Author: Conn Iggulden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681778084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In the year 937, the new king of England, a grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to go to war in the north. His dream of a united kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field—on the passage of a single day. At his side is the priest Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit (perhaps enough to damn his soul). His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome—from exile to exaltation. Through Dunstan’s vision, by his guiding hand, England will either come together as one great country or fall back into anarchy and misrule . . . From one of our finest historical writers, The Abbott’s Tale is an intimate portrait of a priest and performer, a visionary, a traitor and confessor to kings—the man who can change the fate of England.
The Abbot's Tale
Author: Conn Iggulden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681778084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In the year 937, the new king of England, a grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to go to war in the north. His dream of a united kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field—on the passage of a single day. At his side is the priest Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit (perhaps enough to damn his soul). His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome—from exile to exaltation. Through Dunstan’s vision, by his guiding hand, England will either come together as one great country or fall back into anarchy and misrule . . . From one of our finest historical writers, The Abbott’s Tale is an intimate portrait of a priest and performer, a visionary, a traitor and confessor to kings—the man who can change the fate of England.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681778084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
In the year 937, the new king of England, a grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to go to war in the north. His dream of a united kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field—on the passage of a single day. At his side is the priest Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit (perhaps enough to damn his soul). His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome—from exile to exaltation. Through Dunstan’s vision, by his guiding hand, England will either come together as one great country or fall back into anarchy and misrule . . . From one of our finest historical writers, The Abbott’s Tale is an intimate portrait of a priest and performer, a visionary, a traitor and confessor to kings—the man who can change the fate of England.
King John and the Abbot
Author: Jan Mark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781842993859
Category : Abbots
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
"King John has given the Abbot three puzzles. If the Abbot gets them wrong, King John will cut off his head Can Jack save the Abbot?READING AGE 8
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781842993859
Category : Abbots
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
"King John has given the Abbot three puzzles. If the Abbot gets them wrong, King John will cut off his head Can Jack save the Abbot?READING AGE 8
The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars
Author: Harold Frederic
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars" by Harold Frederic. 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.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars" by Harold Frederic. 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.
Abbott Awaits
Author: Chris Bachelder
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807140201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A quiet tour de force, Chris Bachelder's Abbott Awaits transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, startlingly depicting the intense and often heartbreaking challenges that a vulnerable, imaginative young father faces as he lives his everyday American existence.The vexation of Abbott's pensive self-doubt comes to a head one day as he cleans vomited raspberries out of his daughter's car seat and muses: "The following propositions are both true: (A) Abbott would not, given the opportunity, change one significant element of his life, but (B) Abbott cannot stand his life." Composed of small moments of domestic wonder and terror Bachelder's novel is a charming story of misadventure, anxiety, and the every-day battles.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807140201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A quiet tour de force, Chris Bachelder's Abbott Awaits transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, startlingly depicting the intense and often heartbreaking challenges that a vulnerable, imaginative young father faces as he lives his everyday American existence.The vexation of Abbott's pensive self-doubt comes to a head one day as he cleans vomited raspberries out of his daughter's car seat and muses: "The following propositions are both true: (A) Abbott would not, given the opportunity, change one significant element of his life, but (B) Abbott cannot stand his life." Composed of small moments of domestic wonder and terror Bachelder's novel is a charming story of misadventure, anxiety, and the every-day battles.
The Never King
Author: James Abbott
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509803130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
A new legend begins in The Never King, a thrilling fantasy adventure by James Abbott. Xavir Argentum is rotting in gaol. Sentenced to life in the squalor of Hell’s Keep, punishment for an atrocity he didn’t commit, the once legendary commander is all but forgotten. His elite band of warriors are dead – and the kingdom he was poised to inherit is oppressed by the tyrant who framed him. For half a decade now, Xavir has ruled nothing but a prison gang. Yet vengeance comes to those who wait. When a former spymaster infiltrates the Keep, bearing news of his old enemy’s treachery, plans are forged. A few are compelled to restore peace – an exiled queen, an outcast witch, and an unlikely alliance of rogues and heroes. But peace and vengeance make poor companions. And first, Xavir must make his escape . . .
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509803130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
A new legend begins in The Never King, a thrilling fantasy adventure by James Abbott. Xavir Argentum is rotting in gaol. Sentenced to life in the squalor of Hell’s Keep, punishment for an atrocity he didn’t commit, the once legendary commander is all but forgotten. His elite band of warriors are dead – and the kingdom he was poised to inherit is oppressed by the tyrant who framed him. For half a decade now, Xavir has ruled nothing but a prison gang. Yet vengeance comes to those who wait. When a former spymaster infiltrates the Keep, bearing news of his old enemy’s treachery, plans are forged. A few are compelled to restore peace – an exiled queen, an outcast witch, and an unlikely alliance of rogues and heroes. But peace and vengeance make poor companions. And first, Xavir must make his escape . . .
The Missing and Other Stories
Author: A. C. Skiffington
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434387607
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
It all began in the bloody Vietnam War as two platoons led by Lt. Jack McKeon and Lt. Keith Kirkland united in a joint effort to overpower the North Vietnamese Army on the battle of Hill 57. Many will die and few will survive this dirt-chewing war. Nine years later, a violent tragedy will take the lives of Jack Mckeon's wife and daughter. Trying to live a normal life, Jack McKeon, a natural outdoorsman ventures on an African Safari tour. An unfortunate event in Nairobi, Kenya causes him to run from the law. Innocent, he journeys deeper into the grasslands of the grand Serengeti plains. Confronting big-game hunters and poachers in his expedition, Jack McKeon makes it his mission to stop the ivory-bloodshed that has decimated the rhino and elephant populations. Unbeknownst to Jack, all the poachers' work for Lt. Keith Kirkland, cartel-leader of the ivory-world, and the man who saved his life in the Vietnam War.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434387607
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
It all began in the bloody Vietnam War as two platoons led by Lt. Jack McKeon and Lt. Keith Kirkland united in a joint effort to overpower the North Vietnamese Army on the battle of Hill 57. Many will die and few will survive this dirt-chewing war. Nine years later, a violent tragedy will take the lives of Jack Mckeon's wife and daughter. Trying to live a normal life, Jack McKeon, a natural outdoorsman ventures on an African Safari tour. An unfortunate event in Nairobi, Kenya causes him to run from the law. Innocent, he journeys deeper into the grasslands of the grand Serengeti plains. Confronting big-game hunters and poachers in his expedition, Jack McKeon makes it his mission to stop the ivory-bloodshed that has decimated the rhino and elephant populations. Unbeknownst to Jack, all the poachers' work for Lt. Keith Kirkland, cartel-leader of the ivory-world, and the man who saved his life in the Vietnam War.
By the Barrow River and Other Stories
Author: Edmund Leamy
Publisher:
ISBN: 3752409037
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: By the Barrow River and Other Stories by Edmund Leamy
Publisher:
ISBN: 3752409037
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: By the Barrow River and Other Stories by Edmund Leamy
Doyle's Rock and Other Stories
Author: Leonard Alfred George Strong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manners and customs
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manners and customs
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends
Author: Mary Huse Eastman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Author: Susanna Clarke
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596917458
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"Vivid and amusing . . . Magically funny." -Ursula K. LeGuin, Los Angeles Times An enchanting collection of stories from Susanna Clarke, set in the same world as the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Susanna Clarke's The Ladies of Grace Adieu is a spellbinding collection of stories brimming with all the ingredients of good fairy tales: petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates, endless paths in deep, dark woods, and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes who must grapple with these problems include the Duke of Wellington, a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor, and Mary Queen of Scots, as well as beloved figures from Susanna's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell including Jonathan Strange himself and the Raven King. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories invites readers into a world where charm is always tempered by eerieness, and picaresque comedy is always darkened by the disturbing shadow of Faerie.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596917458
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"Vivid and amusing . . . Magically funny." -Ursula K. LeGuin, Los Angeles Times An enchanting collection of stories from Susanna Clarke, set in the same world as the award-winning, internationally bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Susanna Clarke's The Ladies of Grace Adieu is a spellbinding collection of stories brimming with all the ingredients of good fairy tales: petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates, endless paths in deep, dark woods, and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes who must grapple with these problems include the Duke of Wellington, a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor, and Mary Queen of Scots, as well as beloved figures from Susanna's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell including Jonathan Strange himself and the Raven King. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories invites readers into a world where charm is always tempered by eerieness, and picaresque comedy is always darkened by the disturbing shadow of Faerie.