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Measure for Murder (1940)
EN NW EB DLISBN: 9781912916597 bzw. 1912916592, in Englisch, PublishDrive, neu, E-Book, elektronischer Download.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Despatched same working day before 3pm.
It is 1940 and Mrs Mudge, the cleaning lady is busy tidying the Little Theatre in Lulverton, which is run by the local amateur dramatics' society.But she is in for a surprise when she finds a corpse in the ticket office, stabbed with a dagger - a prop from the society's latest play, Measure for Measure.The novel is in two sections. In the first, the narrator, Vaughn Tudor, describes the formation of the small amateur theatre group, in a sleepy village on the South Coast in the period leading up to the Second World War.But then in the second half, after the revelation of the identity of the victim and the calling in of Witting's series detective Inspector Charlton to investigate, the reader finds out that there were rather a lot of people who had cause to visit that little theatre on the night of the murder...But can the police disentangle the complicated relationships to discover the real killer?It seems that this story had its roots in a real live production of Shakespeare's Mea.
It is 1940 and Mrs Mudge, the cleaning lady is busy tidying the Little Theatre in Lulverton, which is run by the local amateur dramatics' society.But she is in for a surprise when she finds a corpse in the ticket office, stabbed with a dagger - a prop from the society's latest play, Measure for Measure.The novel is in two sections. In the first, the narrator, Vaughn Tudor, describes the formation of the small amateur theatre group, in a sleepy village on the South Coast in the period leading up to the Second World War.But then in the second half, after the revelation of the identity of the victim and the calling in of Witting's series detective Inspector Charlton to investigate, the reader finds out that there were rather a lot of people who had cause to visit that little theatre on the night of the murder...But can the police disentangle the complicated relationships to discover the real killer?It seems that this story had its roots in a real live production of Shakespeare's Mea.
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Greek Women are Goddesses
EN NW EB DLISBN: 9781912935031 bzw. 1912935031, in Englisch, AKAKIA Publications, neu, E-Book, elektronischer Download.
Lieferung aus: Deutschland, Free shipping.
Greek Women are Goddesses: A contemporary love story that highlights the similarities between the ancient Greek goddesses of mythology and Greek women of today.Greg is a Greek American journalist who comes to Greece to create a documentary for Greek women. Athena is a young lawyer who has written a thesis "e Greek women are goddesses"e .She undertakes the task to bring Gregg to contact with women willing to participate in his documentary. Athena is beautiful, dynamic, a modern-day goddess who holds a secret. The more Greg knows her the more he likes her until he falls in love with her. But there is a fiancee back in NYC... Through Athena`s thesis we come to know that Greek women have many similarities with the 6 Olympus Goddesses. Englisch, Ebook.
Greek Women are Goddesses: A contemporary love story that highlights the similarities between the ancient Greek goddesses of mythology and Greek women of today.Greg is a Greek American journalist who comes to Greece to create a documentary for Greek women. Athena is a young lawyer who has written a thesis "e Greek women are goddesses"e .She undertakes the task to bring Gregg to contact with women willing to participate in his documentary. Athena is beautiful, dynamic, a modern-day goddess who holds a secret. The more Greg knows her the more he likes her until he falls in love with her. But there is a fiancee back in NYC... Through Athena`s thesis we come to know that Greek women have many similarities with the 6 Olympus Goddesses. Englisch, Ebook.
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Undertones
EN NW EB DLISBN: 9781912916955 bzw. 1912916959, in Englisch, PublishDrive, neu, E-Book, elektronischer Download.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Despatched same working day before 3pm.
Undertones is a ground-breaking reference book on jazz in crime fiction.As the opening historical overview shows, crime and jazz are soulmates in popular (especially American) culture and this book is by far the most exhaustive - but also entertaining survey of the interaction of both.The book is divided into two parts. The first is comprised of essays framing some of the jazz crime novels in their historical context and giving the casual reader a better understanding of the genre.Essays on ragtime and the blues offer insight into jazz roots.Other essays are regional (New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Kansas City, San Francisco, Los Angeles (black & white)), or set abroad.Four essays are topical: Private Eyes and Jazz ('Jazz Eyes'), Cops and Jazz, Jazz and Drugs, and Jazz in Spy and Thriller novels.The second part consists of an annotated bibliography of books, short stories and magazines as well as lists of: authors and their series characters, series characters and their authors.
Undertones is a ground-breaking reference book on jazz in crime fiction.As the opening historical overview shows, crime and jazz are soulmates in popular (especially American) culture and this book is by far the most exhaustive - but also entertaining survey of the interaction of both.The book is divided into two parts. The first is comprised of essays framing some of the jazz crime novels in their historical context and giving the casual reader a better understanding of the genre.Essays on ragtime and the blues offer insight into jazz roots.Other essays are regional (New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Kansas City, San Francisco, Los Angeles (black & white)), or set abroad.Four essays are topical: Private Eyes and Jazz ('Jazz Eyes'), Cops and Jazz, Jazz and Drugs, and Jazz in Spy and Thriller novels.The second part consists of an annotated bibliography of books, short stories and magazines as well as lists of: authors and their series characters, series characters and their authors.
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