Query: 1982 fiction novels that are set in England
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
At Freddie's
Before She Met Me
The Virgin in the Ice
The Skull Beneath the Skin
On the Black Hill
Touch the Devil
Light Thickens
The Great Fire of London (novel)
The Borrowers Avenged
Sour Sweet
Evidence from documents: At Freddie's: '''''At Freddie's''''' is a 1982 novel by the British author Penelope Fitzgerald. The last of her novels drawing directly on her personal experiences, it focuses on an august but shabby London stage school for children, ''The'' ''Temple''. Fitzgerald had herself been a general studies teacher at the Italia Conti stage school. The school in the novel is known as ''Freddie's'' after its elderly principal Freddie Wentworth, a character partly based on that of the impresario Lilian Baylis. The book received mixed reviews on its first UK publication, and on its 1985 appearance in the US
Before She Met Me: '''''Before She Met Me''''' is a novel by English writer Julian Barnes, first published in 1982 by Jonathan Cape
The Virgin in the Ice: 1982: It is the sixth novel in The Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1982 (1982 in literature).
set in England: The novel is set in actual locations in England during the Anarchy, the period of civil war between King Stephen and Empress Maude.
fiction: She felt that Brother Cadfael "has definitely entered the ranks of great fiction detectives alongside Sherlock Holmes and Lord Peter Wimsey.
The Skull Beneath the Skin: '''''The Skull Beneath The Skin''''' is a 1982 detective novel by P. D. James, featuring her female private detective Cordelia Gray.
On the Black Hill: '''''On the Black Hill''''' is a novel by Bruce Chatwin published in 1982 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for that year. In 1987 it was made into a film, directed by Andrew Grieve.


The novel's setting is the border of Herefordshire, in England, and Radnorshire, in Wales. In the early pages we are told the border runs through the very farmhouse:
The border of Radnor and Hereford was said to run right through the middle of the staircase.
The central characters are Welshmen, with the surname Jones.


The story is told through the technique of flashback, and portrays the lives of twin brothers, Lewis and Benjamin Jones, on their isolated upland farm called The Vision. The twins develop a bond that is shown throughout the novel as very special. Lewis is portrayed as the stronger or dominant twin, whereas Benjamin is the more intuitive one, both in appearance and in the tasks which he does around the house. He seems to be constantly drawn to his mother's side while she is alive.
Touch the Devil: 1982 fiction novels: '''''Touch the Devil''''' is the 42nd book by British writer Jack Higgins, first published in 1982.
set in England: A plot to assassinate British Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, who is secretly visiting the President of France in an isolated country location, is called off at the last moment.
Light Thickens: '''''Light Thickens''''' is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-second, and final, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1982.
The Great Fire of London (novel): Published in 1982, it is Ackroyd's first novel.
The Borrowers Avenged: '''''The Borrowers Avenged''''' is a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, published in 1982 by Viking Kestrel in the UK and Harcourt in the US.
Sour Sweet: '''''Sour Sweet''''' is a 1982 novel by Timothy Mo. Written as a 'sour sweet' comedy the story follows the tribulations of a Hong Kong Chinese immigrant and his initially reluctant wife as they attempt to make a home for themselves in 1960s London.