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Real History Behind Foyle's War
"Foyle's War" has been widely praised for its engaging storylines, admirable performances and also for the painstaking attention to detail that gives the series such an air of authority and authenticity. This book investigates the actual events and people that inform the fiction, and with stills from the show interspersed with historical images.
FOYLE'S WAR-THE SERIES
This is a reference book on the TV series Foyle's War, which comprised 28 episodes and was produced between 2002 and 2015. It includes all episodes in date order, complete cast listings, numerous photographs, and a story synopsis for each episode. Michael Kitchen starred as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, who was based in Hastings, Sussex. The stories take place during World War II, beginning in 1940, and continuing into 1946, when Foyle worked for the secret service. Foyle is a middle-aged widower with a grown son who is a pilot in the R.A.F. Foyle is assisted in his investigations by Samantha "Sam" Stewart, who is his driver (Foyle does not drive a car) and Sergeant Paul Milner, a former policeman who lost a leg in action in Norway and rejoined the police force when he returned to England.
Magpie Murders
THE NUMBER ONE EBOOK BESTSELLER 'Want to read a great whodunnit? Anthony Horowitz has one for you: MAGPIE MURDERS. It's as good as an Agatha Christie. Better, in some ways. Cleverer.' Stephen King 'The finest crime novel of the year' Daily Mail ***** Seven for a mystery that needs to be solved . . . Editor Susan Ryland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pünd, a celebrated solver of crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript lies another story...
The Sentence is Death
Passion, deception, an unexplained death and a detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. 'EASILY THE GREATEST OF OUR CRIME WRITERS' Sunday Times 'My favourite literary hero at the moment is Anthony Horowitz' Shari Lapena 'Sheer genius ... A joy from start to finish' INDEPENDENT _____________________ Secrets can kill. Smooth-tongued divorce lawyer Richard Price is bludgeoned to death at his London home. Scrawled on the wall beside the body: the number 182. What does it mean? And who was at his front door just minutes before he died and while he was sti...
The Word Is Murder
"One of the most entertaining mysteries of the year. It’s also one of the most stimulating, as it ponders such questions as: Which is of greater interest to the reader, the crime or the detective? And: Is the pencil truly mightier than the butcher knife?” — Wall Street Journal New York Times bestselling author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty, Anthony Horowitz has yet again brilliantly reinvented the classic crime novel, this time writing a fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes. A woman crosses a London street. It is just after 11 a.m. on a bright spring morning, and she is going into a funeral parlor to plan her own service. Six hours later the woman is dead,...
Contemporary British Television Crime Drama
Contemporary British Television Crime Drama examines one of the medium’s most popular genres and places it within its historical and industrial context. The television crime drama has proved itself capable of numerous generic reinventions and continues to enjoy some of the highest viewing figures. Crime drama offers audiences stories of right and wrong, moral authority asserted and resisted, and professionals and criminals, doing so in ways that are often highly entertaining, innovative, and thought provoking. In examining the appeal of this highly dynamic genre, this volume explores how it responds not only to changing social debates on crime and policing, but also to processes of hybridi...
Between Shades of Gray
The inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow! "Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." --The Washington Post From New York Times and international bestseller and Carnegie Medal winner Ruta Sepetys, author of Salt to the Sea, comes a story of loss and of fear -- and ultimately, of survival. A New York Times notable book An international bestseller A Carnegie Medal nominee A William C. Morris Award finalist A Golden Kite Award winner Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life -- until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and forced onto a crowded train, Lina, her...
Reconstructing the Past
Bringing together a team of history and media researchers from across Britain and Europe, this volume provides readers with a themed discussion of the range and variety of the media’s engagement with history, and a close study of the relationship between media, history and national identity.
Contemporary British Television Drama
British television changed radically in the new millennium. The influence of American 'quality' drama series such as The Sopranos, 24, Six Feet Under, and Mad Men - characterised by high production values, a glossy visual style and fast-paced ellicptical editing - prompted a fresh generation in programming across the pond. This book analyses these changes in British television drama production and style since 2000.
Foyle's Philavery
The word 'philavery' was invented to describe this book - a collection of words chosen simply on the grounds of their aesthetic appeal. Some of these words appeal because of their aptness, some for their obscurity, some for their euphony, and some for their quirkiness.
