A richly atmospheric historical fantasy about shapeshifters struggling to survive in the decadent city of Rome during the Dark Ages.
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The Raven Warrior
Alice Borchardt
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
2011
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Born of the Highlands, along shores washed by northern seas, Guinevere has accepted the power offered to her by the Dragon Throne and been crowned Queen.Her first duty must be to her homeland and her people, to protect them from the reviled Saxon raiders. Instinct tells her she must strike first or surrender control of the seas, but her chieftains and warlords refuse to accept that their new queen, barely a woman, can know anything of the art of war and offer her an army of misfits and outcasts. Young and untried, Guinevere knows she cannot - must not - fail. Sailing to confront the hated enemy with only this motley band of ill-equipped fighters at her side, she summons the spirits of the dead. But there is a terrible price to pay for their help - a knowledge that will change her utterly.As Guinevere faces the first great test of her reign, so her childhood companion, Black Leg - the shape-shifting son of her adoptive father - begins his own quest to become a man and warrior worthy of this new queen. In his wanderings, he will endure trials both mental and physical, discover inner strengths and, with the Lady of the Lake, primal passions, each experience more perilous, more terrifying, than the last. And when he and Guinevere are finally reunited, the consequences of both their ordeals will unleash a torrent of anguish and desire. For he is the Raven Warrior, the one who will be called Lancelot... Set during the dark age when history and myth collide, The Raven Warrior continues Alice Borchardt's breathtaking re-imagining of the timeless tale of a king called Arthur and, of course, of his mercurial queen, Guinevere.
It is that time known as the Dark Ages, the Romans have abandoned Britain's shores, leaving behind a brutal, fear-filled twilight world where magic and superstition, strife and warfare hold sway. Into this world is born the daughter of a pagan queen. Her name is Guinevere.
An entertaining and eye-opening biography of America's most memorable first daughterFrom the moment Teddy Roosevelt's outrageous and charming teenage daughter strode into the White House—carrying a snake and dangling a cigarette—the outspoken Alice began to put her imprint on the whole of the twentieth-century political scene. Her barbed tongue was as infamous as her scandalous personal life, but whenever she talked, powerful people listened, and she reigned for eight decades as the social doyenne in a town where socializing was state business. Historian Stacy Cordery's unprecedented access to personal papers and family archives enlivens and informs this richly entertaining portrait of America?s most memorable first daughter and one of the most influential women in twentieth-century American society and politics.
A mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll... In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside. In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood... Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago. Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful. And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice.
The Marsh Saga Series Alice (Book 4)London 1929. Lady Alice Mayton-Walsh has always been a free independent spirit, a woman ahead of her time. She has always been a risk taker, grabbing life with both hands and living it to the full after the premature death of her new husband in the Great War. With wealth and position, having travelled the world, Alice boldly defies convention and created, Sheer, her women's magazine to rival Vogue, However, after years of hard work and success, she finds that her life isn't as complete as she expected it to be. Something is missing.Vince, her brother's best friend, a man she has known since childhood, reveals plans to marry an heiress to save his family's fortunes. The news shocks Alice. He is throwing away his life marrying a woman he doesn't love, and what's more, Alice realises she wants more than just friendship with him.Yet, before she has a chance to follow her heart, Vince becomes a changed man. After losing everything, he turns his back on the glitzy and extravagant life and moves to the East End of London. Confused, Alice tries to understand this very different Vince, but it's not until she is confronted by three poor orphans and Vince's determination to help them that she recognises what has been missing in her life might be right under her nose. But a tragic accident threatens the happy future Alice has dreamed about. Has she lost her second chance to find love?
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Thirteen-year-old Nina narrates the story of her mother, Alice, who has always been responsible, proper, and totally uptight. Alice is stressed because her teaching job has been eliminated, but that's nothing compared to the shock when her hippie father drops into their lives. Alice left home at sixteen and never looked back. Now Nina has a chance to know her grandfather and sides of her mother that have been hidden for years. Then the bank sends the letter that leads to Alice's moment in history.
"To hell and back" isn't just an expression.As the sole orderly of Woodrow Children's Asylum, Christopher Robinson has always done all he can for the children in his care. Risking his life in a terrible storm to get supplies was an expected part of his day.A car wreck leaving him stranded on an island full of monsters wasn't.Worse, Christopher isn't alone. One of his charges, Mickey, arrived on the strange island with him...then vanished. According to the locals, there is no way out of Wonderland, but Christopher is determined to find Mickey and get both of them home safe and--if possible--sound.
Alice: Bride of Rhode Island is thirteenth in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series. Fleeing her stepfather and an arranged marriage in Newport, Alice Endicott finds work as a seamstress at the Brown Textile Mill near Boston. When a devastating fire destroys the factory, she and all the girls face dire unemployment circumstances. But hope arrives when their manager, Roberta McDaniel, shares the Grooms' Gazette with them. Each woman will choose a husband and become a mail-order bride. As Alice's friends-Lottie, Leora, Judith, Beth, Lessie and Josie-embrace the idea, she too becomes caught up in the excitement of a grand new adventure. When fisherman Frank Martel contacts her, Alice can't pass up the opportunity to return to Rhode Island despite her stepfather's presence. Upon arriving at the train station in Tiverton, however, Frank neglects to meet her. James Martel is shocked to find a woman at the rail depot claiming to be his brother's fianc e. Even more surprising is her connection to a man who ruined James' father years before. When Frank confesses that he can no longer wed Alice, James steps forward to fill the role since the beautiful young woman holds the key to avenging the Martel name. Can Alice convince her new husband that their marriage is worth saving once she discovers his subterfuge? And will James learn that love is more important than revenge? A sweet romance set in 1890 America.
Alice, the German writer Judith Hermann's 2009 short-story collection, was short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. When someone very close to you dies, your whole life changes. Everything is different. Alice is the central figure in these five interconnected narratives, which tell of her life at times of loss. Suddenly it is no longer possible to say what the person looked like, how he spoke, cursed, smiled, how he lived his life. Objects are left behind, books, letters, pictures, and every now and again you think you can see them in a crowd. Judith Hermann tells of days of transition, of waiting, of holding on and letting go and of how clear and dazzling such days can sometimes be. Alice is a book of extraordinary power and great literary beauty from one of Europe's finest writers.
'alice' is a collection of poetry stemming from my high school days to the present.
It is 1892. Alice is turning eighteen. Her mother died in childbirth and her father is abroad in the military. She is brought up alone by servants in her deceased grandfathers Somerset house. Her father visits to inform her that she is to be sent abroad to start a new life and that she will never see him again. He leaves for London, but is followed by Tom the gardener who returns a week later to give Alice news that her father has a sordid secret. Alice disguises herself and sets out to find the truth. She discovers that her whole life is a lie Her journey of discovery leads her to find her fathers' secret family and that her mother she presumed dead may still be alive.
Miejscowy policjant dokonuje przerażającego odkrycia na skraju lasu. Znajduje wycieńczoną, zakrwawioną dziewczynę, kt rej stan wskazuje na brutalne tortury i więzienie. Niemal martwą, policjant decyduje się zabrac ją do szpitala, gdzie lekarze walczą o jej życie. Po odzyskaniu przytomności, Alice nie potrafi znieśc traumy, przez kt rą przeszla. Jej przerażenie i wspomnienia sprawiają, że wpada w szal, co zmusza personel szpitala do przeniesienia jej na oddzial psychiatryczny, gdzie może otrzymac odpowiednią pomoc. Spotyka doktora Thomasa, kt ry jest zdeterminowany, by jej pom c. Jest tylko jeden problem: Alice milczy... Z pasją stara się zrozumiec, przez co przeszla, licząc na to, że w końcu uda mu się przelamac jej milczenie. Jednak Alice, mimo najlepszych intencji doktora, pozostaje zamknięta w sobie, niezdolna do podzielenia się swoimi przeżyciami. "ALICE" to emocjonująca opowieśc o traumie, przetrwaniu i walce z wewnętrznymi demonami. Fabula koncentruje się na trudnej drodze odzyskiwania zdrowia psychicznego przez Alice, kt ra, mimo okropności, jakich doświadczyla, stara się odnaleźc sens w swoim życiu. Relacja z doktorem Thomasem staje się kluczowa, gdyż to on stara się dotrzec do jej zamkniętego serca i umyslu, co prowadzi do wstrząsających odkryc. Powieśc w pelni angażuje czytelnika, zmuszając go do refleksji nad silą ludzkiego ducha w obliczu niewyobrażalnych cierpień. ODWAŻYSZ SIĘ?
The White Rabbit is late for the Duchess. The Cheshire Cat won’t stop grinning. And the Hatter is, well, mad. In the middle of it all is Alice, a young girl with a vivid imagination and a family life that’s less than perfect.In this new adaptation by renowned playwright and Sheffield native, Laura Wade, you can follow Alice as she escapes her bedroom to find adventure in a topsy-turvy world. Based on Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, Wade’s adaptation breathes fresh life into a much-loved story about rabbit holes, pocket watches and talking caterpillars.
The remarkable story of Princess Andrew of Greece, the mother of Prince Philip, whose life seemed intertwined with every event of historical importance in twentieth century Europe.