Author : Judith Silverthorne
Publisher : Coteau Books
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 21,75 MB
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 155050651X
Emily travels to Scotland to see her father and to learn more about her family's history. She also journeys far back in time, with the help of a magical mirror.
Author : Elly Griffiths
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 31,47 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1328974642
In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a ghost from their past, just as their future lands on shaky ground. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that's haunted him for years. At the same time, Ruth receives a letter purporting to be from that very same person--her former mentor, and the reason she first started working with Nelson. But the author of those letters is dead. Or is he? The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
Author : Anna Lee Waldo
Publisher : St Martins Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312198435
A twelfth-century Welsh woman gives birth to a child prophesied to lead his people and, in the process, becomes a formidable player in the socio-religious activities of her day
Author : Hugh Newman
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 32,8 MB
Release : 2020-09-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1912706288
How do you predict eclipses at Stonehenge? Why do the Carnac alignments follow geological fault lines? Why is Avebury precisely one seventh of a circle down from the north pole? Why are so many stone circles egg-shaped or flattened? What is the meaning of the designs in ancient rock art? Why do you have to wait nineteen years to visit the remote site of Callanish? What were the ancients up to? This book details our oldest and grandest buildings, our first temples, our earliest visual art, messages which are still relevant today. With eight authors, and packed with detailed information and exquisite rare illustrations, Megalith is a timeless and valuable sourcebook for anyone interested in prehistory.
Author : Gary Goshgarian
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,54 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781556115332
On an island in Boston harbor, while clearing land for a casino, construction crews uncover huge stones, reminiscent of Stonehenge. Archeologist Peter Van Zandt is called to investigate and becomes possessed by demons from a 6th century cult. They want a blood sacrifice--his son.
Author : Christina Dodd
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,52 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250028418
"Twenty-three years ago, four year old Elizabeth Banner witnessed her mother's brutal murder in her home in Virtue Falls, Washington, but has no memory of it. Her father was convicted of the crime, but he was innocent and the killer is still out there. And her investigation could provoke another bloody murder--her own"--
Author : Paul Mason
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781432910297
Examines the phenomenon of stone circles and the various theories that exist to explain them.
Author : Elly Griffiths
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 2019-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786487315
'My favourite series' Val McDermid DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although the letters are anonymous, they are somehow familiar. They read like the letters that first drew him into the case of The Crossing Places, and to Ruth. But the author of those letters is dead. Or are they? Meanwhile Ruth is working on a dig in the Saltmarsh - another henge, known by the archaeologists as the stone circle - trying not to think about the baby. Then bones are found on the site, and identified as those of Margaret Lacey, a twelve-year-old girl who disappeared thirty years ago. As the Margaret Lacey case progresses, more and more aspects of it begin to hark back to that first case of The Crossing Places, and to Scarlett Henderson, the girl Nelson couldn't save. The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
Author : Catherine Fisher
Publisher : Hachette Children's
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 17,9 MB
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 144490292X
In an absorbing mystery thriller, a teenage girl with a past arrives in a city: new name, new identity, new foster family. She has chosen the city herself, and is fascinated by its harmony and beauty, but is clearly in fear of discovery. She is nursing a secret from her early childhood, a secret that produces new terrors for her the moment she fears her identity has been spotted. A parallel narrative tells of a young architect's apprentice, Zak, in 1750 - working with Jonathan Forrest, a man obsessed with past Druidic mysteries and a new architectural vision for the city. He plans to create the world's first circular terraced street, the King's Circus - a plan greeted with scorn and derision. Zac soon realises there's more than just obsession with an architectural vision; there is some secret associated with building a hidden chamber in the centre of the Circus. But Zac himself has his own confused and highly destructive agenda ... These narratives are framed by the voice of Bladud - mythical first builder of the city, destined to die in trying to fly. And ultimately his narrative brings all together in a clever and brilliantly intriguing climax.
Author : John Michell
Publisher : Ingram
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2007-04-03
Category : Menhirs
ISBN : 9781906069032
A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.
