Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Life class Life class Pat Barker In the Spring of 1914 a group of students at the Slade School of Art have gathered for a life-drawing class. Paul Tarrant is easily distracted by an intriguing fellow student, Elinor Brooke, but when… OL11221638W
An expert in murder An expert in murder Nicola Upson A brilliant and original fiction debut set in the exotic world of 1930s British theatreMarch 1934. Revered mystery writer Josephine Tey is traveling from Scotland to London for the final week of her … OL1843185W
14-18, understanding the Great War 14-18, understanding the Great War Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau "This book shows the Great War was the matrix on which all subsequent disasters of the twentieth century were formed. Stephane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker examine three neglected but highly sig… OL2380256W
Fallen Skies Fallen Skies Philippa Gregory Lily Valance is determined to forget the horrors of the war by throwing herself into the decadent pleasures of the 1920s and pursuing her career as a music hall singer. When she meets Captain Stephen… OL59952W
Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature Santanu Das "Through extensive archival and historical research, analysing previously unknown letters and diaries alongside close investigative readings of literary writings by figures such as Owen and Brittain,… OL6546756W