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  • Cover of Lost Horizon
    Lost HorizonNovel

    James Hilton · standalone novel · 1933

    Mysterious in tone, about expeditions, set in mountains.

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  • Cover of The Ball and the Cross
    The Ball and the CrossNovel

    G. K. Chesterton · standalone novel · 1909

    Satire, challenging in tone.

    “The title refers to a more worldly and rationalist worldview, represented by a ball or sphere, and the cross representing Christianity.”

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  • Cover of Todd Family
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    series · 2 books · 2013

    Historical fiction, bittersweet in tone, about war and family secrets.

    “The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”

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    Start with Life After Life →

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    Eliots of DamerosehaySeries

    series · 3 books · 1940

    completed

    Literary & general, set in british isles.

    “A Vibrant Novel About the Joys of Life ... and The Pangs of Love Love had come to David for the first time, glorious, overwhelming, passionate.”

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    Start with The Bird in the Tree →

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  • Cover of City of Bells
    City of BellsSeries

    series · 3 books · 1936

    completed

    Literary & general, reflective in tone, set in british isles.

    “Jocelyn Irvin has just returned from the Boer War with an incurably lamed leg.”

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    Start with A City of Bells →

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  • Cover of Starbridge (Howatch)
    Starbridge (Howatch)Series

    series · 6 books · 1987

    Set in mid 20th century.

    “Ashworth is helped to recovery, and to realise the source of his problems by Fr Jonathan Darrow, the Abbot of the Granchester Abbey of the Fordite Monks.”

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    Start with Glittering Images →

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