Dear Francesca

Author: Mary Contini
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780091892357
Category : Cookery, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
If your mother had been brought up in an extended Italian family that was passionate about food, and gone on to run one of the country's most successful delicatessens, would you not want a record of all the knowledge and experience she had acquired? This book provides just that, in a form that can be shared with other families and other cooks. Addressing her daughter Francesca, Mary Contini has written not only a wonderful cook book, but also a compelling and often moving account of her family history. Informative, humorous and always passionate, this is a cookbook to read as well as to cook from day after day.

Francesca

Author: Roger Scruton
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1448211204
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Set in the early 1960s, Francesca tells the story of Colin Ferguson, an aspiring writer whose life is blighted by love. The object of his love lies always out of reach, and never more so than when he holds her in his arms. Through Francesca he is offered a vision of modern England that frightens and enthrals him: whether escaping from hers or returning, he always sees something new and unsurprising in this haunted universe. And, as the tragic story unfolds, the reader enters into a world of guilt and hesitation which, for all its strangeness, has an air of uncanny truth. The kaleidoscope of characters – Colin's father, the embittered schoolmaster, Sarah, the lesbian poetess, Harold Plumptre, the prostitute and healer – constantly shifts and reassembles, drawing the ring of fate ever tighter until the novel reaches its surprising but inevitable climax. An atmospheric work, with passages of great descriptive power, Francesca is as a remarkable novel. Its intriguing characters and breathtaking pace grip the reader from the beginning, and its narrative expresses not only the drama of the characters, but also an urgent and compelling vision of the society from which they spring, and of the destiny of any man in the condition of modernity.

Francesca

Author: Sylvia Andrew
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 142683814X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Francesca Shelwood is mortified when Marcus Carne reappears in her life—he stole the most magical, illicit kisses from the young, innocent Francesca! And she swore never to forgive him after being punished for her "wanton" behavior…. Now, on her inheritance, Marcus has returned to offer the unimaginable—marriage! An indignant Francesca refuses, but very soon she walks headlong into danger—and the only man ready to sacrifice his life, and reputation, for her sake is Marcus….

The Unbearable Bassington

Author: Hector Hugh Munro
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473373204
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Unbearable Bassington' is a novel detailing the story of Comus Bassington, the only son of Francesca Bassington, and his attempt to marry a wealthy woman so as to save his mother from losing her house. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical 'Alice in Westminster' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, 'Saki', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as 'The Open Window' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

A Self-made Countess

Author: John Strange Winter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description

The Rebel Queen

Author: Sir Walter Besant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 792

Book Description

A Self-made Countess

Author: Henriette Eliza Vaughan Palmer Stannard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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The Unbearable Bassington

Author: Saki
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135

Book Description
"The Unbearable Bassington" by Saki (the pen-name of H. H. Munro) is one of many examples of the author's witty, bizarre, and perhaps a bit cynical writing style. An example of what were considered the typical manners and status quo in Edwardian society, "The Unbearable Bassington" is part commentary, part humor, and completely entertaining for readers of all ages and walks of life, even now, many years after its publication.

The Unbearable Bassington

Author: Saki
Publisher: New York : Viking Press
ISBN:
Category : Manners and customs
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description

Voice of the Heart

Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312935580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 936

Book Description
An internationally acclaimed actress, star of stage and film, returns to New York City to search out six people whom she had, in earlier years, treated thoughtlessly and cruelly.