Download or read book In Triumph s Wake written by Julia P. Gelardi and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their daughters. Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose legacies continue to be felt today. Their daughters—Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Queen Marie Antoinette of France; and Vicky, the Empress Frederick of Germany—are equally legendary for the tragedies that befell them, their roles in history surpassed by their triumphant mothers. In Triumph's Wake is the first book to bring together the poignant stories of these mothers and daughters in a single narrative. Isabella of Castile forged a united Spain and presided over the discovery of the New World, Maria Theresa defeated her male rivals to claim the Imperial Crown, and Victoria presided over the British Empire. But, because of their ambition and political machinations, each mother pushed her daughter toward a marital alliance that resulted in disaster. Catherine of Aragon was cruelly abandoned by Henry VIII who cast her aside in search of a male heir and tore England away from the Pope. Marie Antoinette lost her head on the guillotine when France exploded into Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Vicky died grief-stricken, horrified at her inability to prevent her son, Kaiser Wilhelm, from setting Germany on a belligerent trajectory that eventually led to war. Exhaustively researched and utterly compelling, In Triumph's Wake is the story of three unusually strong women and the devastating consequences their decisions had on the lives of their equally extraordinary daughters.
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Download or read book The Wake written by Paul Kingsnorth and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A work that is as disturbing as it is empathetic, as beautiful as it is riveting." —Eimear McBride, New Statesman In the aftermath of the Norman Invasion of 1066, William the Conqueror was uncompromising and brutal. English society was broken apart, its systems turned on their head. What is little known is that a fractured network of guerrilla fighters took up arms against the French occupiers. In The Wake, a postapocalyptic novel set a thousand years in the past, Paul Kingsnorth brings this dire scenario back to us through the eyes of the unforgettable Buccmaster, a proud landowner bearing witness to the end of his world. Accompanied by a band of like-minded men, Buccmaster is determined to seek revenge on the invaders. But as the men travel across the scorched English landscape, Buccmaster becomes increasingly unhinged by the immensity of his loss, and their path forward becomes increasingly unclear. Written in what the author describes as "a shadow tongue"—a version of Old English updated so as to be understandable to the modern reader—The Wake renders the inner life of an Anglo-Saxon man with an accuracy and immediacy rare in historical fiction. To enter Buccmaster's world is to feel powerfully the sheer strangeness of the past. A tale of lost gods and haunted visions, The Wake is both a sensational, gripping story and a major literary achievement.
Download or read book Wake Up the End Is Coming written by Leslie Weems and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WAKE UP! THE END IS COMING! “FINAL WARNING” IS LIKE NO OTHER BOOK YOU HAVE EVER READ! GOD AND JESUS OFFER END-TIME PROPHECIES ALREADY COMING TRUE!! “Coronavirus Pandemic” “The Power of God Drives Fear into Their Souls” You will read conversations on life-altering topics: Natural Disasters, Global Affairs & World Powers, Prophecies & Predictions, Secret Societies & Ancient Cultures, Aliens & UFO’s, Survival Strategies, Convergence... The Truth will Scare You! The devastation around the world will be explosive, unimaginable, and unrecognizable. IT WILL NOT BE LONG! IT IS TIME TO ACT USING YOUR FREE WILL TO MAKE THE DECISION OF YOUR LIFE, HEAVEN OR HELL?
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Download or read book How Why What to Read Finnegans Wake written by Tatsuo Hamada and published by ALP (Abiko Literary Press). This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the interviews by the author to famous Joyceans about how, why, and what to read Finnegans Wake. Basic question are; 1) Can you read through from beginning to end? 2) Is there a plot in it? 3) Are there too much sexual matters? 4) Is the book worth to read for 21st century? This book also shows the author's studies on the above questions of 1) and 2) and and on the final monologue of ALP, the most beautiful, poetic part in Finnegans Wake.
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