Author: RV Raman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9353570794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
An ageing and wheelchair-bound Bhaskar Fernandez has finally reclaimed his family property after a bitter legal battle, and now wants to reunite his aggrieved relatives. So, he invites them to his remote Greybrooke Manor in the misty Nilgiris - a mansion that has played host to several sudden deaths; a colonial edifice that stands alone in a valley that is said to be haunted by the ghost of an Englishman.But Bhaskar has other, more practical problems to deal with. He knows that his guests expect to gain by his death, and to safeguard himself against violence, he writes two conflicting wills. Which one of them comes into force will depend on how he dies.Into this tinderbox, he brings Harith Athreya, a seasoned investigator. When a landslide occurs, temporarily isolating them and resulting in a murder, Athreya finds that murder is not the only thing the mist conceals.
A Will to Kill
Author: RV Raman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9353570794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
An ageing and wheelchair-bound Bhaskar Fernandez has finally reclaimed his family property after a bitter legal battle, and now wants to reunite his aggrieved relatives. So, he invites them to his remote Greybrooke Manor in the misty Nilgiris - a mansion that has played host to several sudden deaths; a colonial edifice that stands alone in a valley that is said to be haunted by the ghost of an Englishman.But Bhaskar has other, more practical problems to deal with. He knows that his guests expect to gain by his death, and to safeguard himself against violence, he writes two conflicting wills. Which one of them comes into force will depend on how he dies.Into this tinderbox, he brings Harith Athreya, a seasoned investigator. When a landslide occurs, temporarily isolating them and resulting in a murder, Athreya finds that murder is not the only thing the mist conceals.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9353570794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
An ageing and wheelchair-bound Bhaskar Fernandez has finally reclaimed his family property after a bitter legal battle, and now wants to reunite his aggrieved relatives. So, he invites them to his remote Greybrooke Manor in the misty Nilgiris - a mansion that has played host to several sudden deaths; a colonial edifice that stands alone in a valley that is said to be haunted by the ghost of an Englishman.But Bhaskar has other, more practical problems to deal with. He knows that his guests expect to gain by his death, and to safeguard himself against violence, he writes two conflicting wills. Which one of them comes into force will depend on how he dies.Into this tinderbox, he brings Harith Athreya, a seasoned investigator. When a landslide occurs, temporarily isolating them and resulting in a murder, Athreya finds that murder is not the only thing the mist conceals.
Antar, a Bedoueen Romance. Translated from the Arabic, by Terrick Hamilton, Esq. ... Part the First. Vol. 1. [- 4.]
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Pages : 420
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Antar, a Bedoueen Romance
Author: 'Antarah ibn Shaddad (al- 'Absī.)
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Pages : 424
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Antar
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Pages : 410
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The Arabian Epic: Volume 3, Texts
Author: M. C. Lyons
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521017404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. The Arabian epic covers ten of the main representatives of this genre. Each of these has been developed through the processes of accretive oral story-telling by means of an accumulation of narrative and folklore motifs, many of which belong to what can be seen as a universal tradition. The work is published in three volumes. The first volume introduces the background and the dimensions in which the cycles are set, while the second volume analyses their contents and the literary formulae used in their construction, as well as listing analogues found in other literatures. The epitomes surveyed in the final volume provide non-Arabists with a more immediate insight into the contents of the cycles, drawing attention to their narrative colouring and texture.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521017404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. The Arabian epic covers ten of the main representatives of this genre. Each of these has been developed through the processes of accretive oral story-telling by means of an accumulation of narrative and folklore motifs, many of which belong to what can be seen as a universal tradition. The work is published in three volumes. The first volume introduces the background and the dimensions in which the cycles are set, while the second volume analyses their contents and the literary formulae used in their construction, as well as listing analogues found in other literatures. The epitomes surveyed in the final volume provide non-Arabists with a more immediate insight into the contents of the cycles, drawing attention to their narrative colouring and texture.
Sulayman : A Journey To Love and Truth
Author: Susan Gabori
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462890385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
It is 960 in Cordoba, the jewel of Andalusia, where Muslims, Catholics and Jews live in peace and mutual respect. Here, where learning is flourishing, Sulayman, passionate and idealistic, becomes a judge and embarks on a lifelong journey in search of truth. His search will not be easy. Unable to marry the woman he loves and devastated by a judgement that sends a friend to his death, Sulayman embraces Sufism and a path that will take him through many trials and ordeals, through an Andalusia where peace is crumbling and to Morocco and Cairo. In this richly imagined novel, Susan Gabori has created a vivid portrait of a world that is entirely unlike our own yet echoes with contemporary themes. In doing so, she raises timeless questions about the elusive nature of truth, love and redemption.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462890385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
It is 960 in Cordoba, the jewel of Andalusia, where Muslims, Catholics and Jews live in peace and mutual respect. Here, where learning is flourishing, Sulayman, passionate and idealistic, becomes a judge and embarks on a lifelong journey in search of truth. His search will not be easy. Unable to marry the woman he loves and devastated by a judgement that sends a friend to his death, Sulayman embraces Sufism and a path that will take him through many trials and ordeals, through an Andalusia where peace is crumbling and to Morocco and Cairo. In this richly imagined novel, Susan Gabori has created a vivid portrait of a world that is entirely unlike our own yet echoes with contemporary themes. In doing so, she raises timeless questions about the elusive nature of truth, love and redemption.
The Age of Justinian
Author: J. A. S. Evans
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134559763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The Age of Justinian examines the reign of the great emperor Justinian (527-565) and his wife Theodora, who advanced from the theatre to the throne. The origins of the irrevocable split between East and West, between the Byzantine and the Persian Empire are chronicled, which continue up to the present day. The book looks at the social structure of sixth century Byzantium, and the neighbours that surrounded the empire. It also deals with Justinian's wars, which restored Italy, Africa and a part of Spain to the empire.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134559763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The Age of Justinian examines the reign of the great emperor Justinian (527-565) and his wife Theodora, who advanced from the theatre to the throne. The origins of the irrevocable split between East and West, between the Byzantine and the Persian Empire are chronicled, which continue up to the present day. The book looks at the social structure of sixth century Byzantium, and the neighbours that surrounded the empire. It also deals with Justinian's wars, which restored Italy, Africa and a part of Spain to the empire.
Live Gold
Author: Robert Sheckley
Publisher: Bantam Books
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Category : Dain, Stephen (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Publisher: Bantam Books
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Category : Dain, Stephen (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Procopius of Caesarea: The Persian Wars
Author: Geoffrey Greatrex
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316730980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Procopius was the major historian of the reign of Justinian and one of the most important historians of Late Antiquity. This is the first stand-alone English translation of his work Persian Wars. It offers a new translation, which has at its basis one published fifty years ago by Averil Cameron. The Persian Wars, despite the title, is a wide-ranging work that reports the history and geography not only of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, but also of southern Arabia and Ethiopia, Iran and Central Asia, and Constantinople itself. This book is equipped with notes, maps and plans, an introduction, and a translation of a further Greek text, that of Nonnosus, which overlaps with Procopius'. It will be of benefit to specialists and the general reader alike.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316730980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Procopius was the major historian of the reign of Justinian and one of the most important historians of Late Antiquity. This is the first stand-alone English translation of his work Persian Wars. It offers a new translation, which has at its basis one published fifty years ago by Averil Cameron. The Persian Wars, despite the title, is a wide-ranging work that reports the history and geography not only of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, but also of southern Arabia and Ethiopia, Iran and Central Asia, and Constantinople itself. This book is equipped with notes, maps and plans, an introduction, and a translation of a further Greek text, that of Nonnosus, which overlaps with Procopius'. It will be of benefit to specialists and the general reader alike.
Antar, a Bedoueen Romance
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Pages : 802
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