england

Orphaned British teenager Scarlett Wakefield postpones her romance with the handsome son of the school groundskeeper in order to travel to Scotland with her American sidekick, Taylor, in search of clues to the murder of a boy who dropped dead after kissing Scarlett.

After coping with a murder, Scarlett makes a fresh start at the elite boarding school run by her grandmother. But when her old archenemy Plum shows up, Scarlett must fight for her reputation, her friendship with Taylor, and her boyfriend, Jase. When a death occurs on the school's campus, Scarlett investigates and uncovers answers to tragedies in her past.

An anthology of thirty-seven English short stories selected from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, featuring works on a variety of themes by Charles Dickens, H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, T.H. White, Rose Tremain, and many others.

When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley investigates a possible link to Lord Enstone's mysterious losing streak.

Examines the development of costume and fashion over the course of history, focusing on the styles and trends of Elizabethan England, from 1558 to the early seventeenth century.

In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.

The romantic folly of young Catherine Morland whose entry into adult life in nineteenth-century England is attended by the collapse of many illusions.

Discusses life at court and town and country life of seventeenth-century England from the reign of James I through the period following the Restoration.

A novel of Regency England centers upon a self-assured young lady who is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.

Describes the landscape, history, government, economy, people, and culture of England, and looks at some of the issues the country will face in the future. Includes a chronology.