Author: Alexander Park (Author of The Minstrel's Daughter.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The minstrel's daughter; a tale of the Scottish border, in four cantos
Author: Alexander Park (Author of The Minstrel's Daughter.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The Minstrel's Daughter
Author: Linda SmithPublisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550503098
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A young girl goes on a quest to find her father.
Mistral's Daughter
Author: Judith KrantzPublisher: Bantam
ISBN: 030780349X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
They were three generations of magnificent red-haired beauties born to scandal, bred to success, bound to a single extraordinary man—Julien Mistral, the painter, the genius, the lover whose passions had seared them all. Maggy: Flamboyant mistress of Mistral’s youth, the toast of Paris in the‘20s. Her luminous flesh was immortalized in the paintings that made Mistral legendary. Teddy: Maggy’s daughter, the incomparable cover girl who lived fast and left as her legacy Mistral’s dazzling love child. Fauve: Mistral's daughter, the headstrong, fearless glory girl whose one dark secret drove her to rule the world of high fashion and to risk everything in a feverish search for love. From the ‘20s Paris of Chanel, Colette, Picasso and Matisse to New York’s sizzling new modeling agencies of the ‘50s, to the model ward of the‘70s, Mistral's Daughter captures the explosive glamour of life at the top of the worlds of art and high fashion. Judith Krantz has given us a glittering international tale as spellbinding as her other celebrated bestsellers, Scruples, Princess Daisy, I'll Take Manhattan, Till We Meet Again, Scruples Two, Dazzle, and Lovers.
Chronicles of Canongate (1st series) Surgeon's daughter. Castle Dangerous
Author: Walter ScottThe Minstrel's Melody
Author: Eleanora E. TatePublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497646618
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
A twelve-year-old aspiring performer follows her dream in a novel that culminates at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair Orphelia Bruce lives in rural Missouri, the corner where Illinois, Iowa, and her home state come together. She can sing and play the piano better than anyone in Lewis County. So when Orphelia’s mother forbids her from taking part in a traveling minstrel show looking for new talent and starring her idol, Madame Meritta, she runs away to join their troupe. But life on the road isn’t what she expected. She misses her family, even her annoying older sister, Pearl—Momma’s favorite. And it’s not nearly as glamorous as Orphelia imagined. The group performs in a different town every night, which means long hours of travel. Despite her fame, Madame Meritta still has to work hard to keep her band fed and clothed. But performing at the St. Louis World’s Fair could be Orphelia’s big chance. When a long-buried secret changes everything she thought she knew about her family, will she still get to live her dream? This ebook includes a historical afterword.
The King's Daughter
Author: Sandra WorthPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440654565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
In this groundbreaking novel, award-winning author Sandra Worth vibrantly brings to life the people's Queen, "Elizabeth the Good." Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth of York trusts that her beloved father's dying wish has left England in the hands of a just and deserving ruler. But upon the rise of Richard of Gloucester, Elizabeth's family experiences one devastation after another: her late father is exposed as a bigamist, she and her siblings are branded bastards, and her brothers are taken into the new king's custody, then reportedly killed. But one fateful night leads Elizabeth to question her prejudices. Through the eyes of Richard's ailing queen she sees a man worthy of respect and undying adoration. His dedication to his people inspires a forbidden love and ultimately gives her the courage to accept her destiny, marry Henry Tudor, and become Queen. While her soul may secretly belong to another, her heart belongs to England...
The Nightmare Tree
Author: Richard RenePublisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550503630
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Jonah Comfait has many magical adventures as he searches for his missing father, only to discover that he is alive but held captive--and only Jonah can set him free.
Author: Ingram Cobbin
Author: Walter Scott
Author: Arthur Carr