• Five short plays (Oxford)

 

Our world is full  of problems.

They make life interesting, and

sometimes very funny. These five

short plays show people trying to

decide what to do in unexpected

or difficult situations.

 

• The Man in the Iron Mask(Burlington)

 

This story takes place in France in 1661

and is the last adventure of the famous

Three Musketeers and their friend

D’Artagnan. Louis XIV is the King, but

he is not a good king. He has a secret

twinbrother, Philippe, hidden away in

the Bastille prison. Aramis, the Bishop

of Vannes, knows about him and plans

to switch the two brothers and make

Philippe king. Will he succeed?

 

• Strangers in the train (Penguin)

 

Haines is travelling through

Texas on a train when a stranger

invites him to share a meal. But

the stranger has a terrible plan.

‘You murder my father, and I’ll

murder your wife,’ he suggests.

So begins Guy’s journey into

a world of madness, lies and death ...