Fiction - Sagas

Framley Parsonage is the fourth of the Barchester Chronicles sequence of novels which are considered among Trollope's greatest works.Author: Anthony TrollopeISBN-10: 1847187013ISBN-13: 9781847187017Publisher: Cambridge Scholars PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2008Pages: 383Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.70w x 0.90d

Staring into the hideous face of evil and illustrating the fragility of courage, this tale centers on Kamal, an East Pakistani who is born without a mouth and tongue. Rescued and educated by Abbas Miah, his village's schoolteacher, he soon learns to keep his...

From Ancient Rome, to Czarist and Communist Russia, throughthe white palaces of the Muslim caliphate of Al-Andalus and, finally, to the sandy soil of the Promised Land, soaked with the blood alike of Arabs and the heroic pioneers of the State of Israel; many...

John Newman's family has a secret, a huge secret, with a responsibility that affects everyone. And when John takes control of the family business, his actions will have world spanning repercussions.Newman is an unusual and utterly enthralling family saga - a scathing but hopeful...

This the fourth of Valerie Hansard's books to be published by Grosvenor House Publishing within the last three years. The first was a book of short stories, followed by two novels: Knockramore and The Quarry.On Verity's Account is set mainly in Wanstead, East London....

Although brothers, Edward and Thomas are two very different characters. Thomas is the responsible, churchgoing family man while Edward is the black sheep; selfish, hedonistic and craving excitement. Betraying both his wife, Gladys, and his mistress, Evelyn, who bears his illegitimate child, he settles...

'A thoroughly enjoyable, powerful novel' Lyn Andrews'An enchanting, warm and deeply touching story' Cathy SharpWinter, Liverpool 1947. Evie Kilgaren is a fighter. Abandoned by her mother and with her father long gone, she is left to raise her siblings in dockside Liverpool, as they...

The perfect Christmas gift from Britain's best-loved saga author. 1885. Ruby Carter works hard in her parents' bakery. Whilst life isn't easy, she's happy enough - her gentle mother protects young Ruby from her cruel father and loves her unconditionally. So, when her mother...

Cheryl loved Oliver, Oliver loved Cheryl. Jonathan loved Cheryl too, and Joanna loved Oliver. Cheryl's parents distrusted Oliver, and wanted her to marry Jonathan, Oliver's whole family appeared to despise Cheryl and would have preferred him to marry Joanna. Maeve wanted Cheryl's job, and...

An emotional WWII historical novel, based on real events A forbidden romance in occupied Norway' Narvik, 1940. After Laila awakens to the sight of warships in the fjord, it isn't long before she turns resistor to the brutal Nazi regime. She is horrified when...

Time's running out for The Tobacco Girls in this penultimate books in this bestselling series from Lizzie Lane. War is fleeting, but true love last forever... May 1944 Hope and excitement is in the air when news breaks of the allied forces landing in...

INDIA, 1850s. Following a brief courtship, newlyweds Emily and Charles Flood embark upon an ambitious honeymoon in India. Accompanied by Emily's cousin, Laura, the trio hope to seek out Charles's enigmatic half-brother, Oliver Erskine - a hugely wealthy landowner and dedicated bachelor. Though the...

A wonderful new book from Tracy Baines's entertianing Seaside Girls series - prepare to laugh and cry... Can the Seaside Girls embrace the new year with courage... Cleethorpes, 1940 As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end, it's...

The penultimate book in Rosie Clarkes bestselling Mulberry Lane series! - times are changing... Life on the Lane is made up of laughter, love and tears. London, 1961 With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub, The Pig & Whistle undergoing renovation, proprietors Peggy and Able Ronoscki...

Bristol 1939At forty years of age, Mary Anne Randall still turns heads. With an abusive husband spending most of his wages on beer, she has resigned herself to be the sole breadwinner to protect her family and keep the wolves from the door.In order...

A well-known writer from the early 1950s, Bertrand Dawlish was admired especially for the series of novels entitled The Holly House Saga. Growing up sharing his father with the public had been difficult enough for his youngest son without being expected to follow him...

Forever A Stranger is a story of love, war and family breakdown and follows the lives of three generations in crisis during the 20th century.Sid Shavinsky and Esther Kopitch are children when they flee the pogroms of Russia and Poland with their parents in...

'A wonderful, joyous book, which really spoke to me about the indomitability of the human spirit.' Elizabeth Enfield Italy 1943 The village trattoria, Casa Maria, is famed for its food and for Elena, the formidable matriarch who runs it. But now war has come...

If you love Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn, you'll love Chrissie Walsh's WWI story of love, loss and triumph!Kitty and Tom Conlon arrive in Liverpool in July 1916 to claim the house Tom's great-uncle has bequeathed him in his will. The move to England...

The thrilling new book from Sheila Riley in her Liverpool Saga series1916 LIVERPOOLFollowing the death of her father, Ruby Swift, and husband Archie finally move back into Ashland Hall.As the Great War rages, fathers and sons take the King's Shilling and head off to...

Discover Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series! September, 1940. With harvest approaching, land girl Daphne is busier than ever as she ploughs the fields and tends to the animals with her friends Sal and Charlie. All three girls enjoy the relative peace of...

The brand-new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series.August 1940As Autumn approaches, Lady Joanna Harcourt is preparing for new guests at Goodwill House - land girls, Sally, Daphne and Charlie.Sally, a feisty blonde from the East End, has never seen a cow...

'Mesmerising from beginning to end.' Lizzie LaneYorkshire 1860With the heat of their beloved India far behind them, Evie Davenport and her widowed British Army officer father, are starting a new life in England. But Evie is struggling. With her dearest mother gone, Yorkshire with...

The brand new instalment in Fenella J. Miller's bestselling Goodwill House series.July 1940With Hitler's bombs getting closer, WAAF Diane Forsyth is determined to face the oncoming danger and do her duty to support the brave RAF pilots who risk their lives as they take...

Ten years on, Maccy Tamryn, eccentric landlord of the Mermaid and Bow public house, finds Kansas is no place to hide from the pain and loss of a loved one. Maccy will continue his entrepreneurial journey into Little Petrock, a short distance from Padstow...

Explosions is a story of our time as it deals with the motivations and implementations of terrorism and the betrayal and exploitation by flawed individuals tasked with its prevention. It also explores the desperate plight of refugees and their perilous journey to freedom and...

On a cold night in November 1943, Lieutenant Tom Waldron brings an old friend into his home and into the life of his youngest sister. The romance between the shy young Englishwoman and the Australian airman sets in train a tragic story that will...

After Julie completes a family saga spanning the 20th century. 1941. A week before Julie's wedding her fiancé Simon disappears leaving her pregnant. Julie reluctantly decides to give their daughter Sarah away for adoption. She has a difficult childhood with her adoptive parents, compounded...

In an attempt to find his way back into his ex-girlfriends life, Adam offers Dalia the opportunity of a lifetime. She will direct a television show that will air nationwide, earning her power and money she never dreamed of having.Everything goes according to plan...

With the Olympic Games over, the competition for Dalia's heart begins. Dalia was forced to give up Adam the guy of her dreams to pursue a skating career with her gorgeous partner Ryan. Now that the Olympics are over and Canada's favourite couple has...

Fashion designer Thérèse D'Alesandro has recently moved into Westhead Manor with daughter Felicia and stepson Marco. Joining forces with neighbour Ella Benedict, she is about to open a bridal boutique at Ella's exclusive wedding venue Lawns at Little Court.Managing his father's European restaurant chain,...

She must risk it all to keep them safe...Liverpool 1920s: Michael Quinn the cobbler returns home after the First World War forever changed by his experiences on the front line. He moves his family from their comfortable home to live over a shop in...

Previously published as The Ever Open Door, this is a story told with warmth and humour, about a hard working, down-to-earth community in a small Yorkshire town during the Second World War and its aftermath. Burly steelworker Jim Butler and his wife Sally are...

Must she choose loyalty over happiness? January 1900. When her mother dies late in pregnancy, sixteen-year-old Rose resolves never to marry. She is resigned to a life of mind-numbing domestic work alongside her five siblings at Sawdons Hall. A chance encounter with the charismatic...

The legendary demise of Phil Archer's first wife is recalled in these archive editions of the much-loved BBC radio serial, plus a unique behind-the-scenes drama about Grace's death. The Archers is the longest-running radio drama in the world, and in 1955 the death of...

Can they do their bit for the war effort? A gripping historical saga based on a true story, following nurses during the First World War. Perfect for fans of Lizzie Page's The War Nurses, Donna Douglas's A Nightingale Christmas Promise and Margaret Dickinson's The...

'You'll have to sit with the orphans, ' she said. 'On the bottom table.'Lily pulled her coat tight. 'I'm not an orphan. I have a Mam.''But you haven't got a dad. Never did have one.' Growing up in Macclesfield, a town whose cotton and...

Two babies are born a century apart and three generations of women are blighted by a family secret.Thea's sense of self depends upon keeping her secret. Her daughter, Vanessa, is confused about her own identity. And there's Kate, Vanessa's own daughter, whose marriage is...

From Karen E. Black comes the final novel in a trilogy about the Devereux cousins-In "From the Chrysalis" (The Devereux Cousins, Book 1), Dace and Liza's unconventional romance survived beyond all odds-and a deadly prison riot gave them a brief chance at freedom.In "Feeling...

Beloved and bestselling Cape Breton author Lesley Crewe's novels are now available in bright and bold, smaller-format editions. The story begins with Nell, the "spinster on the hill" near St. Peter's, Cape Breton. Scarred by her own childhood, she swears she could never love...

When God Ain't Lookin' is about the relationship of a young man, George and an older woman, Ann. George did not know of their difference in age nor the fact that Ann was studying to become a nun. The story spans both of their...

After many tumultuous years spent grappling with the past, Jenny Hooper might have expected her latter years to be the best of her life, and they are - until tragedy strikes. Left floundering in a house full of memories, not all of them good,...

Okay, who invited the journalist? Philip, advisor to the Prince of Aldonia, is livid when he discovers someone invited a nosy reporter to the palace to write a salacious story about the royal family. The problem is, the more she digs into their pasts,...

For some, tragedy can be their downfall...For Nathan Butler, committing the ultimate sin became his!Living a life of solitude and regret changed him into someone darker, more callous. Beneath his tough exterior, Nathan Butler has become a throbbing wound of raw anger, fighting with...

Discover the epic saga of the oldest, continuous hereditary monarchy in the world-the 2600 years old, Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan. "The Goddesses of Japan" is a history-based book that takes you on a journey through the country's rich past, narrated by unsung heroines-goddess, sovereign,...

The Australia of 1962 was a far cry from the one we know today. For Tabitha, that year holds some of her most treasured as well as some of her most heart-breaking memories. Following the sudden death of Tabitha's husband many years later, Tabitha...

Aligning himself with a group of Cú-Raeth mercenaries, Logan Quinn seeks revenge after serving a seven-year prison sentence at a mining outpost on Bodecca, targeting everyone he blames for his incarceration - specifically Brianna Moonspirit, the recently appointed chief historian of the Sídhenar Nation,...

Set in the late 1980's Tom Newbold gets his first job working at the stables of a private country estate in Herefordshire . He is soon submerged into a world of murder and mafia in-fighting. Approached by MI6 is he to help the British...

The emotional story of a life in the making and the mystery that surrounds it. This is the book that takes you through thirty years, in authentic settings, as it moves from the Midwest, through WW II, secret missions and on to Spokane, Washington...

Megan Latimer, new counselor at a small island school, loves the peace and quiet of her harborside cottage with nature's beauty right outside her picture window... And a dog tied to the bow of a rowboat floating out into the harbor? A rescue, a...