Download or read book The Kings and Their Hawks written by Robin S. Oggins and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the equivalent of polo-playing today, the sport of falconry was the preserve of the wealthy and royalty, regarded as both a suitable and enjoyable leisure activity, and as a source of status and prestige.
Download or read book The King s Falcon written by Stella Riley and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of war and witchcraft ... plots and playhouses ... love and loyalty.Following his coronation in Scotland, Charles ll leads an army south to reclaim his throne but the dream ends in a crushing defeat at Worcester, leaving no alternative but flight. With little more than the clothes on their backs, Ashley Peverell and Francis Langley flee to Paris where Ashley, known to some as The Falcon, resumes his covert work for the King.Beautiful, stubborn and street-wise, Athenais de Galzain has risen from the slums of Paris to become the Marais Theatre's leading actress. Unfortunately, this brings her to the attention of the Marquis d'Auxerre - an influential nobleman of unsavoury reputation who is accustomed to taking what he wants.While the Prince's Fronde turns the city into a battle-ground, Francis is bullied into helping his sister, Celia, obtain a divorce from Eden Maxwell. Meanwhile, in London, Eden watches Cromwell's rise to unopposed power and begins to question the cause he has been serving for a decade.From the first, Ashley and Athenais are drawn together with the force of two stars colliding; a force which Ashley, conscious of the frequency with which he is required to risk his life, cannot deny but resolves to conceal. He has only two priorities; his work for Charles ll and his determination to protect Athenais from the Marquis. Both are to test him to the limits.The King's Falcon follows the Cavaliers' last crusade and their subsequent bitter, poverty-stricken exile whilst also going behind the scenes at the Theatre du Marais. There is danger, intrigue and romance in this sequel to The Black Madonna and Garland of Straw.
Download or read book A History of The Norse Kings written by Snorre Sturlason and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All the King s Falcons written by John Renard and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1994-10-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the King's Falcons draws out Rumi's distinctive and creative insights into Islamic religious culture by focusing on his treatment of prophets as instruments in God's communication with humankind. But there is more to Rumi's views of revelation than meets the eye, for he does not view the prophets, from Adam to Muhammad, merely as historic individuals who lived and died. Stories and images of the prophets provide this mystic and poet with a way of communicating his rich awareness of the reality of the divine message.
Download or read book The Castle of Kings written by Oliver Pötzsch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic standalone novel of historical fiction tinged with mystery, set against the backdrop of medieval Germany's Peasant War from the best-selling author of the Hangman’s Daughter series. In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolted against the harsh treatment of their aristocratic overlords. Agnes is the daughter of one of these overlords, but she is not a typical sixteenth-century girl, refusing to wear dresses and spending more time with her pet falcon than potential suitors. There is only one suitor she is interested in: Mathis, a childhood friend whom she can never marry due to his low birth status. In the midst of war, Agnes’s falcon finds a mysterious ring, and Agnes begins having strange but seemingly meaningful dreams. Dreams that lead her and Mathis to run away from their home in Trifels Castle and into the midst of the tumultuous Peasants’ War, cast into an adventure that will lead them to shocking revelations about themselves and the future of the emerging German states. “Pötzsch paints picturesque landscapes, whether it’s damp, dark castles, the stink of a medieval tannery, or whirlpool-plagued Rhine River rapids . . . Combine Princess Bride with Germanic history circa 1500, add a dash of Lord of the Rings, and there’s a week of good fun.” — Kirkus Reviews “The war scenes are grimly realistic, and the narration gripping . . . The author makes the fantastical elements work by harnessing them to the grim reality of the Peasants’ War, setting his far-fetched romance in an utterly convincing world of economic hardship, social strife and religious and political uncertainty.” — Wall Street Journal
Download or read book The King s Falcon written by Paula Fox and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the help of a falcon an ineffectual medieval king trades the troubled, boring life of royalty for the freedom of a falconer.
Download or read book Warriors and Kings written by Robert Cook Christenson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who will save Banton from its occupation by the tyrannical Pyrans and rescue the beloved Princess Morgain from the evil-intentioned Lord Karn? Perhaps Len, the exiled Banton warrior, will return to defend his former homeland-but only if he can survive bloodthirsty herds of Satyrs, monstrous river beasts, and the savage Akanor, led by their powerful shaman Korondo. Although Len wields the legendary blade, the Maker of Death, he will need assistance, but who dares to risk the overwhelming danger? Supported by a supernatural force, an old friend, and an unexpected ally, Len might actually have a chance of succeeding.
Download or read book Harold the Last of the Saxon Kings written by Lord Lytton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Download or read book The Chronological Collection of the Kings of Denmark written by Carl Christian Thorwald Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harold the Last of the Saxon Kings written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harold the Last of the Saxon Kings written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Heimskringla written by Snorri Sturluson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 1331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177. Contents: Kings' Sagas Ynglinga Saga Halfdan the Black Saga Harald Harfager's Saga Hakon the Good's Saga Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd King Olaf Trygvason's Saga Saga of Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf) Saga of Magnus the Good Saga of Harald Hardrade Saga of Olaf Kyrre Magnus Barefoot's Saga Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of Harald Saga of Hakon Herdebreid Magnus Erlingson's Saga
Download or read book The kings from the House of Trees hunters and humans written by Johanna Maurer and published by novum publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-25 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The centuries pass and Tharandil and his partner Nimrond rule the "House of Trees" as kings. Their offspring grow up and are now approaching the year house. There is a deep longing within them, the desire for togetherness awakens. But after the world wanderer returns from Gydland, everything changes. There, among the humans, he has found the instrument he needs to seize control of Varngond. He manages to throw King Tharandil completely off balance and rally some hunters behind him. Will the royal family succeed in averting all harm and retaining power? And what is the mysterious intruder doing sneaking through the woods in search of the king?
Download or read book From Tribe to Empire written by Alexandre Moret and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Prairie Falcon written by Stanley H. Anderson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skillful hunters beautiful in flight, Prairie Falcons inhabit the rocky cliffs of the American West. These raptors range from southern Canada and northern North Dakota to Baja California, Arizona, New Mexico, western and northern Texas, and southeastern Coahuila, Mexico. This is the first book for a wide audience devoted exclusively to the Prairie Falcon. Stanley Anderson and John Squires cover all aspects of the falcon's life history from mating and rearing young to hunting behaviors and the yearly migration cycle. They provide complete descriptive characteristics for identifying Prairie Falcons and also compare them to other raptors, especially the closely related Peregrine Falcon. In addition, the authors recount the long association of falcons with people, which may extend back as far as 2000 BC. They describe the practice of falconry from the Middle Ages until today. And they assess the threats to Prairie Falcons posed by human activities, from pesticide use and destruction of habitat to disruption of the breeding cycle by careless birdwatchers.
Download or read book The King s Falcon written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While hunting one day, young King Eadric loses his temper with his fellow noblemen and storms away with his favorite lanner falcon, Jessie. Impatient to find game, he wanders heedlessly through an area of countryside which is unfamiliar to him and becomes lost. The once mighty young ruler soon finds himself powerless against the forces of nature.
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 1857 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
