"George Eliot Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Ann or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, including ""Adam Bede"" (1859), ""The Mill on the Floss"" (1860), ""Silas Marner"" (1861), ""Romola"" (1862–63), ""Middlemarch"" (1871–72), and ""Daniel Deronda"" (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype"
"The Last Dickens The Last Dickens is a novel by Matthew Pearl published by Random House. It is a work of historical and literary fiction. The novel is a Washington Post Critics' Pick. It contains some characters from ""The Dante Club"". The novel is set in the United States, England, and India in 1867 and 1870. When news of Charles Dickens’s untimely death reaches the office of his struggling American publisher, Fields & Osgood, partner James R. Osgood sends his trusted clerk Daniel Sand to await Dickens’s unfinished last novel – ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"". But when Daniel’s body"
"Juggernaut (novel) Juggernaut is a first-person narrative novel written by English author Desmond Bagley, and was first published in 1985. This was Bagley’s last novel, and as he died in 1983, it was published posthumously by his widow. American narrator Neil Mannix is a troubleshooter for multinational British Electric, and is sent to former British colony in Africa, Nyala to oversee the installation of a huge 550-ton power transformer. The newly independent Nyala is rich with oil, and hopes to prop up its shaky democracy and economy with a showcase new power station located at a remote location near its"
"The Last Guardian (novel) The Last Guardian is a 1989 British post-apocalyptic heroic fantasy novel written by bestselling British author David Gemmell. ""The Last Guardian"" is set in the same world as ""Wolf in Shadow"", but aged by two years. The Hellborn are no longer a threat, and all but two of the Guardians are dead. Additionally the largest source of Sipstrassi has been destroyed making the stones much harder to come by. Additional details of the world are also revealed as we learn by the end of the first novel that the city of Atlantis did exist, and sank"
"populace. Juggernaut (novel) Juggernaut is a first-person narrative novel written by English author Desmond Bagley, and was first published in 1985. This was Bagley’s last novel, and as he died in 1983, it was published posthumously by his widow. American narrator Neil Mannix is a troubleshooter for multinational British Electric, and is sent to former British colony in Africa, Nyala to oversee the installation of a huge 550-ton power transformer. The newly independent Nyala is rich with oil, and hopes to prop up its shaky democracy and economy with a showcase new power station located at a remote location near"
"Alfred Lynch. However, not one episode of this BBC series has survived, according to the archive records. Hereward the Wake (novel) Hereward the Wake: Last of the English (also published as Hereward, the Last of the English) is an 1866 novel by Charles Kingsley. It tells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land. It was Kingsley's last historical novel, and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero. Hereward is, in Kingsley's novel, the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and Lady Godiva."
"The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde is a 1983 novel by Peter Ackroyd. It won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1984. The novel is written in the form of a diary which Oscar Wilde was writing in Paris in 1900, up to his death. The diary itself is completely fictional, as is the detail contained, although the events and most of the characters (such as the characters of Lord Alfred Douglas, Robert Ross and the Earl of Rosebery and his incarceration, at Pentonville, later Reading) are real. In this diary he looks back at"
"novel, ""Princess Diana's Revenge""; a collection of memoirs entitled ""Spots of Time"" was published in early 2007. His 1992 novel ""Journal of a Sad Hermaphrodite"" is also set to be republished, after having been out of print for over ten years. In his early years he espoused Marxism and remained a left-winger throughout his life. He lived in the Oxfordshire village of Great Milton with his wife Celia, and had three daughters. The last years of his life were blighted by cancer. Michael de Larrabeiti Michael de Larrabeiti (18 August 1934 – 18 April 2008) was an English novelist and"
"Hereward the Wake (novel) Hereward the Wake: Last of the English (also published as Hereward, the Last of the English) is an 1866 novel by Charles Kingsley. It tells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land. It was Kingsley's last historical novel, and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero. Hereward is, in Kingsley's novel, the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and Lady Godiva. He is introduced as an eighteen-year-old ""bully and the ruffian of the fens"" who is outlawed by"
"because of knowing him, she will be a better person in life. Daniel and Mirah marry and sail away. Louis Marks originally wanted to make a film adaptation of the novel but abandoned the project after a lengthy and fruitless casting process. The drama took a further five years to make it to television screens. Filming ran for 11 weeks from May to August on locations in England, Scotland and Malta. The serial was Marks' final television production before his death in 2010. The film received a rating of 82% according to Rotten Tomatoes. Daniel Deronda (TV series) Daniel Deronda"
"of ""Daniel Deronda"", Eliot's sales were falling off, and she had faded from public view to some degree. This was not helped by the posthumous biography written by her husband, which portrayed a wonderful, almost saintly, woman totally at odds with the scandalous life people knew she had led. In the 20th century she was championed by a new breed of critics, most notably by Virginia Woolf, who called ""Middlemarch"" ""one of the few English novels written for grown-up people"". In 1994, literary critic Harold Bloom . In a 2007 authors' poll by ""TIME"", ""Middlemarch"" was voted the tenth greatest"
"recounted in parallel with his recollections of the time before the battle, such as his accompanying Harold to William of Normandy's attack on Dinan. At the end of the novel the death of Harold is described. Rathbone has him buried in a shroud made from a banner depicting the ""Fighting Man of Cerne"". The Last English King The Last English King (1997) is a historical novel by English writer Julian Rathbone. The novel covers the time of the Battle of Hastings. It revolves around Walt Edwinson, a housecarl of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. The story starts"
"Roger Longrigg Roger Erskine Longrigg (1 May 1929 – 26 February 2000) was a prolific British novelist. As well as publishing some books under his own name, he principally wrote popular novels in a wide range of different styles, using different pseudonyms for each. He wrote the lightly erotic school story, ""The Passion Flower Hotel"", as Rosalind Erskine; Scottish historical novels as Laura Black; spy thrillers as Ivor Drummond; mystery thrillers as Frank Parrish; and black comedies about dysfunctional families as Domini Taylor. His other pseudonyms included Megan Barker and Grania Beckford. He had 55 books published in total. Roger"
"by mental illness. His friends placed him in Bethlehem Hospital, London, and he died there on 21 March 1847. A posthumous romance by him, ""The Cardinal's Daughter"", appeared in 1847. His widow Elizabeth had a career as a novelist, beginning at about the time of her husband's hospitalization. From 1846 to 1877 she published about thirty novels, the most notable being ""Georgina Hammond"" (1849). Attribution Robert Mackenzie Daniel Robert Mackenzie Daniel (1813 – 21 March 1847) was a Scottish journalist and novelist. Daniel was a son of John Daniel, a merchant, and was baptized on 4 September 1813 in Peterhead,"
"review gave it a rating of 8.25 out of ten. Similarly the website Fantasy books review gave it a rating of 8.5 out of 10 with the comment ""even better than Wolf in Shadow"". The Last Guardian (novel) The Last Guardian is a 1989 British post-apocalyptic heroic fantasy novel written by bestselling British author David Gemmell. ""The Last Guardian"" is set in the same world as ""Wolf in Shadow"", but aged by two years. The Hellborn are no longer a threat, and all but two of the Guardians are dead. Additionally the largest source of Sipstrassi has been destroyed making"
"the trail of some very dangerous crime kingpins, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of Nazi atrocities, child abuse and retribution... The Last Temptation (novel) The Last Temptation (2002) is a crime novel by Scottish author Val McDermid, the third in her acclaimed Dr. Tony Hill series, which has been adapted into the ITV television drama ""Wire in the Blood"", starring Robson Green. This particular novel served loosely as the basis for recent episode ""Falls the Shadow"". Across northern Europe a sadistic serial killer has been gruesomely drowning experimental psychologists, and the case takes on a rare personal"
"Last Orders Last Orders is a 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel by British writer Graham Swift. In 2001 it was adapted for the film ""Last Orders"" by Australian writer and director Fred Schepisi. The story makes much use of flashbacks to tell the convoluted story of the relationships between a group of war veterans who live in the same corner of London, the backbone of the story being the journey of the group from Bermondsey to Margate to scatter the ashes of Jack Dodds into the sea, in accord with his last wishes. The narrative is split into short sections told"
"were mostly novels, though his non-fiction books include ""Best Friends"" — an entertaining account of his friendships with Rachel and Lord David Cecil, Lady Cynthia Asquith, L. P. Hartley and others, and ""Memories of My Mother"", an evocation of the life of Diana, Countess of Westmorland. He reviewed for The Times Literary Supplement and in 1969 set up St George's Press with two partners, publishing 45 titles before it was wound up in 1991. In 1974, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 1999, he declared that his latest novel, called ""Evening"" to balance ""Morning"","
"Christianity are central themes. Charles Kingsley's ""Hereward the Wake: Last of the English"" (1866) tells the story of Hereward, the last Anglo-Saxon holdout against the Normans. It was Kingsley's last historical novel, and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero. Tim Severin is a more recent novelist who has written several novels about the Saxons: ""The Book of Dreams"" (2012); ""The Emperor's Elephant"" (2013); ""The Pope's Assassin"" (2015). Robert Louis Stevenson wrote several historical romances including ""The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses"" (1888), and ""Kidnappped"" (1886). ""The Black Arrow"" is both a historical adventure novel"
"collection of cultural detritus."" The seemingly-random set of quotes, ideas and nuggets of information about the lives of various literary, artistic and historical figures cohere to form a new kind of novel. David Markson David Merrill Markson (December 20, 1927 – c. June 4, 2010) was an American novelist. He was the author of several postmodern novels, including ""Springer's Progress"", ""Wittgenstein's Mistress"", and ""Reader's Block"". His final book, ""The Last Novel"", published in 2007, was called ""a real tour de force"" by ""The New York Times"". Markson's work is characterized by an unconventional and experimental approach to narrative, character development"
"Gerald Tarrant. This was recorded in April and broadcast weekly on the BBC World Service between 12 June and 17 July. Last Day in Limbo Last Day in Limbo is the title of the eighth novel chronicling the adventures of crime lord-turned-secret agent Modesty Blaise. The novel was first published in 1976 and was written by Peter O'Donnell, who had created the character for a comic strip in the early 1960s. The book was first published in the United Kingdom by Souvenir Press. Maude Tiller, one of the few female agents in Sir Gerald Tarrant's secret service, is miserable. Her"
"Diana Wynne Jones Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British writer, poet, and scholarly researcher, principally of fantasy and speculative fiction novels for children and adults. Some of her better-known works are the Chrestomanci series, the Dalemark series; the novels ""Howl's Moving Castle"" and ""Dark Lord of Derkholm""; and ""The Tough Guide To Fantasyland"". She has been cited as an inspiration and muse for several fantasy and science fiction authors: including Phillip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Penelope Lively, Robin McKinley, Megan Whalen Turner, J K Rowling and Dina Rabinovitch. Her work has been"
"The Book of the Dead (novel) The Book of the Dead is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child published on July 1, 2007 by Warner Books. This is the seventh book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. Also, it is the third and final installment to the trilogy concentrating on Pendergast and his relationship with Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta in their pursuit to stop Pendergast's brother, Diogenes. Preston and Child call these books the Diogenes trilogy. The three books in the trilogy start with ""Brimstone"" in 2004 and continue with ""Dance of Death"" in 2005. This final book was"
"under poet and playwright Francis Warner at St Peter's College, Oxford. After graduation, Dancy moved to London, where a chance conversation in a cafe led to his meeting casting director Ros Hubbard and agent Dallas Smith, who signed him. In 1999, Dancy played the role of Danny, who had a fleeting romance with Rachel, one of the show's main characters, in the second series of ""Cold Feet"". In 2002, Dancy played Daniel Deronda in the BBC's adaptation of George Eliot's novel ""Daniel Deronda"". Notable roles from film include Dancy's Prince Charmont from the 2004 Disney film ""Ella Enchanted"" alongside Anne"
"Anthony Hope Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: ""The Prisoner of Zenda"" (1894) and its sequel ""Rupert of Hentzau"" (1898). These works, ""minor classics"" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance, works set in fictional European locales similar to the novels. ""Zenda"" has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of"
"The Last English King The Last English King (1997) is a historical novel by English writer Julian Rathbone. The novel covers the time of the Battle of Hastings. It revolves around Walt Edwinson, a housecarl of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. The story starts with Walt returning to his home at Iwerne in Dorset four years after the Battle of Hastings. He had fled England after the defeat of the Anglo-Saxons and had spent the time travelling across Europe and Asia Minor. The story of his journey from Constantinople via Nicomedia and Nicaea to Side is then"
"the character of Anton Trendelssohn, whom Anthony Trollope portrays as a more deep character rather than as a Jewish stereotype. George Eliot's novel ""Daniel Deronda"" (1876) is admired by many for having made an honest attempt to capture the essence of 19th century Judaism by presenting a sympathetic rendering of Jewish proto-Zionist and Kaballistic ideas, Negative stereotypes of Jews were still employed by prominent twentieth-century non-Jewish writers such as Dorothy Richardson, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, and Graham Greene. The protagonist in James Joyce's Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, is probably one of the most remarkable representations of Jews in"
"nearer London. They were offered The Garden House in Windsor Great Park by the Queen, where his wife continued to live until her own death in 2016, and where she wrote her 2011 memoir, ""The Final Curtsey"". Denys Rhodes Denys Gravenor Rhodes (9 July 1919 – 30 October 1981) was an English writer. He was best known for his novel ""The Syndicate"", which was adapted into a 1968 film. Rhodes was born in Ireland, the son of (Arthur) Tahu Gravenor Rhodes, MVO (d. 1947), a solicitor and Captain in the Grenadier Guards, by his wife, Hon. Helen Cecil Olive, eldest"
"by Cinnamon Press in May 2018. Bianchi also translated several of his works into English: ""Pryfeta"" (""Daniel's Beetles""), ""Ras Olaf Harri Selwyn"" (""Harri Selwyn’s Last Race""), ""Esgyrn Bach"" (""The Bone Pickers""). Besides his literary works, Bianchi also contributed to the academy with a monograph on Richard Vaughan as well an anthology of Welsh poetry, titled ""Blodeugerdd Barddas o Farddoniaeth Gyfoes"" (2005). Bianchi was made a Fellow of the Welsh Academy of Writers. Tony Bianchi Tony Bianchi (5 April 1952 – 2 July 2017) was a prize-winning novelist, poet, short-story writer and critic, writing in both Welsh and English. Tony Bianchi"
"Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, David Tennant, Lambert Wilson, Jane Birkin, and Fiona Shaw. The Last September The Last September is a novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen published in 1929, concerning life at the country mansion of Danielstown, Cork during the Irish War of Independence. Although ""The Last September"" was first published in 1929, a preface was written for this text decades later to be included in the second American edition of this novel. Concerned that readers unfamiliar with this particular chapter of Irish history would not fully comprehend the anxieties of these times, Bowen takes great"
"such as George Eliot. The article was translated into French, German, Russian, Swedish, Dutch and Danish, and reprinted by the American Jewish Publication Society, Special Series No. 3 (Philadelphia, 1897). Deutsch was an important influence on George Eliot's Jewish characters and their ideas in her last novel Daniel Deronda. In 1869-70, Deutsch was a special correspondent for ""The Times"" during the Ecumenical Council at the Vatican and wrote letters on its deliberations. He died at Alexandria on 12 May 1873. A collection, ""Literary Remains"", edited by Lady Strangford, was published in 1874, consisting of nineteen papers on such subjects as"
"Poe called ""The Poe Shadow"", was published by Random House in the United States on May 23, 2006 and was a ""New York Times"" bestseller. His third novel, ""The Last Dickens"", was published in the United States on March 17, 2009. In 2012, ""The Technologists"", a mystery alternative-history thriller set in the early years of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was published in the United States. Matthew Pearl Matthew Pearl is an American novelist and educator. His novels include ""The Dante Club"", ""The Poe Shadow"", ""The Last Dickens"", ""The Technologists"", and ""The Last Bookaneer"". Editions have been published in more"
"""The Prisoner of Zenda"" (1894). Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) also wrote works in this genre, including ""Kidnapped"" (1886), an historical novel set in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, and ""Treasure Island"" (1883), the classic pirate adventure. Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel ""The Moonstone"" (1868) is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language, and soon after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began his Sherlock Holmes series about a London-based ""consulting detective"". Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Holmes, from 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. H. G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing"