Download or read book Royal Harlot written by Susan Holloway Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1660: Ready to throw off a generation of Puritan rule, all England rejoices when Charles Stuart returns to reclaim the throne. Among those welcoming him is young Barbara Villiers Palmer, a breathtaking Royalist beauty whose sensuality and clever wit instantly captivate the handsome, jaded king. Though each is promised to another, Barbara soon becomes Charles's mistress and closest friend, and the uncrowned queen of his bawdy Restoration court. Rewarded with titles, land, and jewels, she is the most envied and desired woman in England--and the most powerful. But the role of royal mistress is a precarious one, and Barbara's enemies and rivals are everywhere in the palace.
Download or read book Royal Harlot written by Susan Holloway Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1660: Ready to throw off a generation of Puritan rule, all England rejoices when Charles Stuart returns to reclaim the throne. Among those welcoming him is young Barbara Villiers Palmer, a breathtaking Royalist beauty whose sensuality and clever wit instantly captivate the handsome, jaded king. Though each is promised to another, Barbara soon becomes Charles's mistress and closest friend, and the uncrowned queen of his bawdy Restoration court. Rewarded with titles, land, and jewels, she is the most envied and desired woman in England--and the most powerful. But the role of royal mistress is a precarious one, and Barbara's enemies and rivals are everywhere in the palace.
Download or read book Harlot Queen written by Hilda Lewis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isabella of France was proud to be wed to the handsome Edward II of England, but her joy soon turned to rancour, for Piers Gaveston, an egotistical and mercenary courtier, usurped her husband's bed. No woman could compete with her beauty, but another man? What could she do at the age of fourteen? Wait, only wait. And so she waited, nursing her anger, rejection, and disgust. She grew in beauty and wiles; the king, in weakness, as other men, worse men, took Gaveston's place. Weary of waiting, Isabella turned to Mortimer of Wigmore. In his bed, she found comfort and love and cared little that people called her a harlot. But even the presence of Mortimer could not quench her thirst for vengeance, once she had tasted blood. Like an unleashed fury, she pursued the king's paramours. She would tear England in half to quench her rage; if she failed, her son would avenge her honour. The contest that ensued decided the fate of England. In this historically accurate and thrilling story of power and passion, Hilda Lewis has created an unforgettable account of how the fate of nations has often been forged in royal bedrooms.
Download or read book Jezebel written by Lesley Hazleton and published by Doubleday Religion. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no woman with a worse reputation than Jezebel, the ancient queen who corrupted a nation and met one of the most gruesome fates in the Bible. Her name alone speaks of sexual decadence and promiscuity. But what if this version of her story, handed down to us through the ages, is merely the one her enemies wanted us to believe? What if Jezebel, far from being a conniving harlot, was, in fact, framed? In this remarkable new biography, Lesley Hazleton shows exactly how the proud and courageous queen of Israel was vilified and made into the very embodiment of wanton wickedness by her political and religious enemies. Jezebel brings readers back to the source of the biblical story, a rich and dramatic saga featuring evil schemes and underhanded plots, war and treason, false gods and falser humans, and all with the fate of entire nations at stake. At its center are just one woman and one man—the sophisticated Queen Jezebel and the stark prophet Elijah. Their epic and ultimately tragic confrontation pits tolerance against righteousness, pragmatism against divine dictates, and liberalism against conservatism. It is, in other words, the original story of the unholy marriage of sex, politics, and religion, and it ends in one of the most chillingly brutal scenes in the entire Bible. Here at last is the real story of the rise and fall of this legendary woman—a radically different portrait with startling contemporary resonance in a world mired once again in religious wars.
Download or read book The Harlot and the Sheikh written by Marguerite Kaye and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A defiant woman…in a desert king's world! After inheriting a broken kingdom, Prince Rafiq made a vow—to restore its pride by winning a prestigious horse race. To ensure success, he hires an English expert. But even notoriously controlled Rafiq is shocked when his new employee is introduced…as Miss Stephanie Darvill! Stephanie is determined to leave her shameful past and broken dreams behind—she will prove to Rafiq she deserves his trust! But this hard-hearted desert sheikh calls to Stephanie in the most primal of ways… Dare she give in to her wildest desires?
Download or read book A harlot s progress written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Harlot s Progress The Rake s Progress MS CA 1778 1780 written by Anonymous and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Harlot s Progress 1733 The Rake s Progress Ms ca 1778 1780 written by Theophilus Cibber and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Harlot's Progress (1733), The Rake's Progress (Ms., ca. 1778-1780)" by Theophilus Cibber. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Harlot s Progress written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The King s Favorite written by Susan Holloway Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of Duchess and Royal Harlot returns with the unforgettable story of a king's last love and London's darling? BRNell Gwyn has never been a lady, nor does she pretend to be. Blessed with impudent wit and saucy beauty, she swiftly rises from the poverty of Covent Garden to become a sensation in the theater. Still in her teens, she catches the eye of King Charles II, and trades the stage for Whitehall Palace-and the role of royal mistress. Even though she delights the king, she must learn to negotiate the cutthroat royal court, where ambition and lust for power rule the hearts of all around her. For beneath her charm and light-heartedness, Nell has her own ambition-to become no less than the king's favorite.
Download or read book The Mother of Harlots Her Daughters and Grand Daughters Identified On the Church of Rome written by MOTHER. and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Com die Humaine The harlot s progress v 1 written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A harlot s progress Esther happy What love costs an old man The end of evil ways Vautrin s last avatar written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wisdom s Daughter written by India Edghill and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the tale of Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, who rules the spice lands and bows before the will of the Goddess. This is the tale of Solomon, the King of Israel and Judea, who built the golden temple to Yahweh in Jerusalem. Once he prayed that he might rule wisely. This is the tale of Solomon's wives, of his concubines ... and of his daughter Baalit, more beloved than any son. Here are their voices, their mysteries, and their deepest secrets. Here they sing their songs and weave their tapestries. As the queen's search for a true heir to her throne takes her to the court of the wisest man in the world, both she and the king learn how to value truth, love, and duty...and the king's daughter learns that not all the world is ruled by men. Wisdom's Daughter is a vivid and richly textured rendition of the biblical tale of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Told in a tapestry of voices that ring with authenticity, Wisdom's Daughter profoundly reveals the deep ties among women in a patriarchal world.
Download or read book Honor de Balzac in twenty five volumes A harlot s progress v 1 Esther happy What love costs an old man v 2 The end of evil ways Vautrin s last avatar written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confessions from the Second World written by Pelham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-29 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New, much needed perspectives on characters as wide ranging as Adolf Hitler, the Ceaușescus, Rupert Murdoch, and others. How could the world's history have differed had the true identities of the dictators discussed in Confessions from the Second World been brought to light sooner? A political, erotic thriller, featuring Hitler's strange anatomy, Stalin's moustache, Kim Jong Il's obesity while his people starve, and more. Heinrich Himmler, Chelsea Clinton: the sex symbols of the second world. Eva Braun's dog, Adolf Hitler the second, her sole companion in her new Siberian wonderland. The secrets that world leaders wished to keep repressed for all time laid bare. A fly on the wall account of the bedroom antics of some of history's most infamous figures. The second world's shroud of mystery has now been lifted and the first and third worlds can finally reconcile their differences. Confessions from the Second World: a new horizon, a new era of political correctness, of politics.
Download or read book Royal Mistress written by Patricia Campbell Horton and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1977-09 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
