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Crown of Thistles

Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0230771696
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Crown of Thistles written by Linda Porter and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle between the fecund Stewarts and the barren Tudors is generally seen only in terms of the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. But very little has been said about the background to their intense rivalry. Here, Linda Porter examines the ancient and intractable power struggle between England and Scotland, a struggle intensified during the reigns of Elizabeth and Mary's grandfathers. Henry VII aimed to provide stability when he married his daughter, Margaret, to James IV of Scotland in 1503. But he must also have known that Margaret's descendants might seek to rule the entire island. Crown of Thistles is the story of a divided family, of flamboyant kings and queens, cultured courts and tribal hatreds, blood feuds, rape and sexual licence on a breath-taking scale, and violent deaths. It also brings alive a neglected aspect of British history - the blood-spattered steps of two small countries on the fringes of Europe towards an awkward unity that would ultimately forge a great nation. Beginning with the unlikely and dramatic victories of two usurping kings, one a rank outsider and the other a fourteen-year-old boy who rebelled against his own father, the book sheds new light on Henry VIII, his daughter, Elizabeth, and on his great-niece, Mary Queen of Scots, still seductive more than 400 years after her death.

From the Ashes

Author : Jesse Thistle
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982101210
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book From the Ashes written by Jesse Thistle and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER *Winner, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Nonfiction *Winner, Indigenous Voices Awards *Winner, High Plains Book Awards *Finalist, CBC Canada Reads *A Globe and Mail Book of the Year *An Indigo Book of the Year *A CBC Best Canadian Nonfiction Book of the Year In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is. If I can just make it to the next minute...then I might have a chance to live; I might have a chance to be something more than just a struggling crackhead. From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, whose tough-love attitudes quickly resulted in conflicts. Throughout it all, the ghost of Jesse’s drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling with all that had happened, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. Finally, he realized he would die unless he turned his life around. In this heartwarming and heart-wrenching memoir, Jesse Thistle writes honestly and fearlessly about his painful past, the abuse he endured, and how he uncovered the truth about his parents. Through sheer perseverance and education—and newfound love—he found his way back into the circle of his Indigenous culture and family. An eloquent exploration of the impact of prejudice and racism, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help us find happiness despite the odds.

Crown of Thistles

Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : Pan
ISBN 13 : 9780330534376
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Crown of Thistles written by Linda Porter and published by Pan. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle between the fecund Stewarts and the barren Tudors is generally seen only in terms of the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. But very little has been said about the background to their intense rivalry. Here, Linda Porter examines the ancient and intractable power struggle between England and Scotland, a struggle intensified during the reigns of Elizabeth and Mary's grandfathers. Henry VII aimed to provide stability when he married his daughter, Margaret, to James IV of Scotland in 1503. But he must also have known that Margaret's descendants might seek to rule the entire island. Crown of Thistles is the story of a divided family, of flamboyant kings and queens, cultured courts and tribal hatreds, blood feuds, rape and sexual licence on a breath-taking scale, and violent deaths. It also brings alive a neglected aspect of British history - the blood-spattered steps of two small countries on the fringes of Europe towards an awkward unity that would ultimately forge a great nation. Beginning with the unlikely and dramatic victories of two usurping kings, one a rank outsider and the other a fourteen-year-old boy who rebelled against his own father, the book sheds new light on Henry VIII, his daughter, Elizabeth, and on his great-niece, Mary Queen of Scots, still seductive more than 400 years after her death.

Signs & Symbols in Christian Art

Author : George Ferguson
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195014327
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Signs & Symbols in Christian Art written by George Ferguson and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1959 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the use and meaning of Christian symbols found in Renaissance art.

The Thistle and The Rose

Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1801105766
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Thistle and The Rose written by Linda Porter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Tudor, the elder sister of her more famous brother Henry VIII, is the single most important Tudor figure of this era that historians have consistently overlooked. Married at thirteen to the charismatic James IV of Scotland, a man more than twice her age, she would learn the skills of statecraft that would enable her to survive his early death, and to construct a powerful position in her adopted country of Scotland as she dealt with domestic issues as well as navigating international relations with England and France. Often reviled for her hasty remarriage (and therefore the loss of the regency) the book shows that Margaret was damned if she did remarry and damned if she didn't. Her two subsequent marriages were both disastrous personally, but she never gave up. Her son attained the throne in his own right in 1528, largely through his mother's determination. Margaret's story is also one of fierce sibling rivalry with her younger brother, Henry VIII, a series of matrimonial mishaps, and fighting off an unearned reputation as an over-sexed whinger fixated by clothes and jewels, Margaret was a complex (not always likeable) woman who had the true Tudor attributes of self-expression and a flair for the dramatic. She knew that you had to look like a queen. Drawing on Margaret's extensive correspondence (more of her letters survive than of all the other Tudor queens put together), and contemporary poems and literature, Linda Porter fashions a compelling story of a misunderstood and underestimated Tudor monarch, whose determination to fight for the rights of her son, James V, is at the core of her dramatic life and indeed laid the groundwork for a future British state.

Prize Essays and Transactions

Author : Highland and agricultural society of Scotland, Edinburgh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prize Essays and Transactions written by Highland and agricultural society of Scotland, Edinburgh and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Royal Renegades

Author : Linda Porter
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466858486
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Royal Renegades written by Linda Porter and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishers Weekly called Katherine the Queen “Rich, perceptive, and creative.” In Royal Renegades, Porter examines the turbulent lives of the children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars. The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest son as Charles II eleven years later. But what happened to the king’s six surviving children is far less familiar. Casting new light on the heirs of the doomed king, acclaimed historian Linda Porter brings to life their personalities, legacies, and rivalries for the first time. As their family life was shattered by war, Elizabeth and Henry were used as pawns in the parliamentary campaign against their father; Mary, the Princess Royal, was whisked away to the Netherlands as the child bride of the Prince of Orange; Henriette, Anne’s governess, escaped with the king’s youngest child to France where she eventually married the cruel and flamboyant Philippe d’Orleans. When their "dark and ugly" brother Charles eventually succeeded his father to the English throne after fourteen years of wandering, he promptly enacted a vengeful punishment on those who had spurned his family, with his brother James firmly in his shadow. A tale of love and endurance, of battles and flight, of educations disrupted, the lonely death of a young princess and the wearisome experience of exile, Royal Renegades charts the fascinating story of the children of loving parents who could not protect them from the consequences of their own failings as monarchs and the forces of upheaval sweeping England.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Historical Account of His Majesty's Visit to Scotland

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A Historical Account of His Majesty's Visit to Scotland written by and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pests of Field Crops and Pastures

Author : Peter T. Bailey
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643067582
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Pests of Field Crops and Pastures written by Peter T. Bailey and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2007 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time is a comprehensive handbook on economic entomolgy for field crops and pastures. It is organised by commodities such as cereals, sugar and tropical pasture legumes allowing all the arthropods on a particular commodity to be examined.

Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia

Author : South Australia. Parliament
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia written by South Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arthur's Home Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1028 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Arthur's Home Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Home Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Home Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A View of the Coinage of Scotland with Copious Tables, Lists, Descriptions and Extracts from Acts of Parliament

Author : Lindsay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A View of the Coinage of Scotland with Copious Tables, Lists, Descriptions and Extracts from Acts of Parliament written by Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beneficial Insects

Author : David V. Alford
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482262614
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Beneficial Insects written by David V. Alford and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHOICE Highly recommended 2020 Insects are key components of life on our planet, and their presence is essential for maintaining balanced terrestrial ecosystems. Without insects humans would struggle to survive, and on a world scale food production would be severely compromised. Many plants and animals depend directly or indirectly on insects for their very survival, and this is particularly so in the case of insectivorous birds and other such creatures. The beneficial role of insects is often overlooked or misunderstood, and in farming circles their very presence on crops is often seen to be unwelcome. In reality, however, many insects are genuinely beneficial, as in the case of parasitic and predacious species. The use of chemical pesticides to control crop pests is becoming more tightly regulated and environmentally undesirable, and low-input farming, in which natural enemies of pests are encouraged to survive or increase, is becoming far more prevalent. Accordingly, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Integrated Pest Management (ICM) strategies are increasingly being developed, advocated and adopted. Features: Highlights information on many groups of insects and mites that act as natural enemies or biological control agents of phytophagous insects and mites, including plant pests. Profusely illustrated with high-quality colour photographs. Focuses mainly on insects and mites as natural enemies of plant pests, including parasitic and predacious species that have been accidentally or deliberately introduced in classical biological control programmes. Reviews the role of phytophagous European insects and mites in controlling or managing European plants that have become invasive weeds in other parts of the world, notably North America, Australia and New Zealand.

Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In a Gloucestershire Garden

Author : Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In a Gloucestershire Garden written by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: