Strange Deaths Of The Last Romantic

Author : Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578779145

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Strange Deaths of the Last Romantic by Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev Pdf

'The first time I committed suicide was when I was ten years old. There have been many more suicides since.'??Adam is cursed. He cannot die.But one man's burden is another man's blessing, and there are people who are out to harness Adam's special talents. However, Adam soon discovers that immortality comes at a cost; every time he dies, he loses a little bit of himself. So when Adam meets Lilyanne - his reason for living - he's forced to choose between life and love.

Author : Jim Williams
Publisher : Marble City Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781908943361

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The Strange Death of a Romantic by Jim Williams Pdf

A group of glamorous English socialites spend the summer of 1930 holidaying on the Italian Riviera where the poet Shelley died in a sailing accident in 1822. To pass the time, they tell amusing stories, much as Shelley, Byron and their friends had done a century earlier. For their theme they choose the death of Shelley and the stories progress towards a solution to the "murder mystery". Yet is that truly what the stories are about? Or, despite their witty surface, are they a code for dark and dangerous secrets hidden behind an urbane façade? Guy Parrot, a naive young doctor, finds himself falling in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Julia, the truth of whose past flickers between the lines of the stories, tantalising both Guy and the Reader. Guy discovers that truth, and its terrible reality leads to two murders and the destruction of his happiness and sanity. In 1945, in the aftermath of war, Guy returns to Italy with the army and is given an opportunity to re-examine the events of fifteen years before. This time will he understand what happened and finally redeem himself? The Strange Death of a Romantic offers the Reader romance, comedy, suspense, and an intriguing solution to a historical Whodunit - but without the inconvenience of a crime.

Author : Thomas B. Costain
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066372453

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The Last Love by Thomas B. Costain Pdf

Step into the world of historical fiction with 'The Last Love' by renowned author Thomas B. Costain. Delve into the untold story of Napoleon Bonaparte's final years, as he faces exile on the remote island of St. Helena. Amid the challenges of a rat-infested residence and a strict governor, a remarkable bond forms between Napoleon and Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, affectionately known as Betsy. Through Betsy's eyes, witness the complex layers of the infamous emperor's character, from his controversial reputation to his tender reflections on his childhood and family.

Author : Gregory Orr
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781324002369

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The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write: Poems by Gregory Orr Pdf

An eminent lyric poet at the top of his form writes indelibly of grief and love. In his twelfth volume, “master of the lyric poem” (Paris Review) Gregory Orr returns with a passionate exploration of the forces that shape us. Moving from personal trauma (“Song of What Happens”) to public catastrophe (“Charlottesville Elegy”), Orr seeks innovative ways for the imagination to respond to and create meaning out of painful experiences, while at the same time rejoicing in love and language. The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write engages the deepest existential issues with wisdom and humor and transforms them into celebratory song. FROM “AFTERMATH INVENTORY” My wounds? If, Somehow, I Grow through them, Aren’t they also a boon?

Author : Minty Tejpal
Publisher : Hachette India
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789350094723

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The Last Love Letter by Minty Tejpal Pdf

‘I am tired and confused. I am surrounded by darkness, and am groping for the right path. Only you can take me to the light, but unless you love me body, mind and soul, it won’t work. Only you, loving me totally and unconditionally – physically, mentally and emotionally – will provide the magic balm. I can understand if you are tired, but I need your help, support and love. I am full of negativity, frustration and bitterness. Only your love can wash away this muck. Every time we make love, my anger, fear and confusion melt away, a bit at a time. Every time you hug and kiss me I feel wanted and special again. You are the balm to my tortured soul. Nothing else – family, career, drugs, money, films, friends or golf – can help me the way you can. I am wired to you. My life is in your hands, but do you want to help me anymore?’ A visceral, honest, deeply moving cry from the heart of a man dogged by misfortune and deemed unworthy of love.

Author : Christopher M. Bundock
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442630703

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Romantic Prophecy and the Resistance to Historicism by Christopher M. Bundock Pdf

Romantic writers invoked prophecy throughout their work. However, the failure of prophecy to materialize didn't deter them. Why then do Romantic writers repeatedly invoke prophecy when it never works? The answer to this question is at the heart of Romantic Prophecy and the Resistance to Historicism. In this remarkably erudite work, Christopher Bundock argues that the repeated failure of prophecy in Romantic thought is creative and enables a renewable potential for expression across disciplines. By focusing on new readings of canonical Romantic authors as well as their more obscure works, Bundock makes a bold intervention into major concepts such as Romantic imagination, historicity, and mediation. Romantic Prophecy and the Resistance to Historicism glides across Kant's Swedenborgian dreams to Mary Shelley's Last Man and reveals how Romanticism reinvents history by turning prophecy inside out.

Author : Brady Carlson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393243949

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Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nations Leaders by Brady Carlson Pdf

"Entertaining…Carlson shifts deftly among sombre, macabre, and playful stories and shows how the death-tourism industry reveals more than amusing trivia." —The New Yorker In Dead Presidents, public radio host and reporter Brady Carlson takes readers on an epic trip to presidential gravesites, monuments, and memorials from sea to shining sea. With an engaging mix of history and contemporary reporting, Carlson explores the death stories of our greatest leaders, and shows that the ways we memorialize our presidents reveal as much about us as they do about the men themselves.

Author : Geoffrey Howse
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781781596616

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's West End by Geoffrey Howse Pdf

London's West End is associated with fashion and glamour but for centuries it has had a far darker side. Geoffrey Howse has uncovered an astonishing catalogue of sinister deeds, some of them famous but others long forgotten. Read about spying, treason, embezzlement, regicide, robbery, forgery, religious persecution, suicide, murder and mutilation; and 'witness' horrendous punishments such as drawing, hanging, disemboweling, quartering, castration, beheading and burning. Earlier cases include the execution of Scottish patriots (1305/6) and three monks who dared to question the supremacy of Henry VIII in 1535. Such events attracted great public attention, as did the extraordinary execution of Charles I in 1649 and, in 1820, the hanging and mutilation of the Cato Street Conspiritors. The foul murder of the famous actor William Terriss, by a madman, in 1897, is featured as are several notable cases from the twentieth century including the horrific wartime murders of Gordon Cummins, the strange disappearances of the socialist MP Victor Grayson and Lord Lucan, the Charing Cross Trunk Murder as well as the mysterious death of boxer Freddie Mills.

Author : John Richard Watson
Publisher : London ; New York : Longman
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015012927011

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English Poetry of the Romantic Period, 1789-1830 by John Richard Watson Pdf

On its first appearance English Poetry of the Romantic Period was widely praised as on of the best introductions to the subject. This edition includes updated material in the light of recent work in Romanticism and Romantic poetry. The book discusses the concerns that linked the Romantic poets, from their responses to the political and social upheavals around them to their interest in the poet's visionary and prophetic role. It includes helpful and authoritative discussions of figures such as Blake, Clare, Coleridge, Crabbe, Keats, Scott, Shelley and Wordsworth.

Author : Holly Jackson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780593379851

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As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson Pdf

THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES • The final book in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end, you'll never think of good girls the same way again... Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can’t help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears? Soon the threats escalate and Pip realizes that someone is following her in real life. When she starts to find connections between her stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, she wonders if maybe the wrong man is behind bars. Police refuse to act, so Pip has only one choice: find the suspect herself—or be the next victim. As the deadly game plays out, Pip discovers that everything in her small town is coming full circle . . .and if she doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears. . . And don't miss Holly Jackson's next thriller, Five Surive!

Author : Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547051688

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Romantic legends of Spain by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Pdf

"Romantic legends of Spain" by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer is a compilation of 21 historical romance stories. Gustavo was a Spanish Romanticist poet and writer (mostly short stories) of the 19th century, also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing. Today he is considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature and is considered by some as the most read writer after Miguel de Cervantes. His work approached the traditional poetry and themes in a modern way, and he is considered the founder of modern Spanish lyricism. Some of the notable recitals include: Master Pérez the organist -- The emerald eyes -- The golden bracelet -- The ray of moonshine -- The devil's cross -- Three dates -- The Christ of the skull -- The white doe, etc.

Author : T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066242336

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Strange Pages from Family Papers by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer Pdf

'Strange Pages from Family Papers' is a collection of supernatural and horror-themed folklores and legends that will chill you to the bone. While in this age of enlightenment, these tales may seem merely entertaining, in their time, they would have struck fear into the hearts of all who heard them.

Author : Jean-Pierre Pustienne
Publisher : Silverback Books
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 2752802056

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Ernest Hemingway by Jean-Pierre Pustienne Pdf

The 'icon' Ernest Hemingway analyzed under all his aspects, or better as the mythical 'Papa': the hunter and fisherman, the bullfight fan, the special correspondent, the globe-trotter, the drinker, the brave soldier, the volunteer, the lover.

Author : Julian Barnes
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307957337

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The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Pdf

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1949-07
Category : Manchester (England)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210966599

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The Manchester Guardian Weekly by Anonim Pdf