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On the weekend of October 17 1981, a party of girls who had set out on a sponsored walk from Beaminster became separated from their leader and disappeared into the worst fog ever recorded on the west coast of Dorset. For days search parties of anxious parents and police failed to trace the girls. Those that returned, finally, could give no coherent account of their strange exile from home. '"Lord of the Flies" was a book of this kind.' "Observer" 'A compulsively readable work of the imagination.' Elaine Feinstein, "Times" 'A delicate interweaving of Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks, and 'Good Queen Bess'... its somber moods and haunting melodies give it a power beyond the range of mere intellect.' "Literary Review"

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In England after the Revolution, the 'Last of the Country House Murders' is planned--by the Government. The murder of Jules Tanner, aesthete and survivor of the old regime, is to be decked out as a tourist attraction. Haines, once the school sneak, now the compliant Government agent, has the task of selecting possible murderers and arranging a suitably exciting crime...

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This title is Emma Tennant's memoir set mostly during the 70s, in which she shares the experience of her affair with Ted Hughes while she was editor of the literary magazine "Bananas". She offers perceptions of the writers who contributed to her magazine, including Angela Carter and J.G. Ballard.

'You can't imagine what it's like when your youth comes back - and beauty, and more... I found out that if I took the pills I could turn - just like that - into the person I had been. Yes, into me! Eliza! Where had I gone? Who had I been?' Emma Tennant's brilliant re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson tells of an impoverished single mother at the bitter end of her tether, who finds dark pharmaceutical means to revive her looks and career ambitions. This splitting of personality, however, leads to disintegration and murder. 'Fascinating.' Financial Times 'Brilliant... Wittily worked out, perceptive of modern m ores and values.' Times Literary Supplement 'Reminiscent of Muriel Spark at her very darkest and very best.' Scotland on Sunday

"'...I met the sad menopausee and offered her, at the flick of a switch, a return of beauty, youth, and desire. And - after all, I'm no stinge-merchant - power and money as well. Why not? If a man, such as Dr Faustus, was offered such commodities by myself... why not a woman, in this age of equality?'" Emma Tennant's modern-day reworking of the Faust legend describes a young woman's dark discovery of just what befell her kindly long-lost grandmother.

A House in Corfu is the story of one of the most beautiful places on earth, still astonishingly unspoilt, on the west coast of Corfu. Full of colour and contrast, A House in Corfu shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the building of the house, and celebrates, equally, the joy of belonging to a timeless world;

"Felony" is about the misdemeanours inherent in writing; theft, false memory, plagarism and greed for celebrity. It demonstrates the embarrassment and shame suffered by those who steal from and exploit others in their quest, but who go on and do it all the same.

A fictional re-creation of the turbulent courtship, marriage, and separation of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.In intense, dramatic prose, Emma Tennant unfolds a story of passion, conflict, and betrayal. Creating a series of unforgettable images she reconstructs the twentieth century's most famous literary love affair and the tempestuous triangle between Hughes, Plath, and Assia Wevill. Filled with mounting suspense and lurking danger, Sylvia and Ted is a tale that culminates in tragedy, leaving in its wake a hundred unanswered questions.Tennant was drawn to the subject partly as a result of her past relationship with Hughes -- and because of the legs that surround him and the two women who loved him. Though imaginative fiction, her novel vividly evokes the social and literary circles in which Plath and Hughes traveled and with the complexities, needs, and desires of three talented yet tortured people whose story continues to capture the imagination of readers.

A mysterious disappearance sets off a whirlwind of intrigue as the Queen goes missing without a trace. The search for her leads to questions about her motivations and the secrets she may be hiding. As the plot unfolds, the narrative explores themes of power, identity, and the impact of royal duties on personal freedom, inviting readers to delve into a captivating tale of adventure and self-discovery.

This is Emma Tennant's inventive continuation of Pride and Prejudice. As in her earlier novel Pemberley, Emma has written an original work of stylish irony, wit and insight into early 19th century life and manners.

Adele, a young girl uprooted from her vibrant Parisian life, struggles with loneliness and homesickness at Thornfield Hall. As the daughter of a renowned actress, she feels out of place in the English countryside and yearns for her mother, who is no longer in her life. This poignant narrative explores themes of belonging and the impact of loss on a child's emotional landscape.

The sequel to Jane Austen's best-loved novel, Emma, by the author of the international best-seller 'Pemberley'.

Brings together for the first time three of Tennant's most acclaimed works that share a spiritual affinity. The Bad Sister and Two Women of London investigate two Scottish masterpieces of the macabre - The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

From 'the brightly lit scenes which furnish memory', Tennant provides a memoir of her years from eighteen to thirty which is also a memoir of the fifties and sixties, a memoir of the times. GIRLITUDE opens with the author's Coming-Out Ball, where we find her wondering what on Earth she is supposed to do in life. Marriage seems the only option. . . Yet this girl escapes - at first - in her search for a system which will change the world, and enable her to find her own identity. But, like a modern Donna Quixote tilting st the windmills, she falls into adversity, as well as numerous marriages along the way. The worlds of gambling, satire and revolution first welcome and then repel the hapless traveller through the changing times, from fifties boom to sixties lust. GIRLITUDE - funny, sad and shocking by turns - is above all the story of what it was, in those golden and reprehensible days, to be a girl.

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Ungeheuerliches geschieht an einem nebligen Herbsttag: Die Queen packt ihren Koffer und verlässt England. In aller Heimlichkeit fährt sie nach Gatwick und fliegt inkognito in die Ferne. Wo will sie hin? Was hat sie vor? Der Zusammenprall der Königin mit der harschen Realität einer tropischen Ferieninsel erweist sich vor allem wegen der vielen komischen Missverständnisse als Quelle bemerkenswerter Erkenntnisse über das Wesen der Monarchie, den Tourismus und die Bedeutung der Traditionen. Denn bei aller anerzogener Unnahbarkeit erweist sich die Monarchin als sehr vernünftige, praktische Frau, die mit dem Leben unter widrigsten Umständen am Ende besser zurechtkommt, als man auf den ersten Blick glauben möchte. Dass sich ausgerechnet ein schwarzer junger Mann, der sie eigentlich ausrauben möchte, als Ritter und Retter erweist, gehört zu den vielen amüsanten Details dieser vergnüglichen kleinen Novelle, die sowohl für Royalisten als auch für Republikaner ein echtes Geschenk ist.

„Je zvláštní sledovat budování základů domu v místech, kde se předtím o jakékoli stavbě nikomu ani nesnilo.“ Počátkem 60. let objevili rodiče Emmy Tennant kouzelnou zátoku a rozhodli se v ní postavit dům. Rovinia, jak svůj nový domov nazvali, leží na západním pobřeží ostrova Korfu, nad zálivem, kde se podle legendy setkala Nausikaá se ztroskotaným Odysseem. Těžkou práci odvedly vesničanky a místní architekt, ale autorčina matka a zesnulý otec proměnili dům v umělecké dílo. Ladnost jeho proporcí a vzhled okouzlí každého, kdo se podívá do pracovny, kde sedával otec Tennantové. Z ložnice v patře je výhled do zátoky a na zalesněný kopec, kde moře vytváří sytě modrou, ustavičně se měnící tapetu. Rovinia nabízí nespočet opojení: k snídani fíky natrhané za domem či krajíce chleba s medem tak hustým, že by nebylo divu, kdyby včely snášely pyl až z Olympu. Průzkumné plavby na ostrov Mathraki a podél pobřeží, záplavy vlčích máků na planině Ropa, shluky modré a šarlatově červené drchničky vykukující z trávy. Emma Tennant zachycuje radosti a strasti každodenního života na řeckém ostrově, od poloslané vody ve studni po drolící se zídky, vše s láskou, jež může vzplanout pouze v místě, kde se cítíte být doma. Útlá knížka prozářená sluncem a barvami líčí život vesničanů od chvíle, co se rodina zabydlela v Rovinii, a oslavuje potěšení ze sounáležitosti s nadčasovým světem vína, oliv a moře.

Tragický milostný a manželský vztah dvojice slavných básnických tvůrců – Američanky Sylvie Plathové a Angličana Teda Hudgese inspiroval Emmu Tennantovou k napsání emotivně silného příběhu střetnutí dvou naprosto protikladných osobností – neuroticky křehké básnířky a drsně siláckého básníka, kteří spolu navzájem soupeří o slávu a do jejichž společného života zasahuje osudová žena, krásná a exotická Assia Wevillová. Na podkladě skutečných událostí Tennantová vyfabulovala strhující text balancující mezi básnickým dramatem a vizuálně silným obrazem v próze.

Těmito slovy uvádí Emma Tennantová pokračování novely Jane Austenové Pýcha a předsudek, kterou její autorka měla ze svých knih nejraději - stejně jako Elizabeth Bennetová byla její nejmilejší hrdinkou. Pemberley je nádherné derbyshirské sídlo pana Darcyho, a je to právě zde, kde on a jeho choť Elizabeth hostí o Vánocích své příbuzné - Bennetovy, Bingleyovy a lady Catherine de Bourghovou. Elizabeth a Darcy jsou již rok svoji, ale Elizabeth stále necítí žádné příznaky, že by dědic Pemberley byl na cestě. Darcyho pýcha a Líziny předsudky znovu ožívají, tentokrát žárlivými řečmi Caroliny Bingleyové. Život manželů Darcyových v prvním roce po svatbě je námětem dopsaného pokračování slavného románu J. Austenové.“Je všeobecně uznávanou pravdou, že každý ženatý a zámožný muž musí nutně toužit po synovi a dědici…”