The Black Dwarf
The Black Dwarf

Author: Walter Scott

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-06-26

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781075721779

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The Black Dwarf, is set in the Liddesdale hills, an area which Scott knew intimately from the time he had spent hunting ballads for his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. The plot itself draws on a number of Border Ballads. The adventures of Hobbie Elliot, the pillage of Heughfott, appeal to the Black Dwarf for help, gathering of forces, and the 'siege' of Westburnflat parallel events in the ballads 'Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead' and 'The Fray of Support'.

The Dwarf
The Dwarf

Author: Par Lagerkvist

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780374521356

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"This edition originally published in paperback in 1958 by Hill and Wang"--T.p. verso.

The Black Dwarves of the Good Little Bay
The Black Dwarves of the Good Little Bay

Author: Varun Thomas Mathew

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2019-08-10

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9388322142

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There is a city on the western shores of India where it no longer rains . . . The sea has invaded its boundaries and its inhabitants reside in a towering structure called the Bombadrome, which hovers above the barren land. Theirs is an artificially equated society; they lead technologically directed lives; they have no memory of the past. They don’t remember that this place was once called Bom Bahia, or Bombay, or Mumbai. Except for one man, the last civil servant of the India of old, a witness to the time when it all fell apart, now bitter, filled with regret and thought to be mad. For decades he has remained silent, but now a moment has come – which comes but rarely in history – that prompts him into a final act of service: To remind people of what happened all those years ago, of the events that unmade the city, then the nation, and finally their lives . . . Sharp, layered and scathing, The Black Dwarves of the Good Little Bay will grab you by the scruff of your neck and force you to listen. Because the sins of the past can never be fully hidden. Because the end can never justify the means.

The Revenge of the Dwarves
The Revenge of the Dwarves

Author: Markus Heitz

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 2011-11-03

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0316193356

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Though hailed a hero by his people, the course of life has not run smooth for the battle-weary Tungdil the dwarf. But there is no rest for this warrior yet -- as he must now find the strength to face the most formidable enemy the kingdom has ever encountered . . . A new evil has risen from the depths of the earth to terrorize the land of Girdlegard. Monstrous creatures -- half-orc, half-élfar -- are roaming the kingdom, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. These merciless hybrids are on a mission to obtain the most powerful weapon known to the dwarf race -- and whoever holds this weapon will control the world. Then when the fossilized Magus Lot-Ionan is stolen, Tungdil spies total disaster on the horizon. With the very existence of the dwarves under threat, he will have to resort to his trusty double ax and risk everything he knows to save his country from annihilation . . . Hold your breath for The Revenge of the Dwarves, the next thrilling installment in this spectacular fantasy epic from international bestselling author Markus Heitz

What If? Infinity
What If? Infinity

Author: Joshua Williamson

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2016-01-27

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1302484281

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What If? Infinity - Thanos 1, What If? Infinity - Inhumans 1, What If? Infinity - X-Men 1, What If? Infinity - Guardians Of The Galaxy 1, What If? Infinity - Dark Reign 1

Memoirs of a Dwarf at the Sun King's Court
Memoirs of a Dwarf at the Sun King's Court

Author: Paul Weidner

Publisher: Terrace Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780299205102

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Set in the over-scaled, decadent Versailles of Louis XIV, Memoirs of a Dwarf is the story of Hugues, an impoverished dwarf who maneuvers his way up into the very highest of court circles by clandestinely serving the needs of a mob of unscrupulous gamblers, of a priest notorious for saying black Masses at midnight, and--from under the gaming tables--of a number of sex-starved society women, including Louis's mistress. Along the way, Hugues finally discovers the truth of his own identity, a revelation which is a political bombshell and which subjects him to a grisly turn. The story combines historical events and characters--Louis, his mistresses, his outrageous brother Philippe, and many other baroque personalities--with fictitious ones. Hugues's tale reaches its climax during the famous affaire des poisons, the sexual and political scandal that thundered through the royal court and threatened wholesale destruction.