Take Note for Exam Success! York Notes offer an exciting approach to English literature. This market leading series fully reflects student needs. They are packed with summaries, commentaries, exam advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the text and encourage a critical analysis. York Notes, The Ultimate Literature Guides.

Is the nation really dumbing down? Are exams easier than they were in the good old days? This book helps you to find out whether age really does equal wisdom. Presented a retro design, it helps you write an essay on one of the following subjects: Description of 'The Bravest Deed that I know'; 'Gardening' or 'Sewing'; and Eggs.

Settles that age-old argument between the generations: were the exams of yesteryear really harder than anything children have to face today in the age of calculators and spell checkers? This work tests you on old-school topics such as: English Language; General Science; Geography; History; Household Cookery; Mathematics; and Music.

An introduction and course companion to literary studies for A level and degree students. The text includes chapters on gothic and war literature and sections on Swift, Dryden, Matthew Arnold and Kipling. It provides study, examination and revision techniques.

The fourth novel in the series featuring Henry Gresham, gentleman spy.

From the court of King James to the deadly underworld of Jacobean London, Martin Stephen's novel is a tale of gunpowder, treason and plot.

Gives a blow by blow account of what having a stroke means. The author describes how he suffered and how he was treated. Like most patients he was put on a general ward rather than on a specialised stroke unit. He also charts how his personality changed - and he pays tribute to his wife and sons.

An excitingly original collection of war poetry - a handbook of Great War verse from favourites such as Owen, Sassoon and Brooke as well as rediscovered poems and songs

The fourth novel in the series featuring Henry Gresham, gentleman spy.

From the acclaimed author of THE DESPERATE REMEDY ('a terrific book' THE SPECTATOR) comes the second book in the series featuring courtier and spy Henry Gresham, this time set in the wild and deadly world of Jacobean theatre.

The first two books in the thrilling Henry Gresham series, together for the first time in this special omnibus edition.

From the author of 'THE DESPERATE REMEDY' and 'THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING' comes the third novel in the series featuring gentleman spy Henry Gresham, set against the dramatic defeat of the Spanish Armada.