Counterfeit Madam

Author : Pat McIntosh
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849018678

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The Counterfeit Madam by Pat McIntosh Pdf

Gil Cunningham had hoped that the first time he set foot in the brothel on the Drygate it would also be his last, but by the time all was settled he felt quite at home within its artfully painted chambers. The bawdy house, along with the neighbouring property and two more in Strathblane, are all part of a deal offered to Gil and his wife Alys by the forceful Dame Isabella. Her proposal also involves Gil's young ward, and matters are further confused by an outbreak of counterfeit coins in Glasgow, which Gil has been ordered to investigate. Then Dame Isabella is found dead in strange circumstances, and the more Gil pursues the cause of her death, the more false coins he finds. And then the bawd-mistress, the enigmatic Madam Xanthe, gets involved and rumours circulate that the Devil is abroad in Strathblane. By the time Gil and Alys have untangled matters, some very surprising - and sinister - thing have come to light... Praise for Pat McIntosh's Gil Cunnigham series: 'McIntosh's characterisations and period detail are first rate' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'The next Cunningham adventure is to be welcomed' - Historical Novels Review ''Will do for Glasgow in the fifteenth century what Ellis Peters and her Brother Cadfael did for Shrewsbury in the twelfth' - Mystery Readers Journal

Author : Walter Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1811
Category : English drama
ISBN : NYPL:33433074907845

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The Modern British Drama: Comedies by Walter Scott Pdf

Author : William Congreve
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1695
Category : English drama
ISBN : BL:A0023760902

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Love for Love by William Congreve Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1811
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10862386

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The Modern British Drama by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : English drama
ISBN : HARVARD:HWJNVI

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The British Drama by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Dibdin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1816
Category : English drama
ISBN : PRNC:32101074940873

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The London Theatre: She would and she would not; Love for Love; Mahomet, the imposter; Citizen by Thomas Dibdin Pdf

Author : James Pocock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z171834202

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Hit Or Miss! A Musical Farce in Two Acts by James Pocock Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : English drama
ISBN : PSU:000006530044

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The British Drama: Tragedies: Alexander the Great, by Nathaniel Lee. All for love by Mr. Dryden. Alzira, by Aaron Hill. The distressed mother, tr. by Ambrose Philips, from the "Andromaque" of Racine. The Earl of Essex, by Mr. Henry Jones. Mahomet [adapted from the French of Voltaire] by the Rev. Mr. Miller. The orphan of China, by Arthur Murphy. Pizarro from the German of Kotzebue [by R. B. Sheridan] The Roman father, altered from Mr. W. Whitehead. The siege of Damascus, by John Hughes. Tamerlane, by Nicholas Rowe. Ximena, by Colley Cibber. Zara, by Aaron Hill by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sir William Killigrew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1666
Category : English drama
ISBN : ONB:+Z17817640X

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Four New Playes, Viz: The Seege of Urbin ; Selindra ; Love and Friendship ; Pandora by Sir William Killigrew Pdf

Author : William Congreve
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1751
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z165566500

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“The” Dramatic Works by William Congreve Pdf

Author : William Congreve
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141938080

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The Way of the World and Other Plays by William Congreve Pdf

With piercing accuracy William ongreve depicted the shallow, brittle world of 'society' where the right artifice in manners, fashion and conversation--and money--eased the passage to success. Through sparkling, witty dialogue and brilliant characterisation--Lady Plyant, Valentine, Lady Touchwood, Mirabell and Millamant--Congreve exposed the follies and vanities of that world, and suggested that behind the glinting mirror lay something more brutal. 'The language is everywhere that of Men of Honour, but their Actions are those of Knaves; a proof that he was perfectly well acquainted with human Nature, and frequented what we call polite company.' --Voltaire 'Congreve quitted the stage in disdain, and comedy left it with him.' --A contemporary

Author : William Congreve
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1735
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023812650

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Plays ... In two volumes. (vol. 1. Containing, The Old Batchelor, the Double Dealer; comedies-vol. 2. Containing, Love for Love. A comedy. The Mourning Bride. A tragedy. The Way of the World. A comedy.). by William Congreve Pdf

Author : William Congreve
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1775
Category : English drama (Tragedy)
ISBN : PRNC:32101037603865

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Plays by William Congreve Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : English drama
ISBN : UOM:39015006980448

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Cumberland's British Theatre by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donald McKenzie
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191518201

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The Works of William Congreve by Donald McKenzie Pdf

The late D. F. McKenzie worked on this comprehensive edition of the works of the playwright, poet, librettist, and novelist William Congreve for more than twenty years, until his sudden death in 1999. This was a task he had taken over from Herbert Davis, to whom this edition is dedicated. During that time McKenzie uncovered new verse and letters, collated Congreve's texts, recorded their complicated textual history, constructed appendices that shed light on the dramatic context in which Congreve worked, and examined how his contemporaries received Congreve's work. More importantly, McKenzie has convincingly re-evaluated Congreve's works and life to transform our image of the man and his reputation. McKenzie here follows the editorial practice suggested in two early editions of the Works published by Congreve's friend, the bookseller Jacob Tonson, in 1710 and 1719. These three volumes follow a plan similar to that in the Tonson edition, with The Old Batchelor, The Double-Dealer, and Love for Love collected in the first, a central volume with The Way of the World, and a final volume with Congreve's novel Incognita, some of his prose works, letters, and later verse. In each case, Congreve's work is left to speak for itself, unencumbered by intrusive notes, textual apparatus, or collations, which are gathered instead near the end of each volume. This edition will be an invaluable resource for scholars for many years to come. It is a monument to McKenzie's own scholarship as well as to the integrity of William Congreve.