Download or read book The Abyssinian Proof A Kamil Pasha Novel Kamil Pasha Novels written by Jenny White and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An immensely enjoyable read, richly textured and wonderfully atmospheric."—Sarah Graves Constantinople, May 1453. In the dying days of the Byzantine Empire, Isaak Metochites and his family are entrusted with a silver reliquary carved with the figure of a weeping angel and the inscription: Behold the Proof of Chora, Container of the Uncontainable. Four hundred years later, magistrate Kamil Pasha is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches and a series of murders in which the bodies bear the same distinctive mark. Sources lead Kamil to a hidden sect descended from Abyssinian slaves living in an abandoned cistern in Istanbul's gritty underworld. The reemergence of the forgotten reliquary sets off a brutal race between those sworn to protect it and those who will stop at nothing to gain its explosive secret.

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Download or read book The Abyssinian written by Jean-Christophe Rufin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young French doctor braves the wilds of 17th century Abyssinia to cure the country's sick king and gain an ally for Louis XIV. On his success rides a knighthood and the hand of a beautiful woman. Adventure, love and cultural differences by a French doctor who served with Médecins sans Frontières.

Download or read book Coleridge and the Abyssinian Maid written by Geoffrey Yarlott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1967, this book seeks to show the causes which led to Coleridge’s breakdown in 1802 and to indicate how his views on poetry changed as a result of it. The approach is selective in that it only focuses on one part of Coleridge’s life (roughly 1793-1810); however the author attempts to relate a number of different areas of his activity and to trace his emotional and moral development more closely than might be possible in a full-scale biography. The account of Coleridge’s life ends in 1810, when his relationship with the two key figures in his life Asra and Wordsworth had ruptured, as this reflected which of Coleridge’s Notebooks were available at the time.

Download or read book Firemoon Abyssinian written by Jennifer Dickson and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firemoon Abyssinian takes place in a time that has been forgotten. Aerin must go on a journey to save her home, family, and her people from a rogue vampire. She meets many creatures along her way that will one day follow her into a great revolution. “A traveler once told me that when you believe there is nothing left for you,” Fredrick started speaking, “the world has yet to bestow upon you its greatest gift.”

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Download or read book The Abyssinian Cache written by Kurt Jaeger and published by tredition. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1941 and the last days of the war in Italian-occupied Ethiopia. A small Italian arms convoy is destroyed in an air attack and its sole survivor, Major Umberto Mancino, stumbles across a load of gold bullions hidden in one of the lorries. He seizes this once-in-a-lifetime windfall and hides the fortune in hopes of cashing in, once the war is over. Fates collide, and he gets orders for a covert operation: hiding two beautiful Bugatti automobiles brought to the Horn of Africa on Mussolini's instructions. Not allowed to fall into enemy British hands, the clock is ticking, and absolutely no witnesses to the hideout will be tolerated. The task is achieved with the help of Captain Silvio Falone but ends in bloody horror and the two officers in British prison camps. Some 30 years later, their hidden fortune beckons them back to Ethiopia. The ensuing recovery is daring and full of suspense. New and revised version.

Download or read book The Abyssinian Prince written by Francee Greer Williams and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel based on the true story of George Polgreen Bridgetower. A master Black Musician who performed for royalty and played with the great Beethoven.

Download or read book The Abyssinian War from an Abyssinian Point of View In a Series of Original Communications from a Native Chief Edited by A F L and Originally Contributed to Beeton s Journal written by Augustus F. Lindley and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abyssinian Arrangement written by Iris Leigh and published by Iris Leigh. This book was released on with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two lucrative deals. One brokered by humans. The other negotiated by cats. All spell trouble. My name is Kat Jones and working for cats was never part of my plan. But turns out, the cats have the last laugh because that’s exactly what I do. I solve crimes in my small town. When the local chiropractor receives a too-good-to-be-true offer to sell her practice for a life-changing amount of money, she reluctantly refuses. Within hours, one of our own is kidnapped. Now I must team up with the office’s Abyssinian cat to follow the clues and locate the missing employee before the brazen kidnapping turns deadly. Can I solve this case before the clock runs out? keywords: cozy mystery, cosy mystery, cozy mysteries, cosy mysteries, cat book, cozy animal mystery, cozy cat mysteries, cosy animal mystery, cosy cat mysteries, humorous mystery, funny mysteries, cozy mystery series. cosy mystery series, animal cozies, humorous cozy mystery, humorous cosy mystery, amateur sleuth, women sleuth, funny cozies, murder mystery, cozy murder mystery series, cosy murder mystery series, whodunnit, cozy murder mystery books, cosy murder mystery books, cozy murder mysteries, cosy murder mysteries, small town, small town mystery, small town mysteries, clean read, murder mystery books, female sleuth, peculiar mysteries, cozy mystery series starter, cosy mystery series starter, women detective, talking animals

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Download or read book The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt Esq written by John James Halls and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1834 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827) hoped to become a portrait painter, but recognised his own limitations, and instead entered the employment of Viscount Valentia, embarking with him on an eastern tour in 1802. In 1805, Valentia sent him on a mission to improve relations with the rulers of Abyssinia. After a second expedition, this time on behalf of the British government, in which he made observations and collections of the local flora and fauna, he was appointed consul-general to Egypt, and in his spare time carried out excavations at Thebes and Abu Simbel. This two-volume work was published in 1834 by Salt's close friend, the painter J.J. Halls (1776-1853). Volume 2 describes Salt's later career in Egypt, as a diplomat and especially as a pioneering archaeologist, as well as his negotiations over the future of his own spectacular collection of Egyptian artefacts.--

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