The Rose Rent

Author : Ellis Peters
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497671416

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The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters Pdf

The sleuthing monk unravels a thorny case of murder in this “accomplished whodunit meticulously wrought with a wealth of medieval detail” (Booklist). A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June 22. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey, or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent—and is found murdered beside the hacked rosebush. The abbey’s wise herbalist, Brother Cadfael, follows the trail of bloodied petals. He knows the lovely widow’s dowry is far greater with her house included, and she will likely wed again. Before Cadfael can ponder if a greedy suitor has done this dreadful deed, another crime is committed. Now the good monk must thread his way through a tangle more tortuous than the widow’s thorny bushes.

Author : Ellis Peters
Publisher : Ulverscroft
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0708917763

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The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters Pdf

Author : Donada Peters,Ellis Peters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517057980

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The Rose Rent by Donada Peters,Ellis Peters Pdf

In honor of her husband, young, beautiful, and wealthy widow Judith Perle donates a house to the Abbey at Shrewsbury--for the annual rent of one white rose. Judith has no shortage of suitors, and if she remarries, her dowry would be all the greater if the house were returned due to non-payment of rent. So when a priest charged with delivering the rose is found murdered, and the rose bush is found hacked to pieces, Brother Cadfael finds he must root out a killer. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Valerie S. Malmont
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595271481

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Death Pays the Rose Rent by Valerie S. Malmont Pdf

A New York reporter, Toni Miracle, attends a rose festival in Pennsylvania's Amish country and stumbles on a series of murders, each of which is accompanied by a rose. As she investigates, the town's age old secrets emerge.

Author : Ellis Peters
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Cadfael, Brother (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0751502235

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The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters Pdf

Author : J. P. Reedman
Publisher : Medieval Babes, Tales of Littl
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1720166021

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The White Rose Rent by J. P. Reedman Pdf

The Tudor Era has dawned. Richard III lies in a shallow grave at Greyfriars in Leicester and Henry Tudor sits upon an uneasy throne. Richard's illegitimate daughter, Katherine Plantagenet, wife of one year to William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon, struggles to find her path in the strange new world of Tudor England. Only fifteen years old, she fears her husband will put her aside due to her relationship to the deposed King. Frightened and alone, she recalls the events of her younger years, when Richard, Duke of Gloucester took her and her half-brother John to be raised at Sheriff Hutton Castle. Days when it seemed a baseborn girl could reach dizzying heights... Days of happiness before her father took the crown, before her cousins Edward and Richard vanished from the Tower of London, before beautiful Elizabeth of York danced in gold at the Christmas Feast of 1484 and started rumours flying...

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Law
ISBN : UFL:31262089167059

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Catherine Horwood
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781789140385

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Rose by Catherine Horwood Pdf

Could a book by any other name smell as sweet? Absolutely not. The rose is the world’s favorite flower—and always has been. It is our greatest floral symbol of love and romance, and it is a bloom that touches our hearts as the flower most often chosen to celebrate significant milestones—weddings, anniversaries, births, and indeed, deaths. In this book, Catherine Horwood traces the botanical, religious, literary, and artistic journeys of the rose across the centuries, from battles to bridal bouquets. From Cleopatra’s rose petal–filled bed to Nijinsky’s Spectre de la Rose, from the highly prized Attar of Rose oil so beloved by the ancient Persians to the rosy scents of top perfume labels today, from Shakespearean myths about the War of the Roses to the significance of roses in Queen Elizabeth I’s embroidered dresses, and even to blockade-running during the Napoleonic Wars to satisfy Empress Josephine’s passion for collecting her favorite flower, Rose blossoms with the many stories of our ardor for this botanical family. Featuring a bower of illustrations and drawing on an array of sources as rich and many-hued as roses themselves, Horwood’s tale opens our eyes and noses to the world’s major rose-growing nations. With operatic tales of medieval bestsellers, nurserymen’s rivalries, and changing tastes in our personal flower beds, Rose is certain to woo both gardeners and non-gardeners alike.

Author : Anthony Rapp
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743269773

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Without You by Anthony Rapp Pdf

The story of the actor who portrayed Mark Cohen in "Rent" covers such topics as his Broadway successes, his grief at the death of the production's creator, and his struggles with his mother's life-threatening illness.

Author : Michael Brown
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526794574

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A Guide to Medieval Gardens by Michael Brown Pdf

“A fascinating account of formal gardens during the middle ages,” including plants and their uses, features, tools, cultivation techniques, and more (Books Monthly). Medieval gardens usually rate very few pages in the garden history books. The general perception is still of small gardens in the corner of a castle. Recent research has shown that the gardens were larger than we previously believed. This book contains information and pictures that have not been generally available before, including the theory and practice of medieval horticulture. Many features of later gardens were already a part of medieval gardens. The number of plants was limited, but was still no less than many modern gardeners use in their own gardens today. Yet medieval gardens were imbued with meaning. Whether secular or religious, the additional dimension of symbolism, gave a greater depth to medieval gardens, which is lacking in most modern ones. This book will be of interest to those who know little about medieval gardens and to those with more knowledge. It contains some of the vast amount of research that the author carried out to create the medieval gardens at the Prebendal Manor, Nassington, Northamptonshire. The author has tried to use previously unused sources and included his own practical experience of medieval gardening methods that he carried out to maintain the gardens. “Beautifully illustrated . . . a fascinating read for the armchair gardener as well as the more practical variety . . . The author draws on a wide range of sources: herbals, animal management, medieval manuals, illuminated manuscripts, account books, poems, paintings, and tapestries.” —The Ricardian Bulletin

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781607102038

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Uncle John's Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader by Bathroom Readers' Institute Pdf

At a whopping 600 absorbing pages, Uncle John pulled out all the stops to make the behemoth Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader the epitome of Throne Room entertainment. Happy birthday, Uncle John! This 20th anniversary edition proves that some things do get better with age. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). Uncle John’s Triumphant 20th Bathroom Reader is jam-packed with 600 pages of all-new articles (as usual, divided by length for your sitting convenience). In what other single book could you find such a lively mix of surprising trivia, strange lawsuits, dumb crooks, origins of everyday things, forgotten history, quirky quotations, and wacky wordplay? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained as you read about: * The incredible (edible) history of bread * The secret congressional bomb shelter * Farts in the news * The history of the aloha shirt * The real Zorro * The worst city in America * How your taste buds work * It’s the Peanuts story, Charlie Brown And much, much more!

Author : Julie Garwood
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671870980

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For the Roses by Julie Garwood Pdf

In 1860s New York, an abandoned baby girl is found by four boys and they adopt her. In time, the boys start a ranch in Montana and she grows up to be a beautiful woman. One day there arrives at the ranch a handsome Scottish lawyer, looking for an English lord's daughter kidnaped two decades earlier. By the author of Prince Charming.

Author : Shosteck, Robert
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Middle Atlantic States
ISBN : 1455613967

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Weekend Getaways Around Washington, D.C. by Shosteck, Robert Pdf

Author : Keith B. Darrell
Publisher : Amber Book Company
Page : 855 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Shards by Keith B. Darrell Pdf

Keith B. Darrell traverses multiple genres and dimensions, guiding the reader to a wondrous universe of speculative fiction in which he has loosed the gremlins of his imagination. Leading the reader through realms of fantasy, horror, science fiction, satire, nostalgia, urban fiction, and other genres, he has tapped into the zeitgeist, chronicling the exploits of ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary situations. His tales hold a funhouse mirror up to society and force us to recognize ourselves in the reflection. Filled with pathos, they cross all genres and are alternately poignant, nostalgic, humorous, cautionary, and even terrifying. Keith B. Darrell’s stories flow effortlessly. Do not be deceived. They are raw. They are politically incorrect. And they will take you from your comfort zone into a modern day Twilight Zone.

Author : Jonathan Larson
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1557837376

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Rent by Jonathan Larson Pdf

(Applause Libretto Library). Finally, an authorized libretto to this modern day classic! Rent won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score for Jonathan Larson. The story of Mark, Roger, Maureen, Tom Collins, Angel, Mimi, JoAnne, and their friends on the Lower East Side of New York City will live on, along with the affirmation that there is "no day but today." Includes 16 color photographs of productions of Rent from around the world, plus an introduction ("Rent Is Real") by Victoria Leacock Hoffman.