Author : William Trotter
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780312915490
He knifed her mother, poisoned her children and shot her father, but Susie Newsom Lynch still loved Cousin Fritz. Eight pages of photos accompany this biz arre true account of a first-cousin romance that left nine people dead.
Author : Lucinda Brant
Publisher : Alec Halsey Mystery
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 33,14 MB
Release : 2019-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925614510
Aummer 1764. The death of a young poacher has Alec investigating murder. And when renovations to his sprawling manor unearth a secret burial chamber, a shocking family secret comes to light. Everything Alec thought he knew about his birth is again called into question, and with it the special bond with his irascible uncle Plantagenet.
Author : Douglas W. Mock
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 21,27 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780674012851
Mock tells readers what scientists have discovered about the disturbing side of family conflice in the natural world. He offers a rare perspective on the family as testing ground for the evolutionary limits of selfishness.
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Page : pages
File Size : 42,66 MB
Release : 2015
Category :
ISBN : 9780987243089
Winter 1763. Alec, Lord Halsey is sent on a diplomatic mission to Midanich, imperial outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, to bargain for the freedom of imprisoned friends. Midanich is a place of great danger and dark secrets; a country at civil war; ruled by a family with madness in its veins. For Alec it is a place of unspeakable memories from which he barely escaped and vowed never to return. But return he must, if he is to save the lives of Emily St. Neots and Sir Cosmo Mahon.In a race against time, Alec and the English delegation journey across the icy wasteland for the castle fortress where Emily and Cosmo are imprisoned. The severe winter weather is as much an enemy as the soldiers of the opposing armies encamped along the way. Awaiting him at his destination is the Margrave and his sister, demanding nothing less than Alec's head on a pike.
Author : Lucinda Brant
Publisher : Alec Halsey Mystery
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780987243058
Spring 1763. Career diplomat Alec Halsey returns to London to the shocking news his estranged brother, the Earl of Delvin, has not only killed his friend in a duel but is engaged to the woman Alec hoped to marry. The dead man's mother wants Alec to investigate, so he reluctantly attends a weekend house party celebrating the engagement. Houseguests get more than they bargained for when a lady's maid is murdered, the bride-to-be is attacked, and a guest is shot dead. Uncovering a connection between these sinister acts and his brother's duel, Alec confronts a cruel twist of fate and why his brother will go to any lengths to ruin him in Polite Society. Lucinda Brant's Alec Halsey mysteries explore the darker side of her deliciously romantic 18th century world. Along with trademark wit and high drama there are deeper subplots and even quirkier characters that will have you shuddering and laughing in equal measure! Awards for this Book Romantic Book fo the Year Finalist, Romance Writers of Australia Book Details Series: Book 1 in the Alec Halsey Mystery series Classification: Parental Guidance Recommended (mild violence) Length: Full-length novel (102,000 words) Edition: Second print edition Style: Character-driven amateur sleuth Connecting Books Many readers enjoy Lucinda Brant's books as part of a wider series since her characters inhabit the same meticulously-researched 18th Century world with people and events cross-referenced throughout. You can explore the details and delve deeper into the history within each book by visiting LucindaBrantAuthor on Pinterest. Should you wish to read each series in chronological order, here is the sequence: Alec Halsey Mystery Series Spring 1763 DEADLY ENGAGEMENT (Country house murder and mayhem) Autumn 1763 DEADLY AFFAIR (A poisoned vicar and the mysterious Miranda) Winter 1763 DEADLY PERIL (Bloody intrigue abroad) In progress Summer 1764 DEADLY KIN (Evil lurks in Edinburgh) In progress Salt Hendon Series 1763 SALT BRIDE (Magnus and Jane) 1767 SALT REDUX (Antony and Caroline) 1767 A FAIRY CHRISTMAS (Kitty and Tom); a short story in SILVER BELLS COLLECTION, a Timeless Romance anthology Roxton Family Saga 1740s NOBLE SATYR (Renard and Antonia) 1760s MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE (Julian and Deb) 1770s AUTUMN DUCHESS (Antonia and Jonathon) 1770s DAIR DEVIL (Dair and Rory) 1770s PROUD MARY (Mary and Christopher) In progress 1780s SATYR'S SON (Henri-Antoine and Lisa) In progress Reviews "Lucinda Brant is the queen of Georgian Historical Mystery just as Georgette Heyer was the queen of Regency Romance." -- Anne Boling, Readers' Favorite "An exciting and gripping tale of passion, murder and mistaken identity. This is one Georgian page-turner I savored until the very end." -- Ingrid Taylor, All About Murder
Author : Lucinda Brant
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN : 9780980801347
2012 Australian Romance Readers Awards Finalist: Favorite Historical RomanceCareer diplomat Alec Halsey has been elevated to a marquessate he doesn't want and Polite Society believes he doesn't deserve; his lover has decided she won't marry him after all and the suspicion he murdered his brother still lingers in London drawing rooms. So returning to London after seven months' seclusion may have been a mistake. Alec's foreboding deepens when a nobody vicar drops dead at a party-political dinner; he witnesses the very public humiliation of an up-and-coming portrait painter, and his rabble-rousing uncle Plantagenet is bashed and left for dead in a laneway. When the vicar's true identity is revealed, Alec suspects the man was poisoned. But who would want a seemingly harmless man of God murdered, and why?ALEC HALSEY MYSTERY series book 2Character-driven amateur sleuthNon explicit (mild violence)Story length 102,000 wordsREVIEWSLucinda Brant is the queen of Georgian Historical Mystery just as Georgette Heyer was the queen of Regency Romance. What these two authors have in common, besides being superb writers, is their ability to weave historical information into the plot so that the reader is transported effortlessly to another time and place. Lucinda Brant gets 5 stars from me, and I can't wait to read the other books in the Alec Halsey series! Anne B for Readers' FavoriteLucinda Brant has a beautiful writing style and a careful grasp on the social mores, political environment and tangled affairs of the aristocracy of Georgian England. Her characterizations are layered and complex. The mystery is intricately woven into an absorbing plot. Lucinda Brant is a gifted writer and Deadly Affair is highly and enthusiastically recommended for lovers of historical mysteries! Jill MacKenzie InD'Tale magazine
Author : Saul Johnson
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 37,81 MB
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1468904701
From Fantasy, to Science-Fiction, to Dark Romance, to Horror and the Paranormal, you will not be disappointed by the works of the new and up-coming, Saul Johnson. The Trail Of The Body Thief follows the life of a hunter sworn to recover, that, what his people holds most dear. Dark of the Moon follows the path of one lone woman as she searches for true eternal love amidst the human population. A young woman wakes the Sun King, in, The Iron Ring. She is Moon'a, sister to Urth in this poetic piece of work. The saying, to meet The Red Lady of the Pier, was to encounter death. Find out her story and why. Magic Engineer follows the path of two companions who tries to recover a missing artefact, but instead, find what was long since forgotten. And many more...
Author : David A. Hamburg
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 31,48 MB
Release : 1998-06
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 0788170902
Author : F. W. Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0199671591
This personal account of how the space programme has evolved, explores how the motivations of researchers and politicians can merge to generate the large budgets required, and describes how the technology is planned and developed to make various feats like landing on Mars or Titan possible.
Author : Dean A. Miller
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 2003-05-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 080187792X
Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title From Odysseus to Aeneas, from Beowulf to King Arthur, from the Mahâbhârata to the Ossetian "Nart" tales, epic heroes and their stories have symbolized the power of the human imagination. Drawing on diverse disciplines including classics, anthropology, psychology, and literary studies, this product of twenty years' scholarship provides a detailed typology of the hero in Western myth: birth, parentage, familial ties, sexuality, character, deeds, death, and afterlife. Dean A. Miller examines the place of the hero in the physical world (wilderness, castle, prison cell) and in society (among monarchs, fools, shamans, rivals, and gods). He looks at the hero in battle and quest; at his political status; and at his relationship to established religion. The book spans Western epic traditions, including Greek, Roman, Nordic, and Celtic, as well as the Indian and Persian legacies. A large section of the book also examines the figures who modify or accompany the hero: partners, helpers (animals and sometimes monsters), foes, foils, and even antitypes. The Epic Hero provides a comprehensive and provocative guide to epic heroes, and to the richly imaginative tales they inhabit.
