![]() The third son, Charles, was only fifteen at the time, and considered too young to rule. At first his oldest son, the Dauphin Louis, ruled in his place, but Louis and his younger brother died within a short time of each other. The French king, Charles VI, suffered from a mental illness that made him unable to rule. A series of tragedies took place, on both sides of the war, in the few years following Agincourt. Joan herself does not actually appear until about a third of the way through the book. This came about through a complicated series of events, which Castor details in the first section of her book, before Joan arrives on the scene. Not only had the French suffered a string of defeats, of which Agincourt was the most famous, but they were divided among themselves, between Burgundians and Armagnacs. This battle, which to the French was a catastrophic defeat, set the stage for the part of the war in which Joan was involved. Castor begins her book in 1415 with the victory of the English under Henry V over the French at the Battle of Agincourt, an event which will be familiar to everyone who has seen Shakespeare's Henry V or one of its film adaptations. ![]() The subtitle, A History, is very appropriate. ![]() ![]() Helen Castor's Joan of Arc is more of a history of Joan's times, and the portion of the Hundred Years' War in which she played a leading role, than a biography. ![]()
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![]() By the time Plaidy died, she had written well over 200 novels, which sold over a 100 million copies worldwide altogether in as many as 20 foreign languages. In 1989, author Plaidy was awarded with a Golden Treasure award by the RWA for her significant and important contributions to the genre of romance. ![]() And the genre categories that Plaidy used to work on using these pseudonyms include gothic romances, multigenerational family saga, light romances, European royalty’s fictionalized history, murder mysteries, crime fiction, etc. Some of her most popular pen names include Victoria Holt, Eleanor Burford, Anna Percival, Philippa Carr, Elbur Ford, Ellalice Tate, Kathleen Kellow, and Jean Plaidy. Author Plaidy used to publish several books every year in different genres and for each of her genres she used to use a different pseudonym. ![]() ![]() She was particularly famous for combining facts and imagination for bringing alive history through her books of romance and fiction. Jean Plaidy is the pen name of a prolific English novelist and author named Eleanor Alice Buford Hibbert, who liked to write historical fiction, romantic fiction, and gothic fiction novels. ![]() ![]() Will they be able to keep it together before everything falls apart? A tale of romance, revenge, and risk, Winston Graham's Warleggan brings you characters and rivalries you won't soon forget. With the looming threat of bankruptcy and scandal, the Poldarks now face the possibility of disaster on all fronts. But soon, his wife Demelza retaliates, becoming dangerously involved with a handsome Scottish cavalry officer of her own. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. ![]() When his old flame Elizabeth Warleggan re-enters his life, Ross is tested like never before. Warleggan - Ebook written by Winston Graham. When Ross Poldark plunges into a highly speculative mining venture, he risks not only his family's financial security but also his already-turbulent marriage. Warleggan presents the gripping fourth novel in Winston Graham's classic Poldark saga, the major TV series from Masterpiece on PBS. ![]() ![]() ![]() The offers are true, and now each of the new Supers has enrolled at Lander University to participate in the Hero Certification Course and prove they can be just as useful as those who were born Super. They are resigned to life with their personal hurdles, until one day each is approached by a company claiming they have a new procedure to turn Powereds into Supers, people who can control their abilities at will. Welcome to Super Powereds, the story of five young people with abilities they cannot control, called “Powereds” by society. Welcome to the Super Powereds Wiki This is a wiki for Super Powereds, the web-serial previously hosted on and now published book series. Take you time, check it out, and I hope you enjoy! On this site you will find links to the various Super Powereds works, which can be seen below, as well the Fan Created Content that many Super Powereds readers wrote in his world. ![]() You can get the Kindle versions on his Amazon Page, or purchase Epub versions in the Bookstore. ![]() ![]() They have also been collected into a series e-books, along with Drew’s other works. Super Powereds is a web-serial by Drew Hayes hosted at. ![]() ![]() "A Christmas Memory" was to have something of a second life, however, after being reprinted in Capote's collected stories in 1963, and it received more or less a popular imprimatur when it was released as a relatively expensive stand-alone volume in 1966, essentially within the same year popular acclaim would greet his most famous work, In Cold Blood. ![]() ![]() In the canon of American holiday fiction, perhaps no other piece is as fondly remembered by so many as among the most enduring as Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory." First published alongside advertisements for perfume and Cartier in the now defunct women's magazine Mademoiselle in December of 1956, the story initially seems to have made few waves. ![]() ![]() Dispenza has lectured in 32 different countries on six continents educating people about the role and function of the human brain. ![]() He is an invited member of Who's Who in America, an honorary member of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the recipient of a Clinical Proficiency Citation for clinical excellence in doctor-patient relationships from Life University, and a member of Pi Tau Delta - the International Chiropractic Honor Society. His postgraduate training and continuing education has been in neurology neuroscience brain function and chemistry cellular biology memory formation and aging and longevity. ![]() from Evergreen State College and his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University, where he graduated with honors. Joe Dispenza, New York Times bestselling author, researcher and international lecturer. ![]() ![]() He has also published numerous articles, reviews and contributions to handbooks and lexicons of German history and literature. He is the author of Religious Toleration and Social Change in Hamburg, 1529-1819 (1985) and the editor of Mirrors of Mortality: Studies in the Social History of Death (1981 reissued in 2011). His research interests lie in German history, thought and culture from 1500 to the present day. His latest book is the two-volume Germany and the Holy Roman Empire 1493-1806 (2012), which covers virtually every aspect of German history from the reign of Maximilian I to the dissolution of the Reich and appears in the Oxford History Joachim Whaley is Professor of German History and Thought at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. ![]() ![]() ![]() Joachim Whaley is Professor of German History and Thought at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her brazen independence is enough to drive Rio crazy…with desire. ![]() ![]() But when a mysterious stranger enters the picture-and puts Skylar's life in danger-Rio attempts to protect her…only to be told, in no uncertain terms, that Skylar is capable of taking care of herself. Though he's not blind to Skylar's beauty, Rio is nothing if not professional-and he refuses to make a move. When Skylar starts planning a huge charity auction at the resort, it's Rio's job to keep an eye on the prized art she collects from donors. He's the sexiest, most striking man she's ever met. It's all that Skylar's ever desired-until she sees Rio Sanchez, the resort's head of security and Blade Navarone's own personal bodyguard. Defying her family and leaving law school, she's landed her dream job as an event director at the prestigious Navarone Resorts and Spas in Arizona. Nothing can stop a woman like Skylar Dupree once she makes up her mind. New York Times bestselling author Francis Ray turns up the heat in All That I Desire, a sizzling Grayson Friends novel about a woman's life, liberty…and pursuit of passion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like the relationships in this book are just as accepted as a heterosexual relationship. How, even in the church, it was all accepted with no hatefulness. We have a trans character, characters who are not heterosexual, and characters who identify as they. I love that the fmc is the dominant one who takes control and the mmc wants to be taken, wants to be hurt, wants to be over powered etcĪlso, once again, I love all the diversity. I love that the author took all the stereotypes and just flipped it around. They don't delve into detail but at one point the FMC brings out a leash for the MMC The FMC wears a strap on and fucks the MMC twice! They stood firm in their love and there was no shame or hiding it, even though the mmc used to be a monk Even when they went back to the monastery to confront the abbot, there was no doubt or mind changing or breakup etc. They talked things out, even when that wasn't easy. There was no breakup, no big misunderstanding, no separation, no confusion. I enjoyed that there was zero conflict in their relationship. I cried! The family reunion at the end was so sweet. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Firelight soars to dizzying heights, combining forbidden love, scorching romance, and thrilling danger.” - Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy Kiersten White, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of PARANORMALCY …Anytime my readers ask for a book recommendation, I always say, ‘Read Sophie Jordan!’” - Colleen Houck, author of NEW YORK TIMES bestselling TIGER’S CURSE I delved into the mystical world and discovered a fast–paced, gripping story. Praise for the Firelight series: “The Firelight series is a rare sparkling gem. “this fast-paced story is a solid addition to the dystopian genre.” - Booklist Rachel Vincent, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author ![]() UNINVITED asks the question: will you let the world define who you are or will you choose to define yourself? Put simply: I loved this book! - Carrie Ryan, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth seriesĪ riveting, disconcerting vision of a near–future corrupted by genetic profiling. ![]() |