La prosa splendidamente semplice di Dennis Hamley trasporta senza sforzo il lettore nel mondo dei suoi romanzi, mostrando versatilità in generi che vanno dal soprannaturale ai racconti di guerra. Molte delle sue narrazioni si concentrano sullo scoprire la verità e sul rivelare storie nascoste, utilizzando dettagli d'epoca e una caratterizzazione sensibile per dare vita alla storia e alla sua gente. È appassionato nel creare letture avvincenti per una nuova generazione di lettori esigenti.
London, 1824. Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a washed-up opium addict whose grip on reality is slipping. In a Cambridge college library, a bullied undergraduate finds a strange annotation in a book of Coleridge's poems. Across the sea, a young Sicilian discovers that his mother once had a liaison with Coleridge. It isn't long before their paths cross.
In hisfirst game for Greyport, Jacky Warren is mysteriously fouled - by an invisibleplayer.
Chloe doesn't like - or trust - her step-dad. When she reads a cryptic email sent to him, she is both alarmed and intrigued.
Each reading book in the 'Rapid Plus' series is finely levelled and trialled with KS3 students.
Each reading book in the 'Rapid Plus' series is finely levelled and trialled with KS3 students.
Each reading book in the 'Rapid Plus' series is finely levelled and trialled with KS3 students.
Each reading book in the 'Rapid Plus' series is finely levelled and trialled with KS3 students.
WW1 1st trade edition paperback, fine (as new)
September 1939 - Freddy is three, and the Second World War begins. All he knows is that his father has gone away and may not be back for some time. We see the war through Freddy's eyes - watching dogfights in the sky, playing war games, and worrying whether he will get a Meccano set for Christmas!
Set against the backdrop of a medieval pageant, a young man's journey takes a perilous turn as he becomes entangled in a series of events that threaten not only his life but the fabric of time itself. The narrative explores themes of bravery and the consequences of one's actions, as the protagonist must navigate through challenges that could alter the course of history.