La prose magnifiquement simple de Dennis Hamley transporte sans effort le lecteur dans le monde de ses romans, démontrant une polyvalence dans des genres allant du surnaturel aux récits de guerre. Nombre de ses récits se concentrent sur la découverte de la vérité et la révélation d'histoires cachées, utilisant des détails d'époque et une caractérisation sensible pour donner vie à l'histoire et à ses personnages. Il est passionné par la création de lectures captivantes pour une nouvelle génération de lecteurs exigeants.
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.
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.
From creepy school computers to bungling bank robbers; from lost villages to deadly Christmas presents... Funny and serious, this work contains fourteen mystery stories.
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Chloe doesn't like - or trust - her step-dad. When she reads a cryptic email sent to him, she is both alarmed and intrigued.
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!
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.