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Books Cumbria : The Arts : Fiction

Fiction

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1314

Adrian Rogan
£10.00

1314 is the second novel about Andreas de Harda, a warrior knight at the time of Robert the Bruce. After the catastrophic defeat of the English at Bannockburn, Harda must protect his people and fight as never before in war, politics and love....

Published by : Hayloft
Published date : October 2007
Format : 146mm x 210mm paperback

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A Clubbable Woman

Reginald Hill
£6.99

The first ever Dalziel and Pascoe novel from the Cumbrian-born author.

Published by : HarperCollins
Published date : 1998
Format : Paperback.

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A Coffee House Conspiracy

Carl Richardson
£5.50

Summer 1911...Edward Chisam, a Whitehaven businessman with ambitions beyond his social station, is invited to Lowther Castle on the occasion of a visit by the Kaiser. Whilst there he makes connections which change his life - and which ultimately bring war to Cumberland. A novel.

Published by : North Cumbria Imprint
Published date : December 2006
Format : 150mm x 210mm paperback

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A Gentleman's Relish

John Murray
£8.99

George Geraghty, the notorious satirical cartoonist, ought to be enjoying his retirement to the wilds of North Cumbria. Instead he cannot shake off the legacy of his long dead father Bill, who spoke some fifty-five languages and had at least fifty-five mistresses. John Murray's latest wild extravaganza characteristically concerns itself with love, linguistics, familial rivalry and other contentious matters.......

Published by : Flambard Press Fiction
Published date : 2006
Format : Small paperback.

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A Place in England

Melvyn Bragg
£6.99

Joseph Tallentire has hope and ambition - like his father before him he is determined to make something of himself and improve his lot. But life is not easy for an uneducated young man in Cumberland before and during World War II.

Published by : Sceptre
Published date : 1975
Format : Paperback.

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A Rat's Tail - The Circular Scrolls

Bridget Trafford
£11.99

This is the first book in the Circular Scrolls series - seven in all - which take a journey of transformation.

Published by : Adastra
Published date : February 2007
Format : 155mm x 234mm

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A Son of War

Melvyn Bragg
£6.99

A formidable successor to his widely praised and award-winning novel, The Soldiers Return. We enter again into the lives of Sam and Ellen, trying to make a better life for themselves, and between them their young son Joe who is striving to fulfil their

Published by : Sceptre
Published date : 2001
Format : Paperback

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A Stone Cross Among the Fells

John Repath
£6.50

The background, history and relevance of the Ruthwell Stone Cross in North East Cumbria set within a fictional account.

Published by : J. Repath
Published date : 1999
Format : Paperback

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A Time to Dance

Melvyn Bragg
£7.99

Set in Cumbria, the intensely passionate relationship between a retired bank manager and a young girl, and the destructive kernel of jealousy.

Published by : Sceptre
Published date : 1990
Format : Paperback.

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A Time to Dance

Melvyn Bragg
£8.99

Set in Cumbria, this recounts the intensely passionate relationship between a retired bank manager and a young girl, and the destructive kernel of jealousy which unfolds. Abridged, read by Ronald Pickup.

Published by : Hodder Headline
Published date : 1996
Format : 2 cassettes.

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An April Shroud

Reginald Hill
£6.99

A Dalziel and Pascoe novel from the Cumbrian author.

Published by : HarperCollins
Published date : 1999
Format : Paperback.

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Arms and the Women

Reginald Hill
£7.99

Featuring Dalziel and Pascoe.

Published by : HarperCollins
Published date : 2001
Format : Paperback.

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Badger on the Barge

Janni Howker
£4.99

A collection of five stories focusing on the relationships and encounters between young and old, including the Egg Man, which was broadcast on Channel 4. Winner of the International Reading Association Childrens Book Award.

Published by : Walker
Published date : 2003
Format : Paperback.

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Black Ajax

George MacDonald Fraser
£6.99

Another bestseller from the Carlisle writer, author of the bestselling Flashman Papers series.

Published by : HarperCollins
Published date : 1998
Format : Paperback.

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Caution Red Squirrels

Shawn Williamson
£7.99

Deep in the Sacred Forest lurks a threat. Bella and the her grey squirrel army are circling, ready to enslave once and for all the resistant red squirrels and squash the last remnants of their way of life.

Published by : Red Squirrel Publishing
Published date : June 2007
Format : 130mm x 200mm paperback

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Coast to Coast

Jan Minshull
£7.99

Annoyed at yet again being taken for granted, fifty-year old Linda sets off on her own to walk from East to West coast. The ups and downs and climatic changes of the walk, across open moors, fertile dales and the mountainous Lake District, provide time and space in which to reflect on her life and consider her future.

Published by : Transita
Published date : 2006
Format : Small Paperback.

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Constance and Faith

Victoria Routledge
£6.99

A plot-rich novel set in Linton in Cumbria.

Published by : Pocket Books
Published date : 2005
Format : Paperback.

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Coot Club

Arthur Ransome
£14.99

When Tom Dudgeon casts off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, it seems the only thing to do. But now the cruiser is searching high and low for him. Can Tom stay one jump ahead of his pursuers? The chase is on!

Published by : J Cape
Published date : 1982
Format : Hardback

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Coot Club

Arthur Ransome
£6.99

When Tom Dudgeon casts off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, it seems the only thing to do. But now the cruiser is searching high and low for him. Can Tom stay one jump ahead of his pursuers? The chase is on!

Published by : Red Fox
Published date : 2001
Format : Paperback

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Credo

Melvyn Bragg
£9.95

Read by Julian Glover, this is a recording of Braggs historical novel, set in the dark ages of 7th century Britain. Abridged version.

Published by : Hodder Headline
Published date : 1996
Format : 4 cassettes.

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Crossing the Lines

Melvyn Bragg
£6.99

Set in Wigton during the 1950s, this absorbing novel (which follows on from The Soldiers Return and Son of War) follows the intertwined fates of people crossing boundaries in their lives.

Published by : Sceptre.
Published date : 2004
Format : Paperback.

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Crystal Rooms

Melvyn Bragg
£5.99

A compelling story of blackmail, media politics, corrupted innocence and redemptive love set in in the London of the 90s.

Published by : Sceptre
Published date : 1993
Format : Paperback.

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Death Came Suddenly: A Northern Murder Mystery

Ian Ashbridge
£6.95

The quiet lanes and fields of northern England provide the backdrop for this compelling tale of murderous hatred in a normally peaceful community.

Published by : Redburn Publishing
Published date : 2004
Format : Paperback.

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Death of the Ungodly

Anne Ginty
£6.99

A 21st century whodunnit set in Wordsworth's Lakes. A heatwave has settled over the northern fells of the Lake District as Liberty Westerman, a wealthy yet vunerable widow, buries her husband Joe. But her sadness turns to horror when she is confronted by the truth about the holier-than-thou haulage company owner. As Liberty struggles to untangle the web of hypocrisy, murder and betrayal Joe has left behind, she is forced to make a journey of discovery and, in the process, face her own inadequacies.

Published by : Exposure Publishing
Published date : 2006
Format : Small Paperback

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Dialogues of the Dead

Reginald Hill
£6.99

Another crime novel from native Cumbrian Reginald Hill, featuring Dalziel and Pascoe.

Published by : HarperCollins
Published date : 2002
Format : Paperback.

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