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By Agatha Christie. When Hercule Poirot's own dentist, Henry Morley, is found dead from a gunshot wound, the official verdict is that he has killed himself; a verdict apparently supported when it appears that he has given one of his patients a fatal overdose of anaesthetic. Poirot suspects, however, that there is more to the case than at first appears, and soon events confirm his worst suspicions.
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Written by Rebecca West. Talks about a journey through Yugoslavia.
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Is a popular children's book, written by Enid Blyton. It is the first book in the The Famous Five series
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Evelyn Waugh - The novel is set during the first year of the war and follows the wartime activities of the book's characters.
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It was a pamphlet that published during the WWII. It provided the housewives with useful tips.
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A play by Philip King. It is set in England during the 1940s. It's World War II,and the village inhabitants are preparing themselves for the imminent threat of Nazi invasion.
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An Irish poet, author, and professor, was born. Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history. First book of poetry published in 1967 ("New Territory")
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Written by Nancy Mitford. A novel about love.
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Written by George Orwell. It's an allegory - animals are actually politicians.
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Written by Henry Green. Loving describes life above and below stairs in an Irish country house during the Second World War. In the absence of their employers the Tennants, the servants enact their own battles and conflict amid rumours about the war in Europe; invading one another's provinces of authority to create an anarchic environment of self-seeking behaviour, pilfering, gossip and love.
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It is a military memoir of the Western Desert campaign of World War II written by the British soldier-poet Keith Douglas shortly before his death in action in Normandy in June 1944.
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Was an English writer. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called the "father of science fiction". His notable works are: "The Time Machine" (1895), "The War of the World" (1898)
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Autobiography by Malcolm Lowry.
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By Patrick Hamilton. The novel follows the experiences of Miss Roach when she has to leave London during the Blitz.
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Written by Elizabeth Bowen. The book revolves around the relationship between Stella Rodney and her lover Robert Kelway, with the interfering presence of Harrison in the tense years following the Blitz in London.
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It was the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Written by C.S. Lewis.
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It's a dystopian novel written by George Orwell.
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Doris Lessing's first novel. Talks about racial politics in Africa.
