Download or read book Red Roses written by Amy Licence and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wars of the Roses were not just fought by men on the battlefield. Behind the scenes, there were daughters, wives, mistresses, mothers and queens whose lives and influences helped shape the most dramatic of English conflicts.This book traces the story of women on the Lancastrian side, from the children borne by Blanche, wife of John of Gaunt, through the turbulent fifteenth century to the advent of Margaret Beaufort’s son in 1509 and the establishment of the Tudor dynasty. From the secret liaisons of Katherine Swynford and Catherine of Valois to the love lives of Mary de Bohun and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, to the queenship of Joan of Navarre and Margaret of Anjou, this book explores their experiences as women. What bound them to their cause? What real influence did they wield?Faced with the dangers of treason and capture, defamation and childbirth, read how these extraordinary women survived in extraordinary times.

Download or read book Red Roses With Audio Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library written by Christine Lindop and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Christine Lindop. 'Who is the man with the roses in his hand?' thinks Anna. 'I want to meet him.' 'Who is the girl with the guitar?' thinks Will. 'I like her. I want to meet her.' But they do not meet. 'There are lots of men!' says Anna's friend Vicki, but Anna cannot forget Will. And then one rainy day . . .

Download or read book Hearts Cupids and Red Roses written by Edna Barth and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of Valentine's Day and the little-known stories behind its symbols.

Download or read book Red Roses Mean Love written by Jacquie D'Alessandro and published by Dell. This book was released on 2009-06-24 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yellow for friendship. Pink for passion. But . . . Red Roses Mean Love. She dreamed of roses.... Orphaned and abandoned by her fiancé, Hayley Albright is determined to care for her younger siblings even if it means having to give up her own dreams. She doesn't expect to ever find love or get married . . . until one moonlit night when she saves the life of a mysterious stranger. . . . And he wants only to make her dreams come true.... Lord Stephen Barrett woke up gazing at the face of an angel. He was alive. And safe, for now, from the killer stalking his every move. Allowing Hayley to believe he is just a tutor of modest means, Stephen stays on for reasons of his own, never anticipating the passions Hayley would stir in his cold, wary heart. Her innocence is pure seduction. Her touch is sweet temptation. And suddenly the man who has everything is willing to risk it all--for a woman who has nothing to give . . . but all her heart. . . . From the Paperback edition.

Download or read book Blood Red Roses written by Veronica Fiorato and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Blood Red Roses' describes a project involving weapons experts from the Royal Armouries, anthropologists, archaeologists and a geophysicist who excavated and analysed 37 combatants brutally killed at the Battle of Towton in AD 1461. An additional chapter has been added, as well as additional colour illustrations.

Download or read book Blood Red Roses written by Katherine Deauxville and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval England springs to life in a romance that “transcends its basic formula with a convincing setting integral to the tale and believable characters” (Publishers Weekly). Fulk de Jobourgh is a knight of the court of King William, commanded to oversee the lands of a noble who was hanged for treason. He is also instructed to marry the dead traitor’s rebellious daughter and ensure her loyalty to the king. He brings her to the altar, and to his bed, before galloping off once again to command in the King’s war. Although Alwyn, his unwilling bride, is barely able to remember the face of Fulk, she cannot forget her response to his touch. At every turn, she thwarts his efforts to take control of her father’s estate and finds herself enslaved by her passion for him. Will she be able to resist the sensual pleasure of his touch in order to save her rightful legacy and family honor?

Download or read book Blood of a Red Rose written by Tish Thawer and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doubt blooms... Someone bleeds... Change is coming...time to take heed What if vampires were the good guys and a human girl was the one to fear? Book 2 in The Rose Trilogy. A paranormal romance that continues to surprise with a heroine that's embracing her darker side, a vampire whose love starts to waver, and a vampire clan whose new Sire is filled with doubt. ROSE I'm Rose Reynolds. I've shared my secret and ruined lives. I'm no longer welcome in my childhood home. And, I've recently threatened to kill my best friend. I warned you - I'm not as innocent as everyone thinks... CHRISTIAN I'm Christian and I'm worried about Rose. She's changed and I'm not sure that's a good thing. She knows my secret and loves me still. This I know, because I'm starting to hear whispers wherever I go...

Download or read book Roses Are Red written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Cross races against time as a series of crimes stuns Washington, D. C.—and he might be facing his most brilliant enemy yet. In a series of terrifying crimes, bank robbers have been laying out precise demands when they enter the building-and then killing the bank employees and their families if those instructions are not followed to the letter. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case, certain that this is no ordinary bank robber at work; the pathological need for control and perfection is too great. Cross is in the midst of a personal crisis at home, but the case becomes all-consuming as he learns that the Mastermind is plotting one huge, last, perfect crime.

Download or read book Starter Red Roses MP3 Pack written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Red Roses from Texas written by Nerin E. Gun and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Red Rose Box written by Brenda Woods and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-12-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mama's only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive soaps...and train tickets to California. Soon after, Leah and her sister, Ruth, find themselves in Hollywood, far away from cotton fields and Jim Crow laws. To Leah, California feels like freedom. But when disaster strikes back home, Leah and Ruth have to stay with Aunt Olivia permanently. Will freedom ever feel like home?

Download or read book Red Roses Yellow Rain written by Marrigje de Maar and published by Hatje Cantz Verlag. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trained sociologist and photographer Marrigje de Maar (born 1944) seeks out those magical households in which families have come together for generations--where life has "worn itself into" a house. Over the course of five trips to China, she photographed housing in Chinese communes that had been scheduled for demolition, finding within them a surprising diversity of types and uses of classical living spaces.

Download or read book Red Rose White Rose written by Eileen Chang and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were two women in Zhenbao's life: one he called his white rose, the other his red rose. One was a spotless wife, the other a passionate mistress. Isn't that just how the average man describe a chaste widow's devotion to her husband's memory - as spotless, and passionate too? Maybe every man has had two such women - at least two. Marry a red rose and eventually she'll be a mosquito-blood streak smeared on the wall, while the white one is "moonlight in front of my bed." Marry a white rose, and before long she'll be a grain of sticky rice that's gotten stuck to your clothes; the red one, by then, is a scarlet beauty mark just over your heart. In Eileen Chang's eloquent and evocative novella, Zhenbao is a devoted son, a diligent worker, and guarded in love. But when he meets a friend's spoilt, spirited, desirable wife, he cannot resist her charms, or keep their relationship under his control. As he succumbs to passions and resentments, Red Rose, White Rose is both sensual and restrained.

Download or read book All the Red Roses written by Katt Clouatre and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, the loss of their parents is the worst tragedy they could imagine. But for sisters Aria and Renee, the horror has just begun. Their father has died suddenly some say, suspiciously and the mad mob that surrounds their home is bloodthirsty for justice. The girls watch in horror as they family is torn apart and turned to ash. The girls glee into the night, heartbroken and alone to seek out a new life. But fate delivers them into a strange and tense town that most avoid at all costs. The citizens are welcoming enough, but they practice witchcraft. In their new home, the girls soon learn more about their own pasts and family than they are prepared to handle. And soon, they attract a frightening enemy. Guided by new friends and a spirit that refuses to move on, Aria and Renee face the most difficult challenge of their young lives. The future of their new home is in peril. Do they stay and fight even if they may lose their own lives or do they run again in search of a safety that may not exist anywhere for them?

Download or read book Red Roses For My Love written by Edgar Holmes and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Red Roses For My Love" is Edgar Holmes' third book of poetry, and his most personal and fulfilling yet. It is a love letter, a journey of struggles, and a beautiful journey. Unconditional love spills out of every page, from a deep well of beautiful love unlike anything else in this world. "As long as I'm alive, you will always have fresh roses waiting for you on your dresser." Put on some music, do some self care, and let this book be a gentle embrace to your soul.

Download or read book The Red Roses written by Jessica Hayden and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 2019, England's Red Roses became the first fully professional women's rugby team in the world – their abiding mission being to win back the Rugby World Cup. After their narrow defeat against New Zealand in 2017, the formidable squad developed a hugely successful game plan that earned them the longest winning streak in rugby union history. Acclaimed sports journalist Jessica Hayden, who has had unprecedented access to the Red Roses during the writing of this book, goes behind the scenes to follow their challenges, heartbreaks and triumphs. Featuring interviews with all the major players, including Marlie Packer, Jess Breach, former captain Emily Scarratt and many more, this is a truly inspirational story. The Red Roses will host the Rugby World Cup in 2025. The stakes have never been higher for one of the most dedicated teams in the history of rugby.

Download or read book Red Roses written by Inga Borga Hedvik and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red roses is a book about a long journey and how life parted two people who always wished never part and what you have left is only letters. But even at the end of the book they still did not found the way back to each other, it does not mean that they will not found each other again.