The Fiery Crown
The Fiery Crown

Author: Jeffe Kennedy

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Published: 2020-05-26

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1250194342

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A desperate alliance. A struggle for survival. And a marriage of convenience with an epic twist of fate come together in Jeffe Kennedy's The Fiery Crown. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, the lush romantic fantasy world of the Forgotten Empires series will sweep you away. WILL THEIR LOVE STAND THE TEST OF TIME Queen Euthalia has reigned over her island kingdom of Calanthe with determination, grace, and her magical, undying orchid ring. After she defied an empire to wed Conrí, the former Crown Prince of Oriel—a man of disgraced origins with vengeance in his heart—Lia expected the wizard’s prophecy to come true: Claim the hand that wears the ring and the empire falls. But Lia’s dangerous bid to save her realm doesn’t lead to immediate victory. Instead, destiny hurls her and Conrí towards a future neither could predict... OR TEAR THEIR WHOLE WORLD APART? Con has never healed after the death of his family and destruction of his kingdom—he’s been carefully plotting his revenge against his greatest enemy, Emperor Anure, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. When Lia’s spies gather intelligence suggesting that Anure is planning an attack against Calanthe, Con faces an agonizing choice: Can he sacrifice Lia and all she holds dear to destroy the empire? Or does his true loyalty exist in the arms of his beguiling, passionate wife—’til death do they part? The Forgotten Empire series is: “Captivating...engrossing.” —Romance Reviews Today “Sensual fantasy romance you won’t want to miss!”—Amanda Bouchet, USA Today bestselling author of The Kingmaker Chronicles “Action-packed...sexy...highly recommend.”—Harlequin Junkie (Top Pick)

Empire's Crown
Empire's Crown

Author: Arvin Lucan

Publisher:

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 718

ISBN-13: 9781432784645

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In this tale, the second of The Empire Chronicles, we find Our Beautiful Joanna, ready to take her rightful place in History, as Empress. Her Beloveds, General Udria Thorpe, Captain-General Grey, and her closest Advisor, Alethea, prepare themselves for the next leg of Our Journey out into The Galaxy. Will the old Core Worlds receive them? Are the old "Civilized" Noble Houses willing to accept the "Rustics" of the faraway Guild? We cannot know, Dear Friend, until the path before us is trodden. If Empires Sword opened the first page of our saga, then this page carries us eer onward. As we travel upon our journey together, Dear Friend, know you this one and simple truth...that I was there...

Empires, Systems and States
Empires, Systems and States

Author: Michael Cox

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780521016865

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This volume brings together a collection of leading scholars to consider various dimensions of the 'turn' to history in International Relations. The scope of this volume is broad. It includes conventional accounts of the development of the European states system, but is not limited by it. Other essays consider the non-European experience; a number of path-breaking essays on how other cultures and continents have ordered their political communities, in particular, the question how and why a states system triumphed over other forms of political organisation. The theme of the subtitle - great transformations - is pursued by each author. The essays consider one of the biggest questions of our time, namely, how did we arrive at this historical and institutional expression of political community? And what alternative future world orders exist? The volume will be of interest to scholars of International Relations and History interested in great transformations in world politics.

Empires and Colonies
Empires and Colonies

Author: Jonathan Hart

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-02-06

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 0745655181

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Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansion affected the world, including its successor, the United States. Whilst providing special attention to Europe, the book is careful to highlight the ambivalence and contradiction of that expansion. The book also illuminates connections between empires and colonies as a theme in history, concentrating on culture while also discussing the rich social, economic and political dimensions of the story. Furthermore, Empires and Colonies recognizes that whilst a study of the expansion of Europe is an important part of world history, it is not a history of the world per se. The focus on culture is used to assert that areas and peoples that lack great economic power at any given time also deserve attention. These alternative voices of slaves, indigenous peoples and critics of empire and colonization are an important and compelling element of the book. Empires and Colonies will be essential reading not only for students of imperial history, but also for anyone interested in the makings of our modern world.

Crown of Glory
Crown of Glory

Author: Evelyn Rogers

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780843944037

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The first of a series set in Texas chronicles, this novel begins the series with the eldest Hardin brother's life and the start of a family empire. From the author of "Hot Temper, Betrayal" and "Wicked".

Empires of the Atlantic World
Empires of the Atlantic World

Author: J. H. Elliott

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 0300133553

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This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century. J. H. Elliott, one of the most distinguished and versatile historians working today, offers us history on a grand scale, contrasting the worlds built by Britain and by Spain on the ruins of the civilizations they encountered and destroyed in North and South America. Elliott identifies and explains both the similarities and differences in the two empires' processes of colonization, the character of their colonial societies, their distinctive styles of imperial government, and the independence movements mounted against them. Based on wide reading in the history of the two great Atlantic civilizations, the book sets the Spanish and British colonial empires in the context of their own times and offers us insights into aspects of this dual history that still influence the Americas.

The Orchid Throne
The Orchid Throne

Author: Jeffe Kennedy

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1250194326

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In the Forgotten Empires magic is forbidden, dreams are destiny, and love is the greatest power of all...Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, the lush romantic fantasy world of the Forgotten Empires series will sweep you away. A PRISONER OF FATE As Queen of the island kingdom of Calanthe, Lia will do anything to keep her people free—and her secrets safe—from the mad tyrant who rules the mainland. Guided by a magic ring of her father’s, Lia plays the political game with the cronies the emperor sends to her island. In her heart, she knows that it’s up to her to save herself from her fate as the emperor’s bride. But in her dreams, she sees a man, one with the power to build a better world—a man whose spirit is as strong, and whose passion is as fierce as her own... A PRINCE AMONG MEN Conrí, former Crown Prince of Oriel, has built an army to overthrow the emperor. But he needs the fabled Abiding Ring to succeed. The ring that Lia holds so dear to her heart. When the two banished rulers meet face to face, neither can deny the flames of rebellion that flicker in their eyes—nor the fires of desire that draw them together. But in this broken world of shattered kingdoms, can they ever really trust each other? Can their fiery alliance defeat the shadows of evil that threaten to engulf their hearts and souls? “A lush... perilous and passionate world.”—New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep

Negotiated Empires
Negotiated Empires

Author: Christine Daniels

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1136690891

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In this innovative volume, leading historians of the early modern Americas examine the subjects of early modern, continuing colonization, and the relations between established colonies and frontiers of settlement. Their original essays about centers and peripheries in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British America invite comparison.