Jamie Glover
1) The tempest
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
'The Tempest' has long been regarded as Shakespeare's swan-song, though recent chronologies suggest he went on to compose 'Henry VIII' and 'The Two Noble Kinsmen' after. In its first publication (in the First Folio of 1623), 'The Tempest' appears in the 'Comedies' section. In modern criticism, it is more likely to be described as a 'late play' (written towards the end of what we perceive to be Shakespeare's writing career, c. 1607-13) or a 'romance'...
Publisher
Acorn Media Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 287 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ashley Jensen reprises her role of city PR turned country sleuth in six new episodes of Agatha Raisin. Adapted from the bestselling books by MC Beaton, the first series was an instant hit on Global TV creating a strong fan base around the world.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 462 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agatha, public relations specialist, moves from London to the small village of Carsley, hoping for a quieter, simpler life. She soon finds her dreams dashed when she becomes a murder suspect after entering a quiche-making competition.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 398 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Unlikely private detective Agatha Raisin opens a PI agency to uncover the killers lurking in her sleepy Cotswold village, with help from her friend Roy and paramour James.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 349 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance and adrift in a world of fire, sword, and treachery. He has to make a choice: whether to fight for the Vikings, who raised him, or for King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who dislikes him. In the late ninth century, Wessex is the last English kingdom. The rest have fallen to the Danish Vikings, a story told in The Last Kingdom, the New York Times bestselling novel in which Uhtred's tale began. Now the Vikings...
Author
Series
Saxon stories (Bernard Cornwell) volume 1
Last Kingdom
The Saxon tales volume 1
[The warrior chronicles] volume 1
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Last Kingdom
The Saxon tales volume 1
[The warrior chronicles] volume 1
More Series...
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
xiii, 333 p. : map ; cm.
Language
English
Description
From Bernard Cornwell comes a saga of blood, rage, fidelity, and betrayal that brings to center stage King Alfred the Great, one of the most crucial figures in English history. It is King Alfred and his heirs who, in the ninth and tenth centuries, with their backs against the wall, fought to secure the survival of the last outpost of Anglo-Saxon culture by battling the ferocious Vikings, whose invading warriors had already captured and occupied three...