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Seminary Boy
John CornwellOne of the most extraordinary memoirs of recent years, the acclaimed writer John Cornwell has finally written his own story, and the story of a choice he had to make between the Church and a life lived outside its confines.
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Bernard CornwellThe new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
Hitler's Scientists: Science, War and the Devil's Pact
John CornwellIn a rich and fascinating history John Cornwell tells the epic story of Germany's scientists from the First World War to the collapse of Hitler's Reich.
Unnatural Exposure
Patricia CornwellThe circumstances of death broadcast a clear and horrifying message: the killer is armed with the most lethal weapon on earth - smallpox. For more about Patricia Cornwell and her books visit her website on www.patricia-cornwell.com
Breaking Faith: Can the Catholic Church Save Itself?
John CornwellIn Breaking Faith, Cornwell explains why he left the Church but returned to it after twenty years because he 'couldn't do without it' and because he is convinced that Catholicism still has the power to make the world a better place.
The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession
John CornwellThe Dark Box is an erudite and personal history; Cornwell draws on his own memories of Catholic boyhood, and weaves it with the story of confession from its origins in the early church to the current day, where its enduring psychological ...
Stonehenge: A Novel of 2000 BC
Bernard CornwellA novel by Bernard Cornwell that follows the enormous success of his Arthurian trilogy (The Winter King, Enemy of God, and Excalibur) tells the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that creates the great temple.
The Fort
Bernard Cornwell‘Captivate, kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy’ was the order given to the American soldiers. THE FORT is the blistering novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell.
The Pope in winter: the dark face of John Paul II's papacy
John CornwellGiven such a long papacy many an influence and debt of gratitude has been neglected; but I thank them one and all, and especially: John Allen, Neal Ascherson, Victoria Clark, Eamon Duffy, John Follain, Cathy Galvin, Michael Gilmore, the ...
The Absurd in Literature
Neil CornwellNeil Cornwell's study, while endeavouring to present an historical survey of absurdist literature and its forbears, does not aspire to being an exhaustive history of absurdism.
V.F. Odoevsky: His Life, Times and Milieu
Neil CornwellBased upon published and unpublished sources in Russia and the West, Cornwell paints a portrait of one of Russia's central figures, though little known in the West.
The Empty Throne: A Novel
Bernard CornwellWith this eighth entry in the epic Saxon Tales series, we are reminded once again why New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell is “the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today” (Wall Street Journal).
Flesh and Blood
Patricia CornwellNo.1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta—a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.
The Power to Harm
John CornwellMore information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
The Flame Bearer (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 10)
Bernard CornwellThe brand new novel in Bernard Cornwell’s number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2’s major TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.
American Biography: A New Cyclopedia
More editionsDavid Conwell was born in Province- town, October 27, 1818, the son of David Service and Eleanor (Perry) Cornwell. The name was originally spelled with an "r ," Cornwell, but David Conwell-s mother, after the death of her young husband, ...
Incidences
More editionsDaniil Kharms Neil Cornwell ... Plummeting Old Women and Other Stories, Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1989 The translation of 'Yelizaveta Bam' first appeared in Daniil Kharms and the Poetics of the Absurd, edited by Neil Cornwell, Macmillan Press, ...
Strange Gods
John CornwellTells the story of a Catholic priest who has lapsed from his vows of chastity and fathered a child.
Vladimir Nabokov
Neil CornwellProfessor Neil Cornwell's study, published for the Nabokov centenary, examines five of Nabokov's major novels including Lolita (ranked 4 in the 1998 New York Modern Library list of the 100 best novels of the century published in English), ...
A Thief in the Night: The Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul I
John CornwellAn investigation into the sudden death of Pope John Paul I on September 28, 1978 probes rumors of conspiracy and murder surrounding the death and reveals intense rivalries within the Vatican, financial scandals involving the Vatican bank, ...
Collieries of South Wales
John CornwellFollowing on from the success of Volume 1, this book will consist of more Colliery photographs, with perhaps as many as 200 scenes portrayed from about 30 collieries not featured in Volume 1.
Nature's imagination: the frontiers of scientific vision
John CornwellOffering a new scientific paradigm that moves beyond the accepted scientific approach of reductionism and accounts for the whole, a collection of essays by today's leading mathematicians, astronomers, neoroscientists, and philosophers ...
Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII
John CornwellDraws on secret archives to present a record of the career of Pope Pius XII, showing his collaboration with the Nazis and his anti-Semitism, and discusses his continuing influence.
Armel's Revenge
Nicki CornwellChristophe's been given the job of looking after the new boy in his class.
Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide: Discover your next great read
Nick RennisonDiscover your next great read Nick Rennison ... (born 1972) British novelist Nick Harkaway is the pseudonym adopted by Nicholas Cornwell, the son of >>John Le Carré when, after a successful career as a screenwriter, he published his first ...
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Bernard CornwellGo with God and Fight Like the Devil. The remarkable new novel by Britain’s master storyteller, which culminates at the Battle of Poitiers.
Fallen Angels
Bernard CornwellA highly entertaining, wonderfully colourful story, now revealed to be written by one of our favourite historical novelists.
Azincourt
Bernard CornwellA unique novel, looking at one the greatest battles, a battle that was a turning point in history, from many points of view, by a master storyteller.
A Crowning Mercy
Bernard CornwellA highly entertaining, wonderfully colourful story, now revealed to be written by one of our favourite historical novelists.
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