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| Author | : Margaret Campbell Barnes |
| Publisher | : DigiCat |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2022-08-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Brief Gaudy Hour" by Margaret Campbell Barnes. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
| Author | : Susan Bordo |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 2013-04-09 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0547999526 |
This illuminating history examines the life and many legends of the 16th century Queen who was executed by her husband, King Henry VIII. Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne’s life and a revealing look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is her story so compelling? Why has she inspired such extreme reactions? Was she the flaxen-haired martyr of Romantic paintings or the raven-haired seductress of twenty-first-century portrayals? (Answer: neither.) But the most provocative question of all concerns Anne’s death: How could Henry order the execution of a once beloved wife? Drawing on scholarship and critical analysis, Bordo probes the complexities of one of history’s most infamous relationships. She then demonstrates how generations of polemicists, biographers, novelists, and filmmakers have imagined and re-imagined Anne: whore, martyr, cautionary tale, proto “mean girl,” feminist icon, and everything in between. In The Creation of Anne Boleyn, Bordo steps off the well-trodden paths of Tudoriana to tease out the human being behind the competing mythologies, paintings, and on-screen portrayals.
| Author | : Margaret Campbell Barnes |
| Publisher | : Sourcebooks Fire |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Courts and courtiers |
| ISBN | : 9781402219023 |
A remarkable insider tale of the intrigue, ruthlessness, and majesty of the Tudor court.
| Author | : Margaret Campbell Barnes |
| Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 335 |
| Release | : 2011-04-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1402255969 |
"Margaret Campbell Barnes has been one of the most reliable of England's historical novelists." —Chicago Tribune A Girl, A King, and the castle that changed them both Forever... Charles I, king of England, thought that Carisbrooke Castle would be safe, an Isle of Wight refuge far from the madding crowd of Cromwell. But Charles ran straight into the arms of betrayal, his retreat morphing to prison and his allies few and far between. Mary, a quiet servant girl in awe of her king and country, vaults into intrigue and danger as she helps to plot the king's escape. A moving story of royal hopes and misfortunes, Mary of Carisbrooke is at its heart the tale of a charming girl who is as romantic and alluring as she is smart and bold. Loyal to herself and to the Crown, Mary's brush with history reveals just how quickly fate can shift the paths of power. Praise for Margaret Campbell Barnes "Barnes vividly depicts Anne's hopes and fears in an age where royal marriages were brokered like a cattle fair, and beheading could befall even a Queen." —Publishers Weekly on Brief Gaudy Hour "Rich in detail and flows beautifully, letting readers escape into Anne's court and country life. It is a must read for those who love exploring the dynamic relationships of Henry VIII and his wives." —Historical Novels Review on My Lady of Cleves
| Author | : Ken Follett |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 1010 |
| Release | : 2011-08-30 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101543558 |
Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .
| Author | : Thomas Pynchon |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 1541 |
| Release | : 2012-06-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101594667 |
“[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel.” —The New York Times Book Review “Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant.” —USA Today “Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling.” —The Boston Globe Spanning the era between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, and constantly moving between locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all), Against the Day unfolds with a phantasmagoria of characters that includes anarchists, balloonists, drug enthusiasts, mathematicians, mad scientists, shamans, spies, and hired guns. As an era of uncertainty comes crashing down around their ears and an unpredictable future commences, these folks are mostly just trying to pursue their lives. Sometimes they manage to catch up; sometimes it's their lives that pursue them.
| Author | : Dorothy Leigh Sayers |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 1962 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780156658997 |
Bell strokes toll out the death of an unknown man, and summon Lord Wimsey to East Anglia to solve the mystery.
| Author | : Anonymous |
| Publisher | : Applewood Books |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 1986-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0918222842 |
Presents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.
| Author | : Marcia Willett |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2012-10-30 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1250023572 |
The tender story of a boy, his father, his grandmother, and the bond they form over Christmas "We're all pilgrims," he said thoughtfully. "One way or another, aren't we? Always searching for something." Twelfth night - time to put away the Christmas angel. A new year dawns, and everything seems to be falling into place for Dossie. Her grown son Clem and his adorable five-year-old son Jakey have moved to Cornwall to be closer to her. She runs her own successful catering business. All she needs now is some better luck in her romantic life. Complementing Dossie's rather unconventional family set-up is the wonderfully eccentric Janna: a warm-hearted, generous woman who looks after the quirky nuns of the local convent – and little Jakey. With humour, kindness and the support of friendship, they form a tight bond. But the Sisters' life as they know it is thrown into doubt when an avaricious property developer starts prowling around their beautiful, historic home. Will this close-knit unit who so depend on each other still be together next Christmas? And what will they have learnt about the true meaning of family, and about having somewhere you really belong? Find out in Marcia Willett's touching and timeless holiday tale, Christmas in Cornwall.
| Author | : Harry Turtledove |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 577 |
| Release | : 2002-11-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101212519 |
The year is 1597. For nearly a decade, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the name of Spain. The citizenry live under an enforced curfew—and in fear of the Inquisition’s agents, who put heretics to the torch in public displays. And with Queen Elizabeth imprisoned in the Tower of London, the British have no symbol to unite them against the enemy who occupies their land. William Shakespeare has no interest in politics. His passion is writing for the theatre, where his words bring laughter and tears to a populace afraid to speak out against the tyranny of the Spanish crown. But now Shakespeare is given an opportunity to pen his greatest work—a drama that will incite the people of Britain to rise against their persecutors—and change the course of history.
