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Vincent becomes the Lord of Okehampton by marriage to the beautiful and young Leticia. He finds he likes being married. He also enjoys creating the heirs both Leticia's father and King Edward requested. A knight of adventure finds the greatest adventure is in his own back yard or castle. He won't let a traitor or the French take away anything he has grown to love.
A full and provocative reappraisal of the Bayeux "Tapestry", its origins, design and patronage. Aspects of the Bayeux Tapestry (in fact an embroidered hanging) have always remained mysterious, despite much scholarly investigation, not least its design and patron. Here, in the first full-length interdisciplinary approach to the subject, the authors (an art historian and a historian) consider these and other issues. Rejecting the prevalent view that it was commissioned by Odo, the bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of William the Conqueror, or by some other comparable patron, they bring new evidence to bear on the question of its relationship to the abbey of St Augustine's, Canterbury. From the...
Key articles on the Bayeux tapestry collected in one volume, providing a comprehensive companion to its study.
A classic locked room mystery from the genre’s Golden Age by the renowned Australian author of the Chief Inspector Luckraft series. On the day of his wife’s funeral, Robert Turold reveals that he has completed his lifelong quest to prove his family’s noble blood and restore its barony title. His brother and nephew will be his heirs, skipping over his daughter who he believes is illegitimate due to a deathbed confession from his wife. With the granting of a peerage within his reach, Robert has no qualms involving the neglected girl in public scandal—a turn of events that has left the surviving members of his family reeling. High on the Cornish cliffs, Robert’s isolated and imposing ...
A mysterious little character can be seen on scene 10 of the famous Bayeux Tapestry. His name is Turold. In this activity booklet, Turold tells you the same story as the one related on the Bayeux Tapestry, from which the 12 scenes reproduced here by Gilles Pivard have been freely inspired.On each page, the illustration contains one or many little Turolds for you to find... You'll need an eagle eye to spot them all! 16 illustrations
This eBook edition of "The Moon Rock (Thriller Novel)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Robert Turold has spent thirty years set on a single idea – to complete the genealogy of his family that will restore a title which has been in a state of abeyance for centuries. On the day of his wife's funeral he announces that he has finally achieved the last link in the chain, and then seemingly commits suicide. However, detective Brannert of Scotland Yard suspects a murder. Turold's young daughter, a long-time servant, his brother and a nephew all have something to gain by his death. So does a figure from his past, whose footsteps came back to haunt him on the night of his death.
The people of the Koltathi world explore their universe in powerful starships, travelling vast distances as they search for the answers to life's greatest questions. The people of the world of Lothivia ride on horseback through their lands with sword and bow, bravely forging their civilization into something noble and strong. Unknown to them their world is unique and its secrets, though buried deep, would soon be revealed when these two worlds unintentionally influence each other in a single random event...
When fifteen-year-old Lorraine Meriwether moves to Ocean Beach, California, to live with her dad for the summer, extreme loneliness is the worst she must deal with. Then a way-too-old American-Eagle-model guy, Harold Godwin, decides he can't stay away from her, which leads to a series of events that expose his real fangs, his real mind control powers, and his real age. While the sun is up, she cultivates a normal life of walking dogs, making new friends, and just being beachy. After the sun goes down, Lorraine explores her own super powers while Harold weaves magical stories of being captive in the medieval army of England's enemy, Duke William of Normandy. As both lives collide, Lorraine is forced to choose between them. No matter how much we wish it, life is not lived in the in between of eventide.