking advantage of the disaster. Unknown to the public, their saviour, an angel who fell to earth with the meteor, is being held captive with little hope of escape.

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