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tom-holt

Humor & Satire

Orbit

The Eight Reindeer of the Apocalypse: A J. W. Wells Novel

In postwar Britain, the quaint town of Tilling is feeling the pull of both the modern world and its Norman past. Elizabeth Mapp-Flint, in yet another bid to wrest power back from her social rival Lucia Pillson-now the town's mayor-purchases a motor-car. Hoping to improve her shaky motoring skills in private, she makes a significant tactical error by leaving town. Lucia profits from Elizabeth's absence by putting one of her "ideas" into action: the embroidery of a tapestry depicting the history of Tilling, one that will surely surpass Bayeux's. All Lucia's subjects are called upon to labour long and hard in its execution. Meanwhile Elizabeth, stranded in Southampton, happens upon a game of Monopoly in her hotel room, and-minus her broken-winged chariot-hurries home to rescue her fellow Tillingites from the tedium of Lucia's latest worthy endeavor. Who will prove the greater master of Monopoly? What will become of the abandoned tapestry? Is Elizabeth really descended from Norman nobility? Is Mallards haunted, and if so, who saw the ghost first-Lucia, its current resident, or Elizabeth, its former owner? It is not in the best interests of the Tillingites to allow either woman to prevail for long. For in the end, Lucia and Elizabeth's tactical maneuvering and petty victories and defeats offer the best entertainment in town. 
Originally published in 1986, Lucia Triumphant is the second of Tom Holt's officially sanctioned sequels to the hilarious "Lucia" novels of E.F. Benson.

Lucia Triumphant

Black Swan.

Young archeologist Hildy Frederiksen uncovers an intact Viking longship in the Scottish highlands, and reawakens an ancient Norse king and his warriors for an adventure of "rediscovering" the twentieth century

Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (Orbit Books)

Contemporary

Futura Orbit

Expecting Someone Taller

St Martins Pr

Who's Afraid of Beowulf?

This omnibus brings together two of Tom Holt's best-loved stories. In My Hero, Jane thinks writing novels is a piece of cake. Until hers starts writing back. At which point, she really should stop. The one thing she should not do is go into the book herself. After all, that12 champions are awakened from a centuries-long sleep when archaeologist Hildy Frederiksen finds their grave mound. Not only that, but Hrolf decides to carry on his ancient war against the powers of darkness. Starting with the Bakerloo Line

Second Tom Holt Omnibus

Book Club edition hardcover, fine book in fine (as new) dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Little People Aar

Book Club Associates

The Walled Orchard

Genre Fiction

Time Warner Paperbacks*

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