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All 20-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London's most notorious criminal empire, it's just not on the cards for her. Raised by her older brother Julian since their parents were murdered, Daisy has never been able to escape the watchful gaze of her gang-lord brother. But Julian's line of work means that Daisy's life is... complicated. And things don't become any easier when she falls hard for the beautiful and emotionally unavailable Christian Hemmes, who also happens to be one of the few men in London who doesn't answer to Julian. Christian's life is no walk in the park either, since he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend, Magnolia Parks. ...
William Hastings, Lord Chamberlain of England The rise and sudden unexpected fall of William Hastings makes for a colourful story. Yet it is lost amongst the great tales told of Edward IV and Richard III. William rose from a mere Squire to be a Peer of the Realm, a great Landowner and Lord Chamberlain. William was very close to King Edward IV and for many years perhaps the second most influential man in the Kingdom. He fulfilled many roles including politician, administrator, soldier, diplomat, businessman, landowner and lord. Everything he had was due to Edward who he served loyally for over two decades from 1461 to 1483. William supported Edward at or after Mortimer's Cross, was knighted a...
Break the shackles of the mind. Leo is a boy grieving his twin. Nea is a girl living as a boy to escape her past. Two slaves, carrying the scars of abuse. They form a connection, only to be split apart when their ship arrives in a mysterious and fragmented land, cut off from the rest of the world. Leo becomes apprentice to a vagabond swordsman and together the two set out to find a stolen weapon locked away in a catacomb city. But what is his new teacher hiding? Tormented by a crippling injury and an anxious heart, Leo must find the strength within himself to keep going despite all that he has lost. Meanwhile, Nea is conscripted by the Captain of the Royal Guard, who ropes her into the searc...
The medieval Book of Hours was a richly decorated manual of private devotion comprised of a calendar of saints' days and eight short services in honor of the Virgin Mary. The Hastings Hours is one of the finest of these to have survived. Intimate in scale and richly decorated with miniatures from the life of Christ and of the saints, it was made in the Netherlands by expert craftsmen during the last quarter of the fifteenth century.In this beautifully illustrated introduction to the manuscript, twenty-five of the surviving thirty-two large miniatures are reproduced--close to their actual size--along with many decorative borders and details. An essay by Janet Backhouse explores this outstanding achievement of Renaissance Flemish illumination.