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  • Enter Sir John

    by Clemence Dane, Helen Simpson ...
    A celebrated English stage actor must prove an ingénue innocent of murder in this classic Golden Age mystery.A touring troupe of actors has come to the English village of Peridu to stage a play featuring promising young star Martella Baring. But it's not the show that has everyone talking after Martella is found beside the body of the troupe manger's wife . . .Actor and theater owner Sir John ... Read more

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  • Getting a Life

    Stories

    by Helen Simpson ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    Hilarious, dark, and thoroughly entertaining, Getting a Life proves Helen Simpson to be one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these nine stories explore both the blisses and irritations of domestic life.An ambitious teenager vows never to settle for any of the adult lives she sees around her. Two old friends get tipsy at a small cafe and end up ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $5.99 USD

  • Freeman's: Arrival

    The Best New Writing on Arrival

    by Barry Lopez, Honor Moore, Etgar Keret, Kamila Shamsie, Louise Erdrich, Colum McCann, David Mitchell, Daniel Galera, Haruki Murakami, Aleksandar Hemon, Ghassan Zaqtan, Anne Carson, Tahmima Anam, Helen Simpson, Ishion Hutchinson, Garnette Cadogan, Laura van den Berg, Ben Huff, Fatin Abbas, Michael Salu, Dave Eggers, Lydia Davis ...
    A new literary journal arrives on the scene with unpublished works from such superstars as Dave Eggers, Louise Erdrich, Haruki Murakami, and others.In this inaugural edition of Freeman's, a new biannual of unpublished writing, former Granta editor and NBCC president John Freeman brings together the best new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about that electrifying moment when we arrive.Strange ... Read more

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  • Enter Sir John. Illustrated

    by Clemence Dane, Helen Simpson ...
    Enter Sir John is a captivating blend of courtroom drama, theatrical flair, and classic detective fiction, co-written by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. This golden age mystery introduces readers to the charismatic Sir John Saumarez—a renowned actor-manager who unexpectedly steps into the role of amateur sleuth when a murder casts a dark shadow over the London stage. When young actress Martella ... Read more

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  • Stories of Dark Powers

    by Aleister Crowley, Helen Simpson, M R James ...
    Some very few amongst are a little different. They look the same, possibly act the same but, somehow, we might suspect that they are a little out of tune, a little off.Their difference is that they have dark powers. Powers for the greedy benefit of themselves and not you or I. In these stories our authors have them doing some quite unconscionable actions that disturb and menace those around them ... Read more

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  • The Spanish Marriage

    by Helen Simpson ...
    England inside the early years of Henry VIII can be visible as a newly risen energy, with continental commitments; a rich united states of America, way to the economies of the King's father, and for this reason sought as an ally with the aid of the more considerable States. Her traditional friendships were in Spain and Portugal. her enmities with Scotland and France; of those latter, Scotland, ... Read more

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  • Henry VIII

    by Helen Simpson ...
    The great notable life story of Henry VIII the King of England from 21 April 1509 until his demise. He was Lord, and later King of Ireland and inquirer to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second ruler of the House of Tudor, succeeding his dad, Henry VII. Besides his six relationships, Henry VIII is known for his job in the division of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church). ... Read more

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  • Best British Short Stories 2015

    by Rebecca Swirsky, Matthew Sperling, Joanna Walsh, Jenn Ashworth, Tamar Hodes, Bee Lewis, Uschi Gatward, Emma Cleary, Jim Hinks, Jonathan Gibbs, Neil Campbell, Hilary Mantel, Alan McCormick, Alison Moore, Helen Marshall, Julianne Pachico, Helen Simpson, Charles Wilkinson, Nicholas Royle, K. J. Orr, Tracey S. Rosenberg ...
    Series series Best British Short Stories
    "Hilary Mantel and Helen Simpson feature in the nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its fifth year …"Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief ... Read more

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  • Enter Sir John

    by Clemence Dane, Helen Simpson ...
    Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson wrote this British crime tale, "Enter Sir John," in 1928. The story revolves around Martella Baring, a young actress on trial for murder, and Sir John Saumarez, a fellow actor, who takes up her case to prove her innocence. In 1932, they released the sequel film, Re-enter Sir John. The jury has found Martella Baring, a young actress, guilty of the murder of Edna ... Read more

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  • Cockfosters

    Stories

    by Helen Simpson ...
    A wickedly wry, tender new collection from one of our finest internationally acclaimed short story writers.Nine virtuoso stories that take up the preoccupations and fixations of time's passing and of middle age and that take us from today's London and Berlin to the wild west of the USA and the wilder shores of Mother Russia; stories finely balanced between devastation and optimism.In the title ... Read more

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  • In-Flight Entertainment

    Stories

    by Helen Simpson ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    A new collection of stories—dazzling, poignant, wickedly funny, and highly addictive—by the internationally acclaimed writer whose work The Times (London) calls “dangerously close to perfection.” These thirteen stories brilliantly focus on aspects of contemporary living and unerringly capture a generation, a type, a social class, a pattern of behavior. They give us the small detail that reveals ... Read more

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  • Ask a Policeman

    by The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Martin Edwards, John Rhode, Helen Simpson, Gladys Mitchell, Anthony Berkeley, Dorothy L. Sayers, Milward Kennedy ...
    Series series The Detection Club
    With "a touch of genius," this round-robin mystery follow-up to The Floating Admiral features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey ( The Times Literary Supplement).Following the success of The Floating Admiral, in which certain members of the Detection Club—including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton—collaborated on a whodunit, six writers pooled their talents to ... Read more

    $9.89 USD