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“lesley mcdowell”

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  • Unfashioned Creatures

    by Lesley McDowell ...
    "Monstrously good." - Louise Welsh. London, 1823. Mary Shelley's real-life friend Isabella Baxter Booth is 'disturbed in her reason' - seeing ghosts and dependent on narcoti to escape a hellish life with an increasingly violent, deranged husband. Fearful of her own murderous impulses towards him, Isabella flees for her childhood home in Scotland, where she meets an ambitious young doctor, ... Read more

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  • Between the Sheets

    Nine 20th Century Women Writers and Their Famous Literary Partnerships

    by Lesley McDowell ...
    The literary critic examines the love lives and career ambitions of some of the twentieth century's greatest female authors—from Sylvia Plath to Anaïs Nin.Why did a gifted writer like Sylvia Plath stumble into a marriage that drove her to suicide? Why did Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) want to marry Ezra Pound when she was far more attracted to women? Why did Simone de Beauvoir pimp for Jean-Paul Sartre ... Read more

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  • Clairmont

    The sensuous hidden story of the greatest muse of the Romantic period

    by Lesley McDowell ...
    **The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, the incredible woman that history tried to forget.**'Beautifully written, Clairmont tells the sensuous hidden story of an influential historic woman.' Sara Sheridan, author of The Fair Botanists Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year'An absorbing, intoxicating page-turner ... Read more

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  • Love and Other Poisons

    a gripping historical tale of scandal and murder, based on a true story

    by Lesley McDowell ...
    'A fascinating, forensic deep-dive' DENISE MINA**'Beautifully written, richly evoked and utterly gripping' EVA DOLAN'A seductive tale of sex and death' SARA SHERIDAN*****1857, Glasgow.Madeleine Smith, a young socialite, is on trial for murdering her lover. The scandal shocks the world, with intimate letters published in newspapers. The jury can't decide - delivering a rare 'Not Proven' verdict. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    Clairmont

    The sensuous hidden story of the greatest muse of the Romantic period

    by Lesley McDowell ...
    Narrated by Imogen Church ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 46 min

    **The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, the incredible woman that history tried to forget.**'Beautifully written, Clairmont tells the sensuous hidden story of an influential historic woman.' Sara Sheridan, author of The Fair Botanists Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year'An absorbing, intoxicating page-turner ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Love and Other Poisons

    a gripping historical tale of scandal and murder, based on a true story

    by Lesley McDowell ...
    Narrated by Helen McAlpine ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 40 min

    'A fascinating, forensic deep-dive' DENISE MINA'Beautifully written, richly evoked and utterly gripping' EVA DOLAN'A seductive tale of sex and death' SARA SHERIDAN***1857, Glasgow.A young socialite named Madeleine Smith stands accused of murdering her lover. Thousands wait outside the court to hear the result. The scandalous nature of the affair, detailed explicitly ... ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Body in the Kitchen Garden

    by Paula Sutton ...
    Series Book 2 - A Hill House Vintage Murder Mystery
    **The creator of Hill House Vintage and “Queen of Cottagecore” (Vogue), Paula Sutton, returns to the seemingly sleepy English village of Pudding Corner in this fresh, witty, fun, and delightfully modern cozy crime novel for vintage enthusiasts and fans of Richard Osman, Parini Shroff, Janice Hallett, and Anthony Horowitz.“Miss Marple for the 21st Century.” ―S.J. Bennett, author of The Windsor Knot ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    The Secrets of Blythswood Square

    The gripping and scandalous new 2024 Scottish historical novel from the acclaimed author of The Fair Botanists

    by Sara Sheridan ...
    Narrated by Cathleen McCarron ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 17 min

    THE ENCHANTING NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2022 WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE FAIR BOTANISTS.A story of secrets, friendship and intrigue, set against the backdrop of subversive mid-19th century Glasgow, by the author of the critically acclaimed The Fair Botanists______________________________________________You wouldn't suspect it, but scandalous secrets are being kept on Bly... ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    The Best of Intentions

    charming and loveable, 'Perfect for fans of Dear Mrs Bird'

    by Caroline Scott ...
    Narrated by Chris Harper ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 17 min

    Charming, nostalgic and brimming with optimism – a sparkling story of friendship, community and staying true to yourself for fans of Lissa Evans and AJ Pearce.'Turbulence and tribulation in paradise... A fond and funny novel about the power of patience, love and kindness' Fiona Valpy1932: When gardener Robert Bardsley arrives at Anderby Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in the Gloucestershire ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    My Lady's Secrets

    by Katy Moran ...
    Narrated by Flora Montgomery ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 35 min

    Bloomsbury presents My Lady's Secrets by Katy Moran, read by Flora Montgomery.'Perfection...This is the kind of story that sucks you in and you forget what is going on around you.' – NetGalley reviewer, 5****Regency EnglandWhen rebellious aristocrat Cressida and Lord Greville parted ways, they swore never to meet again. Their short marriage had already descended into bitter estrangement, destroyed ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

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    Made in Manchester

    A people’s history of the city that shaped the modern world

    by Brian Groom ...
    Narrated by David Judge ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 23 min

    A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    The Wolf Road

    by Beth Lewis ...
    Narrated by Amy McFadden ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 53 min

    True Grit meets The Road in this postapocalyptic psychological thriller--narrated by a young girl who has just learned that her adopted father may be a serial killer, and that she may be his next victim. Everything Elka knows of the world she learned from the man she calls father, the solitary hunter who took her under his wing when she was just seven years old. He has taught her how to shoot, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD