The story of an imposter and bigamist, who travels to the North where he marries the maid of Buttermere, a young woman whose natural beauty inspired the dreams and confirmed the theories of a=early 19th century writers.
The story of an imposter and bigamist, who travels to the North where he marries the maid of Buttermere, a young woman whose natural beauty inspired t...
When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the 'Forgotten War' in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds little has changed, as far as his own limited prospects go, but in his absence his young family has altered immensely. The result is a family in turmoil, w
When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the 'Forgotten War' in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds little has changed, as far as his own limited pro...
For Want of a Nail is a novel about growing up in rural Cumberland. In his childhood Tom Graham is deprived of the understanding, affection and care of his parents, and, more crucially, of the true facts about his parentage. This is the story of his adolescence and growth into adulthood.
For Want of a Nail is a novel about growing up in rural Cumberland. In his childhood Tom Graham is deprived of the understanding, affection and care o...
An enthralling tale set in the 7th century - the story of Bega, a young Irish princess who flees to Britain following the murder of the man she is supposed to marry, and her tutor Padric, a British prince with whom she falls in love. Bega devotes herself to spreading the Christian faith, but struggles all her life against her love for Padric. He tries to forget her in the fight to free his Cumbrian kingdom from the Northumbrian Teutonic invaders, which, after the momentous Synod of Whitby, becomes bound up in a bloody conflict between the Celtic and Roman churches. This dramatic, passionate...
An enthralling tale set in the 7th century - the story of Bega, a young Irish princess who flees to Britain following the murder of the man she is sup...
When Sam Richardson returns from WW2 to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds little has changed, as far as his own limited prospects go. In his absence, though, his young family has changed immensely, and Sam struggles to adjust to life in peacetime.
When Sam Richardson returns from WW2 to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds little has changed, as far as his own limited prospects go. In his absence, though...
Few books have made a greater impact, political as much as literary, than Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, perhaps the most famous of anti-war novels. Startling in its realism, moving in its humanity and banned and burned in Germany by the Nazis, it was an international publishing sensation. But who was Erich Maria Remarque? While the title of his masterpiece has entered the language as a catch-phrase, its author is virtually forgotten. In this biography, Hilton Tims attempts to reveal a man whose life was one of the most romantic and anguished of the 20th century.
Few books have made a greater impact, political as much as literary, than Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, perhaps the most famo...
