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Angel
A Virago Modern Classic
Häftad, 2006
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148 kr
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INTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTELElizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth - Sarah WatersWriting stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel retreats to a world of romance, escaping the …
Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont
A Virago Modern Classic
Häftad, 2006
145 kr
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'Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece' - Robert McCrum, Guardian, 'The Best 100 Novels''An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth' - SARAH WATERS 'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabath Bowen - soul-sisters all' ANNE TYLEROn a rainy Sunday in January, the …
Soul Of Kindness
Häftad, 2010
145 kr
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INTRODUCED BY PHILIP HENSHER'Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I've …
At Mrs Lippincote's
Häftad, 2006
145 kr
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The debut novel from Elizabeth Taylor - shortlisted for the Booker Prize*Mrs Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder of all the certainties that have vanished with the advent of war. Temporarily, this is home for Julia, who has joined her …
In A Summer Season
Häftad, 2006
145 kr
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In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic.'You taste of rain', he said, kissing her. 'People say I married her for her money', he thought contentedly, …
Game of Hide and Seek
Häftad, 2009
152 kr
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'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience' - Elizabeth Bowen, author of The Heat of the DayIntelligent and haunting, with echoes of Brief Encounter, this is a love story by one of the best British writers of the 20th century.During …
View of the Harbour
A Virago Modern Classic
Häftad, 2018
145 kr
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INTRODUCED BY SARAH WATERS'Every one of her books is a treat and this is my favourite, because of its wonderful cast of characters, and because of the deftness with which Taylor's narrative moves between them ... A wonderful writer' SARAH WATERS'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though …
Mossy Trotter
Häftad, 2015, 6-9 år
140 kr
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'It's always a treat to read Elizabeth Taylor. Mossy Trotter is a real gem. A delightfully mischievous boy living in those long-ago halcyon days when children played out all day, roaming commons, scavenging on rubbish tips and stamping in newly-laid tar' JACQUELINE WILSON'We - that is, Herbert and …
Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont
A Virago Modern Classic
Häftad, 2027
145 kr
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'Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece' GUARDIAN, 'The Best 100 Novels''An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth' SARAH WATERS'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabath Bowen - soul-sisters all' ANNE TYLEROn a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs …
American Pharaoh
Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
Av Elizabeth Taylor, Adam Cohen
Inbunden, 2000
445 kr
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For more than two decades, Mayor Richard J. Daley ruled Chicago with an iron fist. The last of the big city bosses, Daley ran an unbeatable political machine that controlled over one million votes. From 1955 until his death in 1976, every decision went through his office and he was a major player …
American Pharaoh
Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
Av Adam Cohen, Elizabeth Taylor
Häftad, 2001
287 kr
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This is a biography of mayor Richard J. Daley. It is the story of his rise from the working-class Irish neighbourhood of his childhood to his role as one of the most important figures in 20th century American politics.
Mossy Trotter
E-bok, 2015
45 kr
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''It''s always a treat to read Elizabeth Taylor. Mossy Trotter is a real gem. A delightfully mischievous boy living in those long-ago halcyon days when children played out all day, roaming commons, scavenging on rubbish tips and stamping in newly-laid tar'' JACQUELINE WILSON ''We - that is, Herbert …
Soul Of Kindness
E-bok, 2010
51 kr
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INTRODUCED BY PHILIP HENSHER ''Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor''s novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I''ve …
Wedding Group
E-bok, 2010
51 kr
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INTRODUCED BY CHARLOTTE MENDELSON ''It is time that justice was done to Elizabeth Taylor... All her writings could be described as coming into the category of comedy. Comedy is the best vehicle for truths that are too fierce to be borne'' ANITA BROOKNER ''"You know,''"Midge began, and paused. She …
Angel
A Virago Modern Classic
E-bok, 2011
79 kr
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INTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth - Sarah Waters Writing stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel retreats to a world of romance, escaping …
Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont
A Virago Modern Classic
E-bok, 2011
62 kr
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''Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece'' ROBERT McCRUM, GUARDIAN ''An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth'' SARAH WATERS ''Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabath Bowen - soul-sisters all'' ANNE TYLER On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs …
In A Summer Season
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor''s finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. ''You taste of rain'', he said, kissing her. ''People say I married her for her money'', he thought …
Blaming
E-bok, 2011
50 kr
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''How deeply I envy any reader coming to her for the first time!'' Elizabeth Jane Howard * A finely nuanced exploration of responsibility, snobbery and culture clash from one of the twentieth century''s finest novelists. When Amy is suddenly left widowed and alone while on holiday in Istanbul, …
View of the Harbour
A Virago Modern Classic
E-bok, 2011
50 kr
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INTRODUCED BY SARAH WATERS ''Every one of her books is a treat and this is my favourite, because of its wonderful cast of characters, and because of the deftness with which Taylor''s narrative moves between them ... A wonderful writer'' SARAH WATERS In the faded coastal village of Newby, everyone …
Palladian
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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Introduced by Neel Mukherjee ''All her writings could be described as coming into the category of comedy. Comedy is the best vehicle for truths that are too fierce to be borne'' Anita Brookner ''Elizabeth Taylor has an eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose is elegant - even the humdrum becomes …
Game of Hide and Seek
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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''Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one''s own experience'' - Elizabeth Bowen, author of The Heat of the Day Intelligent and haunting, with echoes of Brief Encounter , this is a love story by one of the best British writers of the 20th century. …
Sleeping Beauty
E-bok, 2011
44 kr
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INTRODUCED BY DAVID BADDIEL ''Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor''s novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I''ve …
At Mrs Lippincote's
E-bok, 2011
51 kr
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The debut novel from Elizabeth Taylor - shortlisted for the Booker Prize * Mrs Lippincote''s house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder of all the certainties that have vanished with the advent of war. Temporarily, this is home for Julia, who has joined her …
Wreath of Roses
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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INTRODUCED BY HELEN DUNMORE Elizabeth Taylor''s darkest novel . . . She writes with a sensuous richness of language that draws the reader down the most shadowy paths . . . Extremely beguiling. Taylor makes the living moment present, touchable, disturbing, enchanting - Helen Dunmore Spending the …
American Pharaoh
Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
Av Elizabeth Taylor, Adam Cohen
E-bok, 2001
227 kr
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This is a biography of mayor Richard J. Daley. It is the story of his rise from the working-class Irish neighbourhood of his childhood to his role as one of the most important figures in 20th century American politics.
