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English
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Set in England, covering the time period from the 1920s through World War II, the story examines the wealthy Flyte family through the eyes of Sebastian Flyte's less wealthy school friend Charles Ryder. The novel is a story of faith and disillusionment in a glamorous upper-class world.
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Everyman's library volume 172
Language
English
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Captain Charles Ryder returns to the country estate of Brideshead where he indulges in a sentimental journey that takes him back twenty years to his schoolmates at Oxford and to his memories of the Marchmains.
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Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2018, c2017.
Language
English
Description
"Sophie's husband James is a loving father, a handsome man, a charismatic and successful public figure. And yet he stands accused of a terrible crime. Sophie is convinced he is innocent and desperate to protect her precious family from the lies that threaten to rip them apart. Kate is the lawyer hired to prosecute the case: an experienced professional who knows that the law is all about winning the argument. And yet Kate seeks the truth at all times....
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Jane Silverlake, a young woman from the wild heath regions of Victorian England, uses her paranormal ability to see the souls of handcrafted objects to infiltrate a mysterious dream-manipulation cult into which the man she loves has gone missing.
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Desperate Lavinia Gray gets some unexpected help from Parth Sterling, the richest bachelor in England, with finding a husband, and as they work closely together, she vows to convince him that he is the only man for her.
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Series
Lady Emily Ashton mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The twelfth installment in Stephanie Barron's fan-favorite Being a Jane Austen Mystery series. Christmas Eve, 1814: Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at The Vyne, the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family. As the year fades and friends begin to gather beneath the mistletoe for the twelve days of Christmas festivities, Jane and her circle are in a celebratory mood: Mansfield...
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English
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Following the restoration of the Dilberne fortune and manor at the turn of the twentieth century, Lord Robert and Lady Isobel get caught up in coronation plans for Edward VII, anticipate the birth of a grandchild, and debate the future of an orphaned niece.
Author
Series
Lady Emily Ashton mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Anticipating a London season of dancing and campaigning for women's rights, Lady Emily Hargreaves investigates a blackmailing vandal who splashes red paint on the homes of elite citizens before revealing their scandalous secrets.
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Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Not long after arriving at the English resort of Brighton, Jane finds herself caught up in the town's turmoil when the body of a beautiful young society miss is discovered, lifeless, in the bedchamber of none other than George Gordon--otherwise known as Lord Byron.
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Series
Lady Emily Ashton mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the next Lady Emily Mystery The Dark Heart of Florence, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander transports readers to the legendary city of Florence, where Lady Emily and Colin must solve a murder with clues leading back to the time of the Medici. In 1903, tensions between Britain and Germany are starting to loom over Europe, something that has not gone unnoticed by Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves. An agent of the Crown, Colin...
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Series
Jeeves volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In which the Junior Ganymede Club (as association of England's finest butlers and valets) is revealed to be an elite arm of the British Secret Service. Jeeves must ferret out a fascist spy embedded in the highest social circles, with the help of his hapless employer, Bertie Wooster. [From publisher's description]
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Language
English
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"Brings Lady Emily and her husband to Pompeii, where they uncover a recent crime in the ancient city. Some corpses lie undisturbed longer than others. But when Emily discovers a body hidden in plain sight amongst the ruins of Pompeii, she sets in motion a deadly chain of events that ties her future to the fate of a woman whose story had been lost for nearly two thousand years. Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, have accompanied her dear friend...
19) Once dishonored
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Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bonding over scandals that have caused them both to be shunned, a Royal Navy officer and a beautiful divorc�ee team up to regain their honor and investigate the conspiracy that cost the woman her young son.
20) Too Wilde to wed
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The handsome, rakish heir to a dukedom, Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde--known to his friends as North--left England two years ago, after being jilted by Miss Diana Belgrave. He returns from war to find that he's notorious: polite society has ruled him "too wild to wed." Diana never meant to tarnish North's reputation, or his heart, but in her rush to save a helpless child, there was no time to consider the consequences of working as a governess in...
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