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The Queen's Knight

Author : Martyn Downer

Publisher : Random House

Page : 610 pages

File Size : 27,30 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 055215508X

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Sir Howard Elphinstone, dashing hero of the Crimean War, was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1858 aged just twenty-nine. Handpicked by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to be governor to their third son, Prince Arthur, Elphinstone made an uncertain start at court, uncomfortabe within its cliques and clashing frequently with the impassioned Queen. But after Albert's death in 1861, Elphinstone became not only a surrogate father to Arthur, but also Victoria's most trusted confidant. Elphinstone's diaries and his prolific correspondence with the Queen shed remarkable new light on her complex personality and life at court. His story portrays in vivid detail the bitter rivalries and tragedies which rocked the palace during the Queen's long seclusion following Albert's death. It reveals the shocking effects of Prince Leopold's bleeding attacks, the security alarm caused by Irish republicans, and the truth behind Victoria's most notorious servant, John Brown. Artist and soldier, bodyguard and diplomat, confidant and spy: Elphinstone is the forgotten hero of the Victorian court. The Queen's Knight restores him to his rightful place at the heart of the most remarkable royal family in British history.



Queen's Knight, The Volume 1

Author : Kim Kang Won

Publisher : TokyoPop

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 39,42 MB

Release : 2004-11-09

Category : Comics & Graphic Novels

ISBN : 9781595322579

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15-year-old Yuna Lee goes for a walk - wallowing in self pity - and promptly falls down a snowy cliff. When she awakens, she sees a long-haired regal young man (Rieno) building a fire ... and she also notices that she can't move one of her legs. Rieno promises to watch over Yuna, if she becomes his wife, the Queen of the magical land of Phantasma ...



Queens Knight

Author : Tim Sawyer

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 45,65 MB

Release : 2016-10-18

Category :

ISBN : 9781539613039

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Play Queen's Knight Openings against anything! 1.Nc3! for White is the Van Geet Queen's Knight Attack. 1...Nc6! for Black is the Nimzowitsch Queen's Knight Defence. You have a complete repertoire that works against any opening.This book has had a major revision in 2016. Many more master games have been added. The book now has 110 games with an Index of Names to Games. Follow Miles, Myers, Short, Mikenas, Van Geet, Nimzowitsch, Bogoljubow, Keres, Keilhack, Bauer and Wisnewski. The author has played these openings in thousands of games.The goal is to introduce you to the super stars of this opening. You see through their games how 1.Nc3 and 1...Nc6 have been handled. Many masters play this from both sides. The author's personal philosophy is to play the Queen's Knight on move 1 and either center pawn two squares on move 2. Sometimes this leads me to well-known openings. Often you can choose lesser known openings. Sometimes you may play the center pawn only one square.White you play the knight on the left in the 1.Nc3 Van Geet also called the Dunst Opening. As Black you play the knight on the right in the dark knight Nimzovich system. It works. A few games from the Sicilian Defence and Vienna Game have been added in case you wish to transpose. But you don't have to.Consider new strategy and tactics and your interest will soar! Some of the author's best rated tournament games were with the Queen's Knight. You are going to win games that you want to show your friends. Stay excited. Have fun playing chess!



The Queen's Knight

Author : Deborah Chester

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 47,37 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Fantasy fiction

ISBN : 9780441012251

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The fantasy saga that began in "The Queen's Gambit" continues in this new tale of courts, crowns, passion, and power. Original.



Knight of the Demon Queen

Author : Barbara Hambly

Publisher : Del Rey

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 43,30 MB

Release : 2009-07-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307567834

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Once the most powerful mage in the land, Jenny Waynest is now a broken woman. After being possessed and corrupted by the demon Amayon, she lost everything she holds dear—even the trust of her husband. Yet Lord John Aversin has torments of his own: memories of the beautiful and cruel Aohila, demon queen of a rival hell, whom he'd tricked into providing the help he needed to free Jenny. Now, condemned to death for trafficking with demons, John cannot forgive himself for opening the door to a far greater evil—an evil that still haunts his dreams. And not only his dreams . . . For a vengeful Aohila needs mortal aid in realms beyond her power, and who better to provide it than Lord John? Blackmailed into cooperating, John must fight his way through unimaginable horrors in quest of a prize that may doom the world he has left behind . . .



Prisoner of the Queen

Author : E. Knight

Publisher : Lake Union Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 32,64 MB

Release : 2015-08-11

Category : Man-woman relationships

ISBN : 9781503945562

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Knowing she was seen as a threat to the queen she served, Lady Katherine Grey, legitimate heir to the throne, longs only for the comfort of a loving marriage and a quiet life far from the intrigue of the Tudor court. After seeing her sister become the pawn of their parents and others seeking royal power and then lose their lives for it, she is determined to avoid the vicious struggles over power and religion that dominate Queen Elizabeth's court. Until she finds love-then Kat is willing to risk it all, even life in prison.



Queen Elizabeth's Book of Oxford

Author : Bodleian Library

Publisher :

Page : 136 pages

File Size : 23,23 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Architecture

ISBN :

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Queen Elizabeth's Book of Oxford was made in 1566 as a gift for Elizabeth I on the occasion of her first royal visit to Oxford. It was made, however, not just out of reverence for the Queen, but with the aim of getting her to endow the foundation of a new college. This sophisticated tour guide is presented as a dialogue between the Queen and her guide, in which the monarch asks questions which allow the guide to extol the generosity of the founders of each college they visit.The book failed. Queen Elizabeth founded no new institutions, but the exercise has left us with a fascinating insight into ideas of patronage and endowment in Elizabeth's day.This unique manuscript contains a Latin verse account of the famous buildings of the University illustrated by a series of beautiful pen drawings, and conceived by its scholarly producers as an imaginary progress through these locations. The complete manuscript is now made available for the first time in actual-size facsimile with full-text translation, a commentary on the images, and an analytical essay which places the manuscript in its historical context.



Kings, Queens, Knights, & Jesters

Author : Lynn Edelman Schnurnberger

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 10,34 MB

Release : 1978

Category : Art

ISBN :

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Instructions for making medieval costumes such as king, monk, knight, peasant, and minstrel, with facts about the medieval period.



Queen's Knight, The Volume 12

Author : Kim Kang Won

Publisher : TokyoPop

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 43,79 MB

Release : 2008-07-07

Category : Comics & Graphic Novels

ISBN : 9781595322685

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Book Description

During a vacation in Germany, fifteen-year-old Yuna Lee falls off a cliff and is rescued by Rieno, a knight from the land of Phantasma who asks Yuna to become his queen.



A Knight for a Queen

Author : Hannah B. Olsen

Publisher : Wise Valley Press

Page : 358 pages

File Size : 38,26 MB

Release : 2021-03-02

Category :

ISBN : 9781734166040

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Chara is Mittelan's princess and last living heir. Her war-ravaged country is just weeks away from surrendering control to Norrfalt through Chara's arranged marriage to the enemy prince-unless she can somehow get to the borderlands and expose the treacherous plot forcing her down the aisle... - Elliot is a peasant boy and a formidable fighter. His abusive stepfather has taken everything from him, but he's got a plan to use his skills with a blade to earn back what is rightfully his... - Seeking a capable champion to guide her to the border, Chara disguises herself and enters the Woodland Games, a clandestine tournament where peasants fight for honor and glory-and hefty payouts. There, she discovers Elliot and persuades him to join her. But as Chara's deception spirals out of control, she and Elliot both must decide how far they are willing to go-and who they are willing to betray-in their intertwined quests for freedom. - In Hannah B. Olsen's dazzling, gender-swapped take on Cinderella, Chara must navigate an intricate web of duty, deceit, survival, and sacrifice to save those she loves and the country she's fated to protect.