The Holywell Dead

Author : Chris Nickson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750986038

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The Holywell Dead by Chris Nickson Pdf

1364: The plague has returned and fear fills the air as the pestilence claims its first victims in Chesterfield. When the local priest vanishes, John the Carpenter believes the man is simply scared – until he discovers a body left in an empty house. Charged with finding the murderer by the coroner, John must dig deep into the past to discover who in the present has enough hatred to kill. But as the roll of the dead grows longer, can he keep his family safe from malign forces outside of his control? The third title in a gripping series following the best-selling titles The Crooked Spire and The Saltergate Psalter.

Author : C. S. Harris
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698167902

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Where the Dead Lie by C. S. Harris Pdf

“The entire series is simply elegant.”—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author In this historical mystery from the national bestselling author of Who Slays the Wicked, the abduction and murder of a young boy takes Sebastian St. Cyr from the gritty streets of London to the glittering pleasure haunts of the aristocracy... London, 1813. One of the city's many homeless children, Benji Thatcher was abducted and murdered—and his younger sister is still missing. Few in authority care about a street urchin's fate, but Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, refuses to let this killer go unpunished. Uncovering a disturbing pattern of missing children, Sebastian is drawn into a shadowy, sadistic world. As he follows a grim trail that leads from the writings of the debauched Marquis de Sade to the city's most notorious brothels, he comes to a horrifying realization: Someone from society's upper echelon is preying upon the city's most vulnerable. And though dark, powerful forces are moving against him, Sebastian will risk his reputation and his life to keep more innocents from harm...

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Bills, Legislative
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106499965

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Parliamentary Papers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555096040

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Reports from Commissioners by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Pdf

Author : Chris Nickson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750985161

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The Year of the Gun by Chris Nickson Pdf

1944: Twenty years after WPC Lottie Armstrong was dismissed from the Leeds police force, she's back, now a member of the Women's Auxiliary Police Corps. Detective Chief Superintendent McMillan is now head of CID, trying to keep order with a depleted force as many of the male officers have enlisted. This hasn't stopped the criminals, however, and as the Second World War rages around them, can they stop a blackout killer with a taste for murder?

Author : Chris Nickson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750995474

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The Anchoress of Chesterfield by Chris Nickson Pdf

John the Carpenter has been happy to leave the investigation of death behind. For six years now he's been content to work with wood. His life looks prosperous, but times are growing desperate. Then the coroner summons him to look at the mysterious death of an anchoress, a religious woman who lived in confined solitude. She's been murdered. Her father is an important local landowner, a man of influence with the crown. He's distraught, and the money he offers John to find the killer can solve his problems and leave his family comfortable for life. But the path to the truth leads John to the heart of the rich, and back into history, to places where he's not welcome and in danger for his own life. Can he find the killer? And what will happen if he doesn't?

Author : Rachel Koopmans
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780812206999

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Wonderful to Relate by Rachel Koopmans Pdf

While the late Anglo-Saxons rarely recorded saints' posthumous miracles, a shift occurred as monastic writers of the late eleventh and twelfth centuries started to preserve hundreds of the stories they had heard of healings, acts of vengeance, resurrections, recoveries, and other miraculous deeds effected by their local saints. Indeed, Rachel Koopmans contends, the miracle collection quickly became a defining genre of high medieval English monastic culture. Koopmans surveys more than seventy-five collections and offers a new model for understanding how miracle stories were generated, circulated, and replicated. She argues that orally exchanged narratives carried far more propagandistic power than those preserved in manuscripts; stresses the literary and memorial roles of miracle collecting; and traces changes in form and content as the focus of the collectors shifted from the stories told by religious colleagues to those told by lay visitors to their churches. Wonderful to Relate highlights the importance of the two massive collections written by Benedict of Peterborough and William of Canterbury in the wake of the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170. Koopmans provides the first in-depth examination of the creation and influence of the Becket compilations, often deemed the greatest of all medieval miracle collections. In a final section, she ponders the decline of miracle collecting in the thirteenth century, which occurred with the advent of formalized canonization procedures and theological means of engaging with the miraculous.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Wales
ISBN : HARVARD:32044094421138

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Bye-gones by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1636 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1806
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:C2552065

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The London Gazette by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Wales
ISBN : NYPL:33433071384824

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Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sally Green
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780425290231

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The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green Pdf

Unforgiveable betrayals, devious motives, and forbidden love collide in the first installment of internationally bestselling author Sally Green's epic new fantasy series, perfect for Game of Thrones fans. In a land tinged with magic and a bustling trade in an illicit supernatural substance, destiny will intertwine the fates of five players: A visionary princess determined to forge her own path. An idealistic solider whose heart is at odds with his duty. A streetwise hunter tracking the most dangerous prey. A charming thief with a powerful hidden identity. A loyal servant on a quest to avenge his kingdom. Their lives intersect with a stolen bottle of demon smoke. As war approaches, they must navigate a tangled web of political intrigue, shifting alliances, and forbidden love in order to uncover the dangerous truth about the strangely powerful smoke that interwines their fates.

Author : Sally Green
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780425290262

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The Demon World by Sally Green Pdf

The epic, magical saga of royalty, romance, and violence continues. A princess. A soldier. A servant. A demon hunter. A thief. When we last saw them, this unlikely group was heading into the Northern Territory of the kingdom of Pitoria, on the run from the sadistic and power-hungry King Aloysius of Brigant. The Smoke Thieves have discovered that demon smoke is not only an illegal drug used for pleasure, but in fact, when taken by children, demon smoke briefly gives its users super-human strength. Aloysius' plan is simple and brutal: kill the demons for their smoke, and use that smoke to build an unstoppable army of children to take over Pitoria, Calidor, and then the rest of the world. The Smoke Thieves are the only ones who understand this plan--but can they stop it? Catherine, Aloysius' daughter, is seen as a traitor from all sides; Tash is heartbroken after the loss of her one friend and sees nothing left for her in the human world; Edyon is wanted for murder; March is carrying the secret of his betrayal of his new love; Ambrose is out for revenge--and all the while, the demons have plans of their own...

Author : Giles Brindley
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750954235

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Oxford: Crime, Death and Debauchery by Giles Brindley Pdf

Searching the archives of the university, the Public Record Office, the Centre for Oxfordshire Studies, this work collects more than 100 accounts that paint a picture of Oxford's seedier side. Using court records and newspaper accounts, it brings together crime stories dating from 1750 to 1920, including: infamous murders, hangings, and more.

Author : Stanley Middleton
Publisher : Random House
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473518230

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The Golden Evening by Stanley Middleton Pdf

From the Booker-Prize-winning author of Holiday. Rejacketed and reissued by Windmill to mark the 40th anniversary of Stanley Middleton's Booker Prize win. A brother and sister – Bernard is at college, Mary is still at school - are struggling with their own young lives and loves, near the end of one beautiful summer. At the same time, their mother Ivy is dying from cancer whilst their father, a simple and dignified man, is barely coping. A family faces fundamental changes, together and apart. 'This humane book digs patiently beneath the surface of ordinary lives to the rock of universal truths.' Sunday Times 'Stanley Middleton, once dubbed 'The Chekhov of suburbia', is to the Midlands suburb what Anne Tyler is to the Midwest picket fence. His careful writing creates an always precise and often unnerving picture of reality.' The Times

Author : H.E. Salter
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781173309787

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Records Of Medi?val Oxford by H.E. Salter Pdf

Records Of Medi?val Oxford. Coroners' Inquests, the Walls Of Oxford, etc.