Author: Charles SpencerPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008153655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?
To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape
Author: Charles SpencerPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008153655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?
Escape from Skull Island
Author: Jim RazziPublisher: Minstrel
ISBN: 9780671620929
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
When a tidal wave sweeps the twins, Danny and Donna Dinosaur, onto Skull Island, they discover the hiding place of a dangerous bank robber known as Mad Mongo.
When the King Took Flight
Author: Timothy TackettPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674044207
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
On a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a small group of citizens a few miles from the Belgian border and forced to return to Paris. Two years later they would both die at the guillotine. It is this extraordinary story, and the events leading up to and away from it, that Tackett recounts in gripping novelistic style. The king's flight opens a window to the whole of French society during the Revolution. Each dramatic chapter spotlights a different segment of the population, from the king and queen as they plotted and executed their flight, to the people of Varennes who apprehended the royal family, to the radicals of Paris who urged an end to monarchy, to the leaders of the National Assembly struggling to control a spiraling crisis, to the ordinary citizens stunned by their king's desertion. Tackett shows how Louis's flight reshaped popular attitudes toward kingship, intensified fears of invasion and conspiracy, and helped pave the way for the Reign of Terror. Tackett brings to life an array of unique characters as they struggle to confront the monumental transformations set in motion in 1789. In so doing, he offers an important new interpretation of the Revolution. By emphasizing the unpredictable and contingent character of this story, he underscores the power of a single event to change irrevocably the course of the French Revolution, and consequently the history of the world.
When Angels Fight
Author: Leslie F. KingPublisher: Kregel Publications
ISBN: 0825446899
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
As seen on The Today Show When she was fifteen years old, Leslie King ran away from an abusive home, looking for a better life and longing for real love. What she found instead was a man who wooed her just long enough to trap her in a life of prostitution. She became one of the many thousands of trafficked individuals in the United States, a number that continues to rise--in the biggest cities and in the most idyllic towns. As is true for so many in similar situations, life was nothing but brokenness and pain for Leslie. After years of hopelessness, she finally decided to take her own life. And then God spoke. With his promise that he was with her and had mighty things for her to accomplish ringing in her ears, she got off the streets, got clean, and got to work on the mission to which he'd called her. Now Leslie is a passionate and heroic advocate for other trafficked women and teenage girls in her community and across the country. More than a gritty, no-holds-barred deliverance story, When Angels Fight includes powerful advice from Leslie and those she's encountered in her work--police officers, judges, and other advocates and activists. She also shows you what YOU can do to make a real difference in your own community. Her call from God includes marshaling others to the cause and equipping them to fight alongside her and the angels who battle for God's children--just as they once fought for her.
The Magician King
Author: Lev GrossmanPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452298016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD will be on sale July 2024 Return to Fillory in the riveting sequel to the New York Times bestseller and literary phenomenon, The Magicians, now an original series on SYFY, from the author of the #1 bestselling The Magician’s Land. Quentin Coldwater should be happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that Fillory—a fictional utopia—was actually real. But even as a Fillorian king, Quentin finds little peace. His old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring. Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off—only to somehow wind up back in the real world and not in Fillory, as they’d hoped. As the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, Quentin is forced to rely on Julia’s illicitly learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth.
Escaping the Beast
Author: Michael BurnsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781948450997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The intersection of Christians and Politics.
Lord Cochrane's Reasons for Escaping. The Trial of Lord Cochrane at Guildford, August 17, 1816. For an Escape from the King's Bench Prison, on Which, Having Employed No Counsel, His Lordship Examined the Witnesses Himself and Made His Own Defence. Containing Contests with the Court, the Whole of His Speech to the Jury, with Their Verdict, Recommendation, and Opinion as to His Conduct. With Lord Cochrane's Portrait
Author: Thomas Cochrane Earl of DundonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Escape of King Crab, Paralithodes Camtschatica, from Derelict Pots
Author: William L. HighPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaskan king crab
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Lord Cochrane's Reasons for Escaping. The Trial of Lord Cochrane at Guildford, August 17, 1816, for an Escape from the King's Bench Prison, on Which, Having Employed No Counsel, His Lordship Examined the Witnesses Himself and Made His Own Defence ... With Lord Cochrane's Portrait
Author: The King's Chronicles
Author: Mark BlackardPublisher: Mark Blackard
ISBN: 9781936956043
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Discover the philosophy of Kingdom Rule and how the author and a few dedicated followers live their lives as kings. It all began with an epiphany and a disdain for the way men are treated by American women. If you're ready to get rid of that ungrateful, lazy bitch you're married to, along with her sense of entitlement, then read on.