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1610

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780575072503
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book 1610 written by Mary Gentle and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four hundred years ago, Hermetic magic is about to transform into science: 1610 is the year when everything could change. Robert Fludd, English physician and astrologer, wields the heritage of Doctor John Dee and Giordano Bruno to foretell the future. But Fludd doesn't like the centuries that he is predicting. So someone will have to change the future . . . Valentin Rochefort, duellist, down-at-heels aristocrat and spy for the Duc de Sully, France's powerful finance minister, has troubles of his own, thank you very much - not the least of which is Dariole, a young man of his acquaintance who is (in Rochefort's opinion) lust walking on legs - and as irresponsible as an alley-cat. The last thing Rochefort needs is a mad English astrologer in his life. Continental Europe is briefly at peace, but Henri IV of France is planning to invade the German principalities. In England, only 5 years earlier, conspirators nearly succeeded in blowing up King James and his Parliament. The seeds of the English Civil War and the Thirty Years War are visibly being sown . . . For a man of no conscience, Rochefort is about to find himself caught between loyalty, love, and blackmail, between kings, queens, politicians and Rosicrucians - and the woman he has, unknowingly, crossed land and sea to meet.

A Sundial in a Grave--1610

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book A Sundial in a Grave--1610 written by Mary Gentle and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

1610: A Sundial In A Grave

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575128771
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book 1610: A Sundial In A Grave written by Mary Gentle and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1610. Continental Europe is briefly at peace after years of war, but Henri IV of France is planning to invade the German principalities. In England, only five years earlier, conspirators nearly succeeded in blowing up King James I and his Parliament. The seeds of the English Civil War and the Thirty Years War are visibly being sown, and the possibility for both enlightenment and disaster abounds. But Valentin Rochefort, duelist and spy for France's powerful financial minister, could not care less. Until he is drawn into the glittering palaces, bawdy back streets, and stunning theatrics of Renaissance France and Shakespearean London in a deadly plot both to kill King James I and to save him. For this swordsman without a conscience is about to find himself caught between loyalty, love, and blackmail, between kings, queens, politicians, and Rosicrucians, and the woman he has, unknowingly, crossed land and sea to meet.

A Sundial in a Grave: 1610

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061842702
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book A Sundial in a Grave: 1610 written by Mary Gentle and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First-rate speculative fiction from a very talented writer and a fascinating evocation of a turbulent, deeply significant moment in European history. ” — Washington Post Book World A sweeping, picaresque historical novel about two dueling swordsmen and the plot to kill a king in Renaissance Europe, A Sundial in a Grave is Shakespeare in Love meets The Three Musketeers, with a distinct edge 1610: Continental Europe is briefly at peace after years of war, but Henri IV of France is planning to invade the German principalities. In England, only 5 years earlier, conspirators nearly succeeded in blowing up King James I and his Parliament. The seeds of the English Civil War and the Thirty Years War are visibly being sown, and the possibility for both enlightenment and disaster abounds. But Valentin Rochefort, duellist, down-at-heels aristocrat and spy for the Duc de Sully, France’s powerful finance minister, could care less. Until he is drawn into the glittering palaces, bawdy back streets and stunning theatrics of Renaissance France and Shakespearian London in a deadly plot to both kill King James I and to save him. Determined to save his liege Sully, Rochefort’s journey will take him as far away as the distant Nippons, and as close as the truths of his own heart. This swordsman without a conscience is about to find himself caught between loyalty, love, and blackmail, between kings, queens, politicians and Rosicrucians—and the woman he has, unknowingly, crossed land and sea to meet.

1610

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780575075528
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book 1610 written by Mary Gentle and published by Orion Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valèntin Rochefort, professional duellist and down-at-heels aristocrat, arranges the assassination of Henri IV, King of France. Fleeing from the consequences, he makes for England, on the way picking up two companions ¿ a young boy, Dariole, and a ship-wrecked ¿demon¿. Dariole is discovered first to be a girl, and then to be Rochefort¿s sister; the ¿demon¿ is Tanaka Saburo, a Japanese samurai on ambassadorial mission to England from the Shogun; and Rochefort is found by a pack of Hermetic mages and conspirators, who want him to arrange the same thing for King James I/VI of England as he did for Henri of France. Rochefort is blackmailed into arranging the death of King James at the performance of a Hermetic magic play. Meanwhile, Dariole is busy making forays into Shakespeare¿s theatre as England¿s first (and worst) female actor . . . 1610 really isn¿t Rochefort¿s year ¿ And as the play¿s performance and the assassination approach, Rochefort¿s dreams of the future that may spring from this crucial year grow increasingly stranger and more contradictory. He realises he must act ¿ but, how? What is the right choice? And how much of the future will depend on what he does?

Canary Fever

Author : John Clute
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 1473219787
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (732 download)

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Download or read book Canary Fever written by John Clute and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canary Fever is a collection of reviews about the most significant literatures of the twenty-first century: science fiction, fantasy and horror: the literatures Clute argues should be recognized as the central modes of fantastika in our times. The title refers to the canary in the coal mine, who whiffs gas and dies to save miners; reviewers of fantastika can find themselves in a similar position, though words can only hurt us.

Unleashing the Strange

Author : Damien Broderick
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434457230
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Unleashing the Strange written by Damien Broderick and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novelist and scholar Damien Broderick offers an exhilarating report on the state of science fiction at the start of the millennium. In the 21st century, we see a new wave rising in SF: it's complex, transreal, slipstreamy, post-postmodern. It unleashes the strange!

Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction

Author : Don D'Ammassa
Publisher : Infobase Learning
ISBN 13 : 1438140630
Total Pages : 2061 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction written by Don D'Ammassa and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 2061 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents articles on the horror and fantasy genres of fiction, including authors, themes, significant works, and awards.

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 17

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1780332653
Total Pages : 1066 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 17 written by Gardner Dozois and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as the essential book for every science-fiction fan, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 17 continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories from the previous year. This year's volume includes not just a host of established masters but also many bright, young talents of science fiction. It embraces every aspect of the genre - soft, hard, cyberpunk, cyber noir, anthropological, military and adventure. Plus the usual thorough summations of the year and a recommended reading list.

The Architecture of Desire

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575128828
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of Desire written by Mary Gentle and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenaries in lace and steel roam the countryside and the heads of criminals are impaled on London Bridge. The characters' relationships are played out in the shadow of the hangman's rope. Sequel to Rats and Gargoyles.

Rats and Gargoyles

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575128801
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Rats and Gargoyles written by Mary Gentle and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a nameless city somewhere between past and future, a mythic realm at the "heart of the world," where wicked Rat Lords have reduced all humankind to slaves, and god-daemons make the decision to end all existence. This energizes a compelling quest for survival, and prompts the powerful White Crow to order an uprising against this chaotic strike that threatens them all. Among those who respond to her are the defiant Prince Lucas of Candover, a student at the University of Crime, and no mans's slave; and Zari, the young Katayan woman who is destined to become the living Memory of all that follows. And others rally to join them in one final desperate revolt, hoping to create a magic powerful enough to reshape the very nature of how they live.

Ash

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575128763
Total Pages : 1244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Ash written by Mary Gentle and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 1244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the beautiful young woman Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armour and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. She has fought her way to the command of a mercenary company, and on her unlikely shoulders lies the destiny of a Europe threatened by the depredations of an Infidel army more terrible than any nightmare. Winner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 2000

Grunts

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575128798
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Grunts written by Mary Gentle and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is an orc? An orc is an 18 stone fighting machine, made of muscle, hide, talon and tusk, with a villainous disposition and a mean sense of humour. And, of course, an orc is a poor dumb grunt - the much abused foot soldier of the Evil Horde of Darkness. The usual last battle of Good against Evil is about to begin. Orc Captain Ashnak and his war-band know exactly what they can expect. The forces of Light are outnumbered, full of headstrong heroes devoid of tactics - but the Light's still going to win. Orcs - the sword fodder in the front line - will die by the thousands. Life's a bitch.

A Hawk in Silver

Author : Mary Gentle
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575128739
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book A Hawk in Silver written by Mary Gentle and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teenaged Holly finds a strange coin which leads her and her friend Chris into strange adventures with the magical people of the Hollow Hills.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1429903848
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow. This book is a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

The 1990s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

Author : Nick Hubble
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474242413
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The 1990s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction written by Nick Hubble and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1990s shape contemporary British Fiction? From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the turn of the millennium, the 1990s witnessed a realignment of global politics. Against the changing international scene, this volume uses events abroad and in Britain to examine and explain the changes taking place in British fiction, including: the celebration of national identities, fuelled by the move toward political devolution in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; the literary optimism in urban ethnic fictions written by a new generation of authors, born and raised in Britain; the popularity of neo-Victorian fiction. Critical surveys are balanced by in-depth readings of work by the authors who defined the decade, including A.S. Byatt, Hanif Kureishi, Will Self, Caryl Phillips and Irvine Welsh: an approach that illustrates exactly how their key themes and concerns fit within the social and political circumstances of the decade.

The A to Z of Fantasy Literature

Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810863456
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of Fantasy Literature written by Brian Stableford and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature, the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature, through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations, to individual author studies and useful websites.