A Queen Of Men

Author : SJ Bennett
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063051164

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All the Queen's Men by SJ Bennett Pdf

“Sheer entertainment… Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose… This is not mere froth, it is pure confection.” — New York Times Book Review on The Windsor Knot Amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II is back in this hugely entertaining follow-up to the bestseller The Windsor Knot, in which Her Majesty must determine how a missing painting is connected to the shocking death of a staff member inside Buckingham Palace. At Buckingham Palace, the autumn of 2016 presages uncertain times. The Queen must deal with the fallout from the Brexit referendum, a new female prime minister, and a tumultuous election in the United States—yet these prove to be the least of her worries when a staff member is found dead beside the palace swimming pool. Is it truly the result of a tragic accident, as the police think, or is something more sinister going on? Meanwhile, her assistant private secretary, Rozie Oshodi, is on the trail of a favorite painting that once hung outside the Queen’s bedroom and appears to have been misappropriated by the Royal Navy. And a series of disturbing anonymous letters have begun circulating in the palace. The Queen’s courtiers think they have it all ‘under control’, but Her Majesty is not so sure. After all, though the staff and public may not be aware, she is the keenest sleuth among them. Sometimes, it takes a Queen’s eye to see connections where no one else can.

Author : Oliver Clements
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501154782

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The Queen's Men by Oliver Clements Pdf

"The Agents of the Crown returns with this riveting novel following the original MI6 agent as he is assigned a dangerous mission to recreate a weapon from antiquity. As she travels through Waltham Forest, Queen Elizabeth I is ambushed by masked gunmen who leave her carriage riddled with holes before disappearing into the night. The Queen's Private Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, is tasked with finding the perpetrators, about whom they know precious little. But someone alerted the gunman to the route of the Queen's carriage, and Walsingham knows that the assassins will not stop until she's dead. Only one man can top the plot, loyal friend John Dee.

Author : Linda Howard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471105265

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All The Queen's Men by Linda Howard Pdf

John Medina is a living legend with the CIA, a shadowy specialist in Black Ops, those operations that are never openly funded, and the details of which never see the light of day. Only few people inside the CIA know him on sight, while foreign governments offer bounties for him, dead or alive. Neima Burdock is a communications specialist for the CIA who retired from field work after the death of her husband, also an agent and under orders from John Medina. When Niema is needed in an arms deal operation headed by John she is extremely reluctant to take the job but her director convinces her. Niema and John enter the underground world of an international arms dealer and its many dangerous and glamorous intrigues. They discover a passion for each other, but will they survive the race to evade the people who are trying to kill them and transmit the documents they have managed to steal?

Author : Scott McMillin,Sally-Beth MacLean
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998-05-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521594278

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The Queen's Men and Their Plays by Scott McMillin,Sally-Beth MacLean Pdf

This is the first book devoted to the Queen's Men, one of the major acting companies of the age of Shakespeare. In describing the troupe's position in the general political situation and the London theatre scene of the 1580s, the authors break new ground by showing how Elizabethan theatre history can be refocused by concentrating on the company which produced the plays rather than on the authors who wrote them. The book combines a thorough examination of documentary evidence with textual and critical analysis, to provide a full account of the characteristics which gave the company its identity: its acting style, staging methods, touring patterns and repertoire. The conclusions will interest Elizabethan historians as well as students and scholars of early modern theatre.

Author : Evelyn Anthony
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:$B105673

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All the Queen's Men by Evelyn Anthony Pdf

Romance of Elizabeth I, through the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English sea dogs.

Author : SJ Bennett
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063050020

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The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett Pdf

“Sheer entertainment… Bennett infuses wit and an arch sensibility into her prose… This is not mere froth, it is pure confection.” – New York Times Book Review “[A] pitch-perfect murder mystery… If The Crown were crossed with Miss Marple…, the result would probably be something like this charming whodunnit.” – Ruth Ware, author of One by One The bestselling first book in a highly original and delightfully clever crime series in which Queen Elizabeth II secretly solves crimes while carrying out her royal duties. It is the early spring of 2016 and Queen Elizabeth is at Windsor Castle in advance of her 90th birthday celebrations. But the preparations are interrupted by the shocking and untimely death of a guest in one of the Castle bedrooms. The scene leads some to think the young Russian pianist strangled himself, yet a badly tied knot leads MI5 to suspect foul play. When they begin to question the Household’s most loyal servants, Her Majesty knows they’re looking in the wrong place. For the Queen has been living an extraordinary double life ever since her teenage years as “Lilibet.” Away from the public eye and unbeknownst to her closest friends and advisers, she has the most brilliant skill for solving crimes. With help from her Assistant Private Secretary, Rozie Oshodi, a British Nigerian officer recently appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery, the Queen discreetly begins making inquiries. As she carries out her royal duties with her usual aplomb, no one in the Royal Household, the government, or the public knows that the resolute Elizabeth won’t hesitate to use her keen eye, quick mind, and steady nerve to bring a murderer to justice. SJ Bennett captures Queen Elizabeth’s voice with skill, nuance, wit, and genuine charm in this imaginative and engaging mystery that portrays Her Majesty as she’s rarely seen: kind yet worldly, decisive, shrewd, and, most important, a superb judge of character.

Author : Oliver Clements
Publisher : Atria/Leopoldo & Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501154690

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The Eyes of the Queen by Oliver Clements Pdf

“[A] rollicking new historical thriller…taut, made-for-movie-theater tension and delicious, snickering-from-the-back-row wit.” —New York Times Book Review In this first novel of the exhilarating Agents of the Crown series, a man who will become the original MI6 agent protects England and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I from Spain’s nefarious plan to crush the Age of the Enlightenment. After centuries locked in an endless cycle of poverty, persecution, and barbarity, Europe has finally emerged into the Age of Enlightenment. Scientists, philosophers, scholars, and poets alike believe this to be a new era of reason and hope for all. But the forces of darkness haven’t completely dissipated, as Spain hunts and butchers any who dare to defy its ironclad Catholic orthodoxy. Only one nation can fight the black shadow that threatens this new age, and that is Britain, now ruled by a brilliant young Queen Elizabeth I. But although she may be brave and headstrong, Elizabeth knows she cannot win this war simply by force of arms. After her armies have been slashed in half, her treasury is on its knees. Elizabeth needs a new kind of weapon forged to fight a new kind of war, in which stealth and secrecy, not bloodshed, are the means. In this tense situation, Her Majesty’s Secret Service is born with the charismatic John Dee at its head. A scholar, a soldier, and an alchemist, Dee is loyal only to the truth and to his Queen. And for her, the woman he’s forbidden from loving, he is prepared to risk his life. A visceral and heart-pumping historical thriller, The Eyes of the Queen is perfect for fans of Ken Follett and Dan Brown.

Author : Dale Engelson Sessa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Man-woman relationships
ISBN : 1939447011

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And All the Queen's Men by Dale Engelson Sessa Pdf

AND ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN is a frank, poignant reading experience, an ambitious memoir that explores the psychological profile of a woman throughout her life with husbands, boyfriends and acquaintances. It is a story of promiscuity and forgiveness, of the secrets she keeps and the situations in which she finds herself over the course of five decades. Sessa speaks to the hearts and lives of women of all ages in conflict with a controlling father. She puts a face to women in relationships that have become scarred by sexual domination or verbal abuse or to those smothered by a soundless partner who refuses to communicate, all of which she has experienced and chosen to share in her debut book. For this author, there has always been the muddling chasm between anticipation and reality in all of her relationships. She falls in love serially with the prospect of a man rather than with the man himself, holding on for long stretches of time waiting for these men to fulfill her expectations. However, each liaison is more complicated than the one that came before. As the author writes, every step forward begins with a foot firmly planted in the past. She returns to her roots to investigate what went so terribly wrong.

Author : Gordon Donaldson
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011231845

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All the Queen's Men by Gordon Donaldson Pdf

Author : William Longgood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1988-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0393305287

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The Queen Must Die by William Longgood Pdf

An engaging collection of observations about honeybees and their activities.--Publishers Weekly.

Author : Rhea Watson
Publisher : All the Queen's Men
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 198926106X

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Reaper's Pack by Rhea Watson Pdf

One grim reaper. Three hellhounds who refuse to bow down to her. A monster hunting them in the shadows...Ten years ago, I was judged worthy of life after death and returned to the mortal realm as a grim reaper. Scythe in hand, I guide souls to deliverance-and it's time for a promotion.My new territory is triple the size of any I've worked before. High death rates mean one busy reaper, and the only way to keep up is with a pack of hellhounds. Faithful. Strong. Merciless. Hellhound shifters are a reaper's right hand in the field, shepherding and guarding souls until they can be reaped.We get our pick of the litter from the best breeders in Hell, but for some reason, I'm drawn to the pack no one wants.An alpha who refuses to yield.A beta who doesn't take me seriously.A runt who flinches at every command.I want them-even if they don't want me.Because the hunger in their eyes tells a different story. But the fact that they can't decide whether to love me or hate me, fight me or screw me, is making our situation way too complicated.Still, I refuse to give up. If this infuriatingly handsome trio can't be trained, if we don't pass the trials, they go back to a cage and a cruel demon master.Yeah. Not happening.Reapers and hellhounds are natural allies, and the sooner we secure our bond, the better, because as it turns out...All our lives depend on it.Reaper's Pack is a standalone why-choose paranormal romance and is part of the ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN series. Each book in the series is a full-length standalone featuring layered heroes and a headstrong heroine who never has to settle for just one happily-ever-after. The books can be read in any order and are part of the same supernatural universe.

Author : Brian Walsh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107629063

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Shakespeare, the Queen's Men, and the Elizabethan Performance of History by Brian Walsh Pdf

The Elizabethan history play was one of the most prevalent dramatic genres of the 1590s, and so was a major contribution to Elizabethan historical culture. The genre has been well served by critical studies that emphasize politics and ideology; however, there has been less interest in the way history is interrogated as an idea in these plays. Drawing in period-sensitive ways on the field of contemporary performance theory, this book looks at the Shakespearean history play from a fresh angle, by first analyzing the foundational work of the Queen's Men, the playing company that invented the popular history play. Through innovative readings of their plays including The Famous Victories of Henry V before moving on to Shakespeare's 1 Henry VI, Richard III, and Henry V, this book investigates how the Queen's Men's self-consciousness about performance helped to shape Shakespeare's dramatic and historical imagination.

Author : Guiy De Montfort
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0727807277

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All the Queen's Men - by Guiy De Montfort Pdf

Author : Neville Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1163794066

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All the Queen's Men by Neville Williams Pdf

Author : Brian Hoey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0586217339

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All Queens Men by Brian Hoey Pdf