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H. Rider Haggard
Swallow
- Belletristik
- Englisch
- 106438 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (/ˈhæɡərd/; 22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) — known as H. Rider Haggard — was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre.[1] He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.Henry Rider Haggard, generally known as H. Rider Haggard or Rider Haggard, came from a line of Danish descent and was born at Bradenham, Norfolk, the eighth of ten children, to Sir William Meybohm Rider Haggard, a barrister, and Ella Doveton, an author and poet.[2] He was initially sent to Garsington Rectory in Oxfordshire to study under Reverend H. J. Graham, but unlike his older brothers who graduated from various private schools, he attended Ipswich Grammar School.[3] This was because[4] his father, who perhaps regarded him as somebody who was not going to amount to much,[5] could no longer afford to maintain his expensive private education. After failing his army entrance exam, he was sent to a private crammer in London to prepare for the entrance exam for the British Foreign Office,[3] for which he never sat. During his two years in London he came into contact with people interested in the study of psychical phenomena. [mehr]
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Neal Chadwick
Death in Tangier
Thriller
- Thriller
- Englisch
- 30909 Wörter
- Keine Altersempfehlung
- 57
Thriller by Neal Chadwick
The size of this book corresponds to 128 paperback pages.
The German student Elsa travels to Tangier after her painful parental divorce to gain some distance. There she meets 38-year-old Robert, an attractive, yet somewhat opaque man of seemingly Danish origin, with whom she falls in love and into whose villa she soon moves into. At first she unconditionally believes him and entrusts him with many things from her depressing past, but when she realizes that Robert uses make-up utensils and has several passports, she begins to think about the character of Robert's business. A little later Robert goes on one of his so-called business trips to Spain and France, and Elsa stays behind in the villa together with the Arab valet.
It turns out that Robert is a professional contract killer - a terrible discovery made by Elsa. Robert can no longer let her live... [mehr]
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Alfred Bekker
Leonardo and the Curse of the Black Death
Da Vinci's Cases #5
- Abenteuer
- Englisch
- 26894 Wörter
- Ab 10 Jahren
- 154
Da Vinci's Cases
by Alfred Bekker
The scope of this book is 113 pages paperback.
When a beggar boy with dark spots in the face appears in the village, the inhabitants of Vinci are in bright excitement: The plague has broken out! Fortunately, a doctor is quickly available, who has a remedy for the Black Death. Leonardo would like to examine this remedy. But the doctor keeps his secret like his eyeball. And Leonardo is doing everything he can to disclose it.
Alfred Bekker, born in 1964, writes fantasy, historical novels, criminal novels and books for young readers. His historical adventures for young readers are full of suspense, stuff which even kids who hate reading cannot resist.
The German-language print editions appeared in 2008/2009 in the Arena Taschenbuchverlag;
Translations are available in Turkish, Indonesian, Danish and Bulgarian. [mehr]
Stichwörter: Cassiopeiapress
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Thaddeus Hutyra
PHANTOM OF THE SOUL
- Lyrik und Poesie
- Englisch
- 59289 Wörter
- Ab 16 Jahren
- 887
- 2
' PHANTOM OF THE SOUL '
What a carnival was it, a pure delight of all senses
the whole days and nights long, most mesmerizing
to the thunderous tunes of a heavenly symphony
of the Sun's rays followed by displays from the stars
What a carnival was it, endless music and dance
on our motherly Earth and in the fatherly Heavens
and what we didn't know on far away beautiful planets
in different parts of the Universe, where life flourished
What a carnival was it, from a Danish Fastelavn
via the outburst of joy and dance in Rio de Janeiro
to the Carnival of Venice, a masquerade with masks
from Bauta and Arlecchino masks, to Zanni masks
What a carnival was it, all stars danced with frenzy
and the symphony of the skies played days and nights
the greatest musical masterpieces of all times
from Beethoven to Mozart, to Bach, to Dostojevsky
What a carnival was it, all the phantoms together
Phantom of the Day and Phantom of the Night
Phantom of the Opera and Phantom of the Music
Phantom of Life, of Heart, of Desire, of Love
What a carnival was it, with Phantom of the Soul
taking stage finally, the phantom of my own soul
scintillating as never before to the stunning rhythms
of the skies passing far above my dreaming head
What a carnival was it, me singing and dancing
all the day and all the night, and again, and again
The Phantom of the Soul, of my own sparkling soul
singing most to the tunes of the heavenly symphony
' PHANTOM OF THE SOUL ' by Thaddeus Hutyra
Copyright © Thaddeus Hutyra
All Rights Reserved [mehr]
Stichwörter: poem, poetry, poems, poets, Shakespeare, Phantom of the Soul, Soul, Phantom, Thaddeus Hutyra
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John Bach Mcmaster
A Brief History Of The United States (fiscle Part-XI)
- Historisches
- Englisch
- 131884 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 1
My Series Of Stories Dealing with The Wars Of England Would Be
Altogether Incomplete Did It Not Include The Period When The Romans
Were The Masters Of The Country. The Valour With Which The Natives
Of This Island Defended Themselves Was Acknowledged By The Roman
Historians, And It Was Only The Superior Discipline Of The Invaders
That Enabled Them Finally To Triumph Over The Bravery And The
Superior Physical Strength Of The Britons. The Roman Conquest For
The Time Was Undoubtedly Of Immense Advantage To The People--Who
Had Previously Wasted Their Energies In perpetual Tribal Wars--
As It Introduced among Them The Civilization Of Rome. In the End,
However, It Proved Disastrous To The Islanders, Who Lost All Their
Military Virtues. Having been Defended From The Savages Of The
North By The Soldiers Of Rome, The Britons Were, When The Legions
Were Recalled, Unable To Offer Any Effectual Resistance To The
Saxons, Who, Coming under The Guise Of Friendship, Speedily Became
Their Masters, Imposing a Yoke Infinitely More Burdensome Than That
Of Rome, And Erasing almost Every Sign Of The Civilization That Had
Been Engrafted upon Them. How Far The British Population Disappeared
Under The Subsequent Invasion And The Still More Oppressive Yoke Of
The Danes Is Uncertain; But As The Invaders Would Naturally Desire
To Retain The People To Cultivate The Land For Them, It Is Probable
That The Great Mass Of The Britons Were Not Exterminated. It Is
At Any Rate Pleasant To Believe That With The Saxon, Danish, And
Norman Blood In our Veins, There Is Still A Large Admixture Of That
Of The Valiant Warriors Who Fought So Bravely Against Caesar, And
Who Rose Under Boadicea In a Desperate Effort To Shake Off The
Oppressive Rule Of Rome. [mehr]
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Francis Hackett
The Invisible Censor
- Drama
- Englisch
- 44584 Wörter
- Ab 18 Jahren
- 2
Francis Hackett (21 January 1883 – 25 April 1962). He was born in Kilkenny, Ireland to the daughter of a farmer and a medical officer. He is most famous for writing a detailed book about Henry VIII but was also a noted critic and published several other books most of which were either non-fiction or biographies.
He was educated in St Kieran's College, where Thomas MacDonagh was his teacher.
He married the Danish writer Signe Toksvig, and the couple lived in Ireland in the early years of the State, and then moved to Denmark, to the US during World War II, and back to Denmark.
"Hackett immigrated to the United States in 1901 for various reasons, among them being his dissatisfaction with the British Government ruling Ireland, and his family’s inability to finance his college education. When he arrived in New York he published articles in Standish O’Grady’s All Ireland Review, Arthur Griffith’s United Irishman, and Samuel Richardson’s The Gael. Hackett took a series of jobs as a clerk in a law firm, for the advertising department of Cosmopolitan Magazine, and literary editor of various periodicals, such as the Chicago Evening Post. In 1906 Hackett moved into Hull-House and taught English to Russian Immigrants. As writer and critic, Hackett attacked Chicago’s genteel and commercial cultures, racism, and the subordination of women. He left his position as literary editor of the Post in 1911 to pursue a career as a novelist." (http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/hist/hull-maxwell/vicinity/nws1/documents/hackett-introduction.PDF)
Hackett died onn 25 April 1962. [mehr]
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