Download or read book Arthur and the Witch written by Johanne Mercier and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur is a 7-year-old boy who is brilliant at being a 7-year-old boy. When Arthur visits his grandparents' house by the lake, more often than not, he becomes entangled in a new adventure, which he must solve with the help of his pet duck and useless dog - and hopefully without to much from eccentric Cousin Eugene.

Download or read book Witches Druids and King Arthur written by Ronald Hutton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Stations of the Sun and The Triumph of the Moon Ronald Hutton established himself as a leading authority on the historian of Paganism. His wealth of unusual knowledge, complemented by a deep and sympathetic understanding of past and present beliefs that are often dismissed as strange or marginal, and an ability to write lucidly and wittily, gives his work a unique flavour. The essays which make up Witches, Druids and King Arthur cover elegantly and entertainingly a wide range of beliefs, myths and practices.

Download or read book Merlin the Witch Queens written by Antipodean Writer and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries the legends of King Arthur and his knights have enthralled audiences throughout the western world. Their cumulative efforts has resulted in a large, extant corpus of poetry and prose detailing the adventures of Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, King Mark, King Arthur.... Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae testifies how contemporaries considered Arthurian legends to be serious history. King Arthur is included in Monmouth's list of kings of Britain, and his wars to resist foreign domination (first Roman, then Saxon) are described in loving detail. Arthur's exploits are inspirational and stirring tales of adventure: and my sympathies are firmly enlisted on the side of all those who wish they were actual history. In the English speaking tradition, readers are likely already familiar with Malory's Le Mort d'Arthur and Tennyson's blank verse Idylls of the King. Each work presents a powerful and compelling summary of the Arthurian material in their own right. In retelling Arthurian legends, authors are forced to sift and select from the huge mass of adventures available, and even variant endings of a given adventure. Composition invariably involves much harmonising of disparate source materials. Of such stuff are legends made.The present work selects stories from both Malory and Tennyson and retells them in rhymed verse. Readers of the works just mentioned above will have little trouble identifying the source in each particular case. My retellings here are broadly faithful to the originals: but I have taken an author's liberty to smooth out contradictions and omit details deemed superfluous.

Download or read book The Witch the Sword and the Cursed Knights written by Alexandria Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much to their initial dismay, a twelve-year-old boy and girl discover they are destined to become knights of King Arthur's legendary Round Table, but first they must find and reforge Excalibur and break a curse that has weakened the magic of the Twenty-Five and a Half Realms.

Download or read book The Witch in the Wood written by T. H. White and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-25 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queen of Air and Darkness, is the second book in T. H. White's epic work; The Once and Future King. It continues the story of the newly-crowned King Arthur, his tutelage by the wise Merlyn, his war against King Lot, and also introduces the Orkney clan, a group of characters who would cause the eventual downfall of the King.

Download or read book Arthur s Home Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collected Thoughts and Random Reasonings written by Bob Anderson and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago, I began a journey. It was a journey to find truth, learn truth and record truth. Sometimes the best way to find and learn was to record the questions and answers I had about truth. It was a journey that lasted for years; and one day, I found the notebooks I had used to record the truths I found. I found those books had kept track of me…even though I thought they were lost to time and the past. It was humbling to read these words again and see the day I first saw or heard them. They came at me as I needed to see them or hear them. I think they will do the same with you. I eventually put some of my own musings in there—you now have it all. Thoughts that I had for years, things I believed I had always believed, and thoughts I thought I had always thought, were laid bare. I saw and remembered when I collected those thoughts and reasonings…. Then I found something else, totally unexpected… my journey was not finished; the game was not finished… not yet. Grab a notebook, sharpen your pencil and listen to your own truths… wherever you find them.

Download or read book First Knight written by Ines Johnson and published by Those Johnson Girls. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Arthur has never been hotter in this steamy, magical, modern-day adventure of witches, wizards, and Bunsen burners! As the Lord of Camelot, it is Arthur's responsibility to protect the witches, wizards, and knights in the castle. But one witch in particular gets under his skin like no other. Morgan never listens, is difficult to control, and impossible to keep off his mind. With pressure mounting for him to take a wife, he sets his sights on a suitable Lady of the Castle. Someone agreeable, demure, and sophisticated. Definitely not a hot-headed scientist who always insists on getting her own way. Once upon a time, Morgan’s powerful intellect was rivaled only by the strength of her magic. But now that her powers have been ripped away, she’s determined to follow her dream of joining a physics research team at the local university. Too bad Camelot is on lock down and the impossible leader of the Round Table is dead set on bringing back the dark ages where witches are concerned. Morgan refuses to bow to the outdated beliefs of her people—she’s a modern woman and won’t be ruled by a man, even if he is sexy and scruffy and good with his sword. When Arthur and Morgan are forced to reevaluate their feelings for one another, will they continue the fabled rivalry of their namesake ancestors? Or will this noble knight and liberated witch discover a happy ending to their age old story? First Knight is the first in a series of modern day retellings of the myths and lore of Camelot. If you like fierce knights who would lay down their lives for their brothers and lose their hearts for their women, then you’ll love the Knights of Caerleon.

Download or read book The Witch of Edmonton written by Thomas Dekker and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the center of this remarkable 1621 play is the story of Elizabeth Sawyer, the titular “Witch of Edmonton,” a woman who had in fact been executed for the crime of witchcraft mere months before the play’s first performance. Described by the authors as a tragi-comedy and drawn in part from a pamphlet account of the trial then circulating, the play not only offers a riveting account of the contemporary superstitions embodied by the figure of the witch, but also delivers an implicit critique of the society that has created her. This edition of the work offers a compelling and informative introduction, thorough annotation, and a selection of contextual materials that helps set the play in the context of the “witch-craze” of Jacobean England.

Download or read book The Romance of Arthur written by James J. Wilhelm and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering almost a thousand years, this work features translated texts in a broad range of genres, from the early chronicles and Welsh verse through Sir Thomas Malory.

Download or read book The Witch of Edmonton written by John Ford and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were being burnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English - although there were a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which the play dramatises - were not widely infected by the witch-craze. The stage seems to have provided an outlet for anxieties about witchcraft, as well as an opportunity for public analysis. The Witch of Edmonton (1621) manifests this fundamentally reasonable attitude, with Dekker insisting on justice for the poor and oppressed, Ford providing psychological character studies, and Rowley the clowning. The village community of Edmonton feels threatened by two misfits, Old Mother Sawyer, who has turned to the devil to aid her against her unfeeling neighbours, and Frank, who refuses to marry the woman of his father's choice and ends up murdering her. This edition shows how the play generates sympathy for both and how contemporaries would have responded to its presentation of village life and witchcraft.

Download or read book King Arthur written by Richard Barber and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on the actual life of King Arthur along with the development of the legends that surround his life.

Download or read book Witches and Witch Hunts Through the Ages written by Phil Carradice and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft! Just the mention of the name is enough to cause fear, even terror, in the minds and hearts of many people. But that is not the full story. Yes, there have always been proponents of the 'dark arts,' witches and warlocks willing to use their powers for evil, but the wise men and women of the ancient and medieval world - men and women eager to use their spells and potions for good - have often been overlooked. This book looks at witchcraft from the early days, tracing its development as a pseudo-religious cult, the good and the bad, from the wild plains of Babylon to the present day. It highlights witch scares and individuals, particularly the witch hunts of the medieval period when 100,000 women were accused of witchcraft and nearly 80,000 executed. It examines the concept of witch hunting, detailing the activities of men like Matthew Hopkins, the famous Witchfinder General. The book does not just focus on medieval and ancient witches, it takes in modern witch hunting - with people like Senator Joe McCarthy during his Communist witch hunts of the 1950s - and the continued modern persecution of women and men accused of witchcraft in African, Indian and Caribbean states. This is a detailed account of witches and witchcraft, in many ways a tribute to the thousands of men and women accused and executed without full evidence or proof of evil doing. It is a broad historical sweep that includes fictional characters like Morgan le Fey and Merlin, the magician of King Arthur's court. Thoroughly researched and elegantly written, it is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the social and political history of the past.

Download or read book The Wood s Witch written by Arthur Tourot and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your husband stands just outside the fence, beckoning for you to join him. There shouldn't be anything out of the ordinary with that, but for the fact that he died many years ago... A centuries old journal, newly discovered, tells the tale of an unknown, lonely person living completely alone and isolated, deep in the forest, as strange events unfold around them. Disembodied voices, phantom footsteps in the dead of the night, strange, foreboding dreams- what will they all lead to as the unknown author struggles to understand what is happening? Come along on this strange tale to a time long forgotten by today's modern world, and meet, if you will, The Wood's Witch.----The following is an interview with the author of The Wood's Witch, Arthur James Tourot, conducted by the staff of Author's Times magazine.Author's Times- Where did the inspiration to write the story of The Wood's Witch come from? Arthur James Tourot- I was watching the 1965 Japanese film, Kwaidan, for the first time and I was completely and enjoyably absorbed in it. At the very end of the film, right before the end credits, I wondered to myself if I could ever write a ghost story as interesting and unique as the stories that are in Kwaidan. Suddenly, the entire story of The Wood's Witch appeared in my mind (including the name of the story), and I ran to get a piece of paper and a pencil so that I could write down an outline of it.Author's Times- Wow, that's so cool! How long did it take you to write it?Arthur James Tourot- It took me three months to write it and that includes the various drafts. Writing it was the most fun I've had writing anything in my life, so far. I loved being there, in the story, in my mind and in the forest. There was such a peaceful feeling there where the character lived, and I could feel that so strongly. Plus, the main character's voice in my mind was very gentle and kind. I loved writing it and sometimes feel sad that the story is finished. *Arthur laughs.*One thing I think I should share is that The Wood's Witch and my other autobiographical story (Coming Home), were originally published under my pen-name, Caden Daniel Ramses. I eventually grew tired of having that name and so I use my real name, now.Author's Times- You've hinted to us that there is a secret in the story of The Wood's Witch, one that no one has guessed.Arthur James Tourot- Yes, there is. All I will say to you and your readers is that there is something that stares at the reader from every page and is something that isn't really hidden at all, yet no one has seemed to notice it.Author's Times- You won't give us any hints? Arthur James Tourot- No, I won't. *Laughs.*Author's Times- Thank you for your time and for sharing some information about The Wood's Witch.Arthur James Tourot- The pleasure has been all mine, thank you.

Download or read book Arthur Miller s The Crucible A Story of Witch Hunting and the Red Scare written by Deborah Heinen and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.7, University of Bonn (Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie), course: American Drama, language: English, abstract: The Salem witch hunt and the McCarthy era – they are definitely two of the rather unpleasant chapters of American history to think of. Even though there are more than 250 years of distance between these two periods, there are still several parallels to be perceived. One might say: History repeats itself! One of the attempts to combine the events of 1692 and the 1950s, and point out their similarities, was made by America’s famous playwright Arthur Miller. "The Crucible" was written in 1953 and is set in 1692 Salem. The play would become by far Arthur Miller’s most frequently performed play. In the context of McCarthyism, the audiences soon interpreted the play as a veiled attack on the current chase after Communists in the country. However, Arthur Miller time and again denied such an intention, but it appears conceivable that the play was shaped, in a way, by Miller’s experiences during McCarthyism. The work in hands is supposed to find out, whether "The Crucible" can be referred to as a play with a dual historical context. In the first chapter of the work, the apparent historical background, the Salem witch trials of 1692, will be outlined briefly. Following this, the play’s formation context, America’s 1950s and McCarthyism, will be thematized. As Arthur Miller experienced the consequences of the 20th century witch hunt himself, chapter four deals with his experiences with McCarthyism and how it might have affected him writing the play. The next chapter, then, analyzes "The Crucible" in more detail and points out passages that can be related to the events of the 1950s and potentially contain hidden criticism. Finally, in chapter six there will be an attempt to give an answer to the question, whether "The Crucible" can be considered a play with a dual historical context or not. As many of the documents of the Salem witch trials still exist, the course of events can easily be reconstructed. With regard to the events of the 1950s, documents are mainly retained by the FBI, but, however, a few surveys of accused people could be reconstructed either by reports of the accused or by tapes and documents that were somehow not kept under wraps by the FBI. As Arthur Miller is one of America’s most famous playwrights, his plays evoked the interest of many scholars over the last decades.

Download or read book The Witch s Child written by Arthur Yorinks and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desiring a child of her own, Rosina the witch fashions one out of straw and scraps, but when she cannot bring the rag child to life she becomes enraged and turns the village children into shrubs, where they stay until a kind girl discovers the discarded doll and saves her.

Download or read book Arthur s Illustrated Home Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: