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    Imogen EdwardsJones
    Hotel Babylon
    Belgravia
    Restaurant Babylon
    Hospital Babylon
    The Witch's Daughter
    Tuscany for Beginners
    • 2023

      Have You Got Anything Stronger?

      A sharp and furiously funny must-read about family life

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.5(57)Add rating

      The narrative explores the lives of four friends grappling with the complexities of marriage, parenthood, and careers. As they confront their chaotic realities, they reflect on their choices, questioning their relationships and personal fulfillment. With humor and candor, the story delves into their struggles, from the meaning of love and friendship to the small comforts they seek in daily life, all while pondering whether they will ever find a moment of peace amidst the chaos.

      Have You Got Anything Stronger?
    • 2023

      Violence, romance and a society on the edge: the new novel from journalist Imogen Edwards-Jones, set against the background of the Russian Revolution.

      The Witch's Daughter
    • 2016

      Belgravia

      • 432 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.7(735)Add rating

      FROM THE CREATOR OF DOWNTON ABBEY and THE GILDED AGE 'A modern classic that will fill any Downton-shaped hole' Daily Express It is the evening of 15 June 1815, and the Duchess of Richmond has thrown a magnificent ball in Brussels for the Duke of Wellington. The guests include James and Anne Trenchard - who have made their money in trade - along with their beautiful daughter Sophia. When the Trenchards move into the fashionable new area of Belgravia some twenty-five years later, they are surrounded by some of London society's most influential families. But something happened that night of the ball, so long ago, that threatens their new status. Because behind Belgravia's magnificent doors is a world of secrets, gossip and intrigue. 'Stunning' Mail on Sunday 'Written with brio, the novel races along with all the page-turning suspense of a thriller' Woman & Home 'A jolly romp about Fellowes's favourite subject, class' Sunday Times 'Immersive and intriguing' Stylist

      Belgravia
    • 2014

      Restaurant Babylon

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.5(20)Add rating

      What makes a restaurant hot? Why else do some chefs drive themselves crazy in pursuit of elusive Michelin stars, when in reality all they're doing is 'making someone else's tea'? So please do sit down, pour yourself some heavily marked-up wine and make yourself comfortable (although we'll need that table back by 8.30 sharp).

      Restaurant Babylon
    • 2011

      Hospital Babylon

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(422)Add rating

      Hospital Babylon is an in-depth, amusing and highly insightful expose of the extraordinary world of modern medicine. Doctors who sleep with patients. Doctors who suck fat, pump up breasts, plump lips and lengthen penises. As well as the doctor who makes a fortune doing buttock enlargements in the Caribbean.

      Hospital Babylon
    • 2010

      Wedding Babylon

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.4(41)Add rating

      Following a week in the life of a busy wedding planner, and based entirely on true but anonymous stories, Wedding Babylon takes you to the heart of an industry where emotions run high, money flows like champagne and GBP3,000 cakes are made of polystyrene.

      Wedding Babylon
    • 2008

      Pop Babylon

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.1(341)Add rating

      How do you make it as a pop star?Tracking a year in the making of a brand-new boy band, Pop Babylon is pure, unadulterated reading pleasure - stuffed with stories about pop's most demanding divas, which jocks do shock and just how long you can chop a line of cocaine.

      Pop Babylon
    • 2007

      Beach Babylon

      • 312 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.4(78)Add rating

      How does it feel to live and work in the world's most beautiful and luxurious tropical island resort, surrounded by white sandy beaches and aquamarine seas? How does it feel to be in the lap of luxury when you're thousands of miles from anywhere else? And when the guests are some of the richest and most demanding people in the world, where do you find the energy every day to smile, smile and smile again? Beach Babylon takes you behind the scenes at a five-star tropical island resort. Do all the stories which take place behind the closed doors of the exclusive spa have happy endings? What do the world's richest people expect from room service during their fortnight in paradise? What does the windsurfing instructor do to keep sane after hours? In the bestselling tradition of her previous Babylon books, Imogen Edwards-Jones investigates the rivalries and alliances between the staff at a resort where pandering to the guests' most extravagant whims is de rigueur. With a cast of millionaires, celebrities, hangers-on and prostitutes, Beach Babylon takes you to a world where extreme luxury is the norm and where excess somehow isn't always enough...

      Beach Babylon
    • 2006

      Fashion Babylon

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.4(82)Add rating

      With something for the simple follower of fashion as well as the hardcore fashionista, Fashion Babylon will change the way you sashay into Top Shop, flick through the pages of Vogue and enter the portals of Harvey Nichols forever.

      Fashion Babylon