The Lion And The Rose

Author : Kate Quinn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101636244

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Briar Club comes the continuing saga of the ruthless Borgia family that holds all of Rome in its grasp, and the three outsiders thrust into their twisted web of blood and deceit… As the cherished concubine of the Borgia Pope Alexander VI, Giulia Farnese has Rome at her feet. But after narrowly escaping a sinister captor, she realizes that the danger she faces is far from over—and now, it threatens from within. The Holy City of Rome is still under Alexander’s thrall, but enemies of the Borgias are starting to circle. In need of trusted allies, Giulia turns to her sharp-tongued bodyguard, Leonello, and her fiery cook and confidante, Carmelina. Caught in the deadly world of the Renaissance’s most notorious family, Giulia, Leonello, and Carmelina must decide if they will flee the dangerous dream of power. But as the shadows of murder and corruption rise through the Vatican, they must learn who to trust when every face wears a mask…

Author : Kate Quinn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101624944

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The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn Pdf

A gripping novel about history’s most infamous family—The Borgias—and an innocent girl pulled into their treacherous rise to power, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Briar Club. Rome, 1492. The Holy City is drenched with blood and teeming with secrets. A pope lies dying and the throne of God is left vacant, a prize awarded only to the most virtuous—or the most ruthless. The Borgia family begins its legendary rise, chronicled by an innocent girl who finds herself drawn into their dangerous web… Vivacious Giulia Farnese has floor-length golden hair and the world at her feet: beauty, wealth, and a handsome young husband. But she is stunned to discover that her glittering marriage is a sham, and she is to be given as a concubine to the ruthless, charismatic Cardinal Borgia: Spaniard, sensualist, candidate for Pope—who is passionately in love with her. Two trusted companions will follow her into the Pope's shadowy harem: Leonello, a cynical bodyguard bent on bloody revenge against a mysterious killer, and Carmelina, a fiery cook with a past full of secrets. But as corruption thickens in the Vatican and the enemies begin to circle, Giulia and her friends will need all their wits to survive in the world of the Borgias.

Author : Marilyn Weeks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1087863457

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The Lion and the Rose by Marilyn Weeks Pdf

Rosie feels sad because she's not beautiful, but her mother has some hidden gems of wisdom for her. With her friend, Leonardo the Lion, they will discover something that will change their lives forever!

Author : Barbara Helen Berger
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-27
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0698114345

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When the Sun Rose by Barbara Helen Berger Pdf

An imaginative little girl spends a happy day with her playmate, who arrives with a pet lion.

Author : Kevin Shannon
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Lion and the Rose by Kevin Shannon Pdf

The Lion and the Rose tells the story of an infantry battalion in the Great War. Based on many unpublished sources, the book narrates the individual parts played by nearly 2,000 of those who served with the 4th King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment from the day that war was declared in 1914 until the armistice in 1918 and in a few cases, the stories of men whose war continued long afterwards. The battalion first saw action in Festubert in May 1915 and went on to fight on the Somme, the Ypres Salient and Gillemont Farm, though the battalion’s epic stand at Givenchy on 9 April 1918 must rate as one of the greatest defensive actions of the war. Using contemporary combat reports, many of the major actions are described down to individual platoon level. The Lion and the Rose does not just concentrate on the major battles, but also examines everyday life in the trenches. Appendices give the most complete battalion roll to date and list those awarded medals for their bravery and also those nominated unsuccessfully for recognition. Illustrations: 28 black-and-white photographs and 13 in-text maps

Author : Bushra Rehman
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250834799

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Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman Pdf

An New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Padma Lakshmi Book Club Pick For fans of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community “Stunningly beautiful.” —The New York Times Book Review “An unforgettable voice that moves you from the start.” —People Magazine Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side. When a family rift drives the girls apart, Razia’s heart is broken. She finds solace in Taslima, a new girl in her close-knit Pakistani-American community. They embark on a series of small rebellions: listening to scandalous music, wearing miniskirts, and cutting school to explore the city. When Razia is accepted to Stuyvesant, a prestigious high school in Manhattan, the gulf between the person she is and the daughter her parents want her to be, widens. At Stuyvesant, Razia meets Angela and is attracted to her in a way that blossoms into a new understanding. When their relationship is discovered by an Aunty in the community, Razia must choose between her family and her own future. Punctuated by both joy and loss, full of ’80s music and beloved novels, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion is a new classic: a fiercely compassionate coming-of-age story of a girl struggling to reconcile her heritage and faith with her desire to be true to herself.

Author : Allie Michelle
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781524859169

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The Rose That Blooms in the Night by Allie Michelle Pdf

The Rose That Blooms in the Night is a collection of poems from spoken word poet, yoga instructor, podcaster, and Instagram influencer Allie Michelle. The collection is meant to be a mirror reflecting the love inside of those who read it. It tells the tale of transformational cycles we experience throughout our lives. Falling in and out of love. Feeling lost and rediscovering our purpose. Learning to create a home within our own skin instead of seeking it in other people and places.

Author : William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781427053503

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The Rose and the Ring (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) by William Makepeace Thackeray Pdf

Author : Charles J. Musser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0578711761

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The Rose and the Lion by Charles J. Musser Pdf

A novel based on the life of Richard Pierpoint, an African American slave during the American Revolutionary War who escaped, joined the British Army because they offered him his freedom, and fought to free as many fellow slaves as he could.

Author : Alexander Rose
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780358394990

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The Lion and the Fox by Alexander Rose Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington’s Spies, the thrilling story of the Confederate spy who came to Britain to turn the tide of the Civil War—and the Union agent resolved to stop him. In 1861, soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, two secret agents—one a Confederate, the other his Union rival—were dispatched to neutral Britain, each entrusted with a vital mission. The South’s James Bulloch, charming and devious, was to acquire a cutting-edge clandestine fleet intended to break President Lincoln’s blockade of Confederate ports, sink Northern merchant vessels, and drown the U.S. Navy’s mightiest ships at sea. The profits from gunrunning and smuggling cotton—Dixie’s notorious “white gold”—would finance the scheme. Opposing him was Thomas Dudley, a resolute Quaker lawyer and abolitionist. He was determined to stop Bulloch by any means necessary in a spy-versus-spy game of move and countermove, gambit and sacrifice, intrigue and betrayal. If Dudley failed, Britain would ally with the South and imperil a Northern victory. The battleground was the Dickensian port of Liverpool, whose dockyards built more ships each year than the rest of the world combined, whose warehouses stored more cotton than anywhere else on earth, and whose merchant princes, said one observer, were “addicted to Southern proclivities, foreign slave trade, and domestic bribery.” From master of historical espionage Alexander Rose, The Lion and the Fox is the astonishing, untold tale of two implacable foes and their twilight struggle for the highest stakes.

Author : Clark Strand,Perdita Finn
Publisher : Random House
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780812988956

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The Way of the Rose by Clark Strand,Perdita Finn Pdf

What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the Virgin Mary? “This book could not have come at a more auspicious time, and the message is mystical perfection, not to mention a courageous one. I adore this book.”—Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit Before a vision of a mysterious “Lady” invited Clark Strand and Perdita Finn to pray the rosary, they were not only uninterested in becoming Catholic but finished with institutional religion altogether. Their main spiritual concerns were the fate of the planet and the future of their children and grandchildren in an age of ecological collapse. But this Lady barely even referred to the Church and its proscriptions. Instead, she spoke of the miraculous power of the rosary to transform lives and heal the planet, and revealed the secrets she had hidden within the rosary’s prayers and mysteries—secrets of a past age when forests were the only cathedrals and people wove rose garlands for a Mother whose loving presence was as close as the ground beneath their feet. She told Strand and Finn: The rosary is My body, and My body is the body of the world. Your body is one with that body. What cause could there be for fear? Weaving together their own remarkable story of how they came to the rosary, their discoveries about the eco-feminist wisdom at the heart of this ancient devotion, and the life-changing revelations of the Lady herself, the authors reveal an ancestral path—available to everyone, religious or not—that returns us to the powerful healing rhythms of the natural world.

Author : Rikako Tsuji
Publisher : Harlequin/SB Creative
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9784596071354

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The White Rose and the Black Lion by Rikako Tsuji Pdf

In order to search for her missing father, Lady Elesia transforms herself into a man and finds employment at the castle of the Duke of Bristol, near where her father was last seen. Having grown up admiring the Black Lion, a vigilante who protects the innocent, Elesia displays her mastery of the sword and quickly wins the Duke’s favor—until one day when he discovers her secret! The historical drama in the Kingdom of Aldun is about to begin!

Author : Renée Ahdieh
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780698185906

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The Rose & the Dagger by Renée Ahdieh Pdf

Instant New York Times Bestseller The much anticipated sequel to the breathtaking The Wrath and the Dawn, lauded by Publishers Weekly as "a potent page-turner of intrigue and romance." I am surrounded on all sides by a desert. A guest, in a prison of sand and sun. My family is here. And I do not know whom I can trust. In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets revealed a man tormented by guilt and a powerful curse—one that might keep them apart forever. Reunited with her family, who have taken refuge with enemies of Khalid, and Tariq, her childhood sweetheart, she should be happy. But Tariq now commands forces set on destroying Khalid's empire. Shahrzad is almost a prisoner caught between loyalties to people she loves. But she refuses to be a pawn and devises a plan. While her father, Jahandar, continues to play with magical forces he doesn't yet understand, Shahrzad tries to uncover powers that may lie dormant within her. With the help of a tattered old carpet and a tempestuous but sage young man, Shahrzad will attempt to break the curse and reunite with her one true love.

Author : Elizabeth E. Wein
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385679541

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Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth E. Wein Pdf

Rose Justice is a young pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. On her way back from a semi-secret flight in the waning days of the war, Rose is captured by the Germans and ends up in Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi women's concentration camp. There, she meets an unforgettable group of women, including a once glamorous and celebrated French detective novelist whose Jewish husband and three young sons have been killed; a resilient young girl who was a human guinea pig for Nazi doctors trying to learn how to treat German war wounds; and a Nachthexen, or Night Witch, a female fighter pilot and military ace for the Soviet air force. These damaged women must bond together to help each other survive. In this companion volume to the critically acclaimed novel Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein continues to explore themes of friendship and loyalty, right and wrong, and unwavering bravery in the face of indescribable evil.

Author : Henrietta Rose-Innes
Publisher : Gallic Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781910709245

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Green Lion by Henrietta Rose-Innes Pdf

When a lion at a breeding park mauls an old school friend of his, Con must step in as the keeper of Sekhmet, the last remaining black-maned lioness in the world. In a Cape Town where fences keep people and wildlife apart, park officials and investors fret about their flagship big-cat project. And while Con grows steadily more bonded to his enigmatic charge, a cult of animal lovers seek to claim her as their own.