 | Restoration by Rose Tremain
Buy used from: £0.01 brilliantly written, protagonist is such an interesting character, would recommend to anyone who loves historical novelists. tremain's best novel!
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 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind
Buy new: £2.87 / Used from: £0.01 language is superb, never has a book evoked my sense of smell before, it captivated me from the very beginning. the translator does not fail to deliver either.
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 | The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.26 a superbly constructed tudor romp-fest which tells the story of the sister no one knows about.
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 | Leaning, Leaning Over Water by Frances Itani
Buy new: £0.01 / Used from: £0.01 brilliant from start to finish, very sad, construction of the ten novels is perfect. i couldn't fault this book, a brilliant beach read!
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 | The Food of Love by Anthony Capella
Buy new: £0.75 / Used from: £0.01 This is probably my favourite book, it makes you salivate over ever page because the food sounds so delicious. a twist on the traditional boy meets girl, much more complex than a normal rom-com.
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 | The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
Buy new: £3.68 / Used from: £4.00 I read this in one afternoon sitting, it is EXCELLENT, very different but very interesting. translated from the french, but still brilliant.
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 | The Enid Blyton Collection: "Enchanted Wood", "Magic Faraway Tree" and "Folk of the Faraway Tree" by Enid Blyton
Buy used from: £19.99 by far the best children's series ever written. classic, still worth a read.
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 | Tipping the Velvet (Virago V) by Sarah Waters
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £2.28 such a thrilling, descriptive and lovely book, a joy to turn the page. my favourite bit is the beginning, in whistable.
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 | The Odyssey (Perennial Classics) by Homer
Buy new: £43.11 / Used from: £3.99 homer is an absolute legend. only read this translation though, the others aren't as good, and the notes in this version are the best, a must for any classical civilisation fan.
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 | Twelfth Night (Arden Shakespeare Second Series): Second Series by William Shakespeare
Buy new: £4.07 / Used from: £4.00 by far one of his best
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