Author: Midnight QueenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Midnight Queen; a Tale of the Plague
Author: Midnight QueenThe Midnight Queen
Author: May Agnes FlemingPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"The Midnight Queen" is a dramatic tale of terror by Canada's one of the first best-selling novelists, May Agnes Fleming. It's a fantastic story filled with suspense and unexpected twists. The mystery, detailed descriptions, and subtle humor make this tale memorable and fascinating.
The Midnight Queen
Author: May Agnes FlemingPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331400298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Excerpt from The Midnight Queen: A Novel Appeared in the streets and those who ventured there, shrank from each other, and passed rapidly on with averted faces. Many even fell dead on the sidewalk, and lay with their ghastly, discolored faces, upturned to the mocking sunlight, until the dead-cart came rattling along, and the drivers hoisted the body with their pitch forks on the top of their dreadful load. Few other vehicles besides those same dead-carts appeared in the city now; and they plied their trade busily, day and night; and the cry of the drivers echoed dismally through the deserted streets: Bring out your deadi bring out your. Dead 1 All who could do so had long ago fled from the devoted city and London lay under the burning heat of the June sunshine, stricken for its sins by the hand of God. The pest-houses were full, so were the plague-pits, where the dead were hurled in cartfuls and no one knew who rose up in health in the morning but that they might be lying stark and dead in a few hours. The very churches were forsaken their pastors fled or. Lying in the plague-pits and it was even resolved to convert the great cathedral of St. Paul into a vast plague-hospital. Cries and lamentations echoed from one end of the city to the other, and Death and Charles reigned over London together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Midnight Queen
Author: May Agnes FlemingPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501046995
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The plague raged in the city of London. The destroying angel had gone forth, and kindled with its fiery breath the awful pestilence, until all London became one mighty lazar-house. Thousands were swept away daily; grass grew in the streets, and the living were scarce able to bury the dead. Business of all kinds was at an end, except that of the coffin-makers and drivers of the pest-cart. Whole streets were shut up, and almost every other house in the city bore the fatal red cross, and the ominous inscription, "Lord have mercy on us." Few people, save the watchmen, armed with halberts, keeping guard over the stricken houses, appeared in the streets; and those who ventured there, shrank from each other, and passed rapidly on with averted faces. Many even fell dead on the sidewalk, and lay with their ghastly, discolored faces, upturned to the mocking sunlight, until the dead-cart came rattling along, and the drivers hoisted the body with their pitchforks on the top of their dreadful load. Few other vehicles besides those same dead-carts appeared in the city now; and they plied their trade busily, day and night; and the cry of the drivers echoed dismally through the deserted streets: "Bring out your dead! bring out your dead!" All who could do so had long ago fled from the devoted city; and London lay under the burning heat of the June sunshine, stricken for its sins by the hand of God. The pest-houses were full, so were the plague-pits, where the dead were hurled in cartfuls; and no one knew who rose up in health in the morning but that they might be lying stark and dead in a few hours. The very churches were forsaken; their pastors fled or lying in the plague-pits; and it was even resolved to convert the great cathedral of St. Paul into a vast plague-hospital. Cries and lamentations echoed from one end of the city to the other, and Death and Charles reigned over London together.
The Midnight Queen
Author: May Agnes FlemingPublisher:
ISBN: 9781634215756
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The time of the Great Plague of London might not sound like the most promising setting for a romance, but Canadian author May Agnes Fleming pulls it off with aplomb in the intriguing novel The Midnight Queen. Set in 1665, the story includes a doomed bride, a valiant knight, a mysterious masked fortuneteller--and a cryptic mystery that binds them all together.
The Midnight Queen
Author: May Agnes FlemingPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492257561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The plague raged in the city of London. The destroying angel had gone forth, and kindled with its fiery breath the awful pestilence, until all London became one mighty lazar-house. Thousands were swept away daily; grass grew in the streets, and the living were scarce able to bury the dead. Business of all kinds was at an end, except that of the coffin-makers and drivers of the pest-cart. Whole streets were shut up, and almost every other house in the city bore the fatal red cross, and the ominous inscription, "Lord have mercy on us". Few people, save the watchmen, armed with halberts, keeping guard over the stricken houses, appeared in the streets; and those who ventured there, shrank from each other, and passed rapidly on with averted faces. Many even fell dead on the sidewalk, and lay with their ghastly, discolored faces, upturned to the mocking sunlight, until the dead-cart came rattling along, and the drivers hoisted the body with their pitchforks on the top of their dreadful load. Few other vehicles besides those same dead-carts appeared in the city now; and they plied their trade busily, day and night; and the cry of the drivers echoed dismally through the deserted streets: "Bring out your dead! bring out your dead!" All who could do so had long ago fled from the devoted city; and London lay under the burning heat of the June sunshine, stricken for its sins by the hand of God. The pest-houses were full, so were the plague-pits, where the dead were hurled in cartfuls; and no one knew who rose up in health in the morning but that they might be lying stark and dead in a few hours. The very churches were forsaken; their pastors fled or lying in the plague-pits; and it was even resolved to convert the great cathedral of St. Paul into a vast plague-hospital. Cries and lamentations echoed from one end of the city to the other, and Death and Charles reigned over London together.
The Midnight Queen
Author: May Agnes FlemingCatalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
The Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Written by Himself and Extracted from His Journals. From the American Edition of His Life and Works, Edited by His Son, W. T. W. Tone
Author: Theobald Wolfe TONEPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Author: Lenore