Ian Richardson
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 4
Language
English
Description
Urquhart gives the King an ultimatum, which could change the history of the British Monarchy.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
The King is insisting that politicians should have the interests of the populace more at heart. For appearances sake, Urquhart pretends to take a more temperate stance towards the King's attack on his policies.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Francis Urquhart is now triumphantly installed in No 10 as Prime Minister, but uneasy at the memory of Mattie Storin, the young journalist he murdered on his way to the top. He is also facing criticism from an unexpected source. The newly crowned King is appalled by his unfeeling, materialistic policies. However, Urquhart has lost none of his relish for the fight.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 4
Language
English
Description
In the run up to the leadership election Urquhart becomes ever more ruthless. He must eliminate each one of his rivals, but what can he do about Mattie?
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Urquhart's plans to undermine Collingridge reach their conclusion. But Mattie Storin continues to investigate the story, and Urquhart must decide how to stop her.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Urquhart forges ahead with his plan to bring down the new PM. Meanwhile, the party faithful congregate at the Tory conference in Brighton.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
"I am, in fact, extremely angry with His Majesty, and I intend to do him harm." The antagonism between King and Prime Minister develops into full confrontation as Urquhart accuses the King of trying to organize a bloodless coup against the Government.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
When charming Chief Whip Francis Urquhart is passed over for promotion by a new party leader, he hatches a dastardly plot to wreak revenge on each and every one of his colleagues.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Urquhart promises to help a young Greek Cypriot girl locate the war graves of her murdered uncles. After announcing her affair with Tom, Claire becomes Urquhart's Parliamentary Private Secretary. The arbitration judge makes a bold decision.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Ditched by Makepeace, Claire tells Maria that Urquhart cannot help her trace her uncles' graves and suggests that she go to Makepeace for help. Meanwhile, Makepeace attacks Urquhart in the House about the cover-up on the Cyprus war graves.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Urquhart is determined to leave his mark on the world before retiring. He is in the middle of brokering a historic peace settlement between Greek and Turkish Cyprus when a Turkish buisnessman makes him an attractive offer.
Author
Series
House of Cards Trilogy volume 4
Language
English
Description
The Cyprus oil find causes civil unrest in Greek Cyprus, leading to the capture of the High Commissioner and the Greek Cypriot President. The strong-arm tactics Urquhart orders during the rescue result in the loss of innocent lives and his career.
13) House of Cards
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Who would be a leader in this wicked world? Award-winning political drama HOUSE OF CARDS is a delicious tale of greed, corruption and burning ambition. At its heart is Francis Urquhart, a black-hearted villain with a smiling face, who shares with the viewers his estranged humour and innermost thoughts to destroy each of his political rivals. One by one his opponents tumble, until at last there is just one wild card left in the pack...
Pub. Date
[2004, p1997]
Language
English
Description
Nesi and Mickey are two waitresses at a crossroads. Underpaid and unappreciated, they dream of owning a combination restaurant/hair salon. There's a problem: they're broke. So when the chance to audition as dance girls for a music video pops up, the girls head to L.A. They fail to get the part, but Nesi lands in the most improbable role of all, impersonating the granddaughter of an ailing billionaires long-lost love for $10,000 and full use of his...
16) To Play the King
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Ian Richardson returns as conspirator extraordinaire, Francis Urquhart, and takes up the story exactly where House of Cards left off. Urquhart is pitched into Government with a fantastically slim majority and a hatred of his King who is far too liberal to survive the new Government. But the King fights back.
17) Dark city
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
John's life has become a nightmare. He is being hunted by the police for a series of murders he knows nothing about. A woman claiming to be his wife is after him, as is a mysterious 'doctor.' But his worst trouble comes in the form of The Strangers. They are vastly powerful beings who seem to manipulate just about everything in the city. They want John because of the extraordinary powers he manifests. John decides to find out what is happening in...
18) Dark City
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
What if you woke one morning to realize that every memory, every emotion, every fact you believed true about your life had been manufactured by someone else and placed in your mind? In this fascinating and provocative science fiction tale, John Murdoch—wanted for a series of brutal murders—realizes that everything he believes about himself is a lie. Murdoch's bittersweet childhood, his love for his estranged wife and the hideous series of murders...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...
20) From Hell
Language
English
Description
In 1888 London's Whitechapel slums, poor women like Mary Kelly and her friends walk the streets for a living. When the streetwalkers begin to be murdered one by one, it attracts the attention of Inspector Abberline, who takes a personal interest in the case, and Mary Kelly. Now he must use his psychic abilities to stop the most notorious serial killer in history--Jack the Ripper--before Mary is killed.