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  • Domestic Physics Sucks
    E. X. Asperated / M. J. Trow
    Ever wondered why life is so irritating? It’s not the hopelessly inept government, the selfish behaviour of other motorists, the endless pap they feed us on our televisions and computers. Well, yes, actually, it is all these things. But there’s more. It’s the unopenable cat food sachet, the constantly growing weeds on the patio, the incomprehensibility of instruction booklets, ...
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    17,84 €

  • MAXWELL’S REALITY
    M.J. Trow
    An unputdownable cozy mystery with a touch of wry English humour.’Cleverly conceived and amusingly executed.’ The Sunday TimesMeet Peter Maxwell: film buff, golden-hearted cynic, bow-tied eccentric teacher . . . and reluctant amateur sleuth.A reality TV crew descends on Leighford High . . . and Head of Sixth Form Peter Maxwell braces for disaster - but not murder.The cameras pr...
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    11,73 €

  • Moon Rising
    M. J. Trow
    Book twelve in the Kit Marlowe series. May 1593. The rumour spreading around London like wildfire is that Kit Marlowe, playwright, poet and government agent, is dead; killed, men say, in a tavern brawl. But can it be true? And is it that simple? A Puritan stranger turns up at the Rose theatre in Southwark bearing somewhat of a resemblance to the man of fire and air. Is it a tri...
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    15,04 €

  • Boudicca
    M. J. Trow / Taliesin Trow
    This is the story of a British icon: Boudicca - humiliated widow of Prasutagus - who led British tribes into rage-fuelled war with the Roman Empire.Boudicca is a legendary figure today, as the mother determined to avenge her ravaged children and the warrior who rose up to protect her land from the assault of a rampaging enemy. Many identify with her as an icon of womanly streng...
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    12,93 €

  • Spartacus
    M. J. Trow
    This is a revised version of M. J. Trow’s classic biography of an ancient and unforgettable hero.’I am Spartacus’ ranks among the most famous lines in Hollywood, with its image of the man’s comrades prepared to die in his place in the Kirk Douglas film. And die they did; not the actors but the real army of Spartacus, crucified in their thousands along the Appian Way that leads ...
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    13,75 €

  • The Ultimate World War Two Trivia Book
    M. J. Trow
    The Second World War ended over seventy-five years ago and yet it holds a lasting fascination for millions. Most school children worldwide have studied it but it is unlikely that they would have learned any of the fascinating facts to be found in The Ultimate World War Two Trivia Book. Funny, heart-breaking and downright borderline unbelievable, the snippets in this book are pe...
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    16,23 €

  • THE CLERK’S TALE
    M. J. Trow
    In this humorous medieval mystery, Geoffrey Chaucer discovers a very un-poetic side to Oxford while tracking down a killer.The Clerk’s Tale is the latest instalment in M.J. Trow’s popular Geoffrey Chaucer series. As historically accurate and utterly human as its companion books, this story takes the reader on a no-holds-barred tour of medieval Oxford, as Chaucer immerses himsel...
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    13,84 €

  • Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus
    M. J. Trow
    Book sixteen in the Inspector Lestrade series. ’And death shall come on soft wings to him that touches the tomb of the Pharaoh …’ The wings that retired Chief Superintendent Lestrade came on were those of a de Havilland Hercules, named Olivia. The archaeologist, Howard Carter, had made the discovery of the century in the Valley of the Kings, but all around him, men were dying: ...
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    13,89 €

  • Weirdest War Two
    M. J. Trow / MJTrow
    Was Britain’s Thermopylae really fought over a tennis court?  What happened in Canada during the invasion of Winnipeg?  How did the Night Witches terrify and torment the Axis? Was Hitler actually sent to spy on the Nazis by the army? Who was the schoolgirl who helped win the Battle of Britain? Truth, they say, is the first casualty of war. You will have to decide how many such ...
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    14,26 €

  • Maxwell’s History of the World in 366 Lessons
    M. J. Trow
    Peter Maxwell is the History teacher you wish you’d had. If you meet anyone (and you will) who says ’I hate History. It’s boring,’ they weren’t taught by Mad Max. Many of you will know him as the crime-solving sleuth (along with his police-person wife, Jacquie) in the Maxwell series by M.J. Trow (along with his non-policeperson wife, Carol, aka Maryanne Coleman - uncredited!) b...
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    19,72 €

  • The Year of the Snake
    M. J. Trow / Maryanne Coleman
    Sometimes, a snake is just a snake. And sometimes…First-century Rome.Senator Gaius Lucius Nerva is taken ill at a dinner party and dies a few days later. His heartbroken wife, Flavia, is told it was a natural death. Calidus, Nerva’s recently freed slave, suspects otherwise.As he embarks upon the funeral ceremonies, Calidus becomes more and more convinced that his master was mur...
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    12,07 €