Rally Round The Corpse

Author : Hy Conrad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Road rallies
ISBN : 0983735042

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Rally 'Round the Corpse by Hy Conrad Pdf

It's been two years since her fiancé's death. Amy Abel needs to start over. What better way for a shy, risk-averse woman to start than to sink all her savings into a travel agency specializing in adventure? Her first project is a mystery road rally through the European countryside. At the starting line in Monte Carlo, Amy finds herself attracted to Marcus Alvarez, the most mysterious of her two dozen game-loving clients. But the rally gets off to a rocky start when an eccentric writer, the only person who knows the game's solution, is himself murdered back in New York. Who would kill a harmless mystery geek, and why are weird accidents beginning to happen along the way? To her horror, Amy discovers that this fictional mystery was based on a real, unsolved case, one that Marcus knows too much about. Now she has no choice but to join forces with Fanny, her domineering mother, and solve this on her own, before the killer strikes again.

Author : Francis W. Newman
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783382131265

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The Iliad of Homer by Francis W. Newman Pdf

Author : Homer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89000906594

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The Iliad of Homer by Homer Pdf

Author : Homer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026232353

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The Iliad of Homer, Faithfully Translated Into Unrhymed English Metre. By F. W. Newman by Homer Pdf

Author : Antoine de Baecque
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136692086

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Glory and Terror by Antoine de Baecque Pdf

Glory and Terror is a vivid and often gory history of the darker side of the French Revolution. Through an examination of contemporary visual and literary representations of executions, funerals, processions and ceremonies it brings the often horrific events of the time to life. Honing in on seven real life cases, the author recounts and interprets: * the public autopsy performed on the corpse of Mirabeau * the exhumation and transportation of Voltaire's body to the Pantheon * the public torture, murder and subsequent mutilation of the Princesse de Lamballe * the agonizingly slow death of Robespierre. Anyone who enjoys dazzling cultural history in the vein of Robert Darnton, Carlo Ginzburg and Anthony Grafton will revel in this intelligent and original work.

Author : Barbara Kyle
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781617732065

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The Queen's Exiles by Barbara Kyle Pdf

1572. Europe is in turmoil. A vengeful faction of exiled English Catholics is scattered about the continent, plotting to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and install her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne. And in the Netherlands, the streets are red with the blood of those who dare to oppose the brutal Spanish occupation. But amid the unrest, one resourceful young woman has made a lucrative enterprise. . . Scottish-born Fenella Doorn salvages crippled vessels. It is on one of these ships that she meets wealthy Baron Adam Thornleigh. Secretly drawn to him, Fenella can't refuse when Adam enlists her to join him in war-torn Brussels to help find his traitorous wife, Frances--and the children she's taken from him. But Adam and Fenella will put their lives in peril as they attempt to rescue his young ones, defend the crown, and restore the peace that few can remember. With eloquent and enthralling finesse, Barbara Kyle illuminates one of history's grimmest chapters. The Queen's Exiles breathes new life into an extraordinary age where love and freedom could only be won with unmitigated courage. Praise for Blood Between Queens "Fact and fiction are expertly interwoven in this fast-paced saga. . .this story exudes authenticity." --Historical Novels Reviews "Gifts the reader with an intimate look into the minds and hearts of the royal and great of Elizabeth's England. Again, Barbara Kyle reigns!" –New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper "Masterful. . .Gaspworthy treachery and the poignant sweetness of a steadfast love make this a book of quickly and eagerly turned pages." --Sandra Byrd, bestselling author of Roses Have Thorns

Author : Nigel Tranter
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444768107

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Lord and Master by Nigel Tranter Pdf

Born of one of Scotland's noblest families, Patrick Gray was fascinating, irresistible, ambitious and ruthless. Involved in a daring plot to free the imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots, and immersed in the intrigues of Elizabeth I's Tudor court, he strode imperiously across the turbulent stage of European history, crushing those who resisted his legendary charm. The great events of the sixteenth century provide a colourful backdrop to this stirring tale of love, adventure and betrayal. 'Through his imaginative dialogue, he provides a voice for Scotland's heroes' Scotland on Sunday

Author : Barry Nurcombe
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527556843

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The Iliad of Homer, Books XIII-XXIV (Volume 2) by Barry Nurcombe Pdf

“The people took the bones, enwrapped them with Soft purple robes, and laid them down within A golden urn, to place it in a hollow Kist of stone, and cover it above With close-set rocks and earth to make a mound. ...When they had raised the mound Of earth above the grave, they went back to The city and assembled for a splendid Banquet in the hall of Príamos. Thus were the funeral rites completed for Illustrious Héktōr, the horsetamer.” When the humiliated Akhilleús withdrew from battle, the Akhaians were on the verge of being defeated by the Trojans. However, in this second volume, when Pátroklos, Akhilleús’ beloved comrade, dies in battle, Akhilleús is enraged. Dressed in a divine panoply, he returns to the fray, defeats the Trojans, and slays their champion Héktōr, desecrating the corpse of his opponent so outrageously that the Gods are outraged. They arrange for King Príamos to be escorted across the battle lines to Akhilleús’ abode. There, touched by the old man’s grief and courage, Akhilleús breaks down and achieves redemption by returning Héktōr’s corpse to Troy for honorable burial. The Iliad ends with Héktōr’s funeral rites. This volume ends with Notes for Books XIII-XXIV, and Glossaries describing the characters and the gods.

Author : William F. Axton
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813161884

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Circle of Fire by William F. Axton Pdf

This study explores the theater actually known and frequented by Dickens in order to show in terms of concrete structural analysis of his novels the nature of the predominantly "dramatic" or "theatrical" quality of his genius. Author William F. Axton finds that the three principal dramatic modes or "voices" that were characteristically Victorian were burlesquerie, grotesquerie, and the melodramatic, and that the novelist's vision of the world around him was drawn from ways of seeing transformed from those elements in the popular playhouse of his day -- as revealed in the structure and theme of Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and other novels. The last half of the study analyzes representative passages from the novels to illustrate the way in which the principal modes of nineteenth-century theatrical style are transmuted into the three important "voices" of the novelist's prose style. The first two voices -- the burlesque and the grotesque -- are identified by their exploitation of the stylistic features of farce, extravaganza, and harlequinade, of incongruous likeness and deliberate confusion between realms. The melodramatic voice, on the other hand, seeks to exploit in prose the musically rhythmic and poetic resources of the theater for the purpose of atmosphere, moral commentary, and structural unity.

Author : John Benignus Lyons
Publisher : Blackwater Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Authors, Irish
ISBN : UCAL:B3865743

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Oliver St. John Gogarty by John Benignus Lyons Pdf

Author : Lewis Wingfield
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732661879

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My Lords of Strogue by Lewis Wingfield Pdf

Reproduction of the original: My Lords of Strogue by Lewis Wingfield

Author : Lewis Wingfield
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040468287

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My Lords of Strogue. Volume 3 of 3 by Lewis Wingfield Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014708242

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Odd Fellows' Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Gear
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466886933

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This Scorched Earth by William Gear Pdf

This Scorched Earth is an amazing tour de force depicting a family’s journey from near-devastation in the Civil War to their rebirth in the American West, from New York Times bestselling author William Gear. The Civil War tore at the very roots of our nation and destroyed most of a generation. In rural Arkansas, the Hancocks were devastated by that war. They not only lost everything, but experienced an unimaginable hell. How does a traumatized human being put themselves back together? Where does a person begin to heal his or her broken mind...and does one choose damnation or redemption? For the Hancock siblings: Doc, Sarah, Butler, and Billy, the American frontier becomes a metaphor for the wilderness within—raw, and capable of being shaped. Self-salvation, however, always comes with a price. Their journey is a testament to the power of love...and the American spirit. This is their story. And ours. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Ireland
ISBN : NYPL:33433081684239

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The Irish Quarterly Review by Anonim Pdf