A British institution in Puerto de la Cruz for over 100 years
IN ACCORDANCE with the directive of the Spanish Government, placing the country under a state of emergency, we regret to announce that ALL English Library activities are suspended until further notice. The library will not be open for the return or lending of books and DVDs etc., as previously announced.
We hope that all our members will stay safe during this very difficult and trying period.
Thursday 5th March at 2pm
Finally the film all Downton Abbey fans have been waiting for!
1927: The King and Queen are due to visit the Crawley family’s grand house in the Yorkshire countryside. As the Royal staff descends on Downton, an assassin has also arrived and attempts to kill the monarch. The family and servants are pitted against the royal entourage, including the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, who has fallen out with the Crawleys, especially the Dowager Countess, over an inheritance issue.
Entry is free but there will be a small charge for interval refresments.
Please reserve your place at the Treasurer’s desk.
KEN FISHER, Library President and leader of the popular Tenerife History Group has produced a series of articles on some of the extraordinary 19th century figures who set out to scale the heights of Mount Teide when the island’s upper reaches were still wild and untamed.
They were variously scientists, explorers, botanists or just plain and simple adventurers, though they all shared the same passion and thirst for unlocking the mysteries of the world around them.
Find the articles at https://theenglishlibrary.es/category/teide-adventurers/
The Tenerife History Group meets on Thursdays mornings between 11am and 12.30pm and to supplement their discussions Ken, who is also the Library President,
AMONG the new titles added to the Library shelves in time for Christmas are new works by blockbuster best-selling authors Jeffrey Archer, David Baldacci and James Patterson.
THE READING of a suicide note has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia.
Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy?
