Download or read book The Queen s Sorrow written by Suzannah Dunn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plain and dutiful and a passionate Catholic, Mary Tudor is overjoyed when she becomes Queen of England. After the misery of her childhood, when her father, Henry VIII, rejected her and her mother, Mary feels at last that she is achieving her destiny. And when she marries Philip of Spain, her happiness is complete. But Mary's delight quickly turns sour as she realizes that her husband does not love her—indeed, that he finds her devotion irritating. Desperate for a baby, she begins to believe that God is punishing her. Her people are horrified at the severity of the measures she takes and begin to to turn against their queen, who is lonely, frightened, and desperate for love. Rafael, a member of Philip of Spain's entourage, reluctantly witnesses the tragedy that unfolds as the once-feted queen tightens her cruel hold on the nation. As Rafael becomes closer to Mary, his life—and newfound love—are caught up in the terrible chaos.

Download or read book The Queen s Sorrow written by Suzannah Dunn and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Queen s Sorrow written by Suzannah Dunn and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Queen of Sorrow written by Sarah Beth Durst and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle between vicious spirits and strong-willed queens that started in the award-winning The Queen of Blood and continued in the powerful The Reluctant Queen comes to a stunning conclusion in The Queen of Sorrow, the final volume of Sarah Beth Durst’s Queens of Renthia trilogy. Queen Daleina has yearned to bring peace and prosperity to her beloved forest home—a hope that seemed doomed when neighboring forces invaded Aratay. Now, with the powerful Queen Naelin ruling by her side, Daleina believes that her dream of ushering in a new era can be realized, even in a land plagued by malevolent nature spirits who thirst for the end of human life. And then Naelin’s children are kidnapped by spirits. Nothing is more important to her than her family, and Naelin would rather watch the world burn than see her children harmed. Blaming the defeated Queen Merecot of Semo for the kidnapping, Naelin is ready to start a war—and has the power to do it. But Merecot has grander plans than a bloody battle with her southern neighbors. Taking the children is merely one step in a plot to change the future of all Renthia, either by ending the threat of spirits once and for all . . . or plunging the world into chaos.

Download or read book Queen of Trial and Sorrow written by Susan Appleyard and published by Susan Appleyard. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A B.R.A.G. Medallion winner, this is the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the wife of King Edward IV and the mother of the Princes in the Tower. As an impoverished widow, she was wooed and won by the handsome young king and believed her dreams had come true. But she was soon swept up in the War of the Roses, enduring hardship and danger as her husband struggled to keep his throne. When he died Elizabeth was unable to protect her family against the ruthless ambitions of the man he trusted above all others. It was the king's brothers, the unstable Duke of Clarence and the loyal Duke of Gloucester, who would prove to be Elizabeth's most dangerous enemies. If you enjoyed The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, you might enjoy Queen of Trial and Sorrow.

Download or read book Sorrow s Queen written by Ashleigh Giannoccaro and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sorrow slips in quietly when no one is looking - just like I do.It robs them of life and joy - just like me.Sorrow is a killer in the night, murdering hearts and leaving destruction in its wake - and so am I.I am Tristan Sorrow, I stole happiness, and now she is mine.He came in the dead of night to steal me, to take me home. He was sent to rob me of my happiness and murder my hopes.Creeping in slowly, he was an unexpected twist in my tale.But he stole the wrong thing, he made me his Queen.Tristan Sorrow stole my heart - and my life.Every love story is written tragically in the blood of those who fell.

Download or read book Days of Splendor Days of Sorrow written by Juliet Grey and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen. Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside her husband, Louis XVI. But behind the extravagance of the young queen’s elaborate silk gowns and dizzyingly high coiffures, she harbors deeper fears for her future and that of the Bourbon dynasty. From the early growing pains of marriage to the joy of conceiving a child, from her passion for Swedish military attaché Axel von Fersen to the devastating Affair of the Diamond Necklace, Marie Antoinette tries to rise above the gossip and rivalries that encircle her. But as revolution blossoms in America, a much larger threat looms beyond the gilded gates of Versailles—one that could sweep away the French monarchy forever.

Download or read book The Queen of Blood written by Sarah Beth Durst and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the magical world of Renthia, The Queen of Blood is Sarah Beth Durst’s ambitious entry into adult epic fantasy. With the danger of Peter Brett’s The Warded Man, heart of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, and lyricism of Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind, this is the first chapter in a series destined to be a classic. Everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river, the wind that exhales fresh snow . . . But the spirits that reside within this land want to rid it of all humans. One woman stands between these malevolent spirits and the end of humankind: the queen. She alone has the magical power to prevent the spirits from destroying every man, woman, and child. But queens are still just human, and no matter how strong or good, the threat of danger always looms. With the position so precarious, young women are chosen to train as heirs. Daleina, a seemingly quiet academy student, is under no illusions as to her claim to the throne, but simply wants to right the wrongs that have befallen the land. Ven, a disgraced champion, has spent his exile secretly fighting against the growing number of spirit attacks. Joining forces, these daring partners embark on a treacherous quest to find the source of the spirits’ restlessness—a journey that will test their courage and trust, and force them to stand against both enemies and friends to save their land . . . before it’s bathed in blood.

Download or read book Snow White Sorrow written by Cameron Jace and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if all you knew about fairy tales was wrong?Ever wondered why Snow White's mother wanted her to have lips red as blood? Why the Evil Queen really wanted to have her heart? Whose voice it was in the queen's mirror? Did you ever wonder if the original Brothers Grimm fairy tales were different, or if the story was real and happened in a certain period in history?From Bestselling author Cameron Jace (The Grimm Diaries Prequels amazon.com/dp/B00AA4JIWC) comes the first book of a dazzling new fantasy series that questions everything you knew about fairy tales. SNOW WHITE SORROW (Book #1 in The Grimm Diaries where fairy tale characters expose the truth about fairy tales) presents the coming of age epic story of a special 15 year old boy who lives in the town of Snoring. Loki Blackstar is learning how to become a Dreamhunter, a special talent to kill dark creatures by entering their dreams. He has no no memory of his past; his best friend is a car that talks and sings to him, his mother is a ghost who tries her best to be scary, and his guardian is a happy pipe-smoking teacher called Charmwill Glimmer--who claims to be friends with Santa Claus.Loki is told he is a half-angel who was banned for falling in love with a human girl by roaming the world of Minikins where ordinary people live. The only way to regain back his memory is to kill a 15 year old vampire girl that lives in a mysterious castle called the Schloss in a crazy island that resides on the back of a whale called Sorrow.They say the vampire girl is Snow White. The real Snow White...She is described as darkly beautiful, terrifyingly enchanting, and wickedly lovely. She kills ruthlessly, and doesn't spare anyone. Loki will have to confront her to learn who he really is and the truth about the real fairy tales that the Brothers Grimm kept from us.In their first confrontation, Snow White whispers TWO WORDS in Loki ears while gripping him by the throat that will change both their lives forever.Warning: these Grimm Diaries are like poisoned apples. Once you taste them, you will never see fairy tales in the same light again.Snow White Sorrow - 125'000 words

Download or read book House of Rage and Sorrow written by Sangu Mandanna and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One kingdom. One crown. One family. “Maybe it’s time the great House of Rey came to an end. After all, what are we now? Just a house of rage and sorrow.” Esmae once wanted nothing more than to help her golden brother win the crown of Kali but that dream died with her best friend. Alexi broke her heart, and she vowed to destroy him for it. And with her sentient warship Titania beside her, how can she possibly fail? As gods, beasts, and kingdoms choose sides, Alexi seeks out a weapon more devastating than even Titania. Past lives threaten the present. Old enemies claim their due. And Esmae cannot outrun the ghosts and the questions that haunt her. What really happened to her father? What was the third boon her mother asked of Amba? For in the shadows, lurking in wait, are secrets that will swallow her whole. The House of Rey is at war. And the entire galaxy will bleed before the end.

Download or read book Sorrow of the Earth written by Éric Vuillard and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating, brilliant and angry: the tale of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the tragic fate of its Native American participants Buffalo Bill was the prince of show business. His spectacular Wild West shows were performed to packed houses across the world, holding audiences spellbound with their grand re-enactments of tales from the American frontier. For Bill gave the crowds something they'd never seen before: real-life Indians. This astonishing work of historical re-imagining tells the little-known story of the Native Americans swallowed up by Buffalo Bill's great entertainment machine. Of chief Sitting Bull, paraded in theatres to boos and catcalls for fifty dollars a week. Of a baby Lakota girl, found under her mother's frozen body, adopted and displayed on the stage. Of the last few survivors of Wounded Knee, hired to act out the horrific massacre of their tribe as entertainment. And of Buffalo Bill Cody himself, hamming it to the last, even as it consumed him. Told with beauty, compassion and anger, Sorrow of the Earth shows us tragedy turned into a circus act, history into sham, truth into a spectacle more powerful than reality itself. Could any of us turn away? Born in Lyon in 1968, Éric Vuillard is a French author and film director. His books include Conquistadors (winner of the Ignatius J. Reilly Prize 2010), and La Bataille de l'occident and Congo, which were jointly awarded the 2012 Franz-Hessel prize and the 2013 Valery-Larbaud prize. Sorrow of the Earth is the first of his books to be translated into English.

Download or read book Sorrows of a Century written by John C. Weaver and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sorrows of a Century, John Weaver describes how personal relationships, work, poverty, war, illness, and legal troubles have driven thousands to despair. His study is set in twentieth-century New Zealand where - in spite of high standards of living and a commitment to social welfare - citizens have experienced the profound losses and stresses of the human condition. Focusing on New Zealand because it has the most comprehensive and accessible coroners' records, Weaver analyzes a staggering amount of information to determine the social and cultural factors that contribute to suicide rates. He examines the country's investigations into sudden deaths, places them within the context of major events and societal changes, and turns to witnesses' statements, suicide notes, and medical records to remark on prevention strategies. His extensive survey of twelve thousand cases also provides an insightful assessment of psychiatry and psychology in the last century. In reviewing the motives and methods of suicide, Weaver points out the complications facing deterrence. Moving beyond the timeless present of the social sciences and the irrationality emphasized in psychology, Sorrows of a Century marshals testimony to highlight the historical context and rational conduct behind suicide.

Download or read book A Story of Sorrow written by Daniel J Volpe and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bow or Die! The city of Graathull has wonders to see. From the tall buildings, to the sprawling Duhson river, it offers something for everyone. Especially those seeking flesh and blood. Sorrow knows the city has a love for duels-some for sport, some for death. He thought his dueling days were over but he was dead wrong. Another pair of killers have entered the city. One with a black sword, and snake tattooed upon her right hand. The other wearing a cloak of baby skin, wielding a strange magic. When their paths cross with Sorrow, steel will be stained and loyalties shall be tested. Will Sorrow be able to avoid the malice of this deadly pair, or will he fall to the Queen?

Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Many Lives Secret Sorrows of Josephine B written by Sandra Gulland and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 1999-08-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first of three books inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte, Sandra Gulland has created a novel of immense and magical proportions. We meet Josephine in the exotic and lush Martinico, where an old island woman predicts that one day she will be queen. The journey from the remote village of her birth to the height of European elegance is long, but Josephine's fortune proves to be true. By way of fictionalized diary entries, we traverse her early years as she marries her one true love, bears his children, and is left betrayed, widowed, and penniless. It is Josephine's extraordinary charm, cunning, and will to survive that catapults her to the heart of society, where she meets Napoleon, whose destiny will prove to be irrevocably intertwined with hers.

Download or read book The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems written by Mary Ann H.T. Bigelow and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems by Mary Ann H.T. Bigelow