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  • The Right-Hand Man
    K M Peyton
    It’s 1818 and reckless Ned Rowlands is the fastest stagecoach driver for miles around. Ned attracts the attention of the young Lord Ironminster - determined to win a racing wager against his wealthy cousins the Savilles and desperate for Ned’s help.Ned is quickly drawn into a strange partnership with Ironminster; as his new friend’s right hand man Ned has an important role ...
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    15,07 €

  • Fly-By-Night
    K M Peyton
    Ruth has never ridden a pony before - but as soon as she lays eyes on lively Fly-by-Night she knows he has to be hers. But where is she going to find the money for a saddle and bridle - and who is going to teach her to ride? ...
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    14,71 €

  • The Last Ditch
    K M Peyton
    Jonathan Meredith’s life is a disaster all because of a Greek holiday and Iris the girl who has brought his world - parents education society - tumbling down. So Jonathan seeks refuge with Peter his jockey friend with ambitions to win the National. Jonathan’s life quickly becomes focused on the race and chances of a very challenging horse . . . ...
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    15,56 €

  • A Midsummer Nights Death
    K M Peyton
    Jonathan doesn’t like Robin the English master at his boarding school. It’s not his inability to control his classes that he dislikes nor even his incompetence as a teacher - it’s his complete indifference to the feelings of anyone but himself. Nevertheless Jonathan is stunned when it’s announced that Robin has been found dead - drowned in the river close to the school. The ...
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    15,69 €

  • Prove Yourself a Hero
    K M Peyton
    When Jonathan is tricked into accepting a lift home from two mysterious men in a van it’s the start of a terrifying event: a kidnapping. And if the ransom money doesn’t arrive soon he knows he’ll be killed . . .A tense and thrilling novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author K. M. Peyton. ...
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    15,62 €

  • No Roses Round The Door
    K M Peyton
    Tom and Jo are the perfect professional couple and think they have it all. But when Tom starts to think that he wants to be a father and Jo can’t bear the thought of sacrificing her career for a baby Tom looks elsewhere. When he meets Camilla a dangerous triangle begins - one that will spiral into disaster. ...
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    15,36 €

  • The Sound Of Distant Cheering
    K M Peyton
    Rosy Weeks works for a local horse trainer at a once-successful stable now fallen on hard times. In love with the morose owner and passionate about her favourite horse Roly Fox can Rosy turn the stable’s fortunes around? ...
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    15,23 €

  • Dear Fred
    K M Peyton
    Set in the racing world of Newmarket in the 1880s this is the story of Laura and her intense feelings for Fred Archer - the tall slender young jockey who became one of the most famous men in Britain. Based around the true story of Fred Archer’s short and tragic life this is a moving and passionate story of first love. ...
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    16,15 €

  • Late To Smile
    K M Peyton
    When Miranda’s controlling mother dies she feels an enormous sense of freedom and release. Having spent her life in the shadows of others it is only a tragedy that opens up a world of new possibility for her.From Carnegie Medal-winning author K. M. Peyton. ...
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    15,04 €

  • Unquiet Spirits
    K M Peyton
    Mad is devastated when she’s forced to move with her mother from London to a bleak rural wilderness - until she gets a job restoring the local manor house Good Graces. There among the ancient tapestries and furniture she meets the heir Simon.But as Mad and Simon grow closer Mad realises her arrival has awoken the restless spirits of the old house. One ghostly presence see...
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    15,43 €

  • Firehead
    K M Peyton
    The invasion of the Norsemen is approaching and the people of Edmund Firehead’s settlement must flee if they are to stand any chance of survival. But people have always found Edmund’s fiery red hair startling - and the Norsemen are no exception. Instead of killing Edmund on the spot they take him as a slave.It’s the beginning of a new life - a life that leads Edmund into the ...
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    15,77 €

  • Pony In The Dark
    K M Peyton
    When Tom’s favourite Shetland pony Storm is sold to work in the coal mines he is devastated. The poor little black pony will have to work underground for the rest of his life - never seeing the sky or breathing fresh air! And when there is a terrible accident in the mine Tom wonders whether he’ll ever be with Storm again... A heart-warming story from an award-winning author...
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    14,97 €

  • Downhill All The Way
    K M Peyton
    A school ski trip to France means different things to everyone in Hoomey Nutty David and Jean’s class. But the adventures that take place over the week make for an unforgettable trip - and none of them will be quite the same by the time they return home. ...
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    15,68 €

  • The Beethoven Medal
    K M Peyton
    Being in love with Patrick Pennington isn’t easy. With his all-consuming passion for music and his desperate need for freedom Ruth isn’t sure there’s room for her in his life. Will he ever love and need her in return? ...
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    14,37 €

  • Poor Badger
    K M Peyton
    Ros falls instantly in love with the beautiful black and white pony that she discovers tethered in a field near her home. She has always longed for a pony of her own. If only he belonged to her . . .But Badger (as Ros and her friend Leo name the pony) belongs to someone else and Ros watches with mounting horror as she sees the way his real owners treat him. At first it is ju...
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    14,97 €

  • Small Gains
    K M Peyton
    Set just after the Napoleonic wars Small Gains is the story of Clara a true heroine who struggles to keep her head above water in a time of poverty and prejudice. Nat the cruel but incredibly attractive son of the local rich family turns Clara and her family’s lives upside down both in the world of racing and in the flushes of first love. And with the threat of tuberculosi...
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    15,09 €

  • Windy Webley
    K M Peyton
    Webley is a fine black army horse ridden by a soldier called Fred. But he is not a very GOOD army horse. When he gets bored he crosses his eyes drops his ears out sideways and hangs his tongue out. And when he gets very bored he lifts his tail and makes a very rude noise . . .A delightful and light-hearted horsey tale perfect for younger readers. ...
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    13,14 €

  • Penningtons Seventeenth Summer
    K M Peyton
    Patrick Pennington is out of control and seems to be heading for disaster. But when he meets Sylvia he feels like his world has been turned upside down. Penn seventeenth summer could be the most memorable of his life . . . ...
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    14,21 €

  • Darkling
    K M Peyton
    Darkling is ragged and wild but Jenny can’t help falling for him. As soon as her grandfather buys the chestnut colt she is thrilled. But a racing colt turns out to be a frightening responsibility - especially one as temperamental as Darkling . . . ...
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    15,56 €

  • Greater Gains
    K M Peyton
    Clara has been left a widow pregnant with another man’s child and it seems as if things could not get worse. But soon her pretty and reckless youngest sister Ellen is harshly sentenced to deportation to the newly-discovered land of Australia alongside many other convicts. And back in Norfolk Clara becomes the victim of blackmail that puts her in the clutches of the wicked...
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    15,23 €

  • Blue Skies and Gunfire
    K M Peyton
    When Josie is evacuated to her aunt and uncle’s farm in Essex she meets and falls in love with seventeen year old Jumbo a happy-go-lucky optimistic young man who doesn’t let his disability interrupt a life full of fun. Their relationship takes off despite the difficulties of the war which interrupts their idyll from time to time with stories of tragedy and death. But when J...
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    15,49 €