Its France, 1761. Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV & Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime & immorality.. .A police officer disappears & Nicolas Le Floch, a young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he seems to have a murder investigation on his hands. As the city descends into Carnival debauchery, Le Floch will need all his skill, courage & integrity to unravel a mystery which threatens to implicate the highest in the l&. This is the first in a series of six historical crime novels which has sold in excess of 400, 000 copies in French. The author brings eighteenth century Paris vividly to life & the story features real-life characters Madame de Pompadour & Loius XV as well as engaging hero Nicolas le Floch. It is soon to be adapted for French Television. ...

Brighton in the Cheeky Guide Series exploring the best places to see & things to do in the city. The guide is divided into 24 distinct sections covering a range of activities, outings, local places of interest, nightlife & recommended places to eat & drink in the city. There are specific sections on The Sea, Shopping, Cafes, Specialist & Veggie Food, Restaurants, Watering Holes, Local Entertainment, the Music Scene, Hay Scene, Mind, Body & Spirit & Kids ...

Brighton in the Cheeky Guide Series exploring the best places to see & things to do in the city. The guide is divided into 24 distinct sections covering a range of activities, outings, local places of interest, nightlife & recommended places to eat & drink in the city. There are specific sections on The Sea, Shopping, Cafes, Specialist & Veggie Food, Restaurants, Watering Holes, Local Entertainment, the Music Scene, Hay Scene, Mind, Body & Spirit & Kids’ Brighton. An extensive list of year around activities is also featured, providing information on specific events & relevant websites. There are also details of places to stay & recommended day trips to take from the city. A glossary gives practical guidance on getting there & around, parking, specific tourist information, drugs, crime & toilets as well as a black & white outline map of Brighton. ...

Matt Feroze had a rather unusual dream: to become a cheesemonger in the highly competitive French cheese industry. To accomplish this, however, he would have to make huge sacrifices: give up a good job as an accountant in England & say goodbye to his friends & family, moving to a country in which he struggled with the language & knew next to nothing about the profession he wished to enter. Yet only a year later he was being crowned Champion de France des Fromagers, beating veteran French cheesemongers to the title & opening up a wealth of new opportunities for himself. The Cheese & I is the remarkable story of how he pulled off such an incredible feat. This is the inspirational tale of how an Englishman sacrificed so much to pursue & realize his goal, & proves that, with enough determination, it is possible to achieve anything you desire. ...

The flamboyant Frenchman Alexis Soyer was the most renowned chef in Victorian Engl&. This is his colourful account of his time at the front in the Crimean War, where he joined British troops in order to improve the quality of the food they were eating. Divulging the secrets of preparing stew for 1000 soldiers, sharing sweetmeats with a Turkish Pacha, & teaching a Highland regiment to cook with his pioneering gas-fuelled `field stove` that would be used by armies up until the Second World War, Soyer gives a vividly enjoyable lesson in making a little go a long way. ...

In the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the diverse inhabitants of its ten houses. One summer`s evening, the square`s rivalries & allegiances are disrupted by a sudden & unusual death
- an arrow to the head, shot through an open window at no. 6. Unfortunately for the murderer, an invitation to visit had just been sent by the crime writer Aldous Barnet, staying with his sister at no. 8, to his friend Superintendent Meredith. Three days after his arrival, Meredith finds himself investigating the shocking murder two doors down. Six of the square`s inhabitants are keen members of the Wellington Archery Club, but if Meredith & Long thought that the case was going to be easy to solve, they were wrong... The Cheltenham Square Murder is a classic example of how John Bude builds a drama within a very specific location. Here the Regency splendour of Cheltenham provides the perfect setting for a story in which appearances are certainly deceiving.
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In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name & save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn`t even have a name. & when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They`ve killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, & soon. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realises it`s her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. To her horror, the information she acquires makes her situation even more dangerous. Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. In this tautly plotted novel, Stephenie Meyer creates a fierce & fascinating new heroine with a very specialised skill set. & she shows once again why she`s one of the world`s bestselling authors. ...

In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name & save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn`t even have a name. & when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They`ve killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, & soon. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realises it`s her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. To her horror, the information she acquires makes her situation even more dangerous. Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. In this tautly plotted novel, Stephenie Meyer creates a fierce & fascinating new heroine with a very specialised skill set. & she shows once again why she`s one of the world`s bestselling authors. ...

Fin Macleod, now head of security on a privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate of illegal game-hunting taking place on the isl&. This mission reunites him with Whistler Macaskill
- a local poacher, Fin`s teenage intimate, & possessor of a long-buried secret. But when this reunion takes a violent, sinister turn & Fin puts together the fractured pieces of the past, he realizes that revealing the truth could destroy the future.
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The Cheviot in 1901-1913 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. The map covers a rural area of Northumberl&, with the Scottish part left blank. Coverage extends from The Cheviot southward to Biddlestone Hall & also

Includes:: Alwinton, Biddleston, Burradon, Clennell, Grey`s Forest, & Selby`s Forest. On the reverse is an extract from a more detailed map showing Biddlestone Hall & Bleakmoor Hill. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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