William Boyd

A masterful, riveting espionage novel about a mother whose secret life as a WWII spy is at last revealed to her daughter. Full of tension and drama, emotion and history, this is storytelling at its finest by one of the great literary writers of his generation.

Now a major TV movie adaptation by The Sundance Channel and the BBC starring Michelle Dockery, Michael Gambon, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell and Rufus Sewell....

Born into Edwardian England, Amory's first memory is of her father standing on his head. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World War. But his absences, both actual and emotional, are what she chiefly remembers. It is her photographer uncle Greville who supplies the emotional bond she needs, who, when he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons in photography, unleashes a passion that will irrevocably shape her future.A...

In the small African republic of Kinjanja, British diplomat Morgan Leafy bumbles heavily through his job. His love of women, his fondness for drink, and his loathing for the country prove formidable obstacles on his road to any kind of success. But when he becomes an operative in Operation Kingpin and is charged with monitoring the front runner in Kinjanja’s national elections, Morgan senses an opportunity to achieve real professional recognition...

"When Amory Clay was born, in the decade before the Great War, her disappointed father gave her an androgynous name and announced the birth of a son. But this daughter was not one to let others define her; Amory became a woman who accepted no limits to what that could mean, and, from the time she picked up her first camera, one who would record her own version of events. Moving freely between London and New York, between photojournalism and fashion...

Mistaken for a foreign correspondent, a mild-mannered wildlife writer is sent to a fictional African country on the eve of a war. He flounders through a sea of wild rumors and sleazy journalists desperate for a story.

Range War (1939) -- Railroad builder Jim Marlow wants to build a spur into Tonto Valley so when the ranchers want to load their cattle, they won't have to pay a heavy toll to cross the land of Buck Collins. But bandits stealing the railroad payroll scare off the bank from making any more loans to Marlow. Unable to meet his payroll, Marlow asks Hoppy to help solve the mystery of the payroll robbery. (65 Min - B&W) -- Silver on the Sage (1939) -- Lucky...

Sunset Trail (1939) -- A crooked saloonkeeper, Monte Keller, pays a rancher $30,000 for his cattle, then has him killed to steal back the money. The rancher's widow decides to stay on by running a dude ranch to attract Easterners wanting to get a taste of the West. One of her first guests is one William H. Cassidy (Boyd in disguise as a milquetost from the East) and E. Prescott Furbush (the mock Mulford character). The interchange of comedy, with...

Every life is ordinary and extraordinary. Logan Mountstuart's is a rich tapestry of both. Experience Logan at different points in his life in this provocative glimpse at one man's quest for glory and bliss. Any Human Heart is the story of a full life, lived with passion; expansive, rich, unsentimental, comic, and profoundly moving