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  • Body Found Stabbed

    by A.G. Macdonell ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Kilby St. Benedict is a typical English village, whose tranquil facade conceals a nest of scandal. The vicar and a militant atheist are engaged in a petty feud. To make matters worse, both are in love with the beautiful daughter of the Armenian millionaire who lives at the manor, a passion shared by the ruthlessly ambitious son of local poet Ludovic Macaulay. So when a body is found stabbed to ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • A History of Sanskrit Literature

    by Arthur A. MacDonell ...
    It is undoubtedly a surprising fact that down to the present time no history of Sanskrit literature as a whole has been written in English. For not only does that literature possess much intrinsic merit, but the light it sheds on the life and thought of the population of our Indian Empire ought to have a peculiar interest for the British nation. Owing chiefly to the lack of an adequate account of ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Factory on the Cliff

    by A.G. Macdonell ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    George Templeton has been looking forward to his golfing holiday in Scotland. So he is not best pleased when a dislocated thumb puts paid to his plans and he is left with no other available occupation than a daily hike. Roaming the coastline, however, his boredom is allayed when he discovers an old schoolfriend engaged in the strange activity of hunting for bombs at the side of the road. When his ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • The Factory on the Cliff

    by A. G. Macdonell Macdonell ...
    When George Templeton's golfing plans fail, he goes on a hike and discovers an old schoolfriend engaged in the strange activity of hunting for bombs at the side of the road. When his old acquaintance claims never to have met him, Templeton's suspicions are aroused and his investigations soon lead him to a nefarious anarchist plot operating from a cottage on the cliffs - a plot which has terrible ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • England, Their England

    humour classic

    by A. G. Macdonell ...
    Macdonell became famous with the publication of England, Their England. The book gained considerable critical and popular acclaim, and won the James Tait Black Award. It is regarded as one of the classics of English humour and is much-loved by readers for its evocation of England between the wars. ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • England, Their England: Classic British Novel

    by A.G. Macdonell ...
    Review from MyreviewerThis is a book remembered for its description (Chapter 7) of the village cricket match. For anyone who has played club cricket for the 3rd eleven or lower it will help to recall some of the events that make cricket the exceptional sport it is.It is the same game with the same rules as for the pinnacle of the game, Test Cricket. It is usually played over a period of 4 hours 30 ... Read more

    $2.73 CAD

  • How Like an Angel

    by A. G. Macdonell ...
    This vintage book contains A. G. Macdonell's 1934 novel, "How Like an Angel". This intelligent and intriguing novel is highly recommended for fans of Macdonell's work, and it would make for a worthy addition to any collection. A. G. Macdonell (1895-1941) was a Scottish novelist and journalist. His most famous works include: "The Autobiography of a Cad", arguably amongst the funniest books ever ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • England, Their England

    by A. G. Macdonell ...
    Set in 1920s England, this book chronicles the life of a young man forced to live among the English, rather than in his native Scotland. What follows is a series of interesting and satirical observations about English life, including fox hunting, domestic politics, and most famously, village cricket. This classic book remains a hilarious look into everyday British life in the interwar years. ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of a Cad

    by A G Macdonell ...
    The Autobiography of a Cad is the hilarious spoof memoir of one Edward Fox-Ingleby, an upper-class rotter and chancer of the first order.He will go to any lengths to get the things he wants: power, money and lashings of the fairer sex.From his earliest year’s on his father's estate through to Eton, Oxford, the Great War and his proud life in politics, his memoir - prone to the odd bout of self ... Read more

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  • The Shakespeare Murders

    by A.G. Macdonell ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    A chance encounter with a pickpocket leads Peter Kerrigan to Marsh Manor, where the librarian is on the trail of the missing treasure, supposedly hidden by Lord Claydon a hundred years previously. And the fact that the librarian has been murdered rather suggests that he was on the right track. Soon Kerrigan finds himself in competition with Lord Claydon's descendants as a scramble ensues to locate ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • England, Their England

    by A. G. Macdonell ...
    In an endeavour to write a book that captures the very essence of Englishness, a young Scot finds himself in 1920s England. To this end, he finds himself in typical English situations and circumstances, including participation in rural sports, international diplomacy, weekend trips to the country, and a village cricket match; all set to the backdrop of a nation going through significant social ... Read more

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  • Murder in Earl's Court

    by A.G. Macdonell ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Peter Kerrigan is a man with expensive tastes. Currently, however, he is at something of a low ebb, with only twenty-two shillings and eightpence standing between him and destitution. A chance encounter at Hampstead appears to offer a way out via a scheme to blackmail the members of a dope ring not yet known to the police. But when the plan backfires in an unexpected way, Kerrigan decides to ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD