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Author : Vivian Vande Velde
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0152045600
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Heir Apparent written by Vivian Vande Velde and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text
Author : Jane Ridley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812994752
Total Pages : 611 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Heir Apparent written by Jane Ridley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBE This richly entertaining biography chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria’s firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen. Granted unprecedented access to the royal archives, noted scholar Jane Ridley draws on numerous primary sources to paint a vivid portrait of the man and the age to which he gave his name. Born Prince Albert Edward, and known to familiars as “Bertie,” the future King Edward VII had a well-earned reputation for debauchery. A notorious gambler, glutton, and womanizer, he preferred the company of wastrels and courtesans to the dreary life of the Victorian court. His own mother considered him a lazy halfwit, temperamentally unfit to succeed her. When he ascended to the throne in 1901, at age fifty-nine, expectations were low. Yet by the time he died nine years later, he had proven himself a deft diplomat, hardworking head of state, and the architect of Britain’s modern constitutional monarchy. Jane Ridley’s colorful biography rescues the man once derided as “Edward the Caresser” from the clutches of his historical detractors. Excerpts from letters and diaries shed new light on Bertie’s long power struggle with Queen Victoria, illuminating one of the most emotionally fraught mother-son relationships in history. Considerable attention is paid to King Edward’s campaign of personal diplomacy abroad and his valiant efforts to reform the political system at home. Separating truth from legend, Ridley also explores Bertie’s relationships with the women in his life. Their ranks comprised his wife, the stunning Danish princess Alexandra, along with some of the great beauties of the era: the actress Lillie Langtry, longtime “royal mistress” Alice Keppel (the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles), and Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston. Edward VII waited nearly six decades for his chance to rule, then did so with considerable panache and aplomb. A magnificent life of an unexpectedly impressive king, The Heir Apparent documents the remarkable transformation of a man—and a monarchy—at the dawn of a new century. Praise for The Heir Apparent “If [The Heir Apparent] isn’t the definitive life story of this fascinating figure of British history, then nothing ever will be.”—The Christian Science Monitor “The Heir Apparent is smart, it’s fascinating, it’s sometimes funny, it’s well-documented and it reads like a novel, with Bertie so vivid he nearly leaps from the page, cigars and all.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “I closed The Heir Apparent with admiration and a kind of wry exhilaration.”—The Wall Street Journal “Ridley is a serious scholar and historian, who keeps Bertie’s flaws and virtues in a fine balance.”—The Boston Globe “Brilliantly entertaining . . . a landmark royal biography.”—The Sunday Telegraph “Superb.”—The New York Times Book Review
Author : Joel Rosenberg
Publisher : Roc
ISBN 13 : 9780451148209
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (482 download)
Download or read book The Heir Apparent written by Joel Rosenberg and published by Roc. This book was released on 1987 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fourth in the Guardians of the Flame series, hero Karl Cullinane has gained an empire and all its deadly enemies. Now, what price must he pay to assure its future? Advertised in several science fiction magazines.
Author : David Ives, adapted from "Le Légataire universel" by Jean-François Regnard
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0822228084
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (222 download)
Download or read book The Heir Apparent written by David Ives, adapted from "Le Légataire universel" by Jean-François Regnard and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paris, 1708. Eraste, a worthy though penniless young man, is in love with the fair Isabelle, but her forbidding mother, Madame Argante, will only let the two marry if Eraste can show he will inherit the estate of his rich but miserly Uncle Geronte. Unfortunately, old Geronte has also fallen for the fair Isabelle, and plans to marry her this very day and leave her everything in his will—separating the two young lovers forever. Eraste's wily servant Crispin jumps in, getting a couple of meddling relatives disinherited by impersonating them (one, a brash American, the other a French female country cousin)—only to have the old man kick off before his will is made! In a brilliant stroke, Crispin then impersonates the old man, dictating a will favorable to his master (and Crispin himself, of course)—only to find that rich Uncle Geronte isn't dead at all and is more than ever ready to marry Isabelle! The multiple strands of the plot are unraveled to great comic effect in the streaming rhyming couplets of French classical comedy, and everyone lives happily, and richly, ever after.
Author : Donald A. Zinman
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700635238
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Heir Apparent Presidency written by Donald A. Zinman and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was during the Depression, with the Republican regime in disarray, that Franklin D. Roosevelt came into office with a mandate to change the role of government. His was one of the presidencies—like Jefferson's, Jackson's, and Lincoln's before his, and Reagan's after—that transformed the political system. But what of the successors of such transformative figures, those members and supporters of the new regime who are expected to carry forward the policies and politics of those they replace? It is these "heir apparent" presidents, impossibly tasked with backward-looking progress, that Donald Zinman considers in this incisive look at the curious trajectories of political power. An heir apparent president, in Zinman's analysis, can be successful but will struggle to get credit for his achievements. He must contend with the consequences of his predecessor's policies while facing a stronger opposition and sitting atop an increasingly weakened and divided party. And he will invariably alternate between three approaches to leadership: continuity, expansion, and correction. Looking in depth at James Madison, Martin Van Buren, Ulysses S. Grant (an heir apparent as the first genuine Republican to succeed Lincoln), Harry S. Truman, and George H. W. Bush, Zinman reveals how these successors of regime-changing presidents at times suffered for diverging from their predecessors' perceived policies. At times these presidents also suffered from the consequences of the policies themselves or simply from changing political circumstances. What they rarely did, as becomes painfully clear, is succeed at substantially changing the policies and politics that they inherited. It is a perilous and often thankless business, as The Heir Apparent Presidency makes abundantly clear, to follow and lead at once. Tracing the ways in which heir apparent presidents have met this challenge, this book offers rare and valuable insight into the movement of political time, and the shaping of political order.
Author : Kate Coscarelli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780312093051
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Heir Apparent written by Kate Coscarelli and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lacey Gallagher, of a wealthy California family, searches for her father's killer and finds those closest to her are suspect.
Author : Suzanne Finstad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780932012579
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Heir Not Apparent written by Suzanne Finstad and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stacy Lynn Miller
Publisher : Bella Books
ISBN 13 : 1642474150
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Despite Chaos written by Stacy Lynn Miller and published by Bella Books. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexandra Castle hides the brightest part of herself. As the heir-apparent to the Castle Resort empire, her only fault—according to her controlling father—is that she’s gay. Keeping her sexuality hidden seems a small price to pay for upholding the family image. When Alex’s father pits her against her twin brother in a high-stakes competition to choose who will take over the company upon his retirement, Alex knows she’s got what it takes to win. Until an ex-lover reappears and threatens to destroy her life. Tyler Falling hides the darkest part of herself. On the surface, she’s a put-together middle-class wife and mother. In reality, she’s broken from a sexual assault twelve years earlier. When Tyler unexpectedly comes face-to-face with her rapist, a deep family secret surfaces and jeopardizes the life she’s created. With both their worlds crumbling, Alex and Tyler escape to Napa where a brief, anonymous encounter sparks a mutual infatuation, changing the trajectory of their lives. Living a lie is no longer an option, but can an improbable romance bloom amid embezzlement, blackmail, and self-exploration? Content note: the book contains one brief description of a sexual assault. Book One in the Falling Castles Series.
Author : David Crockett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Life of Martin Van Buren. . written by David Crockett and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 034550223X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)
Download or read book A Lick of Frost written by Laurell K. Hamilton and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am Meredith Gentry, princess and heir apparent to the throne in the realm of faerie, onetime private investigator in the mortal world. To be crowned queen, I must first continue the royal bloodline and give birth to an heir of my own. If I fail, my aunt, Queen Andais, will be free to do what she most desires: install her twisted son, Cel, as monarch . . . and kill me. My royal guards surround me, and my best loved–my Darkness and my Killing Frost–are always beside me, sworn to protect and make love to me. But still the threat grows greater. For despite all my carnal efforts, I remain childless, while the machinations of my sinister, sadistic Queen and her confederates remain tireless. So my bodyguards and I have slipped back into Los Angeles, hoping to outrun the gathering shadows of court intrigue. But even exile isn’t enough to escape the grasp of those with dark designs. Now King Taranis, powerful and vainglorious ruler of faerie’s Seelie Court, has leveled accusations against my noble guards of a heinous crime–and has gone so far as to ask the mortal authorities to prosecute. If he succeeds, my men face extradition to faerie and the hideous penalties that await them there. But I know that Taranis’s charges are baseless, and I sense that his true target is me. He tried to kill me when I was a child. Now I fear his intentions are far more terrifying.
Author : Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1368053246
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)
Download or read book The Inheritance Games written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! Don't miss this New York Times bestselling "impossible to put down" (Buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets—perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why—or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch—and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive. **The games continue in The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, and The Brothers Hawthorne!
Author : James R Beach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781087913391
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Rusted Metal written by James R Beach and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RUSTED METAL is a definitive guide to Heavy Metal and Hard Rock music in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Vancouver BC) from 1970 to 1995 by local authors and music fans James R. Beach, Brian L. Naron, James D. Sutton and James Tolin. Featuring a comprehensive guide to the bands, clubs, music and more (including interviews with members of: Metal Church, Heart, Rail, TKO, Culprit, Sanctuary, Black N' Blue, Wild Dogs, Pearl Jam, Q5, Heir Apparent, Shadow, Overlord, Panic, Malice, Glacier, Coven, Cruella, Forced Entry, Whizkey Stik, High Voltage, Widow, Wehrmacht, Gargoyle, Lipstick and many others - around 100 brand new interviews in all!). Features over 500 band bios, discography, concert listings, tons of photos, flyers, covers, merchandise, etc. as well.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katherine Kurtz
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504031229
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Bishop's Heir written by Katherine Kurtz and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful cleric plots the ultimate treason against a medieval realm’s young king in Katherine Kurtz’s breathtaking return to the fantasy world of the Deryni For centuries, a powerful faction of the Holy Church in Gwynedd has been at war with the Deryni, the mysterious race whose magic is despised and feared by those who lack their remarkable arcane abilities. The bloodshed ended with the coronation of the popular young King Kelson Haldane, himself a possessor of Deryni magic—but the peace is short-lived. Dark rumblings of secession are coming from northern Meara as support strengthens for Caitrin Quinnell, the cunning and ruthless pretender queen. But an even greater threat is emerging from the shadows of orthodoxy. The treacherous Edmund Loris, onetime Archbishop of Valoret and the Deryni’s most virulent foe, has escaped from confinement—and, with a cabal of like-minded conspirators, is preparing to undertake an act of blackest treason: the craven murder of Gwynedd’s rightful liege. With the first book in the Histories of King Kelson trilogy, acclaimed fantasist Katherine Kurtz continues her sweeping and magnificent history of a feudal society on an alternate medieval Earth—a complex world of war, political intrigue, faith, romance, and magic, where the courageous and enlightened are called upon to take up arms against the entrenched forces of ignorance and intolerance.
Author : Tere Michaels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781640801691
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Heir Apparent written by Tere Michaels and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heir to a large company, Henry has lived only to please his father. He has just one friend, one dirty secret: Archie, his driver, bodyguard, and lover. But Archie has plans that don't involve living at the beck and call of Henry's father. Not even for Henry.
Author : Jane Ridley
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780099575443
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (754 download)
Download or read book Bertie written by Jane Ridley and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2013 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting new approach to biography by an acclaimed historian and biographer: King Edward Vll (Bertie) seen through the eyes of the women in his life. Entertaining and different, this enjoyable study of a flawed yet characterful Prince of Wales wears its scholarship lightly. Edward Vll, who gave his name to the Edwardian Age and died in 1911, was King of England for the final 10 years of his life. He was 59 when at last he came to power. Known as Bertie, and the eldest son of Victoria and Albert, he was bullied by both his parents. His mother, Queen Victoria, the first and most powerful woman in his life, blamed Bertie's scandalous womanising for his father's early demise. Although Bertie was heir to the throne, she refused to give him any proper responsibilities, as a result of which he spent his time eating (his waist measurement was 48 inches and his nickname was 'Edward the Wide'), betting on race-horses and shooting grouse. He was married off to Alexandra of Denmark, who was beautiful but infantile, lavishing her affection on her doggies and pet bunnies. Bertie's numerous mistresses included the society hostess Daisy Brook ('Babbling Brook') and the gorgeous but fragile Lillie Langtry (with whom 'played house' in a specially built hide-away home). The last of the women in his life was the clever and manipulative Alice Keppel. He always placed her at dinner next to his most important guests, because of her grasp of politics, her brilliant conversation and her formidable skills at the Bridge table. When Bertie finally became king, he did a good job, especially in foreign policy. This colourful book gives him due credit, while painting a vivid portrait of the age in all its excess and eccentricity, hypocrisy and heartbreak.
Author : Joss Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780263293104
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (931 download)
Download or read book At the Rancher's Pleasure written by Joss Wood and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He bailed on a wedding to the wrong woman! Runaway groom Brett Harston has long been the subject of town gossip - and so has Sarabeth Edmonds, who's returned after leaving her hateful ex-husband. Soon, an innocent kiss to rile the rumour mill unleashes a red-hot attraction they can't resist. Will the wealthy rancher fall hard - or will she be the one to run this time?
