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The tiny duchy of Grand Fenwick is bankrupt so its minister decides to declare war on the United States, be defeated and receive Marshall Aid.

Roy Clarke's First of the Summer Wine takes place in the same small Yorkshire village in England and portrays the youth of the principal characters of the original show. Set in 1939 in the months leading up to World War II, the action revolves around the antics of the young Compo...

'Lyall at his fleet and fearful best' Chicago Tribune When Martin Fenwick - rich, respected, loved - is murdered, his bodyguard James Card goes on the hunt for his killers. His only clue, a small package wrapped in plain brown paper, will send Card on a relentless manhunt ac...

This thought-provoking novel of the challenges a coal mining community faces in the early twentieth century is "the finest work Cronin has given his public." ( Kirkus Reviews ) First published in 1935, The Stars Look Down tells the story of a North Country mining town as ...