Len Deighton was born in 1929 in London. He did his national service in the RAF, went to the Royal College of Art and designed many book jackets, including the original UK edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The enormous success of his first spy novel, The IPCRESS File (1962), was repeated in a remarkable sequence of books over the following decades. These varied from historical fiction (Bomber, perhaps his greatest novel) to dystopian alternative fiction (SS-GB) and a number of brilliant non-fiction books on the Second World War (Fighter, Blitzkrieg and Blood, Tears and Folly). 
 
His spy novels chart the twists and turns of Britain and the Cold War in ways which now give them a unique flavour. They preserve a world in which Europe contains many dictatorships, in which the personal can be ruined by the ideological and where the horrors of the Second World War are buried under only a very thin layer of soil. Deighton's fascination with technology, his sense of humour and his brilliant evocation of time and place make him one of the key British espionage writers, alongside John Buchan, Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré.

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Sense and Sensibility

With a foreword by Tessa Bailey, author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line and Sinker 
 
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Self-appointed matchmaker Emma Woodhouse is convinced that she’ll never marry. ‘Handsome, clever and rich’, the headstrong Emma has lived a charmed life and has no need for love. 
 
But, when her meddling ends a friend’s relationship and upsets the romantic social order, Emma discovers that her actions have consequences – and that love might have been waiting for her all along. 
 
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Emma

With a foreword by Lauren Asher, author of The Fine Print and Love Redesigned 
 
‘I dare you to read the first chapter … chances are you won’t be able to stop once you start.’ – Lauren Asher 
 
Craving adventure, seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland leaps at the opportunity to step into the dizzying world of British high society in the resort town of Bath. 
 
Adventure arrives in the form of handsome clergyman Henry Tilney, and the ominous promise of his family home: Northanger Abbey. But for romance to blossom, Catherine must find answers to her dark suspicious about the abbey and face that most terrifying of enemies: money-minded social climbers. 
 
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Northanger Abbey

With a foreword by Alexis Hall, author of Boyfriend Material and A Lady for a Duke 
 
‘[Anne and Wentworth] are legit freaking soulmates. Also, independently of that: Wentworth is great.’ – Alexis Hall 
 
Anne and Captain Wentworth fell in love eight years ago. Although Anne broke off their engagement as her father wished, their flame flickers on, however dim. 
 
When they finally meet again, Wentworth has secured wealth and status to become an eligible option. But both Anne and Wentworth have their eyes on other people, and Anne must follow her heart to decide whether to start again or rekindle an old flame. 
 
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With a stunning modern design and forewords from leading YA romance authors, this eye-catching six-book series is an open invitation to escape the brutal nonchalance of modern dating and embrace your inner romantic.

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