Lifelong passion alexandra story
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HARD COVER - COLOUR PLATES - 667 PAGES - PUBLISHED ORION PUBLISHEING 1996.
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THE YEAR IS 1803, AND DARCY AND ELIZABETH HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR SIX YEARS. THERE ARE NOW TWO HANDSOME AND HEALTHY SONS IN THE PEMBERLEY NURSERY, ELIZABETH'S BELOVED SISTER JANE AND HER HUSBAND, BINGLEY, LIVE WITHIN SEVENTEEN MILES, THE ORDERED AND SECURE LIFE OF PEMBERLEY SEEMS UNASSAILABLE, AND ELIZABETH'S HAPPINESS IN HER MARRIAGE IS COMPLETE. BUT THEIR PEACE IS THREATENED AND OLD SINS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE REKINDLED ON THE EVE OF THE ANNUAL AUTUMN BALL. THE DARCYS AND THEIR GUESTS ARE PREPARING TO RETIRE FOR THE NIGHT WHEN A CHAISE APPEARS, ROCKING DOWN THE PATH FROM PEMBERLEY'S WILD WOODLAND, AND AS IT PULLS UP, LYDIA WICKHAM, AN UNINVITED GUEST, TUMBLES OUT, SCREAMING THAT HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN MURDERED. IN A PITCH-PERFECT RECREATION OF THE WORLD OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, P.D. JAMES ELEGANTLY FUSES HER LIFELONG PASSION FOR THE WORK OF JANE AUSTEN WITH HER TALENT FOR WRITING DETECTIVE FICTION. SHE WEAVES A COMPELLING STORY, COMBINING A SENSITIVE INSIGHT INTO THE HAPPY BUT THREATENED MARRIAGE OF THE DARCYS AND THE EXCITEMENT AND SUSPENSE OF A BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED DETECTIVE STORY. DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY ENSHRINES THE QUALITIES HER READERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL RICHNESS OF CHARACTERIZATION, VIVID EVOCATION OF PLACE, AND A CREDIBLE AND SUPERBLY STRUCTURED PLOT, IN A POWERFUL AND DISTINGUISHED WORK OF FICTION. PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER PUBLISHED: 2011 PAGES: 310 ISBN: 978-0-571-28358-3 PAPERBACK GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION SECOND HAND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists--Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City, Scribner's Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol's Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc. It was a heightened time politically and culturally; the art and music worlds exploding and colliding. In the midst of all this two kids made a pact to always care for one another. Scrappy, romantic, committed to making art, they prodded and provided each other with faith and confidence during the hungry years--the days of cous-cous and lettuce soup. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of two young artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience. And an unforgettable portrait of New York, her rich and poor, hustlers and hellions, those who made it and those whose memory lingers near. Features Summary Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe Author Patti Smith Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Release date 20101215 Pages 288 ISBN 0-7475-6876-6 ISBN 13 978-0-7475-6876-6
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