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  1. Public Bookmark 7

    The trees they grow so high by

    20th Century CE RPF, Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    On the eve of World War I, Benjamin Britten is a new boy at boarding school. He is assigned to fag for Peter Pears, a prefect and a tenor in the school choir. A friendship develops between the two of them, but are Britten's feelings more than simple hero-worship?

    Amidst the patriotic fervour of wartime, Britten has to stand by Pears when the older boy's pacifist convictions make him unpopular with the rest of the school. After Pears leaves school they lose touch until, at the end of the war, a tragedy brings them back together...

    Last bookmarked by Catana

    8 Jan 2012

  2. Public Bookmark 6

    Að fara til Íslands by

    The Charioteer - Mary Renault, Literary RPF, 20th Century CE RPF
    Summary

    "He had spent last year's summer holidays working his passage to Iceland and back in a trawler."

    Last bookmarked by oliviacirce

    31 Dec 2011

  3. Public Bookmark 1

    Status: Undelivered by

    20th Century CE RPF, Literary RPF
    Summary

    Letter written Saturday 2nd November 1918. Author unidentified.

    Last bookmarked by aves_y_cielo

    31 Dec 2011

    Notes

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  4. Public Bookmark 2

    Moth to the Flame by

    Lawrence of Arabia (1962), A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990), Seven Pillars of Wisdom - T. E. Lawrence, 20th Century CE RPF
    Summary

    Assignment to the Emir Feisal's staff is all TE Lawrence has ever wanted to satisfy his dreams of adventure, but he never expects to become so bound up with the Arab cause - or to fall so hopelessly in love.

    Last bookmarked by Cicerothewriter

    4 Jul 2011

  5. Public Bookmark 2

    No Rest for the Wicked by

    Historical RPF, 20th Century CE RPF, Political RPF - US 20th c.
    Summary

    Roy Cohn once told a friend that he was "born to end lives."

    Last bookmarked by Elfgrandfather

    21 May 2011

  6. Public Bookmark 1

    Queen Hilda by

    Hilda Tablet and Others - Henry Reed, Classical Music RPF, 20th Century CE RPF
    Summary

    It's time for Hilda's next project, "Mapp and Lucia: the opera." Or should that be "Lucia and Mapp"?

    Last bookmarked by twtd

    29 Sep 2010

  7. Rec 2

    Buck up, it's Baroque by

    Classical Music RPF, Hilda Tablet and Others - Henry Reed, 20th Century CE RPF
    Summary

    Roll over, Beethoven and move over, Benjamin Britten… it's Hilda Tablet, the "eminent twelve-tone composeress." When Hilda and her muse, soprano Elsa Strauss, are special guests at the Aldeburgh Festival, they leave havoc, romantic entanglements and modern music in their wake.

    Last bookmarked by twtd

    14 Sep 2010

  8. Public Bookmark 1

    Five Times They Danced, and One Time They Didn't by

    20th Century RPF
    Summary

    Dancing for 5 of the 30s era movies and one time they didn't dance

    Last bookmarked by Melodious B (melodiousb)

    10 Jul 2010

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  9. Public Bookmark 3

    Secure the Blessings of Liberty by

    Star Trek (2009), Political RPF - US 20th c., Political RPF, 20th Century RPF
    Summary

    ...Nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

    Last bookmarked by bookfanatic

    17 May 2010

  10. Rec 9

    Clap, damn you by

    20th Century CE RPF, Classical Music RPF
    Summary

    1953. A grand opera for the Coronation. What could go wrong?

    Last bookmarked by Loligo

    31 Dec 2009