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Book Synopsis The Roses of Picardie by : Simon Raven
Download or read book The Roses of Picardie written by Simon Raven and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A string of long-lost and cursed rubies gives the title to this highly imaginative tale. Jacquiz Helmut and Balbo Blakeney, among other eccentric characters, pursue the jewels across four countries and eight centuries. Horror, intrigue and high comedy shape the story as it races towards an unforgettable climax.
Book Synopsis The Roses of Picardie by : Simon Raven
Download or read book The Roses of Picardie written by Simon Raven and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2008-01-12 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A string of long-lost and cursed rubies gives the title to this highly imaginative tale. Jacquiz Helmut and Balbo Blakeney, among other eccentric characters, pursue the jewels across four countries and eight centuries. Horror, intrigue and high comedy shape the story as it races towards an unforgettable climax.
Book Synopsis The Artist's Garden by : Jackie Bennett
Download or read book The Artist's Garden written by Jackie Bennett and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Artist’s Garden offers an intriguing study into 20 gardens that have inspired and been home to some of the greatest painters of history. The most alluring image of an artist at work is surely one where he or she has come out of their studio, set up their easel on the garden path, pulled on a hat to shade their eyes from the sun and taken their brush and palette in hand. This sumptuously illustrated and fascinating book delves into the stories behind the gardens which inspired some of the most beautiful and important works of art. These gardens not only supplied the inspiration for creative works but also illuminate the professional motivation and private life of the artists themselves – from Cezanne’s house in the south of France to Childe Hassam at Celia Thaxter’s garden off the coast off Maine. Flowers and gardens have often been the first choice for artists looking for a subject. A garden close to the artist’s studio is not only convenient for daily material and ideas, but also has the advantage of changing through the seasons and over time. Claude Monet’s Giverny was the catalyst for hundreds of great paintings (by Monet and other artists), each one different from the one before. Sometimes a whole village becomes the focus for a colony of artists as at Gerberoy in Picardy and Skagen on the northernmost tip of Denmark. This book is about the real homes and gardens that inspired these great artists – gardens that can still be visited today. The relationship between artist and garden is a complex one. A few artists, including Pierre Bonnard and his neighbour Monet were keen gardeners, as much in love with their plants as their work, while for others like Sorolla in Madrid, his courtyard home was both a sanctuary and a source of ideas. This book is as unmissable for art lovers as it is for anyone who knows the joy of time spent in gardens, offering an intriguing insight into the lives of these great painters and the gardens which inspired them to their creative heights.
Download or read book September Castle written by Simon Raven and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic human desires merge with the occult in a complex, erotic, tale of a hunt across Europe. Ptolemaeos Tunne is determined to discover a hoard of buried treasure. His only clue is a bizarre medieval legend about a possessed Greek princess. What he doesn’t know is that his mistress has unwittingly betrayed him to some very dangerous enemies.
Download or read book Miss Dior written by Justine Picardie and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Remarkable” —Hamish Bowles, Vogue The overdue restoration of Catherine Dior's extraordinary life, from her brother's muse to Holocaust survivor When the French designer Christian Dior presented his first collection in Paris in 1947, he changed fashion forever. Dior’s “New Look” created a striking, romantic vision of femininity, luxury, and grace, making him—and his last name—famous overnight. One woman informed Dior’s vision more than any other: his sister, Catherine, a Resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, and cultivator of rose gardens who inspired Dior’s most beloved fragrance, Miss Dior. Yet the story of Catherine’s remarkable life—so different from her famous brother’s—has never been told, until now. Drawing on the Dior archives and extensive research, Justine Picardie’s Miss Dior is the long-overdue restoration of Catherine Dior’s life. The siblings’ stories are profoundly intertwined: in Occupied France, as Christian honed his couture skills, Catherine dedicated herself to the Resistance, ultimately being captured by the Gestapo and sent to Ravensbruck, the only Nazi camp solely for women. Seeking to trace Catherine’s story as well as her influence on her brother, Picardie traveled to the significant places of Catherine’s life, including Les Rhumbs, the Dior family villa with its magnificent gardens; the House of Dior in Paris; and La Colle Noire, Christian’s chateâu that he bequeathed to his sister. Inventive and captivating, and shaped by Picardie’s own journey, Miss Dior examines the legacy of Christian Dior, the secrets of postwar France, and the unbreakable bond between two remarkable siblings. Most important, it shines overdue recognition on a previously overlooked life, one that epitomized courage and also embodied the astonishing capacity of the human spirit to remain undimmed, even in the darkest circumstances. Includes Black-and-White Illustrations
Book Synopsis C.S. Lewis, Poetry, and the Great War 1914-1918 by : John Bremer
Download or read book C.S. Lewis, Poetry, and the Great War 1914-1918 written by John Bremer and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a realistic account of the early years of C.S. Lewis as revealed in "Spirits in Bondage" and its surrounding events. It calls for a reappraisal of Lewis himself, not as a "soldier-poet" but as a young, ruthless and ambitious would-be academic, using others--his father, his university, his mistress--to further his own ends.
Download or read book Troubadour written by Simon Raven and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Where the twins had been a body lay in long, soft robes, and by its head a discarded lute. The head was split into halves from the apex of the skull to the nose’. Is this macabre scene only theatre, or a sign of ill omen? In the conclusion of the ‘First Born of Egypt’ saga, the fate of Conyngham, Marius Stern and other characters is decided.
Download or read book The Jazz Discography written by Tom Lord and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ethnic Music on Records by : Richard K. Spottswood
Download or read book Ethnic Music on Records written by Richard K. Spottswood and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This impressive compilation offers a nearly complete listing of sound recordings made by American minority artists prior to mid-1942. Organized by national group or language, the seven-volume set cites primary and secondary titles, composers, participating artists, instrumentation, date and place of recording, master and release numbers, and reissues in all formats. Because of its clear arrangements and indexes, it will be a unique and valuable tool for music and ethnic historians, folklorists, and others.
Download or read book The Troubadour written by Simon Raven and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2001 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Where the twins had been a body lay in long, soft robes, and by its head a discarded lute. The head was split into halves from the apex of the skull to the nose'. Is this macabre scene only theatre, or a sign of ill omen? In the conclusion of the 'First Born of Egypt' saga, the fate of Conyngham, Marius Stern and other characters is decided.
Book Synopsis The Harvard Graduates' Magazine by : William Roscoe Thayer
Download or read book The Harvard Graduates' Magazine written by William Roscoe Thayer and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Blood of My Bone written by Simon Raven and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2001 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of the Provost of Lancaster College is a catalyst for a series of disgraceful doings in the continuing saga of the Canteloupes. Marius, under-age father of the new heir to the family estate, is warned against the malign influence of Raisley Conyngham. With fate intervening, the stage is set for another deliciously wicked instalment.
Book Synopsis Charnel House Blues by : Suzanne Ruthven
Download or read book Charnel House Blues written by Suzanne Ruthven and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A view of vampire culture through the eyes of Lord Ruthven - the first vampire in the literary world from John Polidori's 'The Vampyre'. Written as faction, Lord Ruthven rarely appears in vampiric anthologies and has never been filmed - neither has he ever been vanquished! ,
Book Synopsis Twentieth Century Classics by : Rajiva Wijesinha
Download or read book Twentieth Century Classics written by Rajiva Wijesinha and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twentieth Century Classics is a collection of essays on 20th-century English society through surveys of leading prose writers of that period. In this book the author, Rajiva Wijesinha, puts together 51 writers of English literature whose works have the best claim towards the hallmark of 'classic' in the 20th century. Each of the writers included in this book is representative of the period in terms of his or her literary concerns and choice of themes and subjects. Initially published in Sri Lanka in the newspaper, The Island, as a weekly column, the essays also contribute much to our understanding of the society they describe, the changes the society experienced and the moral perspectives that governed it. The essays are educational and written in a lucid manner. They can be a reader's best guide to good literature of the previous century.
Book Synopsis Anthony Trollope by : Nicholas Birns
Download or read book Anthony Trollope written by Nicholas Birns and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Trollope's novels and stories entertain while vividly bringing the Victorian era to life. His deep empathy for the underdog led him to subvert conventions, exploring the lives of women, as well as men, and choosing as heroes and heroines outsiders who would be viewed with suspicion by his readers. Trollope's profound insight to human nature made him the first novelist in English to develop three dimensional characters and to create the novel sequence. This literary companion introduces readers to his life and work. A-to-Z entries explore Trollope's short story collections, and nonfiction contributions, as well as important themes in the works. This companion also includes fresh voices of contributors that bring in their contemporary insights to bear on Trollope's achievements, facilitating the understanding of Trollope's perspectives in relation to feminism, queer studies, and transnationalism.
Book Synopsis Compass Points - Horror Upon Horror by : Suzanne Ruthven
Download or read book Compass Points - Horror Upon Horror written by Suzanne Ruthven and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horror novel has often been looked upon as the poor relation in the literary world, and yet some of our greatest writers have published novels under its banner. Horror writer (Whittlewood and The Wild Horseman) and former Gothic Society member, Suzanne Ruthven brings us a step-by-step guide to writing horror fiction. ,
