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Series
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Reworking of Chaucer's epic 14th century tale, largely set in 1940s wartime Kent. It centers on three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer's pilgrims: a plainspoken American Army sergeant (Sweet), a resourceful British sergeant (Price), and a melancholy landgirl (Sim). While enroute to Canterbury, they are waylaid and forced to solve a bizarre village crime: the mystery of a man who pours glue over the hair of village girls at night.
25) Berkeley Square
Pub. Date
1998.
Description
Three nannies in turn-of-the-century London and their friendship and unpredictable twists and turns of love, happiness, and secrets in the posh world of Berkeley Square.
Author
Formats
Description
September 1940, as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Since losing her parents as a child, Susan Shepherd has raised homing pigeons with her grandfather, Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan, but none more so than Duchess, with whom she shares a special bond. When a young pilot named Ollie Evans travels to Britain to join the Royal Air Force, his quest brings him to the National Pigeon Service, where Susan...
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
The Grace Brothers store is closed down when Mr. Grace is unexpectedly killed in an accident. The staff finds out their pensions are tied up in a failing country inn and they have no way of reclaiming their funds. So the staff must decide to become partners and turn the inn into a money-making venture.
33) Howards End
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Howards End is the story of two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world. The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
34) Poirot: Series 2
Pub. Date
c2011, c1990
Description
Agatha Christie's marvelously mustachioed Belgian detective returns in the second series of the hit PBS mystery. Hercule Poirot uses his formidable 'little grey cells' to outwit criminals and fellow sleuths alike.
Description
Invasion: As the first American GIs arrive to build an airbase near Hastings, the murder of a barmaid further strains already-tense relations between the locals and the Yanks.
Bad blood: A top-secret experiment in biological warfare goes horribly wrong, complicating a murder investigation and threatening the life of Foyle's faithful driver, Sam.
Bleak midwinter: The death of a young munitions worker and the murder of Paul Milner's wife seem linked,...