Andrew Taylor
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In pursuit of the find of a lifetime, an academic confronts an old rival Once visited by the likes of Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and George Eliot, the London Library is a maze of books-a jumble of first editions and forgotten texts. For Tony, it is a refuge from the failure his life has become-and it is about to be invaded by a destructive old friend. Adam is a world-renowned novelist who spends so much time writing articles and appearing...
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Clare and Gerald live a perfect life in the Forest of Dean with their cat, Cannop. Then Gerald's young nephew comes to stay. Jack is from another world — active service in Afghanistan. The experience has left him outwardly untouched, but for a scratch that won't heal. Jack and Cannop don't like each other. Clare and Jack like each other too much. The scratch begins to fester.
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London, September 1666: The Great Fire rages through the city, even the impregnable cathedral of St. Paul's is reduced to ruins. Among the crowds watching its destruction is James Marwood, the son of a disgraced printer and reluctant government informer. A semi-mummified body is discovered in the ashes of St. Paul's, in a tomb that should have been empty. Under orders from the government, Marwood is tasked with hunting down the killer; the investigation...
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In Two Years Below the Horn, engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during the Second World War. When mental strain led the operation's first commander to resign, Taylor-a military engineer with extensive prewar surveying experience-became the first and only Canadian to lead an Antarctic expedition....