Download or read book The Fury of a Scorned Queen written by StoryBuddiesPlay and published by StoryBuddiesPlay. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the epic tale of Aeneas, a Trojan hero navigating love, loss, and destiny in the face of the gods' will. Witness his agonizing choice between love for Queen Dido of Carthage and his duty to fulfill the Trojan legacy. Feel the wrath of a scorned Dido as her curse unleashes a torrent of hardships upon Aeneas' journey. Brace yourself for perilous encounters – monstrous Harpies with a taste for misfortune, a volcanic island spewing divine fury, and a chilling prophecy foretelling a land of endless war. Yet, amidst the trials, find solace in acts of unexpected kindness, like the welcoming embrace of the Strophades, a people who offer the weary Trojans a haven of rest and renewal. This captivating chapter excerpt from the Aeneid explores themes of love and loss, divine intervention, and the unyielding human spirit in the face of adversity. As Aeneas and his people press on towards the fabled land of Hesperia, their ultimate destination, will they conquer the challenges that lie ahead? Will they find the promised paradise, or succumb to the wrath of the gods and the vengeful curse of a heartbroken queen?
Download or read book Queen of None written by Natania Barron and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in a sumptuous, female-led Arthurian Fantasy Romance trilogy When Anna Pendragon was born, Merlin prophesied: "Through all the ages, and in the hearts of men, you will be forgotten." Married at twelve, and a mother soon after, Anna - the famed King Arthur's sister - did not live a young life full of promise, myth, and legend. She bore three strong sons and delivered the kingdom of Orkney to her brother by way of her marriage. She did as she was asked, invisible and useful for her name, her status, her dowry, and her womb. Twenty years after she left her home, Anna returns to Carelon at Arthur's bidding, carrying the crown of her now-dead husband, Lot of Orkney. Past her prime and confined to the castle itself, she finds herself yet again a pawn in greater machinations and seemingly helpless to do anything about it. Anna must once again face the demons of her childhood: her sister Morgen, Elaine, and Morgause; Merlin and his scheming Avillion priests; and Bedevere, the man she once loved. To say nothing of new court visitors, like Lanceloch, or the trouble concerning her own sons. Carelon, and all of Braetan, is changing, though, and Anna must change along with it. New threats, inside and out, lurk in the shadows, and a strange power begins to awaken in her. As she learns to reconcile her dark gift, and struggles to keep the power to herself, she must bargain her own strength, and family, against her ambition and thirst for revenge.
Download or read book Semira The Scorned Queen written by S.W. Frank and published by S.W. Frank Publishing. This book was released on with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Riveting... compliments to the author for providing a tantalizing backstory on Semira mentioned in the Alfonzo series!” -HistoricalLuvR "A Queen Can Rule Without A Jeweled Crown."Semira, Daughter of Ras Afizwusi Set in the early 20th century, the free-spirited Princess Semira is caught between the trappings of duty and tradition. Bound to honor an arranged marriage to a foreign monarch, she must leave her beloved Africa and girlish wishes. Fraught with uncertainty of her husband’s devotion, her suspicions are confirmed when the impotent King bows to the authority of the Papacy. However, a proud Queen shall never bow despite being cast aside for political appeasement. Refusing to return to her father’s house in disgrace, Queen Semira forges a new life In Sicily among the contadini. But, she carries the King's heir and she will need protection from an assassin. Perhaps, the anti-Fascist Lupe might be of aid in the formation of an elite Circle of Protectors.
Download or read book The Mourning Bride written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1733 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pleasant Nights Volume 1 written by Don Beecher and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c. 1480–c. 1557) is particularly known for his dazzling anthology The Pleasant Nights. Originally published in Venice in 1550 and 1553, this collection features seventy-three folk stories, fables, jests, and pseudo-histories, including nine tales we might now designate for ‘mature readers’ and seventeen proto-fairy tales. Nearly all of these stories, including classics such as ‘Puss in Boots,’ made their first ever appearance in this collection; together, the tales comprise one of the most varied and engaging Renaissance miscellanies ever produced. Its appeal sustained it through twenty-six editions in the first sixty years. This full critical edition of The Pleasant Nights presents these stories in English for the first time in over a century. The text takes its inspiration from the celebrated Waters translation, which is entirely revised here to render it both more faithful to the original and more sparkishly idiomatic than ever before. The stories are accompanied by a rich sampling of illustrations, including originals from nineteenth-century English and French versions of the text. As a comprehensive critical and historical edition, these volumes contain far more information on the stories than can be found in any existing studies, literary histories, or Italian editions of the work. Donald Beecher provides a lengthy introduction discussing Straparola as an author, the nature of fairy tales and their passage through oral culture, and how this phenomenon provides a new reservoir of stories for literary adaptation. Moreover, the stories all feature extensive commentaries analysing not only their themes but also their fascinating provenances, drawing on thousands of analogue tales going back to ancient Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic stories. Immensely entertaining and readable, The Pleasant Nights will appeal to anyone interested in fairy tales, ancient stories, and folk creations. Such readers will also enjoy Beecher’s academically solid and erudite commentaries, which unfold in a manner as light and amusing as the stories themselves.
Download or read book The Pleasant Nights written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This full critical edition of The Pleasant Nights presents these stories in English for the first time in over a century. The text takes its inspiration from the celebrated Waters translation, which is entirely revised here to render it both more faithful to the original and more sparkishly idiomatic than ever before. The stories are accompanied by a rich sampling of illustrations, including originals from nineteenth-century English and French versions of the text.
Download or read book Queen Elizabeth I written by J.E. Neale and published by ChicagoReviewPress + ORM. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long cosidered the definitive biography of the great Tudor Queen, this scholarly and immensely readable book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography and hs been translated into nine languages.
Download or read book Heaven s Fury written by 50 Cent (Musician) and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-20 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heaven Diaz's abuela raised her to be a good Catholic girl, and on the outside, that's exactly what she appears to be. She has a successful career, a lovely home, and she lives in the lap of luxury with her new husband Ricardo, a successful businessman and the love of her life. Then a chance meeting with a sexy and manipulative woman named Gloria rocks Heaven's foundation to the core and almost overnight Heaven finds herself in the centre of a bloody drug war where nothing and no one is who they seem to be, especially not Heaven because when pushed too far, this good girl's wrath is deadly.
Download or read book Scorn of Angels written by John Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creation is Doomed... Nyx, Queen of Hell, lies broken and burning in a box at the bottom of the Lake of Fire, put there but her lover Tribunal, who is God's Son. Nyx's daughter Epiphenia, has been slaughtered by Tribunal and Lucifer. Her companions, Persephone and Ishtar, were captured and are now suffering unspeakable torture. Lucifer, one Nyx's second-in-command, has taken over Hell and is ruling with a depraved will and an iron fist. And on Earth, Arcana, Angel of Heaven, has arrived a thousand years too late. And that isn't even the worst of it. Tribunal is going to destroy the human race, if he can keep God from noticing. He's already building a wall of illusion to hide creation from the eyes of God. And when that wall is complete, Tribunal will order Lucifer to take his Descended Angels and destroy all of humanity. And that's just for a start. Now the Angels in Heaven and the Queen of Hell must join forces to defeat a greater power than any of them have ever faced, and at stake is the very existence of Creation, and of God himself!
Download or read book The Untold History of the Kings and Queens of England written by Brenda Ralph Lewis and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized the crown in 1066, England has seen three civil wars; six monarchs have been murdered or executed; the throne of England has been usurped four times, and won in battle three times; and personal scandals and royal family quarrels abound.
Download or read book Scorned Princess written by Eva Chance and published by Ink Spark Press. This book was released on 2021-04-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hell hath no fury... I thought I was trading one evil for a lesser one. Marry a man I might eventually love, forge an alliance between his gang and my father's, and get out from under Dad's sadistic thumb. Turns out my fiancé has other plans. Like slaughtering me and my entire family the night before the wedding. I make it out alive, left with nothing but a thirst for vengeance. But if I want to crush the prick who betrayed me, I have to turn to the biggest pricks of them all. Hot, cocky, and dangerous, Wylder Noble and his men rule Paradise Bend. Their help doesn't come cheap. I've got to prove I'm strong enough to deserve it. Whatever they throw at me, I can take it. No taunting words or scorching looks will break the wall around my heart. They think I'm made of glass? I'm a girl of shards that can cut you to the bone. Before this is over, someone's going to bleed. And this time, it won't be me. *Scorned Princess is the first in a new gritty contemporary romance series from bestselling author Eva Chase (writing as Eva Chance) and Harlow King. No major triggers, but be prepared for domineering men who make their own rules, a rebellious heroine who's not afraid to get her hands dirty, and an enemies-to-lovers romance where the girl gets all the guys. It's going to be a wild, bloody ride!*
Download or read book Romantic Incidents in the Lives of the Queens of England written by J. P. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book She Wolves written by Helen Castor and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Helen Castor has an exhilarating narrative gift. . . . Readers will love this book, finding it wholly absorbing and rewarding.” —Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall In the tradition of Antonia Fraser, David Starkey, and Alison Weir, prize-winning historian Helen Castor delivers a compelling, eye-opening examination of women and power in England, witnessed through the lives of six women who exercised power against all odds—and one who never got the chance. With the death of Edward VI in 1553, England, for the first time, would have a reigning queen. The question was: Who? Four women stood upon the crest of history: Katherine of Aragon’s daughter, Mary; Anne Boleyn’s daughter, Elizabeth; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Lady Jane Grey. But over the centuries, other exceptional women had struggled to push the boundaries of their authority and influence—and been vilified as “she-wolves” for their ambitions. Revealed in vivid detail, the stories of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Margaret of Anjou, and the Empress Matilda expose the paradox that England’s next female leaders would confront as the Tudor throne lay before them—man ruled woman, but these women sought to rule a nation.
Download or read book Demon Princess Reign Check written by Michelle Rowen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh from finding out she is a demon princess and meeting her father for the first time, Nikki Donovan is looking forward to getting back to her regular high school life. But then Rhys, the handsome teenage king of the faery realm, enrolls at her school as a "foreign exchange student." Her conflicted feelings for Rhys and her boyfriend are getting in the way of her new relationship with the Shadow-creature Michael. But this love triangle from hell isn't even Nikki's biggest problem: There's a new prophecy that claims she will destroy all the demon and human worlds. Her best friend Melinda just might be a demon-slayer-in-training. Throw in a field trip to none other than the Underworld itself . . . and Nikki's going to be hoping for a rain check on more than just her homework! Look out for the other book in the Demon Princess series, Reign or Shine!
Download or read book Dark History of the Kings Queens of England written by Brenda Ralph Lewis and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly-illustrated, entertaining account of English royal history from 1066 to the present that explores the scandals behind each royal dynasty, from the ‘accidental’ murder of William II to American divorcée Meghan Markle, highlighting the individuals honoured with the crown of England—and those unfortunate enough to cross their paths.
Download or read book The Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York written by Stephan Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1966 and 1975 North American youth activists established over 35 school- and community-based gay liberation youth groups whose members sought control over their own bodies, education, and sexual and social relations. This book focuses on three groundbreaking New York City groups -- Gay Youth (GY), Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), and the Gay International Youth Society of George Washington High School (GWHS) -- from the advent of gay liberation in NYC in 1969 to just after its dissolution and the rise of identity politics by 1975. Cohen examines how gay liberation -- with its rejection of stultifying sex roles, attack on institutional oppression, connection between personal and political liberation, celebration of innate androgyny, and resolute anti-war and anti-capitalist stance -- shaped understandings of sexual identity, membership criteria, organization, decision-making, the roles of youth and adults, and efforts to effect social change.
Download or read book The Queen s English up to date by Anglophil written by A. Heald and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
