Download or read book The Abduction of an Earl written by Linda Rae Sande and published by Linda Rae Sande. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A baron hell-bent on revenge. An innocent earl. A countess caught in the crossfire. While departing the first ball of the Season, dowager countess Persephone discovers there’s an intruder in her coach. She’s momentarily shocked, until she realizes she knows the man. They had briefly been lovers years ago. But how did he end up in her coach, apparently three sheets to the wind? Jack, Earl of Wilmington, is sure he was drugged during the ball, for what else could explain his splitting headache and loss of memory? But who put him in Lady Castlewait's coach? And why? Persephone’s driver Parker is just as bewildered, and he’s determined to discover what he can. While Penelope and Jack renew their acquaintance, Parker returns to the scene of an abduction gone awry. Can switched hats, misidentified crests on coaches, and reports of gossip relating to the notorious ‘Lord JW’ provide the clues he needs to sort whodunit? Jack’s fate depends on it in The Abduction of an Earl.
Download or read book Three Abductions and an Earl written by Tessa Candle and published by Tessa Candle. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Return of the Wicked Earl written by Sadie Bosque and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A mistake she will regret for a lifetime... Lady Annalise was a wide-eyed debutante when she fell in love and married Blake, the Earl of Payne. But their time together was ill-fated and brief. After being treated poorly by her new husband, soon Annalise's love for Blake is shattered. When he disappears entirely, their marriage seems to have ended as soon as it began. A terrible betrayal... Blake, the Earl of Payne, had it all: a hefty inheritance, a respectable title, and a beautiful wife. But it all crumbles when he is abducted, tortured and almost killed three months after his wedding. Now that he's back he is determined to win back his wife and take revenge on whoever is responsible for his abduction. Neither task is going as planned, especially since his wife has moved on and his abductors have a plan of their own. A love that is stronger than hate... As suspicions flare, dark secrets emerge, and old passions are rekindled, Blake and Annalise must decide if they can trust each other again... or let go of one another forever.
Download or read book Richard II and the Rebel Earl written by A. K. Gundy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reign of Richard II and the circumstances of his deposition have long been subject to intense debate. This new interpretation of the politics of the late-fourteenth century offers an in-depth survey of Richard's reign from the perspective of one of the leading nobles who came to oppose him, Thomas Beauchamp, the Appellant Earl of Warwick. This is the first full-length study of one of Richard II's opponents to explore not only why the Earl rebelled against the King, but also why Richard lost his throne. Rather than offering the traditional explanation of a subject grown too mighty, A. K. Gundy sets Warwick's rule in the context of the political and constitutional framework of the period. The interplay of local and national events helps to reveal Warwick's motives as a long-serving member of the nobility faced with a king determined to rule in a manner contradictory to contemporary political structures.
Download or read book Archaeologia Cambrensis written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Baronial Opposition to Edward II written by James Conway Davies and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mary Queen of Scots and Her Latest English Historian A Narative of the Principal Events in the Life of Mary Stuart with Some Remarks on Mr Froude s History of England written by James Florant MELINE and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Traitor s Wife written by Susan Higginbotham and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bedchamber to the battlefield, through treachery and fidelity, one woman is imprisoned by the secrets of the crown. It is an age where passion reigns and treachery runs as thick as blood. Young Eleanor has two men in her life: her uncle King Edward II, and her husband Hugh le Despenser, a mere knight but the newfound favorite of the king. She has no desire to meddle in royal affairs—she wishes for a serene, simple life with her family. But as political unrest sweeps the land, Eleanor, sharply intelligent yet blindly naïve, becomes the only woman each man can trust. Fiercely devoted to both her husband and her king, Eleanor holds the secret that could destroy all of England—and discovers the choices no woman should have to make. At its heart, The Traitor's Wife is a unique love story that every reader will connect with. Gold Medalist, historical / military fiction, 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards * Includes bonus reading group guide PRAISE FOR THE TRAITOR'S WIFE: "Conveys emotions and relationships quite poignantly... entertaining historical fiction." — Kirkus Discoveries "Higginbotham's talents lie not only in her capacity for detailed genealogical research of the period, but also in her skill in bringing these historical figures to life with passion, a wonderful sense of humor, honor, and love." — Historical Novels Review Online
Download or read book Orkneyinga Saga written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1981-07-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history. The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, it tells of an era when the islands were still part of the Viking world, beginning with their conquest by the kings of Norway in the ninth century. The saga describes the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney and the adventures of great Norsemen such as Sigurd the Powerful, St Magnus the Martyr and Hrolf, the conqueror of Normandy. Savagely powerful and poetic, this is a fascinating depiction of an age of brutal battles, murder, sorcery and bitter family feuds. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Download or read book Stolen Women in Medieval England written by Caroline Dunn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of illicit sexuality in medieval England explores links between marriage and sex, law and disorder, and property and power. Some medieval Englishwomen endured rape or were kidnapped for forced marriages, yet most ravished women were married and many 'wife-thefts' were not forced kidnappings but cases of adultery fictitiously framed as abduction by abandoned husbands. In pursuing the themes of illicit sexuality and non-normative marital practices, this work analyses the nuances of the key Latin term raptus and the three overlapping offences that it could denote: rape, abduction and adultery. This investigation broadens our understanding of the role of women in the legal system; provides a means for analysing male control over female bodies, sexuality and access to the courts; and reveals ways in which female agency could, on occasion, manoeuvre around such controls.
Download or read book The Captain s Kidnapped Beauty written by Mary Nichols and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescue from an unlikely source! Abducted and taken aboard a merchant ship bound for India, Charlotte Gilpin desperately searches for ways to escape. The heiress certainly doesn't expect rescue from the most unlikely of sources—Captain Alexander Carstairs, a man with whom she has crossed swords in the past. Alex isn't sure what to make of Charlotte's claim to have been kidnapped—he wouldn't put it past this spirited woman to have cooked up the whole thing to avoid her father's matchmaking. But in the confines of the ship this confirmed bachelor unexpectedly finds Charlotte getting under his skin…again!
Download or read book King Edward II written by Roy Martin Haines and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2003-05-08 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward of Caernarfon is best known today for his disastrous military defeat in 1314 at Bannockburn, where his English army was defeated by a vastly inferior Scottish force led by Robert the Bruce, leading to Scottish Independence. This catastrophe was one of many in a disastrous career marked by indolence, vengefulness, vacillation in relationships with France, deranged policies at home, and constitutional wrangling, ultimately brought to an end by a minor insurgency led by his vindictive wife and her paramour, a disaffected baron.
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Download or read book The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J Diggs The Currently Accepted Habits of Nature written by David Niall Wilson and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “All that grows must decompose.” —Cletus J. Diggs. When Cletus J. Diggs gets a visit from his buddy Jasper and learns about the dead man sticking boot-first out of the fishing hole, he has no idea what it will lead to. How could he? Old Mill is famous for a lot of things, good fishing, barbecue, over-sized satellite dishes and disappearing beer; it is not known for genetic research, ancient rituals, or alien abduction. From the moment Cletus and Sheriff Bob drag the corpse from the fishing hole to the final moments of terror, the action is non-stop, tense, and filled with surprises. Between the Reverend Dozier and his church, the swamp witch, the albino twins, and the local lodge’s well-hidden secrets, the strange events in Old Mill, NC are pretty much out of control. Only Cletus, ordained minister, common law attorney, journalist, private investigator and jack of all trades can draw together the people and resources necessary to set things right. The question is, can he do it before it’s too late? This special digital Edition includes the short story "The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs & The Fruit of Another Vine," as well as interior illustrations by Zach McCain AND by the author, David Niall Wilson. Also included is the author's introduction to "The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs & The Crazy Case of Foreman James," as well as an excerpt from that novel!
Download or read book The Works of W Harrison Ainsworth Esq Old Saint Paul s a tale of the plague and the fire written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
