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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Tracy Chevalier
The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.
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With her fine eye for historical detail, Chevalier writes a romantic, sweeping, and thoroughly engaging story about William Blake’s London.
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Warm, vivid and beautifully orchestrated, A Single Thread reveals one of our finest modern writers at the peak of her powers.
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‘Addictively compelling’ The Times ‘A joy to read’ Maggie O'Farrell
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Lisa Medved
Two women, a mysterious map, and a family secret spanning hundreds of years ... A stunning art history thriller set around the life, times, and feuds of the artist Peter…
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‘A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it’ Joanne Harris
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When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton near her English coast home, she sets the community on edge. Mary soon finds a champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot. Their relationship…
‘O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back.'Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat’s son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he…
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Dr. Gabriel Hemery
A forest scientist's seasonal guide to trees for 2024, a new annual series for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees and The Almanac.
A Parade and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of June
"This charming fable is at once a love story that skips through six centuries, and also a love song to…
From the author of the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, this is historical fiction at its very best and perfect for fans of Rose Tremain, Kate Morton and…
Never before published in the United States, this first novel is released by the critically acclaimed author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and Falling Angels. Readers meet Ella Turner…
An international bestseller with over two million copies sold, this is a story of an artist’s desire for beauty and the ultimate corruption of innocence.
'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Month
'Sparkling' OBSERVER
'A triumph... beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN
'Spellbinding.... Chevalier at her fabulous best' ELIF SHAFAK
'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano…
A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JESSIE BURTON OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
'A veritable work of art' Rose Tremain
'A truly magical experience' Guardian
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An extraordinary story exquisitely told, Chevalier’s The Lady and the Unicorn weaves history and fiction into a beautiful, timeless, and intriguing literary tapestry that rivals in grace and grandeur the…
Time magazine crowned Girl with a Pearl Earring a portrait of radiance … a jewel. In her New York Times bestselling follow-up, Chevalier once again paints a distant age with…
The New York Times -bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground…
Beginning with Montaigne, the first essayist, this work covers the globe in its analysis of contemporary, classical and medieval essays and their authors. Entries on closely related genres such as…
Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer’s most celebrated paintings. Girl with a Pearl…
A charming collection of stories and fables inspired by Britain’s nineteen species of native trees, written by nineteen of Britain’s leading authors. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of Girl…
This collection of original stories by women writers–including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more–takes inspiration from the opening line in Charlotte Brontee’s most beloved…
Starting his fifth school in five years, Osei Kokote, a diplomat’s son, hoping to survive his first day becomes friends with Dee, the most popular girl in school, but Ian…
Forced to leave England and struggling with illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850…
‘Enormously enjoyable’ Evening Standard ‘Charming’ The Times
‘A visual delight’ The Times ‘A splendidly vital recreation of Georgian London’ Sunday Times
A stunning novel of female friendship, forbidden love and evolution from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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‘Vividly imagined’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England’ Daily Mail
The sweeping and compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. ‘Dark, brutal, moving, powerful’ Jane Harris ‘A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved…
‘This collection is stormy, romantic, strong - the Full Bronte’ The Times A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from…
With the precision and focus of an Old Master’s painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring paints a vivid portrait of colorful 17th-century Delft, as well as the hauntingly poignant story…
Cengage Learning Gale
A study guide for Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring , excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students series. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author…
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‘O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back.’
Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat’s son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if…
OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE ‘A phenomenon’ Jessie Burton ‘Dazzling’ Daily Mail ‘Truly magical’ Guardian
Justine Clarke
This series has been created to assist VCE students of English in their understanding of the texts set for the text response section of their paper.
Caroline Taggart
Immerse yourself in a land full of literary locations in this tour through the great books of the British Isles. Caroline Taggart’s guide to statues, walks both rural and urban…
Resumenexpress
ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guia de lectura La joven de la perla, la segunda novela de Tracy Chevalier. Inspirada en el enigmatico cuadro del pintor holandes Johannes Vermeer…
