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Author: Suzanne Massie
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9780671460594
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDetails the history of Russia from the religious revolution of 987 to the political revolution of 1917, graphically describing Russia's political and cultural environments under Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great
Author: Suzanne Massie
Publisher: Hearttree Press
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Land of the Firebird' is a WONDERFUL and ENGAGING in-depth look of Russian history from 987-1917, spanning the ascension of Vlad and the Orthodox Church to right before the Revolution. With colorful prose Suzanne Massie details the variety of Russian existence--tsars and serfs and merchant-princes and babushkas--no stone is left uncovered as she cross-references nearly a thousands years, writing with equal consideration of art, poetry, country-life, court-life, politics and its myriad games, myths and legends, influence "outside the sphere.
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 2008-01-08
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0312871384
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Mercedes Lackey's Firebird, Ilya, son of a Russian prince, is largely ignored by his father and tormented by his larger, older brothers. His only friends are three old people: a priest, a magician, and a woman who toils in the palace dairy. From them Ilya learns faith, a smattering of magic, and the power of love--all of which he will need desperately, for his life is about to be turned upside-down. The prince's magnificent cherry orchard is visited at midnight by the legendary Firebird, whose wings are made of flame. Ilya's brothers' attempts to capture the magical creature fail. When Ilya tries to catch the Firebird, he sees her as a beautiful woman and earns a magical gift: the speech of animals. Banished, the young man journeys through a fantastical Russia full of magical mazes, enchanted creatures, and untold dangers. As happens in the best fairy tales, Ilya falls in love with an enchanted princess, but to win her freedom will be no easy task. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Janice Graham
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780316647519
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEthan Brown is a gentleman rancher - a lawyer who is as comfortable amongst his books as he is at ease in the company of cowboys. Engaged to the daughter of the wealthiest landowner in the county, he is within reach of the life he has worked so hard to achieve. Annette Zeldin enters Ethan's life when she returns from Europe to settle her mother's estate. A concert violinist, she feels every inch the outsider and clings to her young daughter, her lifeline. The time Annette spends with Ethan in his office offers her moments of comfort and communion, and before long, both must acknowledge the passion growing between them. Annette and Ethan begin a clandestine affair that promises (or threatens) to change their lives - but it is soon to be torn apart by tragedy...
Author: Sophie Masson
Publisher:
Published: 2023-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781761281969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the night of her engagement, Princess Tamara is caught in the palace garden with her fiance's brother, Ivan. They claim to have been watching a firebird, a rare and wonderful creature -- and it's true: the bird has left a feather. The Tsar, desperate for the bird, promises half his kingdom to whoever finds it. This might just give Princess Tamara and Ivan the chance to live happily ever after.
Author: R. Garcia y Robertson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-06-26
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780765352132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlex Benedict and Chase Kolpath discover that a missing renowned physicist had several interstellar yachts flown far outside the planetary system where they vanished. Following the physicist's trail into the unknown puts Benedict and Kolpath in danger.
Author: Jeffrey Brooks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-10-24
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1108484468
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA century of Russian artistic genius, including literature, art, music and dance, within the dynamic cultural ecosystem that shaped it.
Author: Susanna Kearsley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2023-10-12
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 1471196100
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter Sea and The Vanished Days When a woman brings a small wooden carving into the art dealership, claiming it once belonged to a Russian Empress, Nicola Marter’s boss believes it is worthless. But Nicola has an unwanted, if rare, psychic gift. Holding 'The Firebird' in her hands, she knows this woman is telling the truth. Compelled to uncover its true history, Nicola must put her own past behind her. She contacts an old flame who can access the past in a way no one else can. Together they can find the real story of 'The Firebird'… Following history from Scotland, to Belgium and to St Petersburg, The Firebird is a sweeping story of love, sacrifice, courage and redemption. A journey that spans centuries and lifetimes to connect the past with the future. Praise for Susanna Kearsley ‘Sometimes an author catches lightning in a bottle, and Susanna Kearsley has done just that’ New York Journal of Books ‘A deeply engaging romance and a compelling historical novel’ Bernard Cornwell, author of The Last Kingdom ‘Kearsley is nothing less than a magician weaving together the past and the present in yet another marvellous, genre-bending, romantic, mysterious and utterly unputdownable novel’ M J Rose, author of Seduction ‘Will stay with you long after you put it down. Her deft touch with historical intrigue is matched only by her delivery of a contemporary heroine who is as unique as she is memorable’ Deanna Raybourn, author of The Dark Enquiry ‘Fascinating, immersive and twisty – twists not only of plot, but of character and time’ Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series
Author: Isabella League
Publisher:
Published: 2010-05
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9781888071184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Professor of Dracophilology Simon Stillfield is asked to go to far away Russia to help set up a dragon post like that in the British Isles, his first impulse is to refuse. To his knowledge, there are few dragons in Russia besides the feral Ice Dragons of Siberia. But when a disappointment in love makes him long for a change of scene, Simon, his dragon friend Lakota and familiar Janus embark on a strange adventure in a distant, largely unknown land. The Russians seem curiously reluctant to begin work on the project, and puzzles abound on all sides. Who is the mysterious young woman in the home of his hosts? Why are the Secret Police spying on him? When a young boy Simon has befriended is kidnapped by an Ice Dragon, Simon must attempt a rescue, and face Russian Witches, Rusalka, and an evil Necro-mancer who seems bent on killing him for an unknown reason. It will take all of Simon's resources, magical and otherwise, to confront danger, death, and love.
Author: Arnée Flores
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2021-06-08
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1547605138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDebut author Arnée Flores spins an exciting and original tale about hope in even the darkest of places, perfect for fans of Shannon Hale. The Kingdom of Lyrica was once warm and thriving, kept safe by the Firebird, whose feather and song was a blessing of peace and prosperity. But the Firebird disappeared, and Lyrica is now terrorized by the evil Spectress who wields her powers from within a volcano. All that remains is a mysterious message scrawled on the castle wall in the Queen's own hand: Wind. Woman. Thief. Young Prewitt has only known time without the Firebird, a life of constant cold, as his village is afraid to tempt the volcano monsters with even the feeblest fire. But he has heard whispers that the kingdom's princess survived the attack . . . and he is certain that if he can find her, together they can save Lyrica. Princess Calliope has no memories beyond living on her barge on the underground lake. But as she nears her twelfth birthday, she is certain there is more to life than the walls of a cave. When Prewitt finds her, he realizes that she is the missing princess: the only hope for Lyrica. Determined to decipher the meaning of her mother's strange message and find the Firebird, Calliope and Prewitt set off on a quest that puts them in more danger than either of them ever anticipated.
