The Fortunes of King Arthur

The Fortunes of King Arthur

Author: Norris J. Lacy

Publisher: DS Brewer

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781843840619

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Offer an overview and a number of examinations of Arthur's fortunes. This work reveals the role of Fortune itself, often personified and consistently instrumental, in accounts of Arthur's court and reign. It traces the trajectory of the Arthurian legend, and follows the turning of Fortune's wheel, emphasizing the flourishing of the legend.


The Wheel O' Fortune

The Wheel O' Fortune

Author: Louis Tracy

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-16

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Wheel O' Fortune" by Louis Tracy. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.


Fortunes of Falstaff

Fortunes of Falstaff

Author: John Dover Wilson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1979-08-30

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780521092463

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Dr Dover Wilson examines Falstaff's role in the two parts of Henry IV and his relationship to the Prince. Like most other Shakespearean scholars he had accepted, Bradley's portrait as shown in The Rejection of Falstaff, until (as he writes) he 'began checking it with yet another portrait - that which I found in the pages of Shakespeare himself. As the result of much recent work on the two parts of Henry IV, a new Falstaff stands before me, as fascinating as Bradley's, certainly quite as human, but different; and beside him stands a still more unexpected Prince Hal. The discovery throws all my previous ideas out of focus.' As the reviewer in the Times Literary Supplement wrote, Falstaff 'is no hero, as the romantics have tried to make him out, nor is he merely a typical and traditional stage-butt. But he is Falstaff riding for a fall; and when he takes his toss he is up again in still unconquerable effrontery and humour ... The Prince as we watch him through Dr Dover Wilson's eyes growing in grace, first in chivalry and then in justice, we do more than observe the making of a hero-king. We get to know a very lovable, faulty, generous, noble-minded young man; and a character in the play whose scenes are so far from being mere padding between Falstaff's that the whole is seen as a masterpiece of construction.'


How to Tell Fortunes: Containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the Key to Work It

How to Tell Fortunes: Containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the Key to Work It

Author: Aaron A. Warford

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-06-13

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13:

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Since the beginning of time, human beings have endeavored to understand the forces of fate through many imaginative and mystical means. Presenting an exciting guide to help comprehend the future for anyone curious about what fate has in store for them. Contents include: How to Tell Fortunes by Cards. Good and Bad Omens. Weather Omens. Hymen's Lottery. List of Unlucky Days (Males) List of Unlucky Days (Females) List of Days Usually Considered Fortunate. St. Agnes' Day Napoleon's Oraculum; or, Book of Fate. Oraculum.