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Bloomsbury presents Madame Sosostris & The Festival for the Broken-Hearted by Ben Okri, read by Phyllida Nash.What do you do when your heart has been made a wasteland by love?Viv, who's in the House of Lords, had the idea for the festival on the twentieth anniversary of the day her first husband left her. Six months later, crowds descend on the grounds of a dreamlike chateau in the South of France, avidly awaiting the experience of a lifetime, Viv's inaugural Festival for the Broken-Hearted.Everyone is in fancy dress. No one knows who anyone is. They wander the beautiful woods with just one night to change everything. And to crown it all, a very special guest is expected: world-renowned clairvoyant and fortune-teller Madame Sosostris, known as the wisest woman in Europe, and not seen since the pages of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land. She will attend for one night only.But will she actually appear at all, or will Viv's carefully orchestrated festival fall to pieces? Will Viv and her husband make it through the night? Will anyone else?Part vision, part mystery, this story of a midsummer night's madness is also an homage to Eliot's famous poem, in Ben Okri's inimitable style, as alive with echoes and reverberations as the enchanted forest itself. Think Ingmar Bergman meets William Shakespeare, with a dash of Mozart.Hearts will be healed, and hearts broken, but nobody will leave this festival exactly as they arrived.

This book presents and explores the Waddesdon Bequest, the name given to the Kunstkammer or cabinet collection of Renaissance treasures which was bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, MP in 1898. The Bequest is named after Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, a fairy tale French chateau built by Baron Ferdinand from 1874 - 83, where the collection was housed during his lifetime. As a major Jewish banking family, the Rothschilds were the greatest collectors of the nineteenth century, seeking not only the finest craftsmanship in their treasures, but also demonstrating great discernment and a keen sense of historical importance in selecting them. Baron Ferdinand's aim, often working in rivalry with his cousins, was to possess a special room filled with splendid, precious and intricate objects in the tradition of European courts of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It was understood at the time that a collection of this quality could never be formed again, given the rarity and expense of the pieces, and the problems of faking and forgery of just this kind of material. The book will unlock the history and romance of this glorious collection through its exploration of some of its greatest treasures and the stories they tell. It will introduce makers and patrons, virtuoso craftsmanship, faking and the history of collecting from the late medieval to modern periods, as told through the objects. Treasures discussed will include masterpieces of goldsmiths' work in silver; jewellery; hardstones and engraved rock crystal; astonishing microcarvings in boxwood, painted enamel, ceramic and glass; arms and armour and 'curosities': exotic treasures incorporating ostrich eggs, Seychelles nut, amber or nautilus shell. Scholarly catalogues have appeared for parts of this splendid collection but this book will open up the Bequest for the general reader. By looking at individual objects in detail, and drawing on new photography and research, the book will enable readers to see and understand the objects in a completely different light.

'Hilarious' Tasha Coryell, bestselling author of Love Letters to a Serial Killer'Witty and wild in all the best ways. I loved it!' – LM Chilton, author of Don't Swipe RightShe doesn't just plan the wedding. She plans the wake.Ava Vaughn is the ultimate wedding planner - but her 'packages' involve more than just floral arrangements. For brides facing a lifetime of misery, Ava offers a permanent annulment: making the groom disappear.Jessica Holmes is desperate. Her fiancé isn't a catch; he's a nightmare. To escape the altar, she enlists Ava's lethal expertise, sparking a blood-soaked countdown to the big day.But with Detective Daniel Reid closing in on Ava's sinister side hustle, the stakes have never been higher. And in this game of vows and victims, 'I do' is a death sentence.If you loved How to Kill Your Family, Sweetpea or How To Kill Men And Get Away With It, then you'll love Helen Fellman's 'Til Death Do Us Part, a feminist revenge thriller with a nuptial twist . . .Praise for 'Til Death Do Us Part'A novel for people who love weddings and hate the groom. A hilarious read that shows how the truest love is sometimes the ways that women show up for one another' – Tasha Coryell, bestselling author of Love Letters to a Serial Killer''Til Death Do Us Part is witty and wild in all the best ways. This twisted (and very twisty) thriller kept me guessing until the last page, but underneath the chaos and the bodies is a surprisingly tender tale of female friendship, I loved it!' – LM Chilton, author of Don't Swipe Right'Pacy, witty and wickedly fun - I loved this deliciously original thriller!' – Fiona Gibson, bestselling author of The Woman Who Ran Away from Everything'Killer heels and killer wit combine in this sparky new revenge thriller' – Tracy Whitwell, author of The Accidental Medium series'A fantastic mix of humour, revenge and feminism, this is a must read from Helen Fellman' – Nasheema Lennon, author of The Engagement'This is an accomplished, well-written novel, dripping with cynicism and absolutely hilarious. It's definitely a five star read for me' – Heather Burnside, author of The Manchester Thrillers'A fabulous story of revenge mixed with a beautiful female friendship and women's resilience' – Annabel French, author of Summer at the Chateau