Sons Of The Rumour

Author : David Foster
Publisher : Picador Australia
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781741987690

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Sons of the Rumour by David Foster Pdf

Sons of the Rumour is nothing short of a dazzling and genre-defying work of genius. Foster retells the tale of the legendary eighth-century King Shahrban of Persia who, furious at his wife's infidelity, has decided to marry and then behead a fresh virgin every day. But then the king meets Scheherazade, a beauty of such wiles and storytelling gifts she manages to entertain the him for 1001 nights, staving off death for both herself and her countrywomen. In the process, she also bears him three sons, wisely educates him in morality and kindness, and eventually convinces him to take her as his lawful wife. Intersecting with the historical tale is the story of Al Morrisey - a middle-aged, Anglo-Irish, former jazz-drumming everyman, on the run from a failed marriage, and cursed with Freudian daydreams of his mother and peculiar nightmares of all things Persian - as he vainly attempts to reconcile the past with the present and reclaim some of his youthful vigour. Ingeniously manipulating the frame tale of the Arabian Nights, and utilising all his narrative gifts of adventurous satire, David Foster has produced a work of fiction like no other. Sprawling, ambitious, explicit but frequently hilarious, Sons of the Rumour is a modern masterpiece, an utterly original novel by one of Australia's greatest living writers, a man who the Sydney Morning Herald critic Andrew Riemer has called Patrick White's worthy successor.

Author : Robert Bernard
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571287857

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Enter Rumour by Robert Bernard Pdf

The common perception of Britain's Victorian era as one of strict and strait-laced conformity has long been subject to rebuttal, and Robert Bernard Martin's Enter Rumour (1962) was an early and distinguished endeavour in this line. Herein Martin weighs the evidence of four scandalous incidents that aroused great public interest during the first dozen years of Victoria's reign, each of them emanating from 'what the Victorians might have called the higher orders of society.' Martin recounts the sorry tale of Lady Flora Hastings, victim of Court gossip; Lord Eglinton, who tried and failed to revive the medieval tournament; the strange case of the St Cross Hospital Charity; and George Hudson, 'Railway King', whose rise and fall remains a story for our times. Martin examines sources expertly and further explores how three of these scandals were transformed into fiction - by none less than Dickens, Disraeli and Trollope.

Author : Grace A. Musila
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781847011275

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A Death Retold in Truth and Rumour by Grace A. Musila Pdf

Re-examines this unresolved murder in Kenya and the underlying role of rumour, the media and inter-state relations on how the death has been reported and investigated.

Author : Nathan Klaus
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567403575

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Pivot Patterns in the Former Prophets by Nathan Klaus Pdf

The 'pivot pattern' is a unique type of chiasmus, a linguistic pattern characterized by an inversion of the internal order of a phrase or passage. The main idea is found primarily at its pivot, while its elements, normally of an uneven number, are distributed on both sides of the pivot in a mirrored symmetry. Klaus undertakes here to compile a 'grammar' of the pattern, and to characterize, exemplify and differentiate its various forms.

Author : Dahn Batchelor
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483652818

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His Revenge Was Sweeter Than Honey by Dahn Batchelor Pdf

This book of short stories has 20 stories in it and each story is vastly different than the others. Some of the stories refer to actual events that have occurred in history with fi ctional characters in the stories. Other stories raise moral issues and others still are adventure and mystery stories. Many of them have incredibly interesting endings that will tantalize the reader.

Author : William Platt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1138 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600056573

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Mothers and sons by William Platt Pdf

Author : William PLATT (Novelist.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000657208

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Mothers and Sons; a Story of Real Life by William PLATT (Novelist.) Pdf

Author : Lindsay Porter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319569673

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Popular Rumour in Revolutionary Paris, 1792-1794 by Lindsay Porter Pdf

This book examines the impact of rumour during the French Revolution, offering a new approach to understanding the experiences of those who lived through it. Focusing on Paris during the most radical years of the Jacobin republic, it argues that popular rumour helped to shape perceptions of the Revolution and provided communities with a framework with which to interpret an unstable world. Lindsay Porter explores the role of rumour as a phenomenon in itself, investigating the way in which the informal authority of the ‘word on the street’ was subject to a range of historical and contemporary prejudices. Drawing its conclusions from police reports and other archival sources, this study examines the potential of rumour both to unite and to divide communities, as rumour and hearsay began to play an important role in defining and judging personal commitment to the Revolution and what it meant to be a citizen.

Author : Robert Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Bible
ISBN : OXFORD:590515231

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The Sunday School Teacher's Bible Manual by Robert Hunter Pdf

Author : Matthew George Easton
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 1243 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783849621865

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The Ultimate Bible Dictionary (Annotated Edition) by Matthew George Easton Pdf

'The Ultimate Bible Dictionary' is based on 'The Illustrated Bible Dictionary' by Matthew George Easton, M.A., D.D. (1823-1894), which was originally published in 1897. It contains nearly 4,000 entries relating to the Bible, from a 19th century Christian viewpoint. 'The Ultimate Bible Dictionary' does not only provide all of these dictionary entries and consequently an encyclopedia and who-was-who of the Bible. We also offer a very extensive table-of-contents that makes every single entry available at a click. We are not providing a basic TOC with first-letter-browsing only, this is structured down to the very entry. Also this edition provides a detailed annotation regarding the history of the Bible with almost 6000 words. This annotation shows not only the beginning of the scriptures, but also the changes they took through the centuries. If you want ease-of-use, a plethora of knowledge and a good price - this is your edition of the Bible Dictionary.

Author : Fergus Ferguson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Prodigal son (Parable)
ISBN : NLS:V000576316

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The Parable of the Prodigal Son by Fergus Ferguson Pdf

Author : Fergus FERGUSON (Minister of Montrose Street E.U. Church, Glasgow.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023203927

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The Parable of the Prodigal Son. A Homiletic Exposition by Fergus FERGUSON (Minister of Montrose Street E.U. Church, Glasgow.) Pdf

Author : Dr. Anthony Corbet
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781491746332

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Edward IV, England's Forgotten Warrior King by Dr. Anthony Corbet Pdf

As the 100 Years War ground to its dismal end, England groaned under the misrule of Henry VI and his Lancastrian favorites. The House of York rose in rebellion; and Parliament restored York in the line of inheritance to the throne. Edward, Earl of March, triumphed at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross; Parliament asked him to be King and the people proclaimed him Edward IV. His life and legacy are chronicled in Edward IV, England's Forgotten Warrior King. For ten years, Edward struggled against repeated Lancastrian rebellions. He was driven from his kingdom by Richard, Earl of Warwick, but then he won decisive victories at the Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury in 1471. For another twelve years, he reigned wisely with peace and prosperity, as a beloved King; but then he died at age forty one and his twelve-year-old son was proclaimed Edward V. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, seized the throne and put young Edward and his brother in the Tower of London, from where they never emerged alive. Richard III was a good King and wanted to be respected, but the people believed he had murdered the Princes in the Tower, and would not forgive him. Queen Elizabeth and Margaret Beaufort plotted with Henry Tudor, who invaded England in 1485. Henry Tudor then defeated and killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Henry Tudor (Henry VII) was crowned King and married Edward IV's daughter Elizabeth; the resultant Tudor dynasty would rule England for another 118 years.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literature, Modern
ISBN : IND:30000147141356

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Westerly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mandell Creighton,Justin Winsor,Samuel Rawson Gardiner,Reginald Lane Poole,Sir John Goronwy Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : HARVARD:32044057445355

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The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton,Justin Winsor,Samuel Rawson Gardiner,Reginald Lane Poole,Sir John Goronwy Edwards Pdf