Rose Tremain
3) Trespass
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A London antique dealer sets his sights on an ancient stone farmhouse in southern France owned by a man haunted by his violent past and his revenge-seeking sister.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st [Farrar, Straus, and Giroux] ed.
Physical Desc
485 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the freezing cellars of the palace, musicians play unseen for the haunted, cash-strapped Christian IV of Denmark. Meanwhile, his beautiful but petulant consort, Kirsten, plays out wild fantasies with her lover. In a stately home in Ireland, Countess O'Fingal mourns her husband's insane pursuit of a tune heard in a dream. She calls for the lutenist Peter Claire to help cure him but Claire leaves to join Christian's chamber orchestra, where he falls...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Growing up sheltered from the echoes of World War II, Gustav forges an intense relationship with a mercurial Jewish boy, Anton, a talented pianist who introduces him to the harsh realities of racism, tolerance, and cruelty during a friendship spanning half a century.
6) The colour
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
382 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Trapped in a London apartment, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A young woman who is about to marry a rich aristocrat instead begins a torrid relationship with a construction worker. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. A middle-aged woman cares for...
12) Dark river
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her father, Alice returns to her home village for the first time in fifteen years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
13) Ricky
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
When Katie, a struggling single mother and French factory worker, falls in love with her Spanish co-worker Paco, they produce something truly extraordinary: an angelic baby named Ricky. It isn't long before Ricky develops bumps on his back which look like something that will have the media in an uproar. This miraculous little creature brings the young family challenges and joys no parent could be prepared for, or could ever live without.
14) Restoration
Series
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 17th century Britain, a young man seduced by the wealth and indolence of the Restoration court finds redemption of sorts through the love of a woman.
15) Restoration
Author
Language
English
Description
Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything...until a passionate affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless. But it's only after losing it all that he becomes the man he never dreamed he could be!
