Spydus Search Results - Anywhere: a spy by nature (Keywords) https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20(A%20%2B%20SPY%20%2B%20BY%20%2B%20NATURE)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20a%20spy%20by%20nature%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=GEN&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. The whispering muse / Laura Purcell. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3661592&CF=GEN At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees. What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in nature. On stage, it's as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders if the rumours are true, and fears that when the Muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high. At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees. What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in nature. On stage, it's as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders if the rumours are true, and fears that when the Muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Purcell, Laura<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Raven Books, 2024.<br />293 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Aldershot - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017317803<br />Alton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017317853<br />Chandlers Ford - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017317515<br />Eastleigh - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - C017317537<br />Havant - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - C017317665<br />Hythe - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017318116<br />New Milton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017317731<br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017316517<br /> The whispering muse / Laura Purcell. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3434858&CF=GEN At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees. What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in nature. On stage, it's as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders if the rumours are true, and fears that when the Muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high. At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees. What Jenny finds is a woman as astonishing in her performance as she is provocative in nature. On stage, it's as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. But when strange events begin to take place around the theatre, Jenny wonders if the rumours are true, and fears that when the Muse comes calling for payment, the cost will be too high.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Purcell, Laura<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Raven Books, 2023.<br />293 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Bordon - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017211158<br />Bridgemary - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017211442<br />Fareham - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017212132<br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017211888<br />Hayling Island - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017210742<br />Hedge End - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - Recently returned - C017211823<br />Lockswood - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017211712<br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017210272<br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - C017210428<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017210342<br /> The silver serpent / Scott Mariani. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3259272&CF=GEN Under the fierce heat of the Australian outback, the laws of nature serve a rough justice. When a man vanishes deep in the Northern Territory, local police write it off. But his family suspect otherwise - and when the call for help goes out, Ben Hope and Jeff Decker are there to hear it. Ben's instincts, honed by years of Special Forces missions, soon see the story told by a trail of bullet casings, rumours of a missing map and a lethal cocktail of greed, power and money. This savagely beautiful land holds a secret it won't give up easily - and for Ben, discovering the truth will mean not only going up against a small army of hired guns and their twisted paymaster, but also surviving a place where the wilderness is as powerful as the weapons his enemies have trained on him. Under the fierce heat of the Australian outback, the laws of nature serve a rough justice. When a man vanishes deep in the Northern Territory, local police write it off. But his family suspect otherwise - and when the call for help goes out, Ben Hope and Jeff Decker are there to hear it. Ben's instincts, honed by years of Special Forces missions, soon see the story told by a trail of bullet casings, rumours of a missing map and a lethal cocktail of greed, power and money. This savagely beautiful land holds a secret it won't give up easily - and for Ben, discovering the truth will mean not only going up against a small army of hired guns and their twisted paymaster, but also surviving a place where the wilderness is as powerful as the weapons his enemies have trained on him.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mariani, Scott<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Manchester : HarperNorth, 2022.<br />403 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Ben Hope series<br /><br />83 copies <br /> Estocada [sound recording] / Graham Hurley. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2883666&CF=GEN 1937. As the Reich's most celebrated fighter ace, Dieter Merz's fame brings him into contact with the top echelons of the Nazi regime. All he wants to do is fly, but for how long can he deny the toxic nature of Hitler's rule? Scotsman and ex-marine Tam Moncrieff is recruited by a nameless intelligence agency in London to go to Germany and sound out Hitler's resolve. Does he really intend to invade Czechoslovakia? Do his generals support him? Can the march to war be stopped? As duty collides with conscience, fate will bring both men together. These are desperate times calling for desperate measures. To avoid war a killing strike is needed: la estocada. The question is, who is the matador, who is the bull? 1937. As the Reich's most celebrated fighter ace, Dieter Merz's fame brings him into contact with the top echelons of the Nazi regime. All he wants to do is fly, but for how long can he deny the toxic nature of Hitler's rule? Scotsman and ex-marine Tam Moncrieff is recruited by a nameless intelligence agency in London to go to Germany and sound out Hitler's resolve. Does he really intend to invade Czechoslovakia? Do his generals support him? Can the march to war be stopped? As duty collides with conscience, fate will bring both men together. These are desperate times calling for desperate measures. To avoid war a killing strike is needed: la estocada. The question is, who is the matador, who is the bull?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hurley, Graham<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Audiobooks, 2020.<br />11 CDs (807 min.) : digital, stereo.<br />Wars within ; 3.<br /><br />Alton - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 25 Jul 2024 - C016502632<br /> Estocada / Graham Hurley. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2713152&CF=GEN 1937. As the Reich's most celebrated fighter ace, Dieter Merz's fame brings him into contact with the top echelons of the Nazi regime. All he wants to do is fly, but for how long can he deny the toxic nature of Hitler's rule? Scotsman and ex-marine Tam Moncrieff is recruited by a nameless intelligence agency in London to go to Germany and sound out Hitler's resolve. Does he really intend to invade Czechoslovakia? Do his generals support him? Can the march to war be stopped? As duty collides with conscience, fate will bring both men together. These are desperate times calling for desperate measures. To avoid war a killing strike is needed: la estocada. The question is, who is the matador, who is the bull? 1937. As the Reich's most celebrated fighter ace, Dieter Merz's fame brings him into contact with the top echelons of the Nazi regime. All he wants to do is fly, but for how long can he deny the toxic nature of Hitler's rule? Scotsman and ex-marine Tam Moncrieff is recruited by a nameless intelligence agency in London to go to Germany and sound out Hitler's resolve. Does he really intend to invade Czechoslovakia? Do his generals support him? Can the march to war be stopped? As duty collides with conscience, fate will bring both men together. These are desperate times calling for desperate measures. To avoid war a killing strike is needed: la estocada. The question is, who is the matador, who is the bull?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hurley, Graham<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Head of Zeus, 2019.<br />479 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Wars within<br /><br />Chandlers Ford - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Thriller - Available - C016721571<br />Hythe - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - C016688772<br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - C016721569<br />Petersfield - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016685592<br />Portchester - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016684286<br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C016688786<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Thriller - Available - C016721567<br /> Secret Pigeon Service [electronic resource] : Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2934585&CF=GEN ‘This is an amazing story’ Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2Between 1941 and 1944, sixteen thousand plucky homing pigeons were dropped in an arc from Bordeaux to Copenhagen as part of 'Columba' – a secret British operation to bring back intelligence from those living under Nazi occupation. The messages flooded back written on tiny pieces of rice paper tucked into canisters and tied to the legs of the birds. Authentic voices from rural France, the Netherlands and Belgium – they were sometimes comic, often tragic and occasionally invaluable with details of German troop movements and fortifications, new Nazi weapons, radar system or the deployment of the feared V-1 and V-2 rockets that terrorized London.Who were the people who provided this rich seam of intelligence? Many were not trained agents nor, with a few exceptions, people with any experience of spying. At the centre of this book is the ‘Leopold Vindictive’ network – a small group of Belgian villagers prepared to take huge risks. They were led by an extraordinary priest, Joseph Raskin – a man connected to royalty and whose intelligence was so valuable it was shown to Churchill, leading MI6 to parachute agents in to assist him.A powerful and tragic tale of wartime espionage, the book brings together the British and Belgian sides of the Leopold Vindictive’s story and reveals for the first time the wider history of a quirky, quarrelsome band of spy masters and their special wartime operations, as well as how bitter rivalries in London placed the lives of secret agents at risk. It is a book not so much about pigeons as the remarkable people living in occupied Europe who were faced with the choice of how to respond to a call for help, and took the decision to resist. ‘This is an amazing story’ Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2Between 1941 and 1944, sixteen thousand plucky homing pigeons were dropped in an arc from Bordeaux to Copenhagen as part of 'Columba' – a secret British operation to bring back intelligence from those living under Nazi occupation. The messages flooded back written on tiny pieces of rice paper tucked into canisters and tied to the legs of the birds. Authentic voices from rural France, the Netherlands and Belgium – they were sometimes comic, often tragic and occasionally invaluable with details of German troop movements and fortifications, new Nazi weapons, radar system or the deployment of the feared V-1 and V-2 rockets that terrorized London.Who were the people who provided this rich seam of intelligence? Many were not trained agents nor, with a few exceptions, people with any experience of spying. At the centre of this book is the ‘Leopold Vindictive’ network – a small group of Belgian villagers prepared to take huge risks. They were led by an extraordinary priest, Joseph Raskin – a man connected to royalty and whose intelligence was so valuable it was shown to Churchill, leading MI6 to parachute agents in to assist him.A powerful and tragic tale of wartime espionage, the book brings together the British and Belgian sides of the Leopold Vindictive’s story and reveals for the first time the wider history of a quirky, quarrelsome band of spy masters and their special wartime operations, as well as how bitter rivalries in London placed the lives of secret agents at risk. It is a book not so much about pigeons as the remarkable people living in occupied Europe who were faced with the choice of how to respond to a call for help, and took the decision to resist.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Corera, Gordon<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : William Collins, 2018<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> A death in the loch [sound recording] / Caroline Dunford. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2602385&CF=GEN Tasked by the government spy Fitzroy to return to the Stapleford's Highland Lodge, Rory, Bertram and Euphemia are less than keen. When Euphemia discovers for purposes of the charade she has been demoted back to a maid she is furious. Rory still isn't speaking to her and Bertram, frankly, doesn't have a clue what is going on. Merry, Euphemia's best friend and fellow maid, also joins them, but they are prohibited from telling her of the secret nature of the meeting. The arrival of four 'Mr Smiths', a man from 'the Ministry' and some outrageous plans for Scotland raise tensions to boiling point, and that's not even mentioning the German spy lurking in the woods. But when the inevitable body turns up, they must all work together or find themselves jailed for murder. Tasked by the government spy Fitzroy to return to the Stapleford's Highland Lodge, Rory, Bertram and Euphemia are less than keen. When Euphemia discovers for purposes of the charade she has been demoted back to a maid she is furious. Rory still isn't speaking to her and Bertram, frankly, doesn't have a clue what is going on. Merry, Euphemia's best friend and fellow maid, also joins them, but they are prohibited from telling her of the secret nature of the meeting. The arrival of four 'Mr Smiths', a man from 'the Ministry' and some outrageous plans for Scotland raise tensions to boiling point, and that's not even mentioning the German spy lurking in the woods. But when the inevitable body turns up, they must all work together or find themselves jailed for murder.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dunford, Caroline<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Magna Story Sound, 2018.<br />4 CDs (4 hr., 30 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Eastleigh - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - Available - C015953581<br /> Estocada / Graham Hurley. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2618495&CF=GEN 1937. As the Reich's most celebrated fighter ace, Dieter Merz's fame brings him into contact with the top echelons of the Nazi regime. All he wants to do is fly, but for how long can he deny the toxic nature of Hitler's rule? Scotsman and ex-marine Tam Moncrieff is recruited by a nameless intelligence agency in London to go to Germany and sound out Hitler's resolve. Does he really intend to invade Czechoslovakia? Do his generals support him? Can the march to war be stopped? As duty collides with conscience, fate will bring both men together. These are desperate times calling for desperate measures. To avoid war a killing strike is needed: la estocada. The question is, who is the matador, who is the bull? 1937. As the Reich's most celebrated fighter ace, Dieter Merz's fame brings him into contact with the top echelons of the Nazi regime. All he wants to do is fly, but for how long can he deny the toxic nature of Hitler's rule? Scotsman and ex-marine Tam Moncrieff is recruited by a nameless intelligence agency in London to go to Germany and sound out Hitler's resolve. Does he really intend to invade Czechoslovakia? Do his generals support him? Can the march to war be stopped? As duty collides with conscience, fate will bring both men together. These are desperate times calling for desperate measures. To avoid war a killing strike is needed: la estocada. The question is, who is the matador, who is the bull?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hurley, Graham<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Head of Zeus, 2018.<br />400 pages ; 23 cm.<br />Wars within ; 3.<br /><br />17 copies <br /> A death in the loch [text(large print)] / Caroline Dunford. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2567481&CF=GEN Tasked by the government spy Fitzroy to return to the Stapleford's Highland Lodge, Rory, Bertram and Euphemia are less than keen. When Euphemia discovers for purposes of the charade she has been demoted back to a maid she is furious. Rory still isn't speaking to her and Bertram, frankly, doesn't have a clue what is going on. Merry, Euphemia's best friend and fellow maid, also joins them, but they are prohibited from telling her of the secret nature of the meeting. The arrival of four 'Mr Smiths', a man from 'the Ministry' and some outrageous plans for Scotland raise tensions to boiling point, and that's not even mentioning the German spy lurking in the woods. But when the inevitable body turns up, they must all work together or find themselves jailed for murder. Tasked by the government spy Fitzroy to return to the Stapleford's Highland Lodge, Rory, Bertram and Euphemia are less than keen. When Euphemia discovers for purposes of the charade she has been demoted back to a maid she is furious. Rory still isn't speaking to her and Bertram, frankly, doesn't have a clue what is going on. Merry, Euphemia's best friend and fellow maid, also joins them, but they are prohibited from telling her of the secret nature of the meeting. The arrival of four 'Mr Smiths', a man from 'the Ministry' and some outrageous plans for Scotland raise tensions to boiling point, and that's not even mentioning the German spy lurking in the woods. But when the inevitable body turns up, they must all work together or find themselves jailed for murder.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dunford, Caroline<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Long Preston : Magna, 2017.<br />162 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Alresford - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C015953413<br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C015953412<br /> A death in the loch / Caroline Dunford. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2057900&CF=GEN Tasked by the government spy Fitzroy to return to the Stapleford's Highland Lodge, Rory, Bertram and Euphemia are less than keen. When Euphemia discovers for purposes of the charade she has been demoted back to a maid she is furious. Rory still isn't speaking to her and Bertram, frankly, doesn't have a clue what is going on. Merry, Euphemia's best friend and fellow maid, also joins them, but they are prohibited from telling her of the secret nature of the meeting. The arrival of four 'Mr Smiths', a man from 'the Ministry' and some outrageous plans for Scotland raise tensions to boiling point, and that's not even mentioning the German spy lurking in the woods. But when the inevitable body turns up, they must all work together or find themselves jailed for murder. Tasked by the government spy Fitzroy to return to the Stapleford's Highland Lodge, Rory, Bertram and Euphemia are less than keen. When Euphemia discovers for purposes of the charade she has been demoted back to a maid she is furious. Rory still isn't speaking to her and Bertram, frankly, doesn't have a clue what is going on. Merry, Euphemia's best friend and fellow maid, also joins them, but they are prohibited from telling her of the secret nature of the meeting. The arrival of four 'Mr Smiths', a man from 'the Ministry' and some outrageous plans for Scotland raise tensions to boiling point, and that's not even mentioning the German spy lurking in the woods. But when the inevitable body turns up, they must all work together or find themselves jailed for murder.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dunford, Caroline<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Abercynon : Accent Press, 2014.<br />150 pages.<br />Euphemia Martins mysteries ; 6.<br /><br />Aldershot - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTION - Crime - Available - C015855328<br />Tadley - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTION - In-transit from Kingsclere Community Library to Tadley (Set: 26 Jan 2019) - C015855326<br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTION - Available - C015855324<br /> A spy by nature https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1255233&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cumming, Charles<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Harper, 2012<br />432<br /><br />Alton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Thriller - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - C016983015<br />Bishops Waltham - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Thriller - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - C016983665<br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Thriller - Available - C017129546<br /> The complete short novels / Anton Chekhov. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2196354&CF=GEN Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels. 'The Steppe' - the most lyrical of the five - is an account of a nine-year-old boy's frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia to enrol in a distant school. 'The Duel' sets two decadent figures - a fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibility - on a collision course that ends in a series of surprising reversals. In 'The Story of an Unknown Man', a political radical plans to spy on an important official by serving as valet to his son, however, as he gradually becomes involved as a silent witness in the intimate life of his young employer, he finds that his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. 'Three Years' recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant, engaging time as a narrative element in a way unusual in Chekhov's fiction. In 'My Life', a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labour, and the resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in an apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhov's work. Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels. 'The Steppe' - the most lyrical of the five - is an account of a nine-year-old boy's frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia to enrol in a distant school. 'The Duel' sets two decadent figures - a fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibility - on a collision course that ends in a series of surprising reversals. In 'The Story of an Unknown Man', a political radical plans to spy on an important official by serving as valet to his son, however, as he gradually becomes involved as a silent witness in the intimate life of his young employer, he finds that his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. 'Three Years' recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant, engaging time as a narrative element in a way unusual in Chekhov's fiction. In 'My Life', a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labour, and the resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in an apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhov's work.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chekhov, Anton<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Everyman, 2004.<br />560 pages ; 21x3 cm.<br /><br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - FICTION - Adult Fiction - Available - C015445156<br />