Fallout
Fallout

Author: Kkat

Publisher:

Published: 2017-05-05

Total Pages: 1650

ISBN-13: 9780998526201

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The American Heiress
The American Heiress

Author: Daisy Goodwin

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2011-06-21

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1429987081

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Now including an excerpt from VICTORIA: A Novel, by Daisy Goodwin, the Creator/Writer of the Masterpiece Presentation on PBS. "Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind." --Allison Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It and I Think I Love You Be careful what you wish for. Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts', suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage. Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, Cora's story marks the debut of a glorious storyteller who brings a fresh new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James. "For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. But money didn't always buy them happiness." --Daisy Goodwin in The Daily Mail One of Library Journal's Best Historical Fiction Books of 2011

My Little Pony: Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves
My Little Pony: Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves

Author: G. M. Berrow

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2015-04-07

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 0316295140

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

When anypony asks Princess Celestia for help, she is more than happy to be of service. So when Duchess Diamond Waves says she is in desperate need of assistance, the wise leader of Equestria clears her schedule. Arriving at Monacolt Magic Academy, Celestia notices that her dear old friend seems to have lost her sparkle. Diamond Waves confides that her beautiful city by the sea is on the brink of disaster and, having failed their exams, none of her pupils are prepared for what lies ahead. Diamond Waves says her colts and fillies are lacking focus, but that doesn't seem to be the case. When Celestia meet her summer school students, she is shocked to be greeted by a class full of very serious colts and fillies. What can Princess Celestia do to bring the magic back to Monacolt? © 2015 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

The Princess Promenade
The Princess Promenade

Author: Nora Pelizzari

Publisher:

Published: 2007-04

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781847380241

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

It's springtime and all the ponies are getting ready for the Spring Promenade. But when Wysteria meets a little dragon called Spike, he turns her into a princess, and explains that princesses are the star of the promenade, and they have subjects, not friends! Oh dear, who will help get everything ready for the promenade now?

Inside the Royal Wardrobe
Inside the Royal Wardrobe

Author: Kate Strasdin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-10-05

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1474269958

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Queen Alexandra used clothes to fashion images of herself as a wife, a mother and a royal: a woman who both led Britain alongside her husband Edward VII and lived her life through fashion. Inside the Royal Wardrobe overturns the popular portrait of a vapid and neglected queen, examining the surviving garments of Alexandra, Princess of Wales – who later became Queen Consort – to unlock a rich tapestry of royal dress and society in the second half of the 19th century. More than 130 extraordinary garments from Alexandra's wardrobe survive, from sumptuous court dress and politicised fancy dress to mourning attire and elegant coronation gowns, and can be found in various collections around the world, from London, Oslo and Denmark to New York, Toronto and Tokyo. Curator and fashion scholar Kate Strasdin places these garments at the heart of this in-depth study, examining their relationships to issues such as body politics, power, celebrity, social identity and performance, and interpreting Alexandra's world from the objects out. Adopting an object-based methodology, the book features a range of original sources from letters, travel journals and newspaper editorials, to wardrobe accounts, memoirs, tailors' ledgers and business records. Revealing a shrewd and socially aware woman attuned to the popular power of royal dress, the work will appeal to students and scholars of costume, fashion and dress history, as well as of material culture and 19th century history.