But Isabella is promised to another cousin, John, and Fletcher, dashing though he is, comes from the poor side of the family. When Isabella, an only child and heir to the Curwen fortune, inherits and John becomes her guardian, he and her relations conspire to prevent her and Fletcher's union.
From the award-wining author of 'Lady of the Butterflies, ' 'Bloodline' and 'Pale as the Dead.' * A missing singer * A doomed love story * A family split by secrets & lies 1967: Enigmatic young folk singer Molly Marrison disappears on the cusp of fame. 2002: Silva is working as a housemaid at Chatsworth House when her father suddenly dies, leaving her with one instruction - find Molly. The only clue is a haunting song, centuries old, that Molly recorded before she vanished. Silva needs the help of song collector, Robbie Nightingale. Silva and Robbi were teenage sweethearts, but they've not spoken for decades. If they try to find Molly, what else will they discover? For Molly is not the only girl to have disappeared. Silva's mother, Sukey, vanished when Silva was a child, leaving her with scars that Robbie once tried but failed to heal.
Born into a world seething with treachery and suspicion, Eleanor Goodricke grows up on the Somerset Levels just after the English Civil Wars, heiress to her late mother's estates and daughter of a Puritan soldier who fears for his brilliant daughter with her dangerous passion for natural history - and for butterflies in particular.
______________________She was the Princess Diana of her day.She loved clothes and jewels and parties. She had exquisite taste in interior design. She seemed destined to reign as one of England's most glamorous queens, famed for the beautiful palaces she designed and decorated.Instead, Princess Henrietta Maria of France became caught up in the Civil War, one of the greatest cataclysms in English history. Swept from her life of luxury into the squalid brutality of battle and the loneliness of exile, her heart was torn by the two men she loved - her husband, tragic Charles I and charismatic Harry Jermyn, who designed and built most of London's West End, including the street which bears his name. This is their story.
Themes of memory and documentation in recent works by the acclaimed Dutch artistThis publication documents recent works by Dutch multimedia artist Fiona Tan (born 1966)-- Gray Glass (2020), Inventory (2012) and Footsteps (2022)--as well as the text of the works Brendan's Isle (2010) and Island (2008).
Title: The Mountain Lovers.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Macleod, Fiona; 1895. 241 p.; 8 . 012627.g.17.
In 1966 Jim Scott, aged 22, qualified as a veterinary surgeon and landed the job of his dreams working in Kenya. Just before leaving, he fell in love with Fiona, a Scottish girl, but there was no chance of a lasting relationship and they agreed to part. Three and a half years later, Jim is mentally and physically scarred by a lion, which he kills with a 'panga', but not before it kills a woman he cares about. At his wit's end working through the tragedy, Fiona comes out to Kenya. They find their love has not died, but Jim is too hung up on the past. Fi takes the lead and loves his fears away and they start planning a wedding and a family and their lives together. Then, persuaded by a senior MI6 officer to gather information on their travels in Kenya and in other African countries, they face danger that could threaten everything they've worked for and dreamed of.
This book highlights the imagination of a six-year-old girl who wants to be a doctor. In this book, she shares some knowledge about the solar system to convince the reader that she will someday provide medical services to our astronauts and their furry companion.
The week of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day has always been one of my favorite weeks of the year. Besides my birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, I look forward to this week with a passion. This is do the fact that my family and I spend the week in our large beach house in Henley Beach, Florida, with our lifelong best friends, the Harris's. While Mom and Dad have been best friends with Rhoda and Timothy, since they were babies, their hot son, Jeremiah, whom I am secretly in love with, and I have been best friends since we were babies.As our plane touched down at Orlando International Airport, excitement filled my chest. The week long vacation in Henley Beach had officially begun
Fiona is a short and stout, lovable ball of energy who spends her days cuddling on the couch with her parents and visiting schools with her mom. But Fiona didn't always live this luxurious life. Read along as the story Fiona unfolds to reveal a dog and her friends' heart-wrenching journey with a happy ending, showing just what it takes for shelters across the country to truly save our pets.
Fiona likes her job as counselor at the Women's Crisis Center and she loves training Off Track Thoroughbreds during the evenings at the show barn where she lives. Some would say for a horse-loving women's rights activist, she has a perfect life, so why all of a sudden this quest, this epiphany? In a week's time Fiona's world is turned upside down. A nostalgic search for her birth mother takes her down country roads to a forgotten coal-mining town in Southern Ohio, where she uncovers decades old secrets and long lost relatives and comes face to face with a bully sheriff in this tug-at-your-heart magical adventure.
Fiona on vielä 23-vuotiaana isänsä holhouksen alainen. Hän uhmaa isänsä suunnitelmaa, jonka mukaan hänen pitäisi naida isän valitsema varakas kauppias. Hän on päättänyt aiemmin, ettei mene naimisiin eikä tee itse lapsia, vaan haluaa opettaa heitä. Fiona saa suostuteltua isänsä lykkäämään häitä vuodella sekä päästämään hänet opettajaksi Mikkeliin Antellin neitien kouluun. Hän haaveilee pääsystä pienen kaupungin seurapiireihin, mutta tapahtumat eivät etene hänen toiveidensa mukaisesti. Hän joutuu muuttamaan suunnitelmiaan useiden yllätysten ja vastoinkäymisten jälkeen niin opettajana toimimisessa kuin henkilökohtaisessa elämässään. Lopulta hän tekee ratkaisun, jolla pyrkii itse muuttamaan elämänsä kulkua.FIONA on historiallinen romaani 1800-luvun lopun Mikkelistä. Lukijalle piirtyy miljöö ajankuvasta, vastateollistuneista maisemista sekä erilaisista ihmiskohtaloista.Marja-Liisa Kakkonen on kauppatieteiden ja kasvatustieteiden tohtori, jolla on pitkä ura opetus-, hallinnointi- ja esimiestehtävissä korkeakoulusektorilla sekä monipuolinen kokemus tietokirjoittajana. Hän vaihtoi lajia kaunokirjoittamiseen Kirjoittamisen opintojen kautta ja maaliskuussa 2022 julkaisi omakustanteena suomenkielisen KESÄMÖKKI-esikoisromaanin, joka kertoo perintöriidoista ja neljän myöhäiskeski-ikäisen sisaruksen suhteista sekä heidän perheensä salaisuuksista. FIONA-romaani perustuu kirjailijan historian kiinnostukseen ja erityisesti naisen asemaan 1800-luvulla, joihin liittyviä tietoja hän hyödyntää fiktiivisessä tarinassa.
With the sudden declaration of independence, the farmers in San Salvador lost all their subsidies from the Crown. To compensate, several locals plotted to loot the wealthy Spaniards amongst them. A local jeweller came with a plan to undo the unrest caused by the unexpected change.
