Greene
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Stamboul Train (Uniform edition)
- £12.00
- Two years before Agatha Christie had Hercule Poirot on the same train, Greene deliberartely set out to write an 'entertainment' to help with his ailing finances (his first two novels had not done well) - it brilliantly evokes the unease in central Europe in the 1930s, with its political turbulence,…
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The Captain and the Enemy
- £30.00
- 'I am now in my twenty-second year and yet the only birthday which I can clearly distinguish among all the rest was my twelfth, for it was on that damp and misty day in September that I met the Captain for the first time. I can still remember the wetness…
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The Complaisant Lover – A Play
- £50.00
- Consisting of two acts (each of two scenes), the play revolves around an affair between Mary Rhodes and Clive Root, the book seller friend of her husband, Victor. The play takes place in the Rhodes family home and an Amsterdam guesthouse. It's first production was produced by John Gielgud in…
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The Complaisant Lover – A Play
- £50.00
- Consisting of two acts (each of two scenes), the play revolves around an affair between Mary Rhodes and Clive Root, the book seller friend of her husband, Victor. The play takes place in the Rhodes family home and an Amsterdam guesthouse. It's first production was produced by John Gielgud in…
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The Confidential Agent
- £150.00
- Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents…
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The End of the Affair
- £40.00
- The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his…
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The Heart of the Matter
- £185.00
- Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
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The Honorary Consul
- £15.00
- In a provincial Argentinian community, Charley Fortnum – a British consul with dubious authority and a notorious fondness for drink – is kidnapped by rebels in a case of mistaken identity. Their intended victim, the young but world-weary Doctor Eduardo Plarr, is left to pick up the pieces and secure…
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The Human Factor
- £25.00
- The world of the Secret Service normally be expected to be the subject of a thriller. Greene has made it the background of a perceptive and compassionate novel. For an officer of the service espionage can be only a part of life. Life is also the private relation to which…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £80.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £25.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £35.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Horse Bus
- £35.00
- Everybody for miles around Goose Lane used to buy their groceries at Mr Potter's shop. Things started to look grim with competitors opening over the road, until deliverance came in the shape of the little horse bus.
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The Little Steamroller
- £35.00
- Nobody at London airport knew that Mr King newly arrived was a wicked smuggler in the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled in the nick of time.
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The Living Room – a play in two acts
- £50.00
- Greene's first play. London in the 1950s: a mysterious house, home to a family that has seen better days, will not yield its secrets, and a love affair turns to tragedy. Graham Greene, one of the foremost writers of the 20th century, based this play on his own passionate, doomed…
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Stamboul Train (Uniform edition)
- £12.00
- Two years before Agatha Christie had Hercule Poirot on the same train, Greene deliberartely set out to write an 'entertainment' to help with his ailing finances (his first two novels had not done well) - it brilliantly evokes the unease in central Europe in the 1930s, with its political turbulence,…
- Add to basket
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The Captain and the Enemy
- £30.00
- 'I am now in my twenty-second year and yet the only birthday which I can clearly distinguish among all the rest was my twelfth, for it was on that damp and misty day in September that I met the Captain for the first time. I can still remember the wetness…
- Add to basket
-
The Complaisant Lover – A Play
- £50.00
- Consisting of two acts (each of two scenes), the play revolves around an affair between Mary Rhodes and Clive Root, the book seller friend of her husband, Victor. The play takes place in the Rhodes family home and an Amsterdam guesthouse. It's first production was produced by John Gielgud in…
- Add to basket
-
The Complaisant Lover – A Play
- £50.00
- Consisting of two acts (each of two scenes), the play revolves around an affair between Mary Rhodes and Clive Root, the book seller friend of her husband, Victor. The play takes place in the Rhodes family home and an Amsterdam guesthouse. It's first production was produced by John Gielgud in…
- Add to basket
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The Confidential Agent
- £150.00
- Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents…
- Add to basket
-
The End of the Affair
- £40.00
- The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his…
- Add to basket
-
The Heart of the Matter
- £185.00
- Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
- Add to basket
-
The Honorary Consul
- £15.00
- In a provincial Argentinian community, Charley Fortnum – a British consul with dubious authority and a notorious fondness for drink – is kidnapped by rebels in a case of mistaken identity. Their intended victim, the young but world-weary Doctor Eduardo Plarr, is left to pick up the pieces and secure…
- Add to basket
-
The Human Factor
- £25.00
- The world of the Secret Service normally be expected to be the subject of a thriller. Greene has made it the background of a perceptive and compassionate novel. For an officer of the service espionage can be only a part of life. Life is also the private relation to which…
- Add to basket
-
The Little Fire Engine
- £80.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
- Add to basket
-
The Little Fire Engine
- £25.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
- Add to basket
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The Little Fire Engine
- £35.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
- Add to basket
-
The Little Horse Bus
- £35.00
- Everybody for miles around Goose Lane used to buy their groceries at Mr Potter's shop. Things started to look grim with competitors opening over the road, until deliverance came in the shape of the little horse bus.
- Add to basket
-
The Little Steamroller
- £35.00
- Nobody at London airport knew that Mr King newly arrived was a wicked smuggler in the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled in the nick of time.
- Add to basket
-
The Living Room – a play in two acts
- £50.00
- Greene's first play. London in the 1950s: a mysterious house, home to a family that has seen better days, will not yield its secrets, and a love affair turns to tragedy. Graham Greene, one of the foremost writers of the 20th century, based this play on his own passionate, doomed…
- Add to basket