"Barchester Towers Barchester Towers, published in 1857 by Anthony Trollope, is the second novel in his series known as the ""Chronicles of Barsetshire"". Among other things it satirises the antipathy in the Church of England between High Church and Evangelical adherents. Trollope began writing this book in 1855. He wrote constantly and made himself a writing-desk so he could continue writing while travelling by train. ""Pray know that when a man begins writing a book he never gives over"", he wrote in a letter during this period. ""The evil with which he is beset is as inveterate as drinking –"
"Chronicles of Barsetshire The Chronicles of Barsetshire is a series of six novels by the English author Anthony Trollope, set in the fictitious English county of Barsetshire and its cathedral town of Barchester. The novels concern the dealings of the clergy and the gentry, and the political, amatory, and social manœuvrings that go on among and between them. Of the six novels, the second in the series, ""Barchester Towers"", is generally the best known, while the last was Trollope's own favourite. Together, the series is regarded by many as Trollope's finest work. The novels in the series are: Nathaniel Hawthorne"
"Stan Barstow Stanley Barstow FRSL (28 June 1928 – 1 August 2011) was an English novelist. Barstow was born in Horbury, near Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His father was a coal miner and he attended Ossett Grammar School. He worked as a draughtsman and salesman for an engineering company. He was best known for his 1960 novel ""A Kind of Loving"", which has been turned into a film, a television series, a radio play and a stage play. The author's other novels included ""Ask Me Tomorrow"" (1962), ""The Watchers on the Shore"" (1966) and ""The Right True"
"as exciting as gambling"". In his autobiography, Trollope observed ""In the writing of ""Barchester Towers"" I took great delight. The bishop and Mrs. Proudie were very real to me, as were also the troubles of the archdeacon and the loves of Mr. Slope"". When he submitted his finished work, his publisher, William Longman, initially turned it down, finding much of it to be full of ""vulgarity and exaggeration"". Recent critics offer a more sanguine opinion, ""Barchester Towers is many readers' favourite Trollope"", wrote ""The Guardian"", which included it in its list of ""1000 novels everyone must read"". ""Barchester Towers"" concerns"
"Richard Martin Stern Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915 in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, for ""The Bright Road to Fear"". He was most notable for his 1973 novel ""The Tower"", in which a fire engulfs a new metal-and-glass frame skyrise. Stern was inspired to write the novel by the construction of the World Trade Center in New York City. Warner Brothers bought the rights to the"
"The Tower (novel) The Tower is a 1973 novel by Richard Martin Stern. It is one of the two books drawn upon for the screenplay Stirling Silliphant wrote for the 1974 movie ""The Towering Inferno,"" the other being the 1974 novel ""The Glass Inferno"" by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. The story unfolds on the day of the grand opening of the brand-new ""World Tower Building"" skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New York City, situated near the World Trade Center Towers in a plaza of its own, a building whose height Stern specifies as 1,527 feet covering a total"
"to his autobiography, he conceived the plot of ""The Warden"", which became the first of the six Barsetshire novels. His postal work delayed the beginning of writing for a year; the novel was published in 1855, in an edition of 1,000 copies, with Trollope receiving half of the profits: £9 8s. 8d. in 1855, and £10 15s. 1d. in 1856. Although the profits were not large, the book received notices in the press, and brought Trollope to the attention of the novel-reading public. He immediately began work on ""Barchester Towers"", the second Barsetshire novel; upon its publication in 1857, he"
"Malory Towers Malory Towers is a series of six novels by English children's author Enid Blyton. The series is based on the girls' boarding school Benenden School that Blyton's daughter attended, and that relocated during the war to the Cornish seaside. The series follows the protagonist, Darrell Rivers on her adventures and experiences in boarding school. Darrell Rivers' name was inspired by that of Blyton's second husband: Kenneth Darrell Waters. In 2009, six more books were added to the series by author Pamela Cox. Events in these take place after Darrell has left the school and focuses on her younger"
"trapped in the World Tower Building die from the effects of the fires. Stern does not specify the subsequent fate of the remaining World Tower Building structure. The Tower (novel) The Tower is a 1973 novel by Richard Martin Stern. It is one of the two books drawn upon for the screenplay Stirling Silliphant wrote for the 1974 movie ""The Towering Inferno,"" the other being the 1974 novel ""The Glass Inferno"" by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. The story unfolds on the day of the grand opening of the brand-new ""World Tower Building"" skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New"
"Kensal Green Cemetery, near the grave of his contemporary, Wilkie Collins. Trollope's first major success came with ""The Warden"" (1855)—the first of six novels set in the fictional county of ""Barsetshire"" (often collectively referred to as the ""Chronicles of Barsetshire""), dealing primarily with the clergy and landed gentry. ""Barchester Towers"" (1857) has probably become the best-known of these. Trollope's other major series, the Palliser novels, which overlap with the Barsetshire novels, concerned itself with politics, with the wealthy, industrious Plantagenet Palliser (later Duke of Omnium) and his delightfully spontaneous, even richer wife Lady Glencora featured prominently, though, as with the"
"Beverly Barton Beverly Marie Beaver (née Inman; December 23, 1946 – April 21, 2011), better known as Beverly Barton, was an American author, known for her romantic suspense novels. She has written over thirty contemporary romance novels and created the popular ""The Protectors"" series for Harlequin Enterprises–owned Silhouette’s Intimate Moments lines. Her first book, ""Yankee Lover"", was published in July 1990 by Harlequin’s imprint, Silhouette Desire. Beverly Barton was born in Alabama. She spent her formative years between Tuscumbia and Barton, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee. After graduating from Chattanooga Central High School, she attended college at the University of North"
"Grantchester Grind Grantchester Grind is a novel written by Tom Sharpe, a British novelist born in 1928 who was educated at Lancing College and then at Pembroke College, Cambridge. ""Grantchester Grind"" follows on from the story of the fictitious Porterhouse College, Cambridge, started in the previous book, ""Porterhouse Blue"". Porterhouse is a college which had an incident involving a bedder and the college's only research graduate student which caused the Bull Tower to be severely damaged. Since the college's funds were exhausted by a previous bursar with a tendency to gamble, one of the story's central themes is guided by"
"Jane Barker Jane Barker (1652–1732) was a popular English fiction writer, poet, and a staunch Jacobite. She went into self-imposed exile when James II fled England during the Glorious Revolution in 1688. Her novels, ""The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia"", also published as ""Love Intrigues"" (1713), ""Exilius"" or ""The Banish'd Roman"" (1715), ""A Patchwork Screen for the Ladies"" (1723), and ""The Lining of the Patchwork Screen for the Ladies"" (1726) were written after she returned to London in 1704. Prior to and during her exile, she wrote a collection of poems justifying the value of feminine education and female single"
"works are set in the imaginary county of Barsetshire, including ""The Warden"" (1855) and ""Barchester Towers"" (1857). He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters, including ""The Way with Live Now"" (1875). Trollope's novels portrayed the lives of the landowning and professional classes of early Victorian England. George Eliot's (Mary Ann Evans (1819–80) first novel ""Adam Bede"" was published in 1859. Her works, especially ""Middlemarch"" 1871–72), are important examples of literary realism, and are admired for their combination of high Victorian literary detail combined with an intellectual breadth that removes them from"
"Angels family vault in Haworth. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, ""Wuthering Heights"", now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third-eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 in Market Street in the village of Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in Northern"
"is 25% to 49%, which is less than 50-50. Fields says DNA analyses of the bones dug up in the Tower of London in 1674 would change the odds on whether the princes were murdered but might not affect the odds on who did it, if anyone did, so this mystery may never be solved. Fields has also written two novels, published under the pseudonym ""D. Kincaid"": The Sunset Bomber (1986, published by Corgi Books in London) which was also published under the name Final Verdict (1988), and The Lawyer's Tale. (1993). In 1997, Fields conceived an open letter to"
"Richard Yates, Bruce Chatwin, William Carlos Williams, E.E. Cummings, Raymond Carver, Lorrie Moore, and Joyce Johnson. Barton married in 2004, but is now divorced. Laura Barton Laura Barton (born 1977) is an English journalist and writer. She writes mainly for ""The Guardian"", and published her first novel, ""Twenty-One Locks"", in 2010. Barton was born and grew up in the village of Newburgh in Lancashire, and was educated at Winstanley College and read for an English degree at Worcester College, Oxford. Following graduation, she began writing for ""The Guardian"" from 2000 specialising in writing features. She has also written for ""Q"""
"best-loved works are set in the imaginary west country county of Barsetshire, including ""The Warden"" (1855) and ""Barchester Towers"" (1857). Trollope's novels portray the lives of the landowning and professional classes of early Victorian England. George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans (1819–80) was a major novelist of the mid-Victorian period. Her works, especially ""Middlemarch"" 1871-2), are important examples of literary realism, and are admired for their combination of high Victorian literary detail, with an intellectual breadth that removes them from the narrow geographic confines they often depict, that has led to comparisons with Tolstoy. George Meredith (1828–1909) is best remembered for"
"art room. Between the south and west tower are the mistresses rooms. The school also has stables, tennis courts, sports pitches and an outside, natural swimming pool. Malory Towers Malory Towers is a series of six novels by English children's author Enid Blyton. The series is based on the girls' boarding school Benenden School that Blyton's daughter attended, and that relocated during the war to the Cornish seaside. The series follows the protagonist, Darrell Rivers on her adventures and experiences in boarding school. Darrell Rivers' name was inspired by that of Blyton's second husband: Kenneth Darrell Waters. In 2009, six"
"by the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire, followed by The Gaylord in 1924, The Arcady in 1927 and Bullocks Wilshire in 1929. Novelist Raymond Chandler added to The Bryson's landmark status when he featured it in his 1943 work ""The Lady in the Lake"". Owing to its connection with Chandler, The Bryson has been described as one of the city's ""high-rises that were meant to house wealthy transplants from back East but became the faded palaces of L.A. noir."" In the novel, detective Philip Marlowe visited the Bryson Tower in pursuit of the title character. Chandler described the Bryson: Twenty five"
"Barry England Barry England (16 March 1932 – 21 May 2009) was an English novelist and playwright. He is chiefly known for his 1968 thriller ""Figures in a Landscape"", which was nominated for the inaugural Booker Prize. England was raised in a Roman Catholic household and studied at Downside School. He joined the British Army and served in the Far Eastern theatre, where he did his share of arduous marches ""over two or three mountains in a day"". His stint in the army would serve England well later in his literary career. He studied at RADA as a playwright, and"
"The Trials of Oland Born Alex Barclay Eve ""Alex"" Barclay (born Dublin, Ireland in 1974) is an Irish crime writer. Barclay studied journalism at university and worked for a period in fashion and beauty journalism as a copywriter in the RTÉ Guide. In 2003, she left the fashion industry to write ""Darkhouse"", the first of two novels featuring NYPD detective Joe Lucchesi. Her second novel, ""The Caller"", was released in 2007, and ""Last Call"" in 2008. She won the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award at the Irish Book Awards for her third novel, ""Blood Runs Cold"". NYPD Detective Joe Lucchesi"
"Richard Barham Middleton Richard Barham Middleton (28 October 1882 – 1 December 1911) was an English poet and author, who is remembered mostly for his short ghost stories, in particular ""The Ghost Ship"". Born in Staines, Middlesex, Middleton was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent. He then worked as a clerk at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation bank in London from 1901 to 1907. Unhappy with this, he affected a Bohemian life at night – he is mentioned, in disguised terms, in Arthur Ransome's ""Bohemia in London"". He moved out of his parents' house and into rooms in Blackfriars, and he"
"for a series of 29 novels by Angela Thirkell, written from 1930 to 1961. Thirkell's stories blend social satire with romance. Her 1946 novel, ""Private Enterprise"", explored discontent with the bureaucracy of the Attlee government – something echoed by Orville Prescott in his poem-review beginning ""In Barchester all is not well"". Barsetshire is also used in some of the Pullein-Thompson sisters books, usually referring to rival teams or as a nearby county. Barchester and Barset were used as names for the fictional county in which St Trinians School was supposedly located in the original films. The county is also mentioned"
"BBC television mini-series titled ""The Warden"" (1951), which was broadcast live and apparently never recorded. The BBC adapted ""The Warden"" and its sequel, ""Barchester Towers"", into the miniseries ""The Barchester Chronicles"" (1982). The first two of the seven one-hour episodes are drawn from ""The Warden"" and the rest from the much longer ""Barchester Towers."" George Orwell called the novel ""probably the most successful"" of Trollope's ""clerical series"", and ""one of his best works"" but noted that Trollope, though a shrewd critic, was no reformer. ""A time-honoured abuse, he held, is frequently less bad than its remedy. He builds Archdeacon Grantly"
"Alabama. Barton was a wife, mother, and grandmother. She died suddenly of heart failure on April 21, 2011. Beverly Barton Beverly Marie Beaver (née Inman; December 23, 1946 – April 21, 2011), better known as Beverly Barton, was an American author, known for her romantic suspense novels. She has written over thirty contemporary romance novels and created the popular ""The Protectors"" series for Harlequin Enterprises–owned Silhouette’s Intimate Moments lines. Her first book, ""Yankee Lover"", was published in July 1990 by Harlequin’s imprint, Silhouette Desire. Beverly Barton was born in Alabama. She spent her formative years between Tuscumbia and Barton, Alabama"
"Barry MacSweeney Barry MacSweeney (July 17, 1948 – May 9, 2000) was an English poet and journalist. Barry MacSweeney was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. He left school aged 16, and began working as a journalist at the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, where he shared an office with the poet Basil Bunting. He began attending readings at the Morden Tower series, run by Connie and Tom Pickard, and took an active part in the thriving arts scene in mid-1960s Newcastle. Visitors to the Tower included American poets Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Edward Dorn, as well as poets from across Britain."
"panel in the Hubbard memorial window, above the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer. The panel was dedicated by her great-great-great-granddaughter Sarah Prince and a wreath was laid. Manchester City Council have created an award in Gaskell's name, given to recognise women's involvement in charitable work and improvement of lives. A bibliomemoir ""Mrs Gaskell and me: Two Women, Two Love Stories, Two centuries Apart"", by Nell Stevens. was published in 2018. Gaskell's first novel, ""Mary Barton"", was published anonymously in 1848. The best-known of her remaining novels are ""Cranford"" (1853), ""North and South"" (1854), and ""Wives and Daughters"" (1865). She became popular"
"is especially remembered for his dystopian novel ""A Clockwork Orange"" 1962. Mervyn Peake (1911–68) published his Gothic fantasy Gormenghast trilogy between 1946 and 1959. Angela Carter (1940–1992) was a novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. Writing from the 1960s until the 1980s. Sir Salman Rushdie is among a number of post Second World War writers from former British colonies who permanently settled in Britain. Rushdie achieved fame with ""Midnight's Children"" (1981). His most controversial novel ""The Satanic Verses"" (1989) was inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. Doris Lessing from Southern Rhodesia (now"
"The Tower of Silence (novel) The Tower of Silence is a novel by Phiroshaw Jamsetjee Chevalier, written in 1927 and recovered from a lost manuscript by historian Gyan Prakash. It was first published in complete form by HarperCollins in 2013. An aerial photographer takes a photograph of a Parsi dakhma, also known as a tower of silence, a structure used to expose the bodies of the dead to carrion birds. This is deeply offensive to the Parsi population of Mumbai, and one of their number sets out to exact revenge for this insult. British detective Sexton Blake matches wits with"
"The Clerkenwell Tales The Clerkenwell Tales is an historical novel by English writer Peter Ackroyd, first published in 2003. The novel is set in London in the year 1399, a year of revolt, revolution and religious conspiracy. As Henry Bolingbroke challenges Richard II for the throne of England the reader’s attention is focused on Dominus, a secret society of religious fundamentalists, known to history as Lollards. With more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie mystery, the story turns on the conspiracies of this religious sect, driven to extremes by the prophecies of a mad Clerkenwell nun. The result is"
"floor which indicated the tower was intended to be occupied throughout the year. However, access to the first and second floors would have been accessible solely via a ladder. Thomas Hardy, the novelist, often took his first love Eliza Nicholls to Clavell Tower. He used an illustration of it in his ""Wessex Poems"". The local Coastguards used it as a lookout until the 1930s, when it was gutted by fire. The desolate condition of Clavell Tower was the inspiration behind Baroness P. D. James's prize winning 1975 novel ""The Black Tower"". The tower was used by Anglia Television as a"
"The Black Tower The Black Tower is an Adam Dalgliesh novel by P.D. James, published in 1975. Adam Dalgliesh, recovering from a serious illness, is tired of death, and goes to the Toynton Grange care home to see an old friend. But his friend has recently died—apparently of natural causes—and there has been another death in the community, an apparent suicide. Dalgliesh begins to wonder if everything is really just as it seems, and his detective instincts begin to drive him, almost against his will. Two more deaths occur, one a suicide that many people feel is unlikely, the other"