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Webster & Tourneur by John Webster
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Webster & Tourneur

by John Webster (Author)

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A bright, refreshing debut novel which casts a perceptive eye on friendship and loyalty; What do you do if your best friend is about to marry the wrong girl? Buy the matching bathrobes and keep your mouth shut? Or kidnap the groom on his stag night and hold him in a remote cottage in the Welsh borders until the wedding day has safely passed? Hal's friends know what they want to do, but they haven't reckoned on being overheard by Lily - who has already witnessed the devastation of her sister's wedding day, and is going to do anything she can to save this one - and Kirsty, Lily's friend, initially more interested in pulling the groom, but swift to take up the challenge. Set in the wonderful countryside around the border town of Welshpool, Calling on Lily is a warm and winning novel about kidnap, deception, cattle prods and hoof picks, about falling in love and about how far you should go for a friend...… (more)
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Title:Webster & Tourneur
Authors:John Webster (Author)
Info:London ; New York : T. F. Unwin ; Charles Scribners & Sons, [n.d.].
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John Webster and Cyril Tourneur: four plays by John Webster

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The white devil -- The duchess of Malfi -- The atheist's tragedy -- The revenger's tragedy ( )
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John Websterprimary authorall editionscalculated
Middleton, Thomasmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Tourneur, Cyrilmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Tourneur, Cyrilmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Symonds, John AddingtonEditorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Symonds, John AddingtonEditorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Contains: “The White Devil” and “The Duchess of Malfi” by Webster, “The Atheist's Tragedy” by Tourneur, and “The Revenger's Tragedy” by Thomas Middleton, although it was then thought to be by Tourneur.
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A bright, refreshing debut novel which casts a perceptive eye on friendship and loyalty; What do you do if your best friend is about to marry the wrong girl? Buy the matching bathrobes and keep your mouth shut? Or kidnap the groom on his stag night and hold him in a remote cottage in the Welsh borders until the wedding day has safely passed? Hal's friends know what they want to do, but they haven't reckoned on being overheard by Lily - who has already witnessed the devastation of her sister's wedding day, and is going to do anything she can to save this one - and Kirsty, Lily's friend, initially more interested in pulling the groom, but swift to take up the challenge. Set in the wonderful countryside around the border town of Welshpool, Calling on Lily is a warm and winning novel about kidnap, deception, cattle prods and hoof picks, about falling in love and about how far you should go for a friend...

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