James Runcie Książki

Na podstawie cyklu powieści o Sidneyu powstał znakomity serial Grantchester.Jak to się dzieje, że skromny młody proboszcz w niewielkim Grantchester zamienia się w detektywa, kt�rego nie powstydziłaby się Agatha Christie? Oczywiście przez przypadek.Sidney Chambers chciałby bez reszty poświęcać uwagę swoim parafianom, ale skoro parafianie giną w tajemniczych okolicznościach, a wręcz sami popełniają zbrodnie, to nie ma rady.Morderstwo ekscentrycznego, powszechnie szanowanego arystokraty, zniknięcie niezwykle cennego pł�tna Holbeina, rzekomo samob�jcza śmierć notariusza, zab�jstwo młodziutkiej c�rki właściciela klubu jazzowego czy krępująca kradzież, do kt�rej doszło w gronie przyjaci�ł ? przed anglikańskim księdzem stoją trudne wyzwania.

The captivating prequel to the treasured Grantchester series follows the life, loves, and losses of young Sidney Chambers in postwar London. It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert's birthday party at the Caledonian Club. No one can believe, on this golden evening, that there could ever be another war. Returning to London seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military Cross and lost his best friend on the battlefields of Italy. The carefree youth that he and his friends were promised has been blown apart, just like the rest of the world--and Sidney, carrying a terrible, secret guilt, must decide what to do with the rest of his life. But he has heard a call: constant, though quiet, and growing ever more persistent. To the incredulity of his family and the derision of his friends--the irrepressible actor Freddie and the beautiful, vivacious Amanda--Sidney must now negotiate his path to God: the course of which, much like true love, never runs smooth. The Road to Grantchester will delight new and old fans alike and finally tell the touching, engaging, and surprising origin story of the Grantchester Mysteries' beloved archdeacon.

A profound examination of grief and a great celebration of love by internationally bestselling author James Runcie.In early 2020, as the world sunk into the pandemic, James Runcie and his wife Marilyn Imrie were going through a different, far more personal tragedy. After 35 years of miraculously happy marriage, they learned that the painful, frustrating symptoms Marilyn had been experiencing for two years were a sign of Lou Gehrig's Disease. With this diagnosis, during the isolation and strangeness of the pandemic, James and Marilyn's lives were transformed.Now, in his startling and intimate memoir, James tells the story of Marilyn's illness and death–-in all its moments of tragedy, rage, and strangeness-–while painting a vivid portrait of her life, in all its color, humor, and brightness. Tender, funny, and deeply true, Tell Me Good Things is an unforgettable story of life before death and love after grief.

Perfect reading for a sunny English garden Kate Saunders The Times

'Delightful ... The ongoing plots bind the stories, yet each in themselves is precise ... They are a joy' - Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday'All manner of nostalgic delights. Perfect reading for a sunny English garden' - Kate Saunders, Independent'The author knows the location well and has caught its dour charm and great art treasures to perfection' - Country Life_______________Loveable full-time priest and part-time detective Canon Sidney Chambers is back, continuing his investigations. A mysterious stranger seeks sanctuary in Grantchester's church; a shooting weekend in the country has a sinister end; a friend receives poison pen letters; a piano falls on a musician's head; a school cricket match has an explosive finish; and on a holiday in Italy, Sidney is accused of stealing a priceless painting. On the home front, his new curate has become irritatingly popular with the parish and his daughter is starting to walk and talk.

In 1726, eleven-year-old Stefan Silbermann has just lost his mother and is sent to Leipzig to train as a singer in the St Thomas Church choir. Stefan's talent draws the attention of the Cantor - Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach rescues Stefan from the miseries of school by bringing him into his home as an apprentice. When another tragedy strikes, this time in the Bach family, Stefan bears witness to the Cantor writing a new work: the Saint Matthew Passion

Grantchester is now a major, prime-time six-part series for ITV1955. Canon Sidney Chambers, loveable priest and part-time detective, is back. Accompanied by his faithful Labrador, Dickens, and the increasingly exasperated Inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney is called to investigate the unexpected fall of a Cambridge don from the roof of King's College Chapel, a case of arson at a glamour photographer's studio and the poisoning of Zafar Ali, Grantchester's finest spin bowler. Alongside his sleuthing, Sidney has other problems. Can he decide between his dear friend, the glamorous socialite Amanda Kendall and Hildegard Staunton, the beguiling German widow? To make up his mind Sidney takes a trip abroad, only to find himself trapped in a web of international espionage just as the Berlin Wall is going up.

Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is beginning to think that the life of a full-time priest (and part-time detective) is not easy. So when a bewitching divorcee in a mink coat interrupts Sidney's family lunch asking him to help locate her missing son, he hopes it will be an open and shut case.The last thing he expects is to be dragged into the mysterious workings of a sinister cult, or to find himself tangled up in another murder investigation. But, as always, the village of Grantchester is not as peaceful as it seems...From the theft of an heirloom to an ominous case of blackmail, Sidney is once again rushed off his feet in this eagerly anticipated fifth instalment in The Grantchester Mysteries series.

Grantchester Mysteries 3_______________'There is no denying the winning charm of these artfully fashioned mysteries' - Barry Forshaw, Independent'The third book in the series has all the pleasures of the first two ... gentle, often funny and undeniably charming' - Readers Digest'We should welcome him to the ranks of classic detectives' - Daily Mail_______________Now a major, prime-time six-part series Grantchester for ITVIt is the 1960s and Canon Sidney Chambers is enjoying his first year of married life with his German bride Hildegard. But life in Grantchester rarely stays quiet for long.Our favourite clerical detective soon attempts to stop a serial killer who has a grievance against the clergy; investigates the disappearance of a famous painting after a distracting display of nudity by a French girl in an art gallery; uncovers the fact that an 'accidental' drowning on a film shoot may not have been so accidental after all; and discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital in the run-up to Christmas, 1963. In the meantime, Sidney wrestles with the problem of evil, attempts to fulfil the demands of Dickens, his faithful Labrador, and contemplates, as always, the nature of love. The third in 'The Grantchester Mysteries' series - six detective novels spanning thirty years of British history - these four longer stories are guaranteed to delight the many fans of Canon Sidney Chambers.

A story of post-war Britain through the lives of one family

A wonderfully inventive and entertaining journey through time and the history of chocolate!The Discovery of Chocolate is a fabulous tale, as rich and exotic as the gorgeous creation that Diego de Godoy first discovers when he arrives in Mexico with Cortes and his conquistadors.Diego is seeking his fortune in the New World. What he finds is love, and chocolate, and an elixir of life. Separated from his lover, he must wander the world, and the centuries, in search of the fulfilment that he first knew in Mexico.In a series of dramatic episodes that are evocative, witty and thought-provoking, from revolutionary Paris to Freud’s Vienna, Fry’s Bristol and Hershey’s Pittsburgh, Diego and his ever-faithful greyhound, Pedro, seek the perfection of chocolate and the meaning of life.

Siamo a Venezia, alla fine del Duecento. Teresa Fiolaro, una donna che ha sempre desiderato un figlio, raccoglie un trovatello. Il bambino si chiamerà Paolo. Quando cresce, i suoi genitori adottivi, Teresa e suo marito Marco, vetraio a Murano, si accorgono che, pur essendo miope, il piccolo Paolo ha un talento straordinario, una vista per altri versi acutissima: riesce a distinguere un pezzo di vetro da una pietra preziosa grazie alle sfumature di tono e colore. Quando il pittore Simone Martini verrà a sapere delle doti del ragazzo, deciderà di inviarlo alla ricerca del colore perfetto, l'azzurro oltremare. Sarà un lungo viaggio, fino ai confini del mondo, dalla Persia all'Afghanistan alla Cina.

Im dritten Band der Krimireihe mit Pfarrer Sidney Chambers genießt er frisch verheiratet das Eheleben. Doch ruhige Zeiten sind vorbei, als ein Serienkiller Geistliche umbringt, ein Gemälde verschwindet und ein Baby entführt wird. Sidney ermittelt wieder zusammen mit Inspector Keating.