Modern Literature

//Modern Literature
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  • When Lockhart Flawse is catapulted out of his upper-class and Rapunzel-esque life with the curmudgeonly Flawse Senior, he must enter the world of suburbia - and marriage. Rendered an absolute twit in modern society by his medieval upbringing, Lockhart must resort to drastic tactics in his attempt to return to Flawse House. Faced with the horrors of suburbia, he must either terrorise, blackmail and potentially kill an entire street of his tenants, or attempt to find his unknown and elusive father in order to inherit the estate. However, with the belief that he was dropped into his mother's arms by a stork, killing a street of people may be the wiser option for the socially inept young man. Naturally, he falls in love with Jessica, the first girl he has ever been allowed to speak to.  He is also under mounting pressure, as it may all be in vain if his gold-digging mother-in-law has her way. She's has decided that if Lockhart's wealthy grandfather can't have the decency to die on his own, she will take matters into her own hands.
  • American socialite Sarah Talbot had everything going for her: a multi-million dollar business, a large circle of well-placed friends and a marriage to an English aristocrat and army colonel Edward Talbot. Talbot is killed in the Falklands campaign, leaving her with her adored stepson Eric, a Cambridge. student.  When Eric dies from a drug overdose, Sarah tries to uncover the mysterious circumstances of his death and finds all roads blocked by officialdom.  When she meets former SAS  sergeant Sean Egan, she knows  she had found the man who can help her. Together they embark on a quest to the depths of the underworld - truly, a season in hell.
  • 391 A.D. Fanatics destroy the Great Library and museum of Alexandria.  But a few conspirators secretly remove the most precious items and ship them to a distant, desolate land. 1991: A UN plane with the Secretary General aboard, crashes in the icy wastes of Greenland, brought down by a monstrous terrorist conspiracy. Trouble-shooter Dirk Pitt, in the vicinity on a search mission for a crippled Soviet submarine, finds himself caught up in a dangerous vortex of intrigue - and with a beautiful  lady archeologist who has found an ancient gold coin far further to the north than it should be...Cover art by Chris Foss.
  • Book VII of The Kent Family Chronicles. 1869:  While America flourishes in a new age of prosperity, Gideon Kent pursues the course of a working man and incurs the enmity  of powerful railroad boss Thomas Courtleigh.  By hiring the criminal fugitive Jeremiah Kent, Courtleigh unwittingly sets brother against brother.  Artist Matthew Kent, abandoned by his wife, escapes justice in  France and returns to America.  Eleanor Kent, Gideon's daughter, dreams of an acting career.  Estranged from her father and the victim of terrible violence, she turns to Matthew to help rebuild her life.
  • When the Saint and Patricia Holm stumble upon a government test of a weapon of mass destruction, they realise they've seen something that must be kept away from the wrong hands. But the Saint's nemesis Rayt Marius is already nearby and there is only one way to stop Marius from using the weapon to start a war - by kidnapping the scientist who built it.

  • Simon Templar tangles with the notorious ‘Snake’ Ganning, tracks down a stash of stolen jewels and busts a drug-smuggling racket. He may not always stay on the right side of the law, but with his swashbuckling charm and Robin Hood morality, he is clearly on the side of the angels. Three short stories: The Man Who Was Clever; The Policeman With Wings; The Lawless Lady.
  • Volume XII of Sharpe. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands – a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine the dangers that await them in Chile…Cover art by Gino D'Achille.
  • The post-Revolution years saw a state of flux with the balance of power shifting back to the bourgeoisie. Napoleon's rise to power was meteoric and he is a successful young general when this book opens.  Hortense Beauharnais finds life very different when he mother becomes Bonaparte's wife and she lives her life on the chessboard of the French court amid jealousy and greed.  She is married off the Napoleon's brother but is in love with Charles de Flahaut, a gallant young officer.  History, brought to life.
  • In this volume: The Family Streak andThe Old Fault, Shirley Grey; Hiking On Horseback, Cora Gordon; The Scotch Society, Constance Savery; The Monster Of Loch Shee, Dorita Fairlie Bruce; 'For The Best Disguise', Evelyn Simms; The Three Workers, Frances Joyce; Mr Stewart's Nuggets, Wallace Carr, The Fairies' Gift: A Welsh Story, Ann Vaughan; The Parrot That Did Not Talk, Elizabeth Whitely; Caroline And The Smuggler, Jocelyn Oliver; Good Aunt Earle, M.A. Peart; Camping Out, A.G. Holman; Jill Repays, Anne Page; Pamela's Piebald, Gunby Hadath; The Wanderer, Thora Stowell; How To Dive, W.J. Howcroft; Sally's Sunday, Alice Massie; The Poison Cupboard, Frances Joyce.