Author: John Evelyn BarlasPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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The queen of the hid isle. Love's perversity; or, Eros and Anteros. By Evelyn Douglas
Author: John Evelyn BarlasIsland Beneath the Sea
Author: Isabel AllendePublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063049643
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea tells the story of one unforgettable woman—a slave and concubine determined to take control of her own destiny—in this sweeping historical novel that moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century “Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers.”—Los Angeles Times The daughter of an African mother she never knew and a white sailor, Zarité—known as Tété—was born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue. Growing up amid brutality and fear, Tété found solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and the mysteries of voodoo. Her life changes when twenty-year-old Toulouse Valmorain arrives on the island in 1770 to run his father’s plantation, Saint Lazare. Overwhelmed by the challenges of his responsibilities and trapped in a painful marriage, Valmorain turns to his teenaged slave Tété, who becomes his most important confidant. The indelible bond they share will connect them across four tumultuous decades and ultimately define their lives.
The Queen's Isle
Author: Rosa RainePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 337506635X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.
The Queen of the Hid Isle
Author: John Evelyn BarlasPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781018894997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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The Faerie Queene
Author: Edmund SpenserPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
QUEEN OF THE FLOWERY ISLES
Author: Virgie Tales LerouxPublisher: Virgie Tales Leroux
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bedtime Story Book Kells, Queen of the flowery Isles, There once lived a queen who ruled over the flowery Isles. Her husband died a few years after their marriage, the grief never fully healed. So she devoted herself entirely to the education of the two princesses, her only children. As they grew up, the Queen greatly feared lilies.
The conversion of England, an original drama
Author: Henry Cresswell (novelist.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Tales from the Enchanted Isles
Author: Ethel May GatePublisher:
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Category : Children's poetry, American
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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