Tag search:Aristocracy

Silent in the Grave

by Deanna Raybourn
Digital audiobook, 2007
Tags
19th Century, 21st Century Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Gothic, Women, Widows, Victorian, Victorian Era, Victorian England — 12 more, Aristocracy, Upper Class, Gypsies, Private Investigator, Amateur Detective, England, Audiobook, Narrated by Ellen Archer, Romance Package, Audible.com, Read in 2019, Completed July 2019
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Lady Julia Grey (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Some Hope: Book Three of the Patrick Melrose Novels

by Edward St. Aubyn
Ebook, 2018
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1990s, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Autobiographical, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Fathers & Sons, Abuse — 17 more, Sexual Abuse, Upper Class, Wealth, Snobbery, Marriage, Infidelity, Parties, Dinner Parties, Aristocracy, Princess Margaret, Satire, England, eBook, Kindle, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2018, Completed September 2018
Collections
Read, eBooks, Read in 2018
Series
Patrick Melrose (3)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Music and Silence

by Rose Tremain
Digital audiobook, 2005
Tags
17th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Music, Relationships, Romance, Love, Marriage, Family — 16 more, Power, Kings, Royalty, Christian IV, Aristocracy, Religious Wars, Denmark, Whitbread Award, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), Read in 2013, Audiobook, Narrated by Jenny Agutter, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2016, To Reread
Collections
To Reread, Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
Audiobook, Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2016, 20th Century, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 21st Century Literature — 21 more, Fiction, American Literature, Historical Fiction, Gentlemen, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Prisoners, Political Prisoners, House Arrest, Hotels, Grand Hotels, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union, Fathers & Daughters, Friendship, Food, Wine, Books About Books, Casablanca, Read in 2017, Completed January 2017
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2017
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Turgenev
Digital audiobook, 2009
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Fiction, Russian Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Family, Relationships, Fathers & Sons, Aristocracy, Generation Gap — 10 more, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Family and self), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Read in 2013, Audiobook, Narrated by David Horovitch, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2016, To Reread
Collections
To Reread, Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
891.733

Why Mermaids Sing: Sebastian St. Cyr, Book 3

by C. S. Harris
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
19th Century, 1810s, 1811, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Murder, Serial Killers — 20 more, Detective, Amateur Detective, Aristocracy, Regency, Shipwrecks, Cannibalism, Romance, London, England, Series, Sebastian St. Cyr, Rec'd by cameling, Audiobook, Narrated by Davina Porter, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, 3 for 2, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2018, Completed October 2018
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2018
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries (3)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

When Gods Die: Sebastian St. Cyr, Book 2

by C. S. Harris
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
19th Century, 1810s, 1811, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Murder, Detective — 18 more, Amateur Detective, Aristocracy, Regency, Conspiracy, Jacobites, London, England, Series, Sebastian St. Cyr, Rec'd by cameling, Audiobook, Narrated by Davina Porter, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, 3 for 2, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2016, Completed November 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813

Past Imperfect

by Julian Fellowes
Digital audiobook, 2009
Tags
20th Century, 1960s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Aristocracy, Debutantes, Relationships, Society, Humour — 8 more, England, Rec'd by Cariola, Audiobook, Narrated by Richard Morant, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, 3 for 2, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

by Candace Fleming
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
19th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Revolution, Russian Revolution, Russian History, Romanovs, Aristocracy — 11 more, Royalty, Family, Royal Family, WWI, Russia, Audiobook, Narrated by Kimberley Farr, Audible Sale, 2 for 1, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
947.08

Where Serpents Sleep (Sebastian St. Cyr, 4)

by C. S. Harris
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
19th Century, 1810s, 1811, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Murder, Detective — 14 more, Amateur Detective, Aristocracy, Regency, London, England, Series, Sebastian St. Cyr, Rec'd by cameling, Audiobook, Narrated by Davina Porter, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, 2 for 1, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries (4)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Devil's Cub

by Georgette Heyer
Digital audiobook, 2006
Tags
18th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Aristocracy, Cross-Dressing, Georgian, Romance, Audiobook — 6 more, Narrated by Michael Drew, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, 50% Sale, Gift from Pierre, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Alastair-Audley (2)
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, 1800s, 1805, Fiction, Russian Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte — 37 more, French Revolution, War, Soldiers, Officers, Alexander I, Aristocracy, Nobility, Freemasonry, Freemasons, Family, Relationships, Love, Romance, Marriage, Society, High Society, Class System, Religion, Philosophy, Free Will, On Historical Events, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Russia, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), BBC's Big Read, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (War and travel), Esquire's 75 Books Every Man Should Read, Pevear & Volokhonsky, Illustrated by Igor Karash, Purchased from The Folio Society, New Year Sale, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2016, Completed February 2016
Collections
Read, Folio Society, Read in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
891.733

The King's Touch

by Jude Morgan
Paperback, 2002
Tags
17th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, English History, Restoration, Restoration England, Royalty, Kings, King Charles II — 7 more, Aristocracy, Rec'd by Cariola, Rec'd by Chatterbox, Used, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Silver Arch Books, Acquired in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
813

Ha'penny: Small Change, Book 2

by Jo Walton
Digital audiobook, 2011
Tags
20th Century, 1940s, 1949, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Alternate History — 18 more, Speculative Fiction, Murder, Politics, Aristocracy, Homosexuality, WWII, War, Fascism, Antisemitism, Jews, England, Prometheus Award, Audiobook, Narrated by John Keating, Narrated by Heather O'Neill, Audible Sale, 50% Sale, Acquired in 2015
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Small Change (2)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last

by Edward St. Aubyn
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Omnibus, Drug Addiction, Aristocracy, Audiobook, Narrated by Alex Jennings, Purchased from Audible.com — 1 more, Acquired in 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2018
Series
Patrick Melrose (1-5)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

L'Excessive

by Alexandra Lapierre
Book, 2010
Tags
18th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Aristocracy, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Marriage, Bigamy — 5 more, Court Cases, Catherine the Great, Court Life, Rec'd by La bibliothèque idéale RTL, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
843.914

Nothing Like the Sun

by Anthony Burgess
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
16th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Shakespeare, Poetry, Sonnets, Theatre — 20 more, Plays, Acting, Actors, The Globe Theatre, Lust, Sexuality, Sex, Marriage, Infidelity, Homosexuality, Aristocracy, Elizabethan, England, Audiobook, Narrated by Sean Barrett, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2015, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Choderlos De Laclos
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
18th Century, 18th Century Literature, 1780s, Fiction, French Literature, Classics, Epistolary, Libertinage, Seduction, Decadence, Obsession — 23 more, Manipulation, Corruption, Vengeance, Betrayal, Love, Romance, Sex, Scandal, Aristocracy, Paris, France, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Adapted to Film, Read in 2013, Used, Hardcover, Folio Society, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Rothwell & Dunworth, Acquired in 2014
Collections
To Reread, Folio Society
Status
Available
Call number
843.6

Arabella

by Georgette Heyer
Paperback, 2009
Tags
19th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Relationships, Family, Siblings, Godmothers, Fashion, Romance — 24 more, Marriage, Comedy of Manners, Aristocracy, Heiresses, Wealth, Social Class, Social Mobility, Appearances, Brothers & Sisters, Gambling, Gambling Debts, Depts of Honour, Humour, Regency, Yorkshire, London, England, Audiobook, Naxos Audiobooks, Narrated by Phyllida Nash, Purchased from Audible.com, Romance Package, Read in 2018, Completed April 2018
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2018
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Scapegoat

by Daphne du Maurier
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1950s, Fiction, English Literature, Mystery, Suspense, Gothic, Impersonation, Identity, Deception — 23 more, Doppelgängers, Relationships, Family, Family Secrets, Family Business, Great Houses, Château, Inheritance, Aristocracy, Brothers & Sisters, Fathers & Daughters, Religious Fanaticism, Drug Addiction, France, Great Yarn, Rec'd by Fourpawz2, Audiobook, Narrated by Paul Shelley, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2015, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed March 2015
Collections
Read, To Reread, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr, 1)

by C. S. Harris
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
19th Century, 1810s, 1811, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Murder, Detective — 20 more, Amateur Detective, Aristocracy, Politics, Napoleonic Wars, Espionage, Blackmail, Actresses, Romance, Regency, London, England, Series, Sebastian St. Cyr, Rec'd by cameling, Audiobook, Narrated by Davina Porter, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed March 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Something Fresh

by P. G. Wodehouse
Digital audiobook, 2011
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1910s, Fiction, English Literature, Class System, Aristocracy, Romance, Engagements, Great Houses, Collectors — 15 more, Egyptian Antiques, Scarabs, Impostors, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), Audiobook, Narrated by Jonathan Cecil, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, 50% Sale, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2016, Completed April 2016, Returned for refund
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Series
Blandings Castle (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

Orlando

by Virginia Woolf
Digital audiobook, 2015
Tags
16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Classics, Literature, Fantasy — 25 more, Historical Fiction, Modernism, Gender, Aristocracy, Poetry, Writing, Immortality, Travel, Gypsies, Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, Turkey, England, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Guardian Essential Library, British Author Challenge, Audiobook, Narrated by Veronika Hyks, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed July 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

A Handful of Dust

by Evelyn Waugh
Paper Book, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1930s, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Aristocracy, Upper Class, Social Class, Middle Class, Great Houses — 28 more, Relationships, Love, Lovers, Infidelity, Marriage, Divorce, Inheritance, Travel, Amazon Rainforest, Typhoid, Natives, Illiteracy, Charles Dickens, Disappearance, Satire, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006 Edition), Time's All-Time 100, Audiobook, Narrated by Andrew Sachs, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2015, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed February 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The American

by Henry James
Ebook, 2014
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literature, Classics, Aristocracy, Paris, France, eBook, Kindle — 2 more, Kindle deal, Acquired in 2015
Collection
eBooks
Status
Available
Call number
813.4

Farthing: Small Change, Book 1

by Jo Walton
Digital audiobook, 2011
Tags
20th Century, 1940s, 1949, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Alternate History — 22 more, Speculative Fiction, Murder, Politics, Aristocracy, Homosexuality, WWII, War, Fascism, Antisemitism, Jews, England, Locus Award Finalist, Nebula Nominee, Rec'd by souloftherose, Audiobook, Narrated by John Keating, Narrated by Bianca Amato, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2015, Completed November 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Series
Small Change (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813

Decline and Fall

by Evelyn Waugh
Digital audiobook, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 1920s, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics, Oxford, Academia, Education, Boarding School, Public School — 26 more, Teachers, Teaching, Prostitution, White Slavery, Prison, Upper Class, Aristocracy, Religion, Comedy of Manners, Social Commentary, Humour, Satire, Modernism, Wales, England, 1001 Books, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), Rec'd by avatiakh, Audiobook, Narrated by Michael Maloney, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2014, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed February 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
813

Parrot and Olivier in America

by Peter Carey
Digital audiobook, 2010
Tags
19th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Australian Literature, Historical Fiction, French Revolution, Democracy, Alexis de Tocqueville, Aristocracy, France, America — 8 more, Booker Prize Shortlist, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlist, National Book Award Finalist, Audiobook, Narrated by Humphrey Bower, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2014
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

These Old Shades

by Georgette Heyer
CD audiobook, 2009
Tags
18th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Aristocracy, Cross-Dressing, Georgian, Romance, Marriage — 9 more, Paris, France, Rec'd by avatiakh, Audiobook, Narrated by Cornelius Garrett, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2013, Read in 2014, Completed April 2014
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2014
Series
Alastair-Audley (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk

by Edward St. Aubyn
Ebook, 2012
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Omnibus, Drug Addiction, Aristocracy, eBook, Kindle, Whispersync — 2 more, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Acquired in 2014
Collection
eBooks
Series
Patrick Melrose (1-4)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Cherry Orchard (BBC Classic Radio Theatre)

by Anton Chekhov
CD audiobook, 2011
Tags
20th Century, 1900s, Fiction, Russian Literature, Classics, Realism, Drama, Theatre, Family, Aristocracy, Serfdom — 18 more, Social Change, Russia, Dramatized, Radio, Radio Broadcast, BBC, Radio Drama, BBC Radio Drama, Audiobook, Narrated by Anna Massey, Narrated by Andrew Sachs, Narrated by Sinéad Cusack, Narrated by Patricia Routledge, Narrated by Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2014, Completed March 2014
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2014
Status
Available
Call number
891.723

The Stockholm Octavo

by Karen Engelmann
Ebook, 2012
Tags
18th Century, 1790s, Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fortune Tellers, Divination, Cards — 22 more, Cartomancy, Fans, Hand Fans, Poison, Politics, Conspiracies, Assassination, Murder, Aristocracy, Royalty, King Gustav III, French Revolution, Stockholm, Sweden, Rec'd by Chatterbox, Rec'd by NYT, eBook, Kindle, Kindle Daily Deal, Acquired in 2014, Read in 2014, Completed September 2014
Collections
Read, eBooks, Read in 2014
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, 1800s, 1805, Fiction, Russian Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte — 29 more, French Revolution, War, Soldiers, Officers, Alexander I, Aristocracy, Nobility, Freemasonry, Freemasons, Family, Relationships, Love, Romance, Marriage, Society, High Society, Class System, Religion, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Russia, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), BBC's Big Read, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (War and travel), Esquire's 75 Books Every Man Should Read, Pevear & Volokhonsky, Acquired in 2011
Collection
To Give/Trade/Sell
Status
Available
Call number
891.733

Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Turgenev
Ebook, 2004
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Fiction, Russian Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Family, Relationships, Fathers & Sons, Aristocracy, Generation Gap — 9 more, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Family and self), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), eBook, Kindle, Whispersync, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Acquired in 2013
Collection
eBooks
Status
Available
Call number
891.733

Fathers and Sons

by Ivan Turgenev
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Fiction, Russian Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Family, Relationships, Fathers & Sons, Aristocracy, Generation Gap — 13 more, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Family and self), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Audiobook, Narrated by Sean Runnette, Whispersync, Purchased from Audible.com, Purchase with eBook, $2.99, Acquired in 2013, Read in 2013, Completed November 2013
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2013
Status
Available
Call number
891.733

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade)

by Choderlos de Laclos
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
18th Century, 18th Century Literature, 1780s, Fiction, French Literature, Classics, Epistolary, Libertinage, Seduction, Decadence, Obsession — 23 more, Manipulation, Corruption, Vengeance, Betrayal, Love, Romance, Sex, Scandal, Aristocracy, Paris, France, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Adapted to Film, Read in 2013, New, Hardcover, La Pléiade, Purchased from Librairie Olivieri, Acquired in 2013, To Reread
Collection
To Reread
Status
Available
Call number
843

Great Granny Webster (New York Review Books Classics)

by Caroline Blackwood
Ebook, 2012
Tags
20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Autobiographical, Growing Up, Aristocracy, Decaying Aristocracy, Great Houses, Crumbling Mansions, Gothic — 25 more, Family, Grandmothers, Great Grandmothers, Matriarch, Aunts, Death, Suicide, Mental Illness, Morbid, Black Humour, Eccentricity, Anglo-Irish, Postwar, Women, Booker Prize Shortlist, Rec'd by NPR Books, Rec'd by PaulCranswick, Inspired by Downton Abbey, NYRB, Kindle, eBook, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Acquired in 2013, Read in 2015, Completed March 2015
Collections
Read, eBooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Pursuit of Love

by Nancy Mitford
Paperback, 1993
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1940s, Fiction, English Literature, Family, Relationships, Growing Up, Love, Romance, Marriage — 14 more, Aristocracy, WWII, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), Folio Society, Hardcover, Illustrated by Roland Pym, Used, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Berwyn Books, Acquired in 2013, Picked by sibyx, Picked for Me 2014 Extra Pick
Collections
TRRS Pile, Folio Society, Picked for Me 2014
Series
Radlett and Montdore (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813

Love in a Cold Climate

by Nancy Mitford
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1940s, Fiction, English Literature, Family, Relationships, Growing Up, Love, Romance, Marriage — 15 more, Aristocracy, WWII, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Rec'd by avatiakh, Folio Society, Hardcover, Illustrated by Roland Pym, Used, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Berwyn Books, Acquired in 2013
Collection
Folio Society
Series
Radlett and Montdore (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813

Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics, Memories, Coming of Age — 44 more, Artists, Aristocracy, Upper Class, Social Class, Alcoholism, Catholicism, Religion, Relationships, Friendship, Male Friendship, Homosexuality, Romance, Love, Lovers, Infidelity, Marriage, Family, Inheritance, Great Houses, Ocean Liners, Atlantic Crossing, Siblings, Brothers & Sisters, Students, Academia, Oxford University, War, WWII, England, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), BBC's Big Read, Time's All-Time 100, Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels, Folio Society, Hardcover, Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman, Used, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Cape Breton Regional Library, Acquired in 2013, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed February 2015
Collections
Read, Folio Society, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate: Two Novels

by Nancy Mitford
Paperback, 2001
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1940s, Fiction, English Literature, Family, Relationships, Growing Up, Love, Romance, Marriage — 11 more, Aristocracy, WWII, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), Rec'd by avatiakh, Omnibus, Used, Purchased from Yankee Clipper Books, Purchased from AbeBooks, Acquired in 2012
Series
Radlett and Montdore (1-2)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Le comte de Monte-Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas
Paperback, 2008
Tags
19th Century, 1840s, Fiction, French Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Seafaring, Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, Conspiracy — 31 more, Betrayal, Relationships, Friendship, Enemies, Love, Romance, Marriage, Prison, Imprisonment, Escape, Treasures, Wealth, Aristocracy, Revenge, Forgiveness, Redemption, En français, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Crime), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), BBC's Big Read, Adapted to Film, Audiobook, Narrated by Éric Herson-Macarel, Library Book (National), Picked for Me 2013, Picked by mamzel, Read in 2013, Completed November 2013, 19th Century Literature
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2013
Status
Available
Call number
843.7

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
CD audiobook, 2001
Tags
18th Century, 1780s, 18th Century Literature, Fiction, French Literature, Classics, Epistolary, Libertinage, Seduction, Decadence, Obsession — 25 more, Manipulation, Corruption, Vengeance, Betrayal, Love, Romance, Sex, Scandal, Aristocracy, Paris, France, Jane Austen (influence for), Great Yarn, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Adapted to Film, Library Book, Audiobook, Picked for Me 2013, Picked by bohemima, En français, Read in 2013, Completed August 2013
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2013
Status
Available
Call number
843.6

The Pursuit of Love

by Nancy Mitford
Paperback, 2010
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1940s, Fiction, English Literature, Family, Relationships, Growing Up, Love, Romance, Marriage — 12 more, Aristocracy, WWII, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), Audiobook, Narrated by Emilia Fox, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Read in 2012, Completed November 2012, Audible Sale
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2012
Series
Radlett and Montdore (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
19th Century, 1870s, 19th Century Literature, 20th Century Publication, Fiction, American Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, Social Commentary, Novel of Manners, High Society — 27 more, New York Society, Upper Class, Aristocracy, Conformity, Snobbery, Social Conventions, Feminism, Relationships, Love, Marriage, Infidelity, Divorce, Europeans, New York City, America, Pulitzer Prize, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), Audiobook, Narrated by David Horovitch, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Read in 2012, Completed August 2012, To Reread
Collections
Read, To Reread, Audiobooks, Read in 2012
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

Music & Silence

by Rose Tremain
Paperback, 2000
Tags
17th Century, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Music, Relationships, Romance, Love, Marriage, Family — 16 more, Power, Kings, Royalty, Christian IV, Aristocracy, Religious Wars, Denmark, Whitbread Award, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Love), Purchased from BookDepository, Acquired in 2012, Picked for Me 2013, Picked by LizzieD, Read in 2013, Completed October 2013
Collections
Read, Read in 2013
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Edwardians

by Vita Sackville-West
Paperback, 2003
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1900s, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Aristocracy, Nobility, Youth, Wealth, English Estate — 14 more, Inheritance, Relationships, Marriage, Infidelity, Love Affairs, Fashionable Society, Glamour, Edwardian, Audiobook, Narrated by Carole Boyd, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2011, Read in 2012, Completed January 2012
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2012
Status
Available
Call number
813

A Handful of Dust (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Evelyn Waugh
Paperback, 2010
Tags
20th Century, 1930s, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Aristocracy, Satire, Humour, Guardian 1000, Guardian 1000 (Comedy), 1001 Books — 4 more, Time's All-Time 100, Used, Purchased from The Word, Acquired in 2011
Status
Available
Call number
813

Brideshead Revisited:(Penguin Modern Classics)

by Evelyn Waugh
Paperback, 2000
Tags
20th Century, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics, Aristocracy, Catholicism, Religion, Oxford, England, 1001 Books — 8 more, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010 Edition), BBC's Big Read, Time's All-Time 100, Anthony Burgess: 99 Novels, Used, Purchased from The Word, To Read, Acquired in 2011
Status
Available
Call number
813

The American Heiress: A Novel

by Daisy Goodwin
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
19th Century, 21st Century Literature, Historical Fiction, Gilded Age, Romance, Love, Marriage, Infidelity, Heiress, Aristocracy, Titles — 8 more, Dukes, Duchesses, Money, Wealth, England, Early Reviewers, Read in 2011, Completed July 2011
Collections
Read, Read in 2011
Status
Available
Call number
823.92
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