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Book Synopsis The Magic of Rogues by : Frank Klaassen
Download or read book The Magic of Rogues written by Frank Klaassen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor near Mixindale through necromantic magic. Two decades later, William Neville and his magician were arrested by Thomas Cromwell for having engaged in a treasonous combination of magic practices and prophecy surrounding the death of William’s older brother, Lord Latimer, and the king. In The Magic of Rogues, Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright present the legal documents about and open a window onto these fascinating investigations of magic practitioners in early Tudor England. Set side by side with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century texts that describe the sorts of magic those practitioners performed, these documents are translated, contextualized, and presented in language accessible to nonspecialist readers. Their analysis reveals how magicians and cunning folk operated in extended networks in which they exchanged knowledge, manuscripts, equipment, and even clients; foregrounds magicians’ encounters with authority in ways that separate them from traditional narratives about witchcraft and witch trials; and suggests that the regulation and punishment of magic in the Tudor period were comparatively and perhaps surprisingly gentle. Incorporating the study of both intellectual and legal sources, The Magic of Rogues presents a well-rounded picture of illicit learned magic in early Tudor England. Engaging and accessible, this book will appeal to anyone seeking to understand the intersection of medieval legal history, religion, magic, esotericism, and Tudor history.
Download or read book Rogue Magic written by N. R. Hairston and published by Fire Ink Media, LLC. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name's Rekia, and I'm wanted dead or alive. So, how does a small town girl from the south end up in the fight for her life between two powerful worlds? It's simple. I have the ability to open portals to alternate dimensions. This works out great for my business. I take crooks, thieves, criminals on the run from the law, etc. . . and I hide them where they'll never be found- in one of the many alternate worlds- for a small fee of course.Everything's going fine until I discover a secret plot between two powerful worlds that could have widespread conquests across all dimensions. Now I've made enemies of the wrong people, and they're coming for me. I could walk away. I could hide myself on some inconspicuous world and never look back. Except, there's a fire in my gut now, and like a dog with a bone, I'm not letting this go. So instead of hiding, I crack my neck, flex my hands, and tell them to bring it. This may very well mean my death, but I don't plan on going down without a fight.
Book Synopsis The Book of Magic by : George R. R. Martin
Download or read book The Book of Magic written by George R. R. Martin and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy—featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many others! Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois’s acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf . . . and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda . . . and a Wicked Witch of the West. What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore . . . and Severus Snape? Figures of wisdom and power, possessing arcane, often forbidden knowledge, wizards and sorcerers are shaped—or misshaped—by the potent magic they seek to wield. Yet though their abilities may be godlike, these men and women remain human—some might say all too human. Such is their curse. And their glory. In these pages, seventeen of today’s top fantasy writers—including award-winners Elizabeth Bear, John Crowley, Kate Elliott, K. J. Parker, Tim Powers, and Liz Williams—cast wondrous spells that thrillingly evoke the mysterious, awesome, and at times downright terrifying worlds where magic reigns supreme: worlds as far away as forever, and as near as next door. FEATURING SIXTEEN ALL-NEW STORIES: “The Return of the Pig” by K. J. Parker “Community Service” by Megan Lindholm “Flint and Mirror” by John Crowley “The Friends of Masquelayne the Incomparable” by Matthew Hughes “The Biography of a Bouncing Boy Terror: Chapter Two: Jumping Jack in Love” by Ysabeau S. Wilce “Song of Fire” by Rachel Pollack “Loft the Sorcerer” by Eleanor Arnason “The Governor” by Tim Powers “Sungrazer” by Liz Williams “The Staff in the Stone” by Garth Nix “No Work of Mine” by Elizabeth Bear “Widow Maker” by Lavie Tidhar “The Wolf and the Manticore” by Greg Van Eekhout “The Devil’s Whatever” by Andy Duncan “Bloom” by Kate Elliott “The Fall and Rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril” by Scott Lynch Plus George R. R. Martin’s classic story “A Night at the Tarn House” and an introduction by Gardner Dozois Praise for The Book of Magic “In The Book of Magic, you get everything you expect and more! Assembling seventeen great authors in one place is a difficult job but this book, with a lot of help from editor Gardner Dozois, does just that. . . . This compilation is a treat for any who love a good fantasy tale.”—Geeks of Doom
Download or read book The Palace Job written by Patrick Weekes and published by 47north. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loch is seeking revenge. It would help if she wasn't in jail. The plan: to steal a priceless elven manuscript that once belonged to her family, but now is in the hands of the most powerful man in the Republic. To do so Loch--former soldier, former prisoner, current fugitive--must assemble a crack team of magical misfits that includes a cynical illusionist, a shapeshifting unicorn, a repentant death priestess, a talking magical warhammer, and a lad with seemingly no skills to help her break into the floating fortress of Heaven's Spire and the vault that holds her family's treasure--all while eluding the unrelenting pursuit of Justicar Pyvic, whose only mission is to see the law upheld. What could possibly go wrong? The Palace Job is a funny, action-packed, high-fantasy heist caper in the tradition of Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastards series, from debut author Patrick Weekes.
Book Synopsis Making Magic in Elizabethan England by : Frank Klaassen
Download or read book Making Magic in Elizabethan England written by Frank Klaassen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan England: the Antiphoner Notebook and the Boxgrove Manual. Frank Klaassen uses these texts, which he argues are representative of the overwhelming majority of magical practitioners, to explain how magic changed during this period and why these developments were crucial to the formation of modern magic. The Boxgrove Manual is a work of learned ritual magic that synthesizes material from Henry Cornelius Agrippa, the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, Heptameron, and various medieval conjuring works. The Antiphoner Notebook concerns the common magic of treasure hunting, healing, and protection, blending medieval conjuring and charm literature with materials drawn from Reginald Scot’s famous anti-magic work, Discoverie of Witchcraft. Klaassen painstakingly traces how the scribes who created these two manuscripts adapted and transformed their original sources. In so doing, he demonstrates the varied and subtle ways in which the Renaissance, the Reformation, new currents in science, the birth of printing, and vernacularization changed the practice of magic. Illuminating the processes by which two sixteenth-century English scribes went about making a book of magic, this volume provides insight into the wider intellectual culture surrounding the practice of magic in the early modern period.
Author :J. T. Williams Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781719588508 Total Pages :672 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (885 download)
Download or read book Rogues of Magic written by J. T. Williams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forsaken to be a killer and sent to be a destroyer, Sviska must choose his own path.Sviska is a man of the shadows, an assassin without any one place to call his own. But in the Far North, he discovers a secret. Magic, long thought lost to the world, is alive. The genocide to destroy every elf, wizard, and sacred being of old is not yet complete. Sviska's masters work the strings of the world and he has been sent for a task he does not even fully understand yet.When at last he feels he has what he has always wanted, darkness falls upon the world. He must rise to face an enemy more terrible than any he has ever met.Fate will force him into a terrible choice. The Rogues of Magic rise but will Sviska be the blade that unites them all or strikes those of magic from the world forever?In this Tale of the Dwemhar trilogy, prepare yourself for a war that will bring about the gods of old, the remnants of the many races of magic, and follow a man in his journey to awaken that which sleeps deep within himself.
Download or read book Bound by Blood written by Tiffany Shand and published by Tiffany Shand. This book was released on with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her parents slain. Her throne taken. Now everyone thinks she’s the murderer. Ann was destined to become the Archdruid—now she’s spent five years as a rogue where magic has been outlawed by her usurper, Orla, the demon who ruined her life. Ann’s bloodline holds the key Orla needs to throw the five lands of Almara into complete and utter chaos—but she’ll have to catch her first. While on the run with her brother Xander and her best friend Edward Rohn, Ann collects the rogues of magic to her cause. Magic might be outlawed, but this isn’t the first time the five lands has been ruled by a tyrant, but it is the first time Ann is here to lead a rebellion of magical outcasts. It’s finally time to fight back.
Author :Jason Russell Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781533411952 Total Pages :414 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (119 download)
Book Synopsis Rogues Academy Saga by : Jason Russell
Download or read book Rogues Academy Saga written by Jason Russell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a land where men are divided by region and fealty, dark forces brew in secret while rumor of the eminent return of the ancient Shadow Armies is carried in whisper. At the heart of the conflict lie twin brothers who were raised on separate and opposing paths. Forced to come together after the death of their beloved father, the brothers soon discover that their separation in youth may have had to do with more than mere politics as they had been taught. Together, with remnants of their father's mercenary academy, they embark upon a magnificent journey from their home in the south to the frigid northern wastelands bordering the realm beyond civilized man's domain while unraveling layers of mystery and myth along the way. Rogues Academy is rife with political conflict, ancient betrayals, and supernatural forces long considered fragments of a storyteller's imagination. Beginning in the southern outpost town of Boulderane, a series of mysterious murders leaves the King Andreas in search of retribution against the barbaric neighboring ogre tribes. Despite the wishes of his counselors, the king sets off to declare war on the savages and realizes his folly only after it's too late. Eric, one of the twins and son of the founder of the Rogues Academy finds himself being dragged along into the heat of the conflict when the king requests his presence on the campaign personally. Untrained, inexperienced, and alone, Eric soon discovers that his sheltered life has done little to prepare him for life beyond the city's gates and even less so for the ravages of war. Fortunately his twin brother is out there somewhere and like all members of the Rogues Academy, he swears allegiance to no king.
Book Synopsis Rogues and Early Modern English Culture by : Craig Dionne
Download or read book Rogues and Early Modern English Culture written by Craig Dionne and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2004-04-07 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive collection of critical essays on the literary and cultural impact of the early modern rogue
Book Synopsis Winemaker of the North by : J T Williams
Download or read book Winemaker of the North written by J T Williams and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forsaken to be a killer and sent to be a destroyer, Sviska must choose his own path. Sviska is a man of the shadows, an assassin without any one place to call his own. But in the Far North, he discovers a secret. Magic, long thought lost to the world, is alive. The genocide to destroy every elf, wizard, and sacred being of old is not yet complete. Sviska's masters work the strings of the world and he has been sent for a task he does not even fully understand yet. When at last he feels he has what he has always wanted, darkness falls upon the world. He must rise to face an enemy more terrible than any he has ever met. Fate will force him into a terrible choice.
Book Synopsis The Book of Roguish Luck by : Wolfgang Baur
Download or read book The Book of Roguish Luck written by Wolfgang Baur and published by Sword & Sorcery Studios. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The silent footstep. The turn of a card. The glitter of a knife in the dark, and quiet kill. These are the tools of adventurers who live by their wits, deep in the shadows. But even skilled rogues adore and worship Lady Luck, who often holds the difference between success and failure.
Book Synopsis Half-Bloods Rising by : J.T. Williams
Download or read book Half-Bloods Rising written by J.T. Williams and published by Dwemhar Realms. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Epic. Fast. Heroic. The Rogue Elf series is classic epic fantasy with none of the fluff. ★★★★★" War calls the elves of Urlas to battle. But Kealin, a young half-elf training to be a Sacred Blade, and his three siblings, are forbidden to go. They are not ready, or so they're told. But Kealin's lineage has a dark secret and the High Council of Urlas fears what he may become... Kealin is about to learn that secret and in the catacysm emerging, Urlas will wish they had embraced it. When the soothsayer of Urlas tells Kealin that doom comes for all that left for the war, he and his siblings set off on what may be a one way journey to the edge of the world. Darkness is upon them and a specter that dwells between the borders of the living realms has been waiting for them. The Rogue Elf awakens... but is it too late to save those he loves? A brave group of companions await you: Kealin- a defiant half-blood that has little care of the purist High Elves and their beliefs. Eager, skilled, and sometimes a bit cocky, he fights with furious zeal to protect those he cares about. Alri- The only female elf in the group. Her powers are far beyond her brothers. As a potent magic-user training under the best of the arcane masters, she knows much about her deadly art but necromancy is her natural gift. With her, a power unlike that taught in her homeland is just within her grasp yet she doesn't realize it yet. Taslun- A son after his father's image. Strong, loyal to Urlas, and at 800 years old nearly ready to go before the High Council and be christened as a Blade of Urlas. He is the last anyone expects to become defiant. As the oldest sibling, he naturally desires to look after the young ones. They'll need his skills if they are all to survive. Calak- The youngest of the males and with equal qualities of being cocky and honorable. While he is capable with a sword, his true gift is in his love of astrology, history, and ancient knowledge. Where he lacks in fighting ability he makes up for what his more 'violence-centric' brothers see as 'boring'. Valrin- Not an elf but also not a normal human. However, the greatest mystery to the half-elves is his level of knowledge of the vast Glacial Seas and what he seems to know but not say about their quest. A loyal companion that has known of the elven lands and the coming darkness on the seas far before the half-elves left their home, he is the key to much to come. He commands the Aela Sunrise, a not-so-simple sailing vessel crafted by the ancient Sea Peoples of the North.
Download or read book Magic of Thieves written by C. Greenwood and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a province where magic is forbidden and its possessors are murdered by the magickless, young Ilan has only one hope for survival. Concealment. In the shadow of Dimmingwood, she finds temporary protection among a band of forest brigands led by the infamous outlaw Rideon the Red Hand. But when old enemies reappear and new friendships lead to betrayal, will Ilan's magic and the power of her enchanted bow be enough to save her? * * * * * Also in the LEGENDS OF DIMMINGWOOD series: Betrayal of Thieves ~ Book II, Circle of Thieves ~ Book III (Coming Spring 2013), Redemption of Thieves ~ Book IV (Coming Spring 2013)
Download or read book Echoes of Magic written by Donna Grant and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiding a secret so awful that his only hope for survival is to remain hidden, Grayson has lived most of his life pretending to be someone he isn't. After years serving as a commander to his lord and friend, Grayson can no longer hold back the past. He leaves in search of answers only to find evil awaits him. Until he discovers an achingly beautiful woman who stirs his deepest passions and all-consuming need. Adrianna knows what her future holds for her as a witch - loneliness and heartache. She has accepted that. Until she discovers Grayson near death in the forest. Saving him is her only choice, and even as she falls deeper into the attraction surrounding them, will her magic be enough to stop Fate or the evil that awaits them?
Book Synopsis The Magic of Rogues by : Frank Klaassen
Download or read book The Magic of Rogues written by Frank Klaassen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor near Mixindale through necromantic magic. Two decades later, William Neville and his magician were arrested by Thomas Cromwell for having engaged in a treasonous combination of magic practices and prophecy surrounding the death of William’s older brother, Lord Latimer, and the king. In The Magic of Rogues, Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright present the legal documents about and open a window onto these fascinating investigations of magic practitioners in early Tudor England. Set side by side with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century texts that describe the sorts of magic those practitioners performed, these documents are translated, contextualized, and presented in language accessible to nonspecialist readers. Their analysis reveals how magicians and cunning folk operated in extended networks in which they exchanged knowledge, manuscripts, equipment, and even clients; foregrounds magicians’ encounters with authority in ways that separate them from traditional narratives about witchcraft and witch trials; and suggests that the regulation and punishment of magic in the Tudor period were comparatively and perhaps surprisingly gentle. Incorporating the study of both intellectual and legal sources, The Magic of Rogues presents a well-rounded picture of illicit learned magic in early Tudor England. Engaging and accessible, this book will appeal to anyone seeking to understand the intersection of medieval legal history, religion, magic, esotericism, and Tudor history.
Download or read book Enchanted Rogues written by Lynn LaFleur and published by Ellora's Cave. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirage By Lynn LaFleur Kaci Montgomery has lost the most precious member of her family-her great-grandmother, Nana. Kaci treasures the antique necklace and mirror that Nana left to her. When Kaci touches the necklace and looks in the mirror, she sees a man.a man who quickly captures her heart. Ryne Wilkinson has been seeing visions of a beautiful blonde.and he keeps getting visits from a four-inch fairy named Shae, who swears the blonde is the woman meant for him. Sparks fly when Kaci and Ryne meet. But are they truly falling in love, or simply falling under the spell of an Irish legend? Must Be Magic By Lani Aames To save his princedom from the greedy Faerie King, the Prince of Pixieland must marry by the next Equinox. A desperate spell hurls him into the realm of his Heart Match-who just happens to be a mortal woman! Cast into the Other Realm-the human world-on St. Patrick's Day, Prince Myghal pursues Kerry O'Neill with physical pleasures beyond her wildest dreams. He has only three days to convince her that they are meant to be together. Kerry has to believe that the man she had fantastic sex with and is falling hard for is actually the Prince of Pixies. She must accept it, because she has to brave the tunnels of the Troll who lives under the bridge across the street to save Myghal. And her heart has known all along that their incredible connection must be magic. You've Got Irish Male By Titania Ladley When sex-toy business owner Mischa Roxbury opens a virus-spell E-mail that brings forth a handsome, strapping leprechaun, she becomes lost in his lusty, magical world. Fighting the spell proves futile, for her inhibitions are stripped.along with her clothes. Unable to keep her hands off the Irish rogue, mutant leprechaun Grady O'Donovan, she soon finds out there are only two ways she can have him. Either he has to give up his immortality, or she must forfeit her rewarding career, her beloved computer.and her life!
Book Synopsis Rogues' Ransom by : Warren C. Ludwig
Download or read book Rogues' Ransom written by Warren C. Ludwig and published by Codner-Upwater Chronicles. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rogues' Ransom" is a fantasy adventure tale of magic and gangland intrigue. All is going fine in Tallis Codner's world until he is misidentified as a nobleman by the city of Moonhaven's criminal underworld. Soon after, he is abducted right off the street in the hope of collecting a hefty ransom. When the search for their missing friend turns up nothing, Elwyn Upwater and company seek out the city's most prominent wizard for help. A race against the clock is set into motion as the companions must fulfill the wizard's request before they can gain his valuable assistance. This adventurous story will introduce you to the great port city of Moonhaven and its seedy waterfront full of feuding, dysfunctional gangs. In this underworld of the city, death and despair are as common as the sewer rats - will Tallis Codner be spared from it all? A perfect book for young teenage readers, "Rogues' Ransom" is filled with magic, adventure, and intrigue that is certain to excite and inspire readers with each page.
