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Author: D. G. Scragg
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1843833999
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFresh assessments of Edgar's reign, reappraising key elements using documentary, coin, and pictorial evidence.
Author: Peter Rex
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEdgar, youngest son of King Edmund of Wessex, became ruler of a united England in 959. Although he became known as Edgar "the Peaceable," he ruled his country with an iron fist. His strict government was backed by military forces which deterred invasion by the Vikings. No such invading occurred from the time Eric Bloodaxe left York in 954 until 980, five years after Edgar's death. In this detailed account, Peter Rex follows his reign, during which he introduced the first form of national taxation, married at least twice, and fathered Edward the Martyr and Ethelred II, "the Unready."
Author: Edgar Wallace
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1984854860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe original novelization of King Kong, featuring a new introduction by Jack Thorne, the Tony-winning playwright of King Kong: Alive on Broadway, and cover art by the celebrated Olly Moss The giant primeval gorilla King Kong is one of the most recognized images in our culture. So great is the mighty Kong’s hold on the popular imagination that his story has inspired an entire cinematic universe. Now the legendary monster comes to the stage in the brand-new musical King Kong: Alive on Broadway. Beneath King Kong’s cultural significance, however, is a tense and surprisingly tender story. One cannot help but be frightened by Kong’s uncontrollable fury, be saddened over the giant’s capture, mistreatment, and exploitation by venal showmen, or sympathize with the beast’s ill-fated affection for the down-on-her-luck starlet Ann Darrow. With a foreword by Mark Cotta Vaz, the preeminent biographer of Merian C. Cooper, producer of the original 1933 classic film.
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Published: 2004-09
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781595402202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEdgar Rice Burroughs wrote this tale of confused identity and royal intrigue in 1914 and 1915, as World War I was getting ready to happen: it means to be an homage to Anthony Hope's _Prisoner of Zenda._ But, of course, it isn't Hope writing, but Burroughs: the events that led to the war inform the book, and it speaks to the real events happening as Burroughs wrote. That makes it a very different story from Hope's almost-whimsical novel. Part of the reason Burroughs left such a lasting mark on the world is because he was engaged in the events that surrounded him; the news troubled him deeply and personally. As well it might! He was writing, as he always did, on fantastical topics; but it is the fantastic nature of the twentieth century that is the real text of the man's career. The events that shape our own times now inform the work at hand: Edgar Rice Burroughs is generally described as a "Pulp Writer" -- that's code for a successful hack -- but the truth is that he was much, much more.
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Modernista
Published: 2024-07-18
Total Pages: 17
ISBN-13: 9181081073
DOWNLOAD EBOOK»King Pest« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1835. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began working as a literary critic and author. He made his debut with the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket in 1838, but it was in his short stories that Poe's peculiar style truly flourished. He died in Baltimore in 1849.
Author: Elizabeth Norton
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2013-08-15
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1445614928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first-ever biography of the most powerful woman of tenth-century England.
Author: Edgar Rider Ragged
Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 262
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new and original take on the iconic story of man meets giant ape in the biggest and hairiest parody of all time, timed to coincide with the new Peter Jackson movie! Just as Peter Jackson's Kong hits the big screen in an exciting and re-imagined format, looking uncannily like a missing chapter from The Lord of the Rings movies, comes the true story behind the world's biggest and hairiest love story. The intrepid explorer Indiana Bones (so-called for his passion for energetic archaeology) is hired to track down King Dong, legendary for his sheer massiveness (nudge nudge, wink wink). Accompanied by his gay best friend, fey Ray, and the platinum blonde Ann Darling, there to lure Dong into the open, they set off into uncharted territory. As the story develops, dodging intrusions from dinosaurs, Nazis, Orcs and a myriad of characters and plots from movies both classic and contemporary, it inevitably leads up to a king-sized climax and lots of monkeying around on an American landmark - yes, Dong climbs the famous Hollywood sign and is buzzed by spaceships.All very silly, this must-have humour title apes a number of bestselling spoofs in the best traditions of Bored of Rings, Barry Trotter, The Matewix and Star Bores.
Author: Donald Scragg
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 1843839288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFresh assessments of Edgar's reign, reappraising key elements using documentary, coin, and pictorial evidence. King Edgar ruled England for a short but significant period in the middle of the tenth century. Two of his four children succeeded him as king and two were to become canonized. He was known to later generations as "the Pacific" or"the Peaceable" because his reign was free from external attack and without internal dissention, and he presided over a period of major social and economic change: early in his rule the growth of monastic power and wealth involved redistribution of much of the country's assets, while the end of his reign saw the creation of England's first national coinage, with firm fiscal control from the centre. He fulfilled King Alfred's dream of the West Saxon royalhouse ruling the whole of England, and, like his uncle King Æthelstan, he maintained overlordship of the whole of Britain. Despite his considerable achievements, however, Edgar has been neglected by scholars, partly becausehis reign has been thought to have passed with little incident. A time for a full reassessment of his achievement is therefore long overdue, which the essays in this volume provide. CONTRIBUTORS: SIMON KEYNES, SHASHI JAYAKUMAR, C.P. LEWIS, FREDERICK M. BIGGS, BARBARA YORKE, JULIA CRICK, LESLEY ABRAMS, HUGH PAGAN, JULIA BARROW, CATHERINE KARKOV, ALEXANDER R. RUMBLE, MERCEDES SALVADOR-BELLO
Author: David Wroblewski
Publisher: Bond Street Books
Published: 2009-03-19
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13: 0307371891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Oprah's Book Club Pick A #1 New York Times Bestseller A National Bestseller Beautifully written and elegantly paced, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a coming-of-age novel about the power of the land and the past to shape our lives. It is a riveting tale of retribution, inhabited by empathic animals, prophetic dreams, second sight, and vengeful ghosts. Born mute, Edgar Sawtelle feels separate from the people around him but is able to establish profound bonds with the animals who share his home and his name: his family raises a fictional breed of exceptionally perceptive and affable dogs. Soon after his father's sudden death, Edgar is stunned to learn that his mother has already moved on as his uncle Claude quickly becomes part of their lives. Reeling from the sudden changes to his quiet existence, Edgar flees into the forests surrounding his Wisconsin home accompanied by three dogs. Soon he is caught in a struggle for survival—the only thing that will prepare him for his return home.
Author: Alan Reed
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2015-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781512718973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1124, the little church near Edinburgh, Scotland, would celebrate its first Christmas. Edgar, the former king of England, would be there! Outside the church, the trees were barren of leaves; a misty, cold rain formed ice among the branches. Inside the church, it was cozy and warm. A lively conversation would ensue. King Edgar had a lifetime of experience to share. What would he show us?
