The True And Splendid History Of The Harristown Sisters

Author : Michelle Lovric
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781620400159

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The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters by Michelle Lovric Pdf

It's rural Ireland in the second half of the nineteenth century, the age of the Pre-Raphaelites, when Europe burns with a passion for long, flowing locks. So when seven sisters, born into fatherless poverty, grow up with hair cascading down their backs, to their ankles, and beyond, men are not slow to recognize their potential. Soon, they're a singing and dancing septet: Irish jigs kicked out in dusty church halls. But it is not their singing or their dancing that fills the seats: it is the torrents of hair they let loose at the end of each show. In an Ireland still hungry and melancholy with the Great Famine, the Swiney hair is a rich offering. And their hair will take dark-hearted Darcy, bickering twins Berenice and Enda, plain Pertilly, gentle Oona, wild Ida, and fearful, flame-haired Manticory-the writer of their on- and off-stage adventures-out of poverty, through the dance halls of Ireland, to the salons of Dublin and the palazzi of Venice. It will bring them suitors and obsessive admirers, it will bring some of them love and each of them loss. For their past trails behind the sisters like the tresses on their heads and their fame and fortune will come at a terrible price. Rich in period detail, peopled by a bewitching cast of characters, The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters is a tale of exploitation and celebrity, illegitimacy and sibling rivalry, love triangles and financial skullduggery, of death and devilry. And a very great deal of hair.

Author : Michelle Lovric
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1408833441

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The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters by Michelle Lovric Pdf

Author : Michelle Lovric
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781408842843

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The Floating Book by Michelle Lovric Pdf

Venice, 1468. Sosia Simeon, a free-spirited sensualist, is the lover of many men in the fabled city, though married to one she despises. On the edge of the Grand Canal, Wendelin von Speyer sets up the first printing press in Venice and looks for the book that will make his fortune. When he tempts fate by publishing Catullus, the poet whose desperate and unrequited love inspired the most tender and erotic poems of antiquity, a scandal is set in motion that will change all their lives forever.

Author : Michelle Lovric
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408811238

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The Book of Human Skin by Michelle Lovric Pdf

The book of human skin is a large volume with many pages of villainy writ upon it. There are people who are a disease, you know. 13 May, 1784, Venice: Minguillo Fasan, heir to the decaying, gothic Palazzo Espagnol, is born. Yet Minguillo is no ordinary child: he is strange, devious and all those who come near him are fearful. Twelve years later Minguillo is faced with an unexpected threat to his inheritance: a newborn sister, Marcella. His untempered jealousy will condemn his sister to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But in his insatiable quest to destroy her, he may have underestimated his sister's ferocious determination, and her unlikely allies who will go to extraordinary lengths to save her...

Author : Terry Frei
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781589796997

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Olympic Affair by Terry Frei Pdf

Though not a member of the National Socialist Party, Leni Riefenstahl was the filmmaker darling of the Nazis and Adolf Hitler. First a successful dancer and actress in Germany, she became more notorious when she produced and directed Victory of Faith and Triumph of the Will, the chilling documentaries about Nazi Party Congresses at Nuremberg. Glenn Morris was an All-American farm boy from tiny Simla, Colorado, as well as a former college football star and student body president at the school now known as Colorado State University. At the 1936 Olympics, he won the decathlon, earning him the label “the world’s greatest athlete.” Among the American heroes at the Berlin Games, he was considered second only to Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals. Riefenstahl and Morris: An unlikely couple? Perhaps, but in her 1987 memoirs, the German filmmaker belatedly confirmed she had an affair with the American athlete during the filming of Olympia, Riefenstahl’s documentary about the Berlin Games. In fact, she portrayed it as much more than a dalliance, saying that she had dreamed of marrying Morris and that he broke her heart. Morris, who went on to Hollywood, the National Football League, and military service, spoke sparingly of the relationship, but mused late in life that he “should have stayed in Germany with Leni.” In Olympic Affair, author Terry Frei turns to historical fiction in a novel researched in much the same fashion as his widely praised works of nonfiction, including Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming and Third Down and a War to Go. Using deduction, imagination and narrative skill to augment documented fact (as well as debunk myths parroted for many years), Frei tells the story of their ill-fated affair . . . and beyond. Read the first chapter of Olympic Affair here.

Author : Marlen Suyapa Bodden
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250026125

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The Wedding Gift by Marlen Suyapa Bodden Pdf

In 1852, when prestigious Alabama plantation owner Cornelius Allen gives his daughter Clarissa's hand in marriage, she takes with her a gift: Sarah—her slave and her half-sister. Raised by an educated mother, Clarissa is not the proper Southern belle she appears to be, with ambitions of loving whom she chooses. Sarah equally hides behind the façade of being a docile house slave as she plots to escape. Both women bring these tumultuous secrets and desires with them to their new home, igniting events that spiral into a tale beyond what you ever imagined possible. Told through the alternating viewpoints of Sarah and Theodora Allen, Cornelius' wife, Marlen Suyapa Bodden's The Wedding Gift is an intimate portrait of slavery and the 19th Century South that will leave readers breathless.

Author : Elizabeth Buchan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405918213

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The New Mrs Clifton by Elizabeth Buchan Pdf

Discover the gorgeously addictive story of love and betrayal in the compelling bestseller from Elizabeth Buchan 'A gripping, immensely satisfying novel with a twist in the tale' Red 'Wrapped in the roots of the sycamore was a skeleton; the remains of a woman, between twenty-five and thirty. She had carried a child . . .' At the close of the Second World War, Intelligence Officer Gus Clifton returns to London. On his arm is Krista, the German wife he married secretly in Berlin. For his two sisters, this broken woman is nothing more than the enemy. For Nella, Gus's loyal fiancée, it is a terrible betrayal. As the three women wonder what hold Krista has over decent, honourable Gus, they begin to ask themselves: How far will they have to go to permanently get her out of their home, their future, their England? PRAISE FOR THE NEW MRS CLIFTON 'Buchan brilliantly captures the blighted atmosphere of blitzed London' Daily Mail 'The tension is palpable and the atmosphere claustrophobic. Buchan vividly conveys the mood of a post-war London brought to its knees. A powerful and emotional read' Sunday Express 'I loved this story of post-war adjustment which sets up a mystery on the first page' Cathy Rentzenbrink, Stylist 'So so good. Great writing, great story. I could not put it down' Marian Keyes

Author : William Carrigan
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 9785879206463

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The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory by William Carrigan Pdf

Author : Michelle Lovric
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375898617

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The Undrowned Child by Michelle Lovric Pdf

Teodora has always longed to visit Venice, and at last she has her chance. But strange and sinister things are afoot in the beautiful floating city. Teo is quickly subsumed into a secret world in which salty-tongued mermaids run subversive printing presses, ghosts good and bad patrol the streets, statues speak, rats read, and librarians fluidly turn into cats. And where a book, The Key to the Secret City, leads Teo straight into the heart of the danger that threatens to destroy the city to which she feels she belongs. An ancient proverb seems to unite Teo with a Venetian boy, Renzo, and with the Traitor who has returned from the dark past to wreak revenge. . . . But who is the Undrowned Child destined to save Venice?

Author : Michelle Lovric
Publisher : Orion Children's
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1444009974

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The Wishing Bones by Michelle Lovric Pdf

A brand new exquisitely imagined historical fantasy novel set on the canals of Venice from award-winning author, Michelle Lovric for ages 9+ Venice in 1740, a serene and lovely city. But look beneath the surface . . . step off the edge of what you think you know . . . Young orphan Lily has grown up in a glum, prison-like convent. Her only freedom is walking the beautiful streets of Venice, dreaming of escape...of a family...of being loved. Then someone tries to steal the bones of Venice's beloved Saint Lucy. Without her protection, the city's vibrant colours fade to grey. And soon, the Venetians start to turn on one another. If Lily can't find a way to save Saint Lucy, Venice - the only home she's ever known - will descend into darkness...forever. A magical adventure set amongst mysterious canals and filled with monstrous eels, moody mermaids and menacing curses.

Author : Michelle Lovric
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781408842829

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The Remedy by Michelle Lovric Pdf

'So at fifteen, spread belly-down upon the floor, a black sheet hunched over me and a candle at my foot and head, my lips pressed on stone, litanies in my ears as the priest broke and entered my shocked fist to slide the ring on my finger, I promised to take no other husband than Christ. I almost meant it. In that heady moment the vow seemed no great sacrifice: I'd never known a man, but I had tasted chocolate.' One unforgettable night in 1785, in a theatre in Drury Lane, the heady alchemy of love and murder suddenly fuses the lives of Mimosina Dolcezza, a Venetian actress, and Valentine Greatrakes, prince of London's medical underworld. The Remedy is a ravishing love story that seamlessly weaves fiction with historical fact in rich and details prose.

Author : Michelle Lovric
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
ISBN : 1408843838

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The Floating Book by Michelle Lovric Pdf

Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of her new book, The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters

Author : Lewis Wolpert
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780571266715

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Malignant Sadness by Lewis Wolpert Pdf

'An excellent book, the most objective short account I know of all the various approaches to depression.' Anthony Storr Several years ago, Lewis Wolpert had a severe episode of depression. Despite a happy marriage and successful scientific career, he could think only of suicide. When he did recover, he became aware of the stigma attached to depression - and just how difficult it was to get reliable information. With characteristic candour and determination he set about writing this book, an acclaimed investigation into the causes and treatments of depression, which formed the basis for a BBC TV series. This paperback edition features a new introduction, in which Wolpert discusses the reaction to his book and BBC series, and recounts his own recurring struggle with depression.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Coventry (England)
ISBN : 039456779X

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The Seven Lady Godivas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rosie Thomas
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443436267

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The Illusionists by Rosie Thomas Pdf

An enchanting, Dickensian tale of desire, magic and the Victorian theatre, perfect for fans of Sarah Waters, The Night Circus and Water for Elephants—from the beloved and bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl London, 1885—a challenging place for a young, beautiful woman of limited means. But Eliza is modern before her time. She longs for more than the stifling, if respectable, conventionality of marriage, children, domestic drudgery. Through her work as an artist’s model, she meets the magnetic and irascible Devil Wix—a born showman whose dream is to run his own theatre company. Devil’s right-hand man is Carlo Bonomi, an ill-tempered dwarf who is a talented magician and illusionist. Carlo and Devil clash at every turn and it falls to Eliza to broker an uneasy peace between them. Jasper Button, a mild-mannered family man at heart, is a gifted artist and the unlikely final member of the motley crew. With self-styled impresario Devil at the helm of the Palmyra Theatre, acrobats and illusionists astonish audiences with their death-defying stunts and the magic of mysterious new inventions—like electricity. Backstage, secret romances, box-office dramas and power struggles inevitably simmer, and intermittently boil over. And as Eliza is drawn into their seductive, precarious and exciting bohemian world, she risks not only her heart, but also her life . . . Framed by Rosie Thomas’s rich portrayal of the rapidly changing world of late-Victorian England, The Illusionists takes readers on an unforgettable journey with a cast of passionate, larger-than-life figures who are inextricably linked through their shared love of the stage and the theatre, and who will make you laugh and break your heart.