Download or read book The Linnet Bird written by Linda Holeman and published by Review. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'For you, I will write of it all - part truth, part memory, part nightmare - my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here...' India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Colonial wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive ... An unforgettable book, richly descriptive and mesmerising from the start, The Linnet Bird is the spellbinding story of the journey of Linny Gow - child prostitute turned social climber turned colonial wife turned adventuress. Frequently disturbing, often moving and always enthralling, it is that rare thing: a once-in-a-lifetime read.
Download or read book The Linnet written by Elizabeth English and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2003-12-19 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the deadly border between Scotland and England, the ancient feud between the Darnleys and the Kirallens threatens the love between a woman trapped by fear and the man determined to free her. Original.
Download or read book Linnet written by Sally Watson and published by . This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1582 a fourteen-year-old girl runs away to look for adventure in London but finds herself involved in a plot to overthrow the Queen.
Download or read book Box Office Poison written by Phillipa Bornikova and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh, original blend of urban fantasy, legal thriller, and workplace drama—with a heroine you won't soon forget
Download or read book The linnet s life 12 poems by A and J Taylor written by Ann Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Linnet s Life Twelve Poems written by Linnet and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Linnet Bird written by Linda Holeman and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-05-17 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For you, I will write of it all—part truth, part memory, part nightmare—my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here . . .” India, 1839: Linny Ingram, the respectable young wife of a British colonial officer, settles down to write her life story. In the claustrophobic, mannered world of British India, Linny seems the perfect society wife: pretty, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be deceptive. Linny Ingram was born Linny Gow, an orphan raised in the cold, gray slums of Liverpool. Sold into prostitution by her stepfather when she was only eleven, Linny is a born survivor and an accomplished chameleon and manipulator. Through a stroke of luck and considerable scheming, she manages to re-create herself as a proper Victorian young lady, middle-class and seemingly respectable. By befriending a merchant’s daughter, Linny secures a place with her new companion on a ship bound for India, where they will join “the fishing fleet”—young women of good birth but no fortune who sail to India in search of a husband. India, with its exotic colors, sights, and smells, is a world away from the cold back alleys of Linny’s childhood. But even there, she is haunted by her past, and by the constant threat of discovery. To secure her place in society, she marries Somers Ingram, a wealthy British officer with secrets of his own. Soon Linny discovers that respectability and marriage bring a new kind of imprisonment, as well as the same menace and violence that she thought she had escaped. But Linny is not about to surrender easily. In the lush tropics of India she finds not only the means for rebellion but also the love and freedom she never had in England. We had been at sea almost four months. Swallows swooped near the railings, indicating land nearby. Mrs. Cavendish likened these busy, twittering creatures to the dove with its olive branch. She was right, and within another day villages were spotted along the coast. The water became noisy with dozens of tiny rocking boatloads of Indians. Bumboat men, Mrs. Cavendish called them, shouting to be heard over the cries of the villagers as they boasted of their merchandise, hoping to sell coconuts, bananas, or tamarinds. I hung over the railing, watching as the natives threw ropes with baskets attached over the ship’s side. Some of the crew called down to them in a strange tongue that I couldn’t identify, putting coins into the baskets. The baskets were lowered, and then came up again, filled with whatever the sailors had requested. I longed to try the strange-looking fruit, but Mrs. Cavendish, with a slight shake of her head, indicated that it would be beneath us to purchase anything in this way. During the last few days, as we grew ever closer to our destination, excitement grew in me. At first I attributed it to the beauty of the water and sun, the flying fish sending little droplets of water onto the smooth sea, but then realized it was something else. I detected a difference in the atmosphere, and whether it was the air itself or the degree of heat I couldn’t say. Perhaps the smells carried in the wind contributed to the unexplained breathlessness I experienced. My nose filled with the strange smells of an unfamiliar populace, the scents of unknown vegetation. I felt as heady as I had when twirled in my first quadrille. —from The Linnet Bird
Download or read book The Lament of the Linnet written by Anna Maria Ortese and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 18th century Naples, three visitors from Flanders vie for the hand of a glovemaker's daughter. One is a merchant, a second is a duke and a third a sculptor. All are intrigued be her mysterious sorrow.
Download or read book The Lady and the Linnet written by Lady and published by . This book was released on 1741 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Linnet and the Prince written by Alydia Rackham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Linnet has been given a grave task. If she succeeds, it could end her life. If she fails, it could destroy her people. She must kill a prince. But first, she must marry him.
Download or read book The Linnet s Tale written by Dale C. Willard and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This delightful tale about the village of Tottensea Burrows and the lovable, literate field mice who live there is an enchanting vision of small-town life inspired by a family of field mice living on the author's back porch. Illustrations throughout.
Download or read book Supertato written by Sue Hendra and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spud fulfills his destiny as a supermarket superhero in this delightfully wacky picture book from the creators of Norman the Slug with a Silly Shell! Meet Supertato! He’s the supermarket superhero with eyes everywhere—always on the lookout for danger. When the veggie aisle is thrown into turmoil by an evil pea, Supertato heroically springs into action! But this very, very evil pea won’t go back to the frozen section without a fight. Will justice prevail, or has Supertato finally met his match?
Download or read book Kidd s song birds The Goldfinch the Linnet the Linnet mule the Goldfinch mule and the Bullfinch written by William KIDD (Naturalist) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Linnets and Valerians written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nan, Robert, Timothy, and Betsy's father went off to explore in Egypt, he left the children with their grandmother who lived in the English countryside. Unfortunately she did not much like children, much less their dog, Absalom. So the children ran away to stay with their Uncle Ambrose, an eccentric, strict, and loveable retired school teacher who was determined to give them an Education, but in addition to Greek, Latin, and Literature, the Linnet children learned much more — about nature and magic, the power of the past and Pan, and, of course, the importance of the bees. They used their knowledge to find the lost Valerians, undo some very wicked, ancient spells, and reunite a divided family. The word "enchanting" is overused, but in this case it applies.
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Download or read book Egg written by Sue Hendra and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious picture book about a non-conforming Egg from the bestselling Supertato creators Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet. Important note: This book is not like other books. This is a book that even the smallest children can read. This is a book which will stretch your imagination, celebrate difference and fire up your storytelling brain. This is a book with just one word . . . Egg. When an odd egg turns up with a big head and a pointy bottom, the other eggs don't know what to make of it. Can they make the odd egg conform to Normal Egg Standards? The other eggs try turning it upside down, and even make it wear a hat on its bottom to show which side is 'up', but it takes the clever upside-down egg to show them that eggs can be any way up and still be eggs. Perfect for Easter, or any time of the year, children will love telling the story themselves, looking at the pictures and using different voices for the various 'egg's. Plus the egg-shaped format adds to the eggy fun!
Download or read book Cake written by Sue Hendra and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of I Want My Hat Back, this delicious story from Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet tells the story of a cake who’s about to attend his very first party—but he has no idea what’s coming! Cake has been invited to his very first birthday party! He buys just the right outfit—including the PERFECT hat. But as the candles on his perfect party hat begin to burn, and the other party guests start to sing, Cake starts to think that this is one party he’d rather not be at…
