by Administrator | Jul 27, 2020 | Quick Reads
One of the 20th Century’s greatest novelists, Graham Greene, whose works include ‘Brighton Rock’ (1938), ‘The Power and the Glory’ (1940), ‘The Heart of the Matter’ (1948), ‘The Third Man (1949), ‘The End of the Affair’ (1951), ‘The Quiet American’ (1955), ‘Our Man in...
by Administrator | Jan 1, 2020 | Quick Reads
Narrow Marsh sits beneath St. Mary’s cliff upon which stands the Lace Market. The old thoroughfare of Narrow Marsh covered the marshy land between this cliff and Leen Side (now Canal Street), an area once notorious for its slum dwellings, diseases – and...
by Administrator | Jun 15, 2018 | Quick Reads
1936 A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (1936) Nottwich – the city a few hours from London in which A Gun for Sale is set – is Nottingham; the ‘gun’ for hire is Raven; his hit a Czech Minister for War. After returning to England Raven is paid in stolen notes....
by Administrator | May 18, 2018 | Quick Reads
1924 Byron and Greece by George Gordon Byron, Harold M. Spender (1924) To mark the centenary of Byron’s death, there were several republications of the poet’s work, including The Works of Lord Byron (Volume 1-6), The Selected Poems of Lord Byron and Byron and Greece,...
