Publishers' circular and booksellers' record

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Pages : 484

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Publishers' circular and booksellers' record

Publishers' circular and booksellers' record PDF Author:
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Pages : 484

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The Book of the Courtier

The Book of the Courtier PDF Author: conte Baldassarre Castiglione
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Category : Courtesy
Languages : en
Pages : 526

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The Spectator

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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1240

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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.

Kushiel's Dart

Kushiel's Dart PDF Author: Jacqueline Carey
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429910909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 930

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The lush epic fantasy that inspired a generation with a single precept: Love As Thou Wilt The first book in the Kushiel's Legacy series is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. A world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, deposed rulers and a besieged Queen, a warrior-priest, the Prince of Travelers, barbarian warlords, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess...all seen through the unflinching eyes of an unforgettable heroine. A nation born of angels, vast and intricate and surrounded by danger... a woman born to servitude, unknowingly given access to the secrets of the realm... Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phédre nó Delaunay is sold into indentured servitude as a child. When her bond is purchased by an enigmatic nobleman, she is trained in history, theology, politics, foreign languages, the arts of pleasure. And above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Exquisite courtesan, talented spy...and unlikely heroine. But when Phédre stumbles upon a plot that threatens her homeland, Terre d'Ange, she has no choice. Betrayed into captivity in the barbarous northland of Skaldia and accompanied only by a disdainful young warrior-priest, Phédre makes a harrowing escape and an even more harrowing journey to return to her people and deliver a warning of the impending invasion. And that proves only the first step in a quest that will take her to the edge of despair and beyond. Phédre nó Delaunay is the woman who holds the keys to her realm's deadly secrets, and whose courage will decide the very future of her world. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature, and Booksellers' Record

Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature, and Booksellers' Record PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Paperbound Books in Print

Paperbound Books in Print PDF Author:
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Category : Paperbacks
Languages : en
Pages : 1606

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British Books

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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 812

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The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant Mystery)

The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant Mystery) PDF Author: Josephine Tey
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Alan Grant, Scotland Yard Inspector is feeling bored while confined to bed in hospital with a broken leg. Marta Hallard, an actress friend of his, suggests that he should amuse himself by researching a historical mystery. She brings him some pictures of historical characters, aware of Grant's interest in human faces. He becomes intrigued by a portrait of King Richard III. He prides himself on being able to read a person's character from his appearance, and King Richard seems to him a gentle, kind and wise man. Why is everyone so sure that he was a cruel murderer? With the help of other friends and acquaintances, Grant investigates Richard's life and the case of the Princes in the Tower, testing out his theories on the doctors and nurses who attend to him. Grant spends weeks pondering historical information and documents with the help of Brent Carradine, a likable young American researcher working in the British Museum. Using his detective's logic, he tries to come to the conclusion whether the claim of Richard being a murderer is a fabrication of Tudor propaganda, or was he really a monstrous hunchback. The Daughter of Time was voted greatest mystery novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990.

The Athenaeum

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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 858

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Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter

Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter PDF Author: Simon Brett
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN: 1937384608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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A duke’s halfwit son and brainy daughter search for a kidnapped princess and a dangerous killer in this hilarious historical mystery series debut. It’s that glorious period between the two World Wars, and the exiled king of Mitteleuropa is celebrating with a visit to Tawcester Towers, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Tawcester. When the ex-king’s daughter is kidnapped, noblesse obliges Blotto, the Duke’s brave and handsome son, to drive off to the rescue. Sadly, he is rather staggeringly stupid—with a nickname like “Blotto,” what could one expect?—but his sister, Twinks, got all the family brains, and she is inclined to be helpful. And in more good news for the purloined princess, Blotto’s devoted valet is coming along for the ride. Plus, they’ve got a really swell car. First in a new series by a master of the comic mystery, Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter is a deliriously funny parody of the Golden Age of mystery. “Brett’s latest is a complete wow. . . . Brett re-creates the aristocratic world of Wodehouse and Dorothy Sayers piece by piece. . . . A breakneck plot in the Restoration comedy mold, absolutely bullet-riddled with Wodehouseian wit. Brett’s best yet.” —Booklist, starred review “Zany. . . . Brett puts a hilarious spin on the traditional British mystery.” —Publishers Weekly