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A classic tale of the young englishman who gives up his life during the french revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.

“liquor has become one of the hottest restaurants in town, thanks in part to chefs rickey and g-man’s wildly creative, booze-laced food. at the tail end of a busy mardi gras, milford goodman walks into their kitchen – he’s spent the last ten years in angola prison for murdering his boss, a wealthy new orleans restaurateur, but has recently been exonerated on new evidence and released. rickey remembers him as an ingenious chef and hires him on the spot.” “when a pill-pushing doctor and a carnival scion talk rickey into consulting at the restaurant they’re opening in one of the city’s “floating casinos,” rickey recommends milford for the head chef position and stays on to supervise. but soon rickey finds himself medicating a kitchen injury with the doctor’s wares, and g-man grows tired of holding down the fort at liquor alone. as the new restaurant moves toward its opening, rickey learns that milford’s past is inextricably linked with one of the project’s backers, a man whose intentions begin to seem more and more sinister.”–book jacket.

Anthony trollope’s stock-in-trade was the life of the great drawing rooms of mid-victorian england, where the thirst for wealth and political power and the need for love continually formed and reformed in unexpected, illuminating combinations. can you forgive her?, the story of alice vavasor, her conundrums in love, and her confusions about the rights and duties of a modern, is the first novel in his magnificent palliser series; it is energized on every page by the affectionate and ironicdelight trollope felt in observing the entanglements of his splendid characters. for more than seventy years, penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the english-speaking world. with more than 1,700 titles, penguin classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

John harmon returns to england as his father’s heir. he is believed drowned under suspicious circumstances – a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity until he can evaluate bella wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance.

A modern classic, “immortality” is “ingenious, witty, provocative, and formidably intelligent, both a pleasure and a challenge to the reader” (“washington post book world”).

Presenting a tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, this novel highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life.

In this witty and poignant story the railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order. the arrival of handsome young doctor harrison causes yet further agitation not just because of his revolutionary methods but also because of his effect on the hearts of the ladies. meanwhile miss matty jenkyns nurses her own broken heart after she was forced to give up the man she loved when she was a young girl.