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Is ideal for Dickens aficionados, fans of literary fiction and classic literature, and people who love both the book and the cinematic adaptations it inspired.   Whether you're buying this as a gift or as a self-purchase, this remarkable edition features:Beautiful softcoverDistinctive decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughoutPart of a 4-volume collection including Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.   After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Dr. Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter Lucie in London. However, there he meets two very different men, connected through their love for Lucie Manette. Drawn against their will to Paris at the height of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, they all soon fall under the lethal, far-reaching shadow of \"La Guillotine.\"An affordable edition ideal for your favorite classic fiction lover, literature student, or fan of annual reading challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52912967418190,"sku":"9781400341863","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781400341863_9e8dba63-db6f-4b36-8ffa-48a77207f932.jpg?v=1753120306"},{"product_id":"9780008559564","title":"Remember, Remember","description":"\u003cp\u003eGunpowder, treason and a plot like no other.                                **AN OBSERVER TOP 10 DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2024**                                              **WINNER OF THE UNICORNS CULTURE AWARD 2024**                                                          **SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**                                'Ignites a fire in your heart'                      ANYA BERGMAN                    'An explosive re-imagining .'                      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In [Jackson's] mirror one views a life perfectly rendered - complete, complex and awe-inspiring' - Gerard de Groot, The TimesJames VI \u0026amp; I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britain's most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least in creating the British monarchy itself by joining the English and Scottish thrones. A major intellectual, James's preoccupations ranged from witchcraft and theological controversy to hunting, diplomacy, poetry and sartorial fashion. The 'Mirror of Great Britain' was a spectacular jewel that gave symbolic endorsement to James's vision of British union, but mirrors themselves - with their limitless capacity to magnify, illuminate and distort - supplied James with one of his favourite literary metaphors.   Ruler of Scotland for nearly four decades before his accession to the English throne in 1603, James was a `cradle king' whose long reigns encompassed extraordinary dramas, including his abduction in the `Ruthven Raid' in 1582 and his attempted assassination in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. In his lifetime, James often confounded contemporaries' expectations while his posthumous reputation has been distorted by crude stereotypes.   Closely attentive to James's own words - in numerous publications, manuscript musings, topical verse and private correspondence - Clare Jackson's wonderful new book tells the story of this highly unusual monarch with great flair and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53022444028238,"sku":"9780241611272","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9780241611272_674d3dfc-023b-46fb-bc2b-897ba276c709.jpg?v=1756724927"},{"product_id":"9780241636848","title":"Penguin Readers Level 4: Les Miserables (ELT Graded Reader) : Abridged Edition","description":"","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53022492361038,"sku":"9780241636848","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9780241636848.jpg?v=1753215606"},{"product_id":"9781789466300","title":"A History of Treason : The bloody history of Britain through the stories of its most notorious traitors","description":"","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53024056836430,"sku":"9781789466300","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781789466300.jpg?v=1753275542"},{"product_id":"9789388318563","title":"1984","description":"","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53024242565454,"sku":"9789388318563","price":8.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9789388318563.jpg?v=1753273016"},{"product_id":"9781529440010","title":"Traitors : True tales of treason that changed the world","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf I had to choose between betraying my friend and betraying my country, I hope I should have the courage to betray my country.' 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The Hunger      Games is amazing.\" Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight      saga      \"Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced.\" John      Green, The New York Times Book Review             Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying      reality TV show is taking place.         Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event      called The Hunger Games.         There is only one rule: kill or be killed.       When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her      younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence.         But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival      is second nature.               Three books, four films and one worldwide phenomenon,  The      Hunger Games changed the face of global YA.         All three of the Hunger Games original novels have been      made into major feature films, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh      Hutcherson \u0026amp; Liam Hemsworth      The best-selling prequel to The Hunger Games, The      Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is now a major feature film      and available to watch on streaming platforms.                      OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES            Catching Fire      Mockingjay      The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes      Sunrise On the Reaping - the fifth book      in the Hunger Games series            The Hunger Games Illustrated edition released in October      2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53344281231694,"sku":"9781407132082","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9781407132082.jpg?v=1754156916"},{"product_id":"9780008239848","title":"The Poppy War : Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018                                ‘The best fantasy debut of 2018’ – WIRED                    A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.             When Rin aced the Keju – the test to find the most talented students in the Empire – it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who had hoped to get rich by marrying her off; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free from a life of servitude. That she got into Sinegard – the most elite military school in Nikan – was even more surprising.             But surprises aren’t always good.             Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Fighting the prejudice of rival classmates, Rin discovers that she possesses a lethal, unearthly power – an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. 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