"Tell Sad Stories Of The Death Of Kings"

Synopsis “A baby girl is abandoned, banished from London to the storm-ravaged American city of New Bohemia. Her father has been driven mad by jealousy,her mother to exile by grief. Seventeen years later, Perdita doesn’t know a lot about who she is or where she’s come from but she’s about to find out”

The Tempest by William Shakespeare Synopsis (from @thersc programme) Twelve years ago,Prospero was usurped by his brother Antonio with the support of Alonso and Sebastian,King of Naples and King's brother. Prospero and his baby daughter,Miranda are send to an island once ruled by the witch Sycorax but now inhabited by her son,Caliban and a spirit,Ariel. Prospero senses that his enemies are close and uses his powers to raise a storm which wrecks the ship. The travellers separate and Ariel directs their wanderings. Ferdinand,King's son, falls instantly in love with Miranda therefore Prospero sets heavy tasks to test him. The King of Naples searches for his son,who fears him to be drowned, whilst Sebastian plots to kill him and seize the crown. The drunken butler and jester find Caliban who persuades them to kill Prospero so they can rule the island. Satisfied that Ferdinand has met all his challenges,Prospero blesses his marriage to Miranda with a betrothal masque. He is distracted by this however,when he discovers Caliban's plot...

Book #1 Incredible Bodies by Ian McGuire Synopsis "Thirty-something Morris Gutman is a chronically indecisive temporary lecturer at the university of Coketown University. Life hasn't turned out the way he planned: he has a demanding wife,an insomniac child and teaches demeaning courses to ungrateful English students. However, he is willing to do whatever it takes to negotiate a permanent departmental job,even if it means finding his way through the minefield of waffle and back biting that is academia and winning over the alluring and manipulative research fellow Zoe Cable"