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Book Death Pays the Rose Rent

    Book Details:
  • Author : Valerie S. Malmont
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2003-02-28
  • ISBN : 0595271480
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Death Pays the Rose Rent written by Valerie S. Malmont and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Rose Rent

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  • Author : Ellis Peters
  • Publisher : Open Road Media
  • Release : 2014-08-05
  • ISBN : 1497671418
  • Pages : 301 pages

Download or read book The Rose Rent written by Ellis Peters and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Rose

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  • Author : Catherine Horwood
  • Publisher : Reaktion Books
  • Release : 2018-11-15
  • ISBN : 1789140382
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Rose written by Catherine Horwood and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Rose Rent

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ellis Peters
  • Publisher : Ulverscroft
  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN : 9780708917763
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book The Rose Rent written by Ellis Peters and published by Ulverscroft. This book was released on 1988 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record

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  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 574 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Rose by Any Name

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  • Author : Douglas Brenner
  • Publisher : Algonquin Books
  • Release : 2009-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781565125186
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book A Rose by Any Name written by Douglas Brenner and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasury of eclectic information about different varieties of roses looks at the stories behind their colorful names, probing elements of folklore, poetry, art, literature, science, myth, and other sources to reveal the history of naming and cultivating roses, from ancient times to the present day.

Book The Rose Rent

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  • Author : Donada Peters
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990-10-29
  • ISBN : 9780517057988
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Rose Rent written by Donada Peters and published by . This book was released on 1990-10-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Uncle John s Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader

Download or read book Uncle John s Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!

Book A Guide to Medieval Gardens

Download or read book A Guide to Medieval Gardens written by Michael Brown and published by White Owl. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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

Book Wars of the Roses A Gazetteer  2

Download or read book Wars of the Roses A Gazetteer 2 written by Michael Ryan Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1455 and 1485, 15th century England was ravaged by war. The dynastic struggle was between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York The "Red" and "White" Roses. These books are of people and places, listing them and trying to locate their situations on maps of the counties ( Shires ).

Book Antiquities of Shropshire

Download or read book Antiquities of Shropshire written by Robert William Eyton and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antiquities of Shropshire

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  • Author : R.W. Eyton
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-10-03
  • ISBN : 3375164092
  • Pages : 410 pages

Download or read book Antiquities of Shropshire written by R.W. Eyton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

Book Chancery Chambers Reports

Download or read book Chancery Chambers Reports written by Canada (Province). Court of Chancery and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Liber Ecclesiae Wigorniensis

Download or read book Liber Ecclesiae Wigorniensis written by Worcester Priory and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Liber Elemosinarii

Download or read book Liber Elemosinarii written by Worcester Priory and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Original Charters Relating to the City of Worcester

Download or read book Original Charters Relating to the City of Worcester written by Worcester (England) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: