Author: Jean Echenoz
Publisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 1620970724
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Seven short stories by the Prix Goncourt winner—“the most distinctive voice of his generation . . . master magician of the contemporary French novel” (The Washington Post). France’s preeminent fiction writer, Jean Echenoz is celebrated for his ability to craft stories with such precision that readers are caught off guard by the intense emotion and imagination just beneath the placid surface of his writing. As Gary Indiana put it in his essay “Conjuror of St. Germain”, “Echenoz risks everything in his fiction, gambling on the prodigious blandishments of his voice to lure his readers into a maze of improbabilities and preposterous happenings.” The Queen’s Caprice—seven stories available in English for the first time—reveals Echenoz at the height of his talents, taking readers on a journey across radically different landscapes. The title story explores a tiny corner of the French countryside; “Nelson” offers a brilliant miniaturist portrait of the hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; “In Babylon” sketches the ancient city of Mesopotamia, based on trace descriptions from Herodotus; and other stories visit the forests of England, the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, Tampa Bay, and the interior of a submarine. Amid the thrill and allure of this voyage of words, “again and again we pause to savor the richness of Echenoz’s startling, crystalline observations” (Lydia Davis). “[A] terrific sense of humor tinged with existential mischief.” —L’Express

Author: Paul Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Queens
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: Marjorie Bowen
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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"Queen's Caprice" is a biographical novel about Mary, Queen of Scots. She is one of the most controversial figures in British history. The book reflects her life full of secrets, intrigues, love affairs, and tragedies. Because of the improper advances of Lord Moray, her bastard half-brother, she marries a naïve and infantile Henry Stewart, yet receives little support but a lot of court turbulence and a new love affair.

Author: Noel Bertram Gerson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: Paul Lewis (pseud.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: Paul Lewis (producteur).)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 307

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Author: Marjorie Bowen
Publisher: Fontana Press
ISBN: 9780006122050
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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Author: Jean Echenoz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781620970652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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France's pre-eminent fiction writer is frequently credited with a kind of literary magic, an ability to craft stories with such precision and detail that readers are caught off guard by the powerful currents of emotion and imagination that lie just beneath the surface of his writing. The Queen's Caprice - seven new stories presented in English for the first time - reveals Echenoz at the height of his talents. The author takes us on a journey across radically different places and landscapes, giving free rein to a terrific sense of humour tinged with existential mischief' (L'Express).'

Author: Noel B. Gerson
Publisher: Women Who Changed the Course o
ISBN: 9781800555051
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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An extraordinary biography of seventeenth-century Europe's most enigmatic woman - Queen Kristina of Sweden. Will appeal to readers of Veronica Buckley, Antonia Fraser, Linda Porter and Tracy Borman. Queen Kristina of Sweden was one of the greatest intellectuals of her time. Daughter of the adulated King Gustavus Adolphus, she was a patron of scholars and authors, scientists and artists, spoke numerous languages fluently, delighted in debating theological questions, and was responsible for the cultural and educational advancement of her nation. Yet the capricious Queen also had a talent for causing scandal and trouble, and took particular delight in shocking her subjects. However, it was her decision to renounce her throne, her country, and her faith that stunned a populace still recovering from the Thirty Years' War. Drawing on contemporary accounts, including Kristina's own Memoirs and the diary of her principal lady in waiting, Noel B. Gerson presents an intriguing biography of one of the most flamboyant and controversial figures of seventeenth-century Europe. "A highly entertaining biography of the Swedish Queen whose abdication, conversion to Catholicism, and Crivolous schemes made her the subject of incessant gossip for generations" - Kirkus Reviews

Author: Paul Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Queens
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Appraisal of the Swedish queen's public and private life.