Masquerade In London

Author : Modiphius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1912743531

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Vampire - The Masquerade - The Fall of London Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

London 2012. Mithras, god among vampires, returns from diablerie at the fangs of Montgomery Coven. The Heralds of the Sun awaken from torpor unable to remember who they are, but driven to seek five artifacts to restore their master to his full glory. The Second Inquisition rises to burn London's Kindred to ashes. The characters find themselves embroiled in history as it unfolds. Their actions might see a god return, or cast him down to the darkness from whence he came. London burns under Operation Antigen, one of the earliest and most devastating attacks of the Second Inquisition. All the while they slowly uncover the shards of their own identities. What legacy do they leave? The Fall of London includes: A sprawling chronicle covering 6 large chapters 6 different endings tailored to the coterie's choices 5 pregenerated characters as the Heralds of the Sun 6 new Loresheets, including one for secret diablerists Statistics for 7 venerable elders, including Mithras and Queen Anne A detailed description of London, to facilitate additional chronicles before the Fall An epilogue to use for chronicles set after the Fall Made in the UK.

Author : Emily L. Finch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1737737205

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Masquerade in London Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

London. 1861. Samantha Kingston has lived under the control of her overbearing uncle since the death of her parents six years ago. Trapped by the conventions of her gender and social class, she is desperate to find a way out. But when her aunt and uncle are murdered, the freedom she sought seems even further out of reach. A suspect in the crime, she finds herself on the run, unsure whom to trust, lost in the underworld she had only ever read about between the pages of a Dickens novel.V.T. Wyatt has defied his aristocratic upbringing to pursue a life as a private investigator. After an unusual first meeting, he hires Samantha to help him solve a rash of burglaries. Soon, a connection between the burglaries and the murders emerges, drawing Samantha and Wyatt even closer together as they race to solve both mysteries before Samantha becomes the next victim.

Author : Ruth Axtell
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441240736

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Moonlight Masquerade (London Encounters Book #1) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Lady Celine Wexham seems the model British subject. French by birth but enjoying life in 1813 as a widowed English countess, she is in the unique position of being able to help those in need--or to spy for the notorious Napoleon Bonaparte. When Rees Phillips of the British Foreign Office is sent to pose as the countess's butler and discover where her true loyalties lie, he is confident he will uncover the truth. But the longer he is in her fashionable townhouse in London's West End, the more his staunch loyalty to the Crown begins to waver as he falls under Lady Wexham's spell. Will he find the proof he needs? And if she is a spy after all, will he do the right thing? Ruth Axtell deftly creates a world where black and white burst into a confusion of colors and no one is who they seem. Readers will be hooked from the very first scene to the final page.

Author : Terry Castle
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0804714681

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Masquerade and Civilization Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Public masquerades were a popular and controversial form of urban entertainment in England for most of the eighteenth century. They were held regularly in London and attended by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people from all ranks of society who delighted in disguising themselves in fanciful costumes and masks and moving through crowds of strangers. The authors shows how the masquerade played a subversive role in the eighteenth-century imagination, and that it was persistently associated with the crossing of class and sexual boundaries, sexual freedom, the overthrow of decorum, and urban corruption. Authorities clearly saw it as a profound challenge to social order and persistently sought to suppress it. The book is in two parts. In the first, the author recreates the historical phenomenon of the English masquerade: the makeup of the crowds, the symbolic language of costume, and the various codes of verbal exchange, gesture, and sexual behavior. The second part analyzes contemporary literary representations of the masquerade, using novels by Richardson, Fielding, Burney, and Inchbald to show how the masquerade in fiction reflected the disruptive power it had in contemporary life. It also served as an indispensable plot-catalyst, generating the complications out of which the essential drama of the fiction emerged. An epilogue discusses the use of the masquerade as a literary device after the eighteenth century. The book contains some 40 illustrations.

Author : Joanna Taylor
Publisher : Piatkus Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0349407282

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Masquerade Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

A street-girl and a lord? London is poised for scandal . . . Lizzy Ward never meant to end up working the streets of Piccadilly. So when a mysterious nobleman pursues her, it seems her luck is changing. But Lord Hays wants feisty Lizzy for more than a night. He needs her to masquerade as his companion, wearing the sumptuous gowns and social mask of a true lady. With the stakes so high, love is out of the question. But as Lizzy navigates the fashion and faux-pas of the London elite, she finds her tough facade failing her. As the connection between her and Lord Hays grows, it's no longer certain who is wearing the mask . . . A love story of surpassing power and imagination, this is a stunning new British voice in historical romance, perfect for fans of Eloisa James, Julia Quinn, Stephanie Laurens and Georgette Heyer 'A fun and frothy, rags-to-riches Regency romance which is guaranteed to make hearts flutter and set pulses racing' Wigan Today 'Combining the fabulous settings of Regency London with a plot inspired by one of my favourite films (Pretty Woman), Joanna takes us on a whirlwind romantic adventure that had me captivated' One More Page 'A thrilling book with a cute love story that will have you swooning over handsome lords' Miss Bookworm Reviews 'An awesome read for Regency Romance lovers . . . I completely loved this book' Maureen's Books

Author : Efrat Tseëlon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134530700

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Masquerade and Identities Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Masquerade, both literal and metaphorical, is now a central concept on many disciplines. This timely volume explores and revisits the role of disguise in constructing, expressing and representing marginalised identities, and in undermining easy distinctions between 'true' identity and artifice. The book is interdisciplinary in approach, spanning a diverse range of cultures and narrative voices. It provides provocative and nuanced ways of thinking about masquerade as a tool for construction, and a tool for critique. The essays interrogate such themes as: *mask and carnival *fetish fashion *stigma of illegitimacy *femininity as masquerade *lesbian masks *cross-dressing in Jewish folk theatre *the mask in seventeenth and eighteenth century London and nineteenth century France *the voice as mask.

Author : Kate Mulvany,Kit Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06
Category : Australian drama
ISBN : 1925005844

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Masquerade Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In a wondrous world of riddles and hidden treasure, bumbling Jack Hare is on a race against time to deliver a message of love from the Moon to the Sun. Far, far away in a world just like ours, a mother cheers her son Joe with the tale of Jack Hare's adventure. But when Jack's mission goes topsy-turvy, Joe and his mum must come to the rescue, and the line between the two worlds becomes blurred forever. Bringing to life Kit Williams' iconic picture book, Masquerade stars a talking fish, a tone-deaf barbershop quartet, a gassy pig, a precious jewel and a few mere mortals. It's a magical adventure that is, at its heart, about the love between a parent and a child.

Author : Deborah Bell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476618043

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Masquerade Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In its conventional meaning, masquerade refers to a festive gathering of people wearing masks and elegant costumes. But traditional forms of masquerade have evolved over the past century to include the representation of alternate identities in the media and venues of popular culture, including television, film, the internet, theater, museums, sports arenas, popular magazines and a range of community celebrations, reenactments and conventions. This collection of fresh essays examines the art and function of masquerade from a broad range of perspectives. From African slave masquerade in New World iconography, to the familiar Guy Fawkes masks of the Occupy Wall Street movement, to the branded identities created by celebrities like Madonna, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, the essays show how masquerade permeates modern life.

Author : Philip F. Kennedy,Marina Warner
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781479840311

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Scheherazade's Children Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Scheherazade’s Children gathers together leading scholars to explore the reverberations of the tales of the Arabian Nights across a startlingly wide and transnational range of cultural endeavors. The contributors, drawn from a wide array of disciplines, extend their inquiries into the book’s metamorphoses on stage and screen as well as in literature—from India to Japan, from Sanskrit mythology to British pantomime, from Baroque opera to puppet shows. Their highly original research illuminates little-known manifestations of the Nights, and provides unexpected contexts for understanding the book’s complex history. Polemical issues are thereby given unprecedented and enlightening interpretations. Organized under the rubrics of Translating, Engaging, and Staging, these essays view the Nights corpus as a uniquely accretive cultural bundle that absorbs the works upon which it has exerted influence. In this view, the Arabian Nights is a dynamic, living and breathing cross-cultural phenomenon that has left its mark on fields as disparate as the European novel and early Indian cinema. While scholarly, the writers’ approach is also lively and entertaining, and the book is richly illustrated with unusual materials to deliver a sparkling and highly original exploration of the Arabian Nights’ radiating influence on world literature, performance, and culture.

Author : Terry Castle Professor of English Stanford University
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995-03-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198024279

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The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

A collection of the author's essays on the history and development of female identity from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. Throughout the book are woven themes which are constant in Castle's work: fantasy, hallucination, travesty, transgression and sexual ambiguity.

Author : JUBILEE MASQUERADE BALLS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1750
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019895989

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Jubilee masquerade balls, at Ranelagh Gardens, a bad return for the merciful deliverance from the late earthquakes. Containing, I. The presentment of the Grand Jury of Middlesex, against ridottoes, etc Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Author : Caroline Eck,Caroline van Eck,James McAllister,Renée van de Vall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995-05-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521473411

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The Question of Style in Philosophy and the Arts Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Essays examining the historical transition in our perception of the arts and philosophy.

Author : Amanda Carmack
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698196599

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Murder at the Queen's Masquerade Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Queen Elizabeth’s chief musician Kate Haywood must unmask a thief and murderer in this Elizabethan Mystery Novella from the author of Murder at Westminster Abbey… 1560. Whispered speculations drift through the shadows of Windsor Castle. Who are the Queen’s suitors? Who is her heir? To distract her political enemies from gossip, Queen Elizabeth stages a masquerade ball… Tasked with organizing the lavish preparations, Kate, the Queen’s musician, is overjoyed when her dearest friend, Lady Violet, arrives at court, eager and willing to help. Accompanied by her demanding mother-in-law, Violet welcomes any opportunity that will rescue her from the attentions of her husband’s mother. But just days before the masquerade, one of the Queen’s guards is found dead in front of the chamber that holds her most precious jewels. With no sign of foul play, the court believes the man perished from natural causes, but Kate suspects otherwise. And when Her Majesty’s pearl pendant necklace, an heirloom from her mother, Anne Boleyn, disappears on the night of the ball, Kate must once again play sleuth to uncover the culprit’s identity among the aristocratic masked merrymakers… “Amanda Carmack’s talent for creating a richly drawn setting, populating it with fully realized characters, and giving them a tight and engaging narrative is unparalleled.”—New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander INCLUDES A PREVIEW OF MURDER AT WHITEHALL

Author : Ruth Axtell
Publisher : Revell
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441212917

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A Heart's Rebellion (London Encounters Book #2) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Dutiful Jessamine Barry is tired of waiting patiently for a man to decide her future. So even though Lancelot Marfleet, second son of an aristocrat, is taking an interest in her during the London season, she refuses to consider him as a suitor. Instead, she's ready to take fashionable society by storm--and finds a rakish young man all too willing to help her do it. When things go too far, Jessamine will learn that the man who is faithful through thick and thin is more worthy than the one who speaks pretty words. But will her disgrace keep Lance from reconsidering her as a wife? And when tragedy strikes and Lance becomes his father's heir and a titled gentleman, will he think she only wants him now because of his title? Fans old and new will love this lush Regency London story of discovering one's true self and finding one's true love.

Author : Estelle Paranque
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030223441

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Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This collection examines the afterlives of early modern English and French rulers. Spanning five centuries of cultural memory, the volume offers case studies of how kings and queens were remembered, represented, and reincarnated in a wide range of sources, from contemporary pageants, plays, and visual art to twenty-first-century television, and from premodern fiction to manga and romance novels. With essays on well-known figures such as Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette as well as lesser-known monarchs such as Francis II of France and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Remembering Queens and Kings of Early Modern England and France brings together reflections on how rulers live on in collective memory.