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A tender memoir of the challenges of bereavement ... I closed this book wishing I'd met her - but feeling that I almost had' Daily Telegraph _______________ A memoir of a husband's grief, and an unforgettable portrait of a marriage, a profound examination of sorrow, and a great celebration of love - by the Sunday Times-bestselling author James Runcie James Runcie's wife Marilyn Imrie died in August 2020. Their thirty-five year marriage had...

A profound examination of grief and a great celebration of love by internationally bestselling author James Runcie.In early 2020, as the world sunk into the pandemic, James Runcie and his wife Marilyn Imrie were going through a different, far more personal tragedy. After 35 years of miraculously happy marriage, they learned that the painful, frustrating symptoms Marilyn had been experiencing for two years were a sign of Lou Gehrig's Disease. W...

A masterpiece' SCOTSMAN 'A wise, refreshing novel ... Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTEL 'A masterclass in writing about the power of music and grief' THE TIMES, 100 best books for summer 2022 Love and Death. Grief and Joy. Music that lasts forever. Leipzig, 1726. Eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann has just lost his mother. Sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir, he is rescued from his homesickness and...

From acclaimed bestselling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the story of Bach's writing of the St. Matthew Passion.In 1727, Stefan Silbermann is a grief-stricken thirteen-year-old, struggling with the death of his mother and his removal to a school in distant Leipzig. Despite his father's insistence that he try not to think of his mother too much, Stefan is haunted by her absence, and, to make matters worse, h...

From acclaimed bestselling author James Runcie, a meditation on grief and music, told through the story of Bach's writing of the St. Matthew Passion.In 1727, Stefan Silbermann is a grief-stricken thirteen-year-old, struggling with the death of his mother and his removal to a school in distant Leipzig. Despite his father's insistence that he try not to think of his mother too much, Stefan is haunted by her absence, and, to make matters worse, h...

Der vierte Band der Grantchester Mysteries Sidney Chambers ist zurück und geht weiter seinen etwas unfreiwilligen Ermittlungen nach. Ein mysteriöser Fremder sucht Zuflucht in der Kirche von Grantchester, ein Freund erhält mit giftiger Tinte geschriebene Briefe, ein Klavier fällt einem Musiker auf den Kopf, ein Cricket-Turnier findet ein explosives Ende und im Italienurlaub wird Sidney bezichtigt, ein Gemälde von unschätzbarem Wert gestohlen z...

A wise, refreshing novel, and a touching human story ... Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTEL THE STORY OF A FATHER AND HUSBAND THE LOSS THAT ALMOST DESTROYED HIM AND THE WORK OF ART THAT WOULD MAKE HIM IMMORTAL Leipzig, 1726. Eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann, a humble organ-maker's son, has just lost his mother. Sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir, he struggles to stay afloat in a school where the ...

A wise, refreshing novel, and a touching human story ... Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTEL THE STORY OF A FATHER AND HUSBAND THE LOSS THAT ALMOST DESTROYED HIM AND THE WORK OF ART THAT WOULD MAKE HIM IMMORTAL Leipzig, 1726. Eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann, a humble organ-maker's son, has just lost his mother. Sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir, he struggles to stay afloat in a school where the ...

The boy stepped out into the road. He stretched his arms outand his legs apart, making an X, palms facing the windscreen, the handswith a slight tremor that Jack only remembered later. His face had aquestioning look that asked 'Why are you doing this to me?' Jack has been sleepwalking through his middle age. His wife hasleft him, his grown-up daughters no longer need him, and he rarelyleaves his remote house on the east coast of Scotland. But ...

The prequel to the "Grantchester" series follows the loves and losses of the young Sidney Chambers as he makes his way through post-war London. Will appeal to fans of William Boyd and Sebastian Faulks.

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The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves, and losses of young Sidney Chambers in postwar London.It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert's birthday party at the Caledonian Club. No one can believe, on this golden evening, that there could ever be another war. Returning to London seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military...

Diego de Godoy, giovane notaio di Siviglia, giunge in Messico al seguito di Hernan Cortés e dei conquistadores spagnoli: vuole diventare ricco e assicurarsi l'amore della giovane Isabella con un dono assolutamente unico. Alla corte di Montezuma, Diego trova molto più di quello che cerca. Conosce una bellissima indigena, Ignacia, che gli offre una bevanda squisita e ignota in Europa: la cioccolata. Diego si innamora di Ignacia, ma è costretto a...

The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves, and losses of young Sidney Chambers in postwar London.It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert's birthday party at the Caledonian Club. No one can believe, on this golden evening, that there could ever be another war. Returning to London seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military...

A fictional account of a journey to China and Afghanistan in search of the precious stone, which, turned into ultramarine, changed the history of painting. *Also appeared in October Buyer's Notes*

Der zweite Band der Grantchester Mysteries mit Pfarrer Sidney ChambersEin Professor ist vom Dach der Kapelle des King's College in Cambridge gestürzt, das Studio eines Fotografen geht in Flammen auf, und der beste Werfer des örtlichen Cricket-Teams wird während eines Spiels vergiftet. Pfarrer Sidney Chambers - Detektiv wider Willen - ist gut beschäftigt. Obendrein muss er sich noch der existenziellen Frage widmen, wen er nun heiraten soll: sei...

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It is May 1971 and the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer. Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking in a bluebell wood with his daughter Anna when they stumble upon a body. And so Sidney is thrust into another murder investigation, entering a world of hippies and psychedelic plants, where permissive behaviour seems to hide something darker. As always, Sidney must grapple with the divine mysteries of life and love while wrestling w...