An oath of loyalty.Two warring kings.A destiny he didn’t choose…England is in turmoil as Vikings and Saxons battle for territory. Rumours build about the fatal sickness of the King, and the country awaits an heir.A violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northumbrian fortress to London and plunge into the eye of the storm. For two kings claim the empty throne, and a new kingdom cannot be born without bloodshed.Uhtred’s sword will leave one king dead and the other victorious. But sometimes it is hard to know the will of the gods…
Bursting with heroic battle scenes and eloquent storytelling, The Sword of Attila recounts what some historians have called the most important battle in all history. Once again, Ford has created a remarkable work of vibrant history and riveting fiction. The fate of Europe hangs in the balance during one of the most pivotal battles in all history. Only one man has the power, wealth, and authority to halt the barbarian tides sweeping over the Roman world but to save the empire, he must overcome the Sword of Attila.
ISBN: 978-0-312-93915-1
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Jake Brigance has never met Seth Hubbard, or even heard of him, until the old man`s suicide note names him attorney for his estate. The will is dynamite. Seth has left ninety per cent of his vast, secret fortune to his housemaid. The vultures are circling even before the body is cold: the only subject more incendiary than money in Ford County is race, and this case has both. AS the relatives contest the will, and unscrupulous lawyers hasten to benefit, Jake searches for answers to the many questions left by Seth Hubbard`s death: What made him write that last-minute will leaving everything to a poor black woman named Lettie Lang? Why did he choose to kill himself on the desolate piece of land known as Sycamore Row? And what was it that...
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Sylvia`s Lovers is set in the period of French Revolutionary Wars, in the remote whaling-port of Monkshaven where the sea dominates the lives of the inhabitants. This is a story of a young woman caught between the attractions of two very different men. One of them is a whaling harpooner named Charley Kinraid, whose charm and vivacity have captured the heart of Sylvia Robson. However, Sylvia`s devoted cousin, Philip Hepburn, hopes to marry her himself.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07716-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Robert Langdon, professeur en symbologie, est convoqué d`urgence par son ami Peter Solomon, philanthrope et maçon de haut grade, pour une conférence à donner le soir même. En rejoignant la rotonde du Capitole, il fait une macabre découverte. Ce sera le premier indice d`une quête haletante, des sous-sols de la Bibliothèque du Congrès aux temples maçonniques, à la recherche du secret le mieux gardé de la franc-maçonnerie. Une aventure où s`affrontent les traditions ésotériques et la formidable intelligence de Robert l’auteur du Da Vinci ne peut s’empêcher de tourner les pages de ce Bob Morane pour adultes.
ISBN: 978-2-253-13417-6
Издательство:
Livre de Poche
Дата выхода: август 2011
In 1884 Paris saw the publication of A Rebours (translated both as Against the Grain and Against Nature), a cult fin-de-siecle novel that would create a sensation little short of perverse in the European art scene. Its author, Joris-Karl Huysmans, wrote it as a seductive textbook ecadence, as an antidote to "banal" naturalism. Symbolism, whose influence would endure well into the Modernist era, was an artistic substitute religion, a spiritually-charged cult of beauty. A Symbolist picture or sculpture remains deliberately enigmatic: in place of intellectual comprehension, the work wishes the viewer to experience its mysterious profundity in the manner of an inner vision. It is no wonder that Symbolists created some of the most fascinating...
ISBN: 978-3-8228-5482-2
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000
It was in France and Belgium, the cradles of literary Symbolism, that Symbolist painting was born. It plunged headlong into the cultural space opened up by the poetry of Baudelaire and Mallarm and by the operas of Wagner. Symbolist painters sought not to represent appearances but to express "the Idea," and the imaginary therefore plays an important part in their work. "Dream" was their credo; they execrated, with a fanatical hatred, impressionism, realism, naturalism, and the scientistic. The main principle of Symbolism, that of "correspondences," was to attain harmony between all the different arts, or even to realise the total work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk) that Wagner had dreamt of creating. What we rediscover today, after a period of...
ISBN: 978-3-8228-5032-9
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
`This is the story of a dinner party, a knot of people with pasts and connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many … The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonists` world rests is being thinned from beneath by boiling emotions and ugly motives … No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression and the subversiveness of thought more elegantly`. Candia McWilliam, Independent on Sunday
ISBN: 978-1-84408-247-6
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
In the fifth book of the Magykal series, Septimus and his friends wind up on a mysterious island with a dangerous Syren and a villainous band of sailors. Septimus is the first Apprentice ever to returned from his Queste. Following the Queste, Beetle, Jenna, Nicko and Snorri are waiting at a maritime trading post for Septimus and Spit Fyre to bring them home. However, the journey does not go as planned, and after a hair-raising flight, Septimus and the gang end up on a captivatingly beautiful island. But there are strange things about this island that Septimus must
Sunlight on the ancient stones of Palmyra and Baalbek, the bustle of the Aleppo souq, the buzz of Beirut`s nightlife, the decorative wonders of Damascene houses and picturesque villages beneath Mt Lebanon - our definitive guide is your essential companion in every corner of this diverse and hospitable region. • TEMPT YOUR TASTEBUDS with our dedicated Food & Drink chapter covering the region`s mouth-watering cuisine written by expert authors and chefs • CONNECT WITH CULTURE through our comprehensive exploration of Syrian and Lebanese society and daily life • UNRAVEL THE PAST with our in-depth coverage of the region`s lengthy history and myriad historic sites • FIND YOUR WAY using our 68 detailed maps, including customized...
ISBN: 1-86450-333-5
Издательство:
Lonely Planet
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
In what may be her most unsettling novel to date, Grafton`s "T Is for Trespass" is also her most direct confrontation with the forces of evil. Beginning with the day-to-day life of a private eye, Grafton suddenly shifts from the voice of Kinsey Millhone to that of Solana Rojas, introducing readers to a chilling sociopath.
ISBN: 978-0-425-22484-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Se dirige a los estudiantes de nivel intermedio de que van a utilizar el teléfono para desempeñar su labor profesional, tanto como emisores de llamadas como receptores. Consta de 3 partes: • Introducción: para familiarizar al lector con la terminología y a enseñarle a utilizar las técnicas básicas de la comunicación telefónica. • 4 casos prácticos: a través de ellos se hace un recorrido por todos los componentes de esta forma de comunicación. • 3 proyectos: una vez racionalizados todos los actos de la comunicación telefónica, y automatizadas todas las expresiones más comunes, se plantean proyectos o tareas más globales que desarrollan las situaciones...
ISBN: 978-84-7711-184-9
Издательство:
Edelsa
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
