Download or read book The Earl s Christmas Contest written by M Culler and published by M. Culler. This book was released on 2023-12-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Lord Thomas, Earl of Whitstead, convince his oldest friend that he's in love with her-in just twelve days? Childhood friends Lord Thomas Willoughby, Earl of Whitstead, and Lady Phillipa Elmsworth are sick of the marriage-minded mayhem of the London Season. When Thomas proposes that they wed to escape the heartbreak and heartache they see around them, Pip gamely accepts. After all, almost no one is marrying for love in London. Why not marry for friendship? To keep rumors at bay, Tom and Pip have conspired to act besotted with one another in public and to live as amicable companions when in the privacy of their own home. However, the young couple will soon face sharp scrutiny when it comes time to host Christmas at Whitmore Castle, a beloved tradition that half the gentry will attend. Christmas at the castle means so much to Tom, and it's Pip's first true test as the new Countess of Whitstead. To take their minds off of the endless hosting duties and tedious guests, Tom suggests a Christmas contest. Who can outdo the other by planning the sweetest surprises and finding the most unusual gifts in a friendly battle of wits and wills? It's all in good fun, but as Christmas Eve approaches, Phillipa and Thomas begin to realize they're in danger. Both are on the verge of breaking their promises not to ruin a perfectly good marriage with something as messy as love. Will Christmas at Whitmore Castle end in triumph-or scandal?
Download or read book The Earl s Christmas Contest written by M Culler and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-12-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Lord Thomas, Earl of Whitstead, convince his oldest friend that he's in love with her-in just twelve days? Childhood friends Lord Thomas Willoughby, Earl of Whitstead and Lady Phillipa Elmsworth are sick of the marriage-minded mayhem of the London Season. When Thomas proposes that they wed to escape the heartbreak and heartache they see around them, Pip gamely accepts. After all, almost no one is marrying for love in London. Why not marry for friendship? To keep rumors at bay, Tom and Pip have conspired to act besotted with one another in public and to live as amicable companions when in the privacy of their own home. However, the young couple will soon face sharp scrutiny when it comes time to host Christmas at Whitmore Castle, a beloved tradition that half the gentry will attend. Christmas at the castle means so much to Tom, and it's Pip's first true test as the new Countess of Whitstead. To take their minds off of the endless hosting duties and tedious guests, Tom suggests a Christmas contest. Who can outdo the other by planning the sweetest surprises and finding the most unusual gifts in a friendly battle of wits and wills? It's all in good fun, but as Christmas Eve approaches, Phillipa and Thomas begin to realize they're in danger. Both are on the verge of breaking their promises not to ruin a perfectly good marriage with something as messy as love. Will Christmas at Whitmore Castle end in triumph-or scandal? The Earl's Christmas Contest is a sweet Regency Christmas romance that combines the elegance of Bridgerton with the heartfelt holiday spirit of Hallmark.
Download or read book The Earl s Christmas Pearl written by Megan Frampton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A duke's daughter. An irrestible earl. And an energetic Corgi named Mr. Shorty. What more could you want in a Christmas novella by Megan Frampton? It's Christmastime in London, and Lady Pearl Howlett is eagerly ready for the festivities—until her family goes off to their country estate...accidentally leaving her home alone! But she's not dismayed. Rather, she's thrilled to do exactly what she wants. Unfortunately, this daughter of a duke doesn't know how to do anything. The Earl of Llanover has come to London to take refuge in his godmother's townhouse, free to be as awkward and grumpy as he wants. With his pet Corgi, Mr. Shorty, for company, Owen Dwyfor is ready for a quiet holiday away from his mother and sisters who would have him married off. That is, until his godmother's neighbor, Lady Pearl Howlett comes barging in to his solitude. After some reluctance, the two come together for a joyous—and steamy—Christmas they won't forget.
Download or read book The Cambridge Medieval History Contest of empire and papacy written by Henry Melville Gwatkin and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Earl written by Erin Rafanello Ferguson and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erin Rafanello Ferguson wrote this story about little Earl after becoming frustrated with the furry spiders that invaded her home when she cut down a living Christmas tree from a Christmas tree farm. She was shocked, but after a few years of having the same issue, she decided she didn't want herself or her family to be afraid of them any longer. She decided to name one of the spiders Earl, and her family giggled about him all throughout the Christmas season. A story was born and a tradition of accepting the spiders was found in Earl: The Christmas Tree Spider. This story takes you through Earl's journey from the forest to a loving home he gets to call his own. With Christmas cheer throughout, and even Santa Claus, this book brings the warmth of the season home to its readers.
Download or read book Christmas Past written by Thomas Ruys Smith and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the modern celebration of Christmas took shape across the nineteenth century, American writers gave it new meaning in the pages of countless books and magazines. Now, for the first time, this rich anthology brings together some of the most significant of those seasonal stories to retell a forgotten tale of Christmases past. From the authors who helped define a national literary culture, to the popular sentimentalists who negotiated Christmas’s position at the center of family life, to the realists who looked to reshape American letters in the wake of the Civil War, and beyond: all varieties of American writers turned to Christmas as an inevitable and potent subject during this deeply formative period in the history of American literature. In Christmas Past, Thomas Ruys Smith brings together a diverse range of voices to showcase the many ways in which Christmas was imagined across the nineteenth century, offering images that echo down to the present. The introduction that frames the anthology provides a new literary history of Christmas, contextualizing the selections and making clear the links both between them and to the wider trajectory of American literature.
Download or read book A Selection from the Papers of the Earls of Marchmont written by and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Selection from the Papers of the Earls of Marchmont written by George Henry Rose and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Selection from the Papers of the Earls of Marchmont written by Sir George Henry Rose and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century written by Marc Morris and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of one of the most influential aristocratic families of medieval England. The Bigods were one of the most powerful and important families in thirteenth-century England. They are chiefly remembered for their dramatic interventions in high politics. Roger III Bigod (c. 1209-70) famously led the march on Westminster Hall in 1258 against Henry III, while Roger IV Bigod (1245-1306) confronted Edward I in 1297 in similar fashion. This book is the first full-scale study of these two earls, and explores in depth the reasons thatled each of them to take the extreme step of confronting his king. It is only in part, however, a political study. In seeking to understand the motives that lay behind their public actions, the book scrutinizes the earls' privateaffairs. It establishes for the first time the precise extent of their landed estate, the size of their incomes, and the membership and quality of their affinities. It also examines their relationships with friends and relatives, their building works, and even their personalities. Extensive use is made throughout of unpublished manuscript sources: in particular, the hundreds of ministers' accounts that have survived from the administration of Roger IV Bigod, and the charters given by both earls, which are calendared and translated in an appendix.
Download or read book The Earls of Mercia written by Stephen Baxter and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-12-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes a major reappraisal of the late Anglo-Saxon state on the eve of its demise. Its principal focus is the family of Ealdorman Leofwine, which obtained power in Mercia and retained it throughout an extraordinary period of political upheaval between 994 and 1071. In doing so it explores a paradox: that earls were extraordinarily wealthy and powerful yet distinctly insecure. The book contains the first extended treatment of earls' powers in late Anglo-Saxon England and shows that although they wielded considerable military, administrative and political powers, they remained vulnerable to exile and other forms of political punishment including loss of territory. The book also offers a path-breaking analysis of land tenure and the mechanics of royal patronage, and argues that the majority of earls' estates were held from the king on a revocable basis for the duration of their period in office. In order to compensate for such insecurities, earls used lordship and religious patronage to construct local networks of power. The book uses innovative methods for interpreting the representation of lordship in Domesday Book to reconstruct the affinity of the earls of Mercia. It also examines how the house of Leofwine made strategic use of religious patronage to cement local power structures. All this created intense competition between the earls of Mercia and their rivals for power, both at court and in the localities, and the book explores how factional rivalry determined the course of politics, and ultimately the fate of the late Anglo-Saxon state.
Download or read book The Earls of Kildare and Their Ancestors written by Charles William FitzGerald Leinster (4th Duke of) and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fitz Gerald family of England and Kildare, Ireland between 1057 and and 1773; the family immigrated from England to Ireland about 1176, having been granted a barony there by the King. Some of the family during the 1200s used the surname Fitz Maurice. "The Fitz Geralds, or Geraldines, are descended from 'Dominus Otho,' or Other, who in 1057 (16th Edward the Confessor) was an honorary Baron of England. He is said to have been one of the family of the Gherardini of Florence ...".
Download or read book Contains the earls from the accession of George III written by Arthur Collins and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Flight of the Earls written by Tadhg Ó Cianáin and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of the Earls of Granard written by John Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish descendants of Alexander Forbes, who in 1303 defended the Castle of Urquart in Scotland.
Download or read book Earl of Wainthorpe written by Collette Cameron and published by Blue Rose Romance. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could she ever love the unrepentant rake who won her in a wager? He didn’t gamble on losing his heart when he won her at the gaming tables. Pierce, Earl of Wainthorpe has finally thwarted his worst enemy. Except, he can’t revel in his victory after winning his foe’s ward in a winner-takes-all wager. If Pierce refuses to assume Bianca Salisbury’s guardianship, the fiery-haired beauty with a matching temper may very well find herself sold to the highest bidder. The shameful secret she guards makes it impossible to love a rogue. Desperate to escape her blackguard cousin, Bianca Salisbury ventures to London to find a husband or employment. Instead, she’s bartered to a notorious rakehell. She either risks being compromised and accepts The Earl of Wainthorpe’s protection or flees him and her guardian. But without money and a place to go, she fears she’ll face the same tragic fate as her mother. To protect Bianca from her cousin, Pierce spirits her to his secluded country estate. Neither he nor Bianca is prepared for their growing attraction and both dread the day he returns to London while she remains in hiding. Can Pierce persuade a wary Bianca to trust a reformed rogue, or does he depart, leaving his heart and love behind? _________ This charming Regency historical by a USA Today bestselling author will make you smile, laugh, and sigh with contentment as you witness the sweet and tender love growing between Pierce and Bianca. If you enjoy reading friends to lovers, class difference, strong heroine, and lovable rogue stories with a pinch of mystery& suspense, a dash of romantic humor, and gripping emotion then you’ll adore Collette Cameron’s enthralling WICKED EARLS’ CLUB SERIES. Buy EARL OF WAINTHORPE and settle into your favorite reading nook for a page-turning, entertaining Regency world adventure you can’t put down. Though part of a series, this book can easily be read as a stand-alone novel. CHECK OUT COLLETTE’S OTHER SERIES: Castle Brides Series Heart of a Scot Series Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series Seductive Scoundrels Series The Blue Rose Regency Romances: The Culpepper Misses Series Wicked Earls’ Club Series
Download or read book Seton Earls of Winton Part 3 of 3 written by and published by Joy Peck. This book was released on with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
