Thomas of Hookton, having survived the battle of Crecy, is sent by the king on a mission to discover more about his father's strange inheritance, which seems connected to the Holy Grail. This,...
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Author: CORNWELL, BernardSummary:
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Author: Madden, Thomas F.Summary:
Saint Louis University professor Thomas F. Madden explores the reformations that swept across Christendom in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The impact of these reforms affected...
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Author: King, JamesSummary:
Thomas Wainewright - Regency fop, literary hanger-on, collector of art and artifacts, forger and deported felon - is considered one of the most notorious of English murderers. He is believed to...
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Author: Melnyk, George, Seiler, Tamara PalmerSummary:
The first multi-genre historical anthology of Alberta writing since 1979, The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose collects twentieth-century short fiction, excerpts from novels, and non-fiction....
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Author: FRASER, AntoniaSummary:
Still a controversial figure - as well as a celebrated one - Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arose mixed emotions. Was she, as Edmund Burke thought, a misused heroine? Or would...
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Author: Royal, PriscillaSummary:
In the late summer of 1274, King Edward has finally been anointed England’s ruler, and his queen contemplates a pilgrimage in gratitude for their safe return from Outremer, a journey that will...
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Author: McCall, Sophie, Reder, Deanna, Gaertner, David, Hill, Gabrielle L'HirondelleSummary:
“Don’t say in the years to come that you would have lived your life differently if only you had heard this story. You’ve heard it now.” —Thomas King, in this volume
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Author: KING, RachaelSummary:
It is 1903. Thomas Edgar, a passionate collector of butterflies, is offered the chance of a lifetime: to travel to the Amazon as part of a scientific expedition. Hoping to find the mythical...
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Author: Absolute XPressSummary:
There are other beings out there. Demons, fae, aliens, robots and more. Creatures that have been watching us for a long time. They know us. For this challenge, write from the point of view of...
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Author: Harding, G. SophieSummary:
Surviving in the Hour of Darkness:The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women addresses the health issues - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual - of black women, First...
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Author: King, ThomasSummary:
Strong, Sassy women and hard-luck hardheaded men, all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world, perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance...
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Author: Keneally, ThomasSummary:
Jehannette, an illiterate peasant girl of seventeen, hears voices that tell her she must help the Dauphin become king. But this proves hard to accomplish in 15th century France as the British...
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Author: Weidhaas, Peter, Gossage, Carolyn, Wright, Wendy A.Summary:
A colourful and revealing look at more than 500 years of commerce conducted at the renowned Frankfurt Book Fair, from its beginnings in the Middle Ages. Even then, in spite of internal strife and...
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Author: Royal, PriscillaSummary:
It is late summer in the year 1270 and England is as weary as its aging king, Henry III. Although the Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, the smell of death still hangs like smoke over the land....
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Author: Pivato, JosephSummary:
This collection features essays on Nova Scotia-born poet, playwright and literary critic George Elliott Clarke. Instrumental in promoting the writing of Canadian writers of African descent, Clarke...