The Forsyte Aga - Move forward to the 1980s and the latest member of the family, Tarquin Forsyte is running a business refurbishing upmarket kitchens in the Cotswolds, while giving satisfaction to his customers.
Even if you haven't read the book, doubtless you are unable to forget the television miniseries starring Hugh Grant as Tarquin.
Agatha Raisin and the Rotted Gardener - the self-styled private detective takes it upon herself to investigate when a missing gardening expert is found buried in his compost heap
The Forsyte Sage - a more recent work featuring the trials and tribulations of Peony Forsyte, yoga teacher, feminist and vegan. She has a successful YouTube channel and is the Auntie for an Agony Column in one of the more superior women's magazines.
Followed by, and even more recent,
The Forsyte Maga - The adventures of Fulbright L Forsyte II - the L stands for Laxsch. He is descended from a Forsyte who went to the USA in the 1960s. He is with a conglomerate based in Atlanta. Knowing of his British connections, he has been sent over to manage the British arm, to win friends and influence people. Contrary to his expectations, he is surprised to find his British cousins are not impressed by his new-minted MAGA personality.
His cousin Peony, with whom he had a bit of a fling when he was over in the early 2010s, is particularly unimpressed. She does not like what his new enthusiasms have done to his aura. Fulbright thinks she could do with a new orthodontist.
The Hoarding House - the tale of one of those men who can never throw anything away, and how they cope, or not, when their nearest & dearest give up the fight.
The evil Great Old One, following a nameless and eldritch union with another of His kind, is presented with an eldritch and unspeakable orange-hued offspring, ready and eager to devour the Earth.
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Son Quixote His child takes over.
One Hundred Bears of Solitude
The Tisroc gets laryngitis; his Narnian slaveboy takes over the kingdom; hilarity ensues.
Having been demoted, Clouseau is reduced to investigating shoplifters
Long running murder mystery play solved by the application of forensic science to the faecal matter left by small mammals at the crime scene.
A posh British soldier sets out in search of a decent cup of coffee.
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Even if you haven't read the book, doubtless you are unable to forget the television miniseries starring Hugh Grant as Tarquin.
An unfortunate fellow, unable to enter polite Society, owing to a severe sartorial insufficiency.
Not exactly unique, and hardly worth a poem, however runcible.
Followed by, and even more recent,
The Forsyte Maga - The adventures of Fulbright L Forsyte II - the L stands for Laxsch. He is descended from a Forsyte who went to the USA in the 1960s. He is with a conglomerate based in Atlanta. Knowing of his British connections, he has been sent over to manage the British arm, to win friends and influence people. Contrary to his expectations, he is surprised to find his British cousins are not impressed by his new-minted MAGA personality.
His cousin Peony, with whom he had a bit of a fling when he was over in the early 2010s, is particularly unimpressed. She does not like what his new enthusiasms have done to his aura. Fulbright thinks she could do with a new orthodontist.
Trollope's tale of a mild and gentle clergyman who somehow finds himself running a small prison...
In order to relieve the stress of his new post he takes up horticulture, and finds respite in The Garden
Not his finest case...
Internationally-sought-after Saint's relic fetches a high price at auction.
Gogol's little-known tale of Russian serfs who were well-beloved.
An odd tale, full of contradictions...
Oh that the Don did flow quietly!
Well done - I confess I missed that connection!
The Corpse Bridge
She got married out in the woods.
An uncharacteristically upbeat Russian story.
The Merry Waves Of Windsor
The Dales could never make up their minds - was it a horse, or a pony?
A sεx slave's secret stash of baby powder is confiscated by the angry wife.
The evil Great Old One, following a nameless and eldritch union with another of His kind, is presented with an eldritch and unspeakable orange-hued offspring, ready and eager to devour the Earth.