Virgins and Fleurs de Lys
Author: Catherine Mary Den Tandt
Publisher: La Editorial, UPR
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780847703890
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Catherine Mary Den Tandt
Publisher: La Editorial, UPR
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780847703890
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Anne Walters Robertson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-09-26
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780521418768
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Author: Vernon Lee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022-09-09
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0198837542
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →I entered the church...It struck me suddenly that all this crowd of men and women standing all round, these priests chanting and moving about the altar, were dead... Vernon Lee was a polymath whose copious writings include deeply learned studies of art, music, literature, and history, but also a small but exquisitely crafted group of Gothic tales, most of which first appeared in fin de siècle periodicals including the iconic Yellow Book. In these stories of obsession and possession, transgressive desire reaches out from the past -- through a haunting portrait, a murdered poet's lock of hair, the uncanny voice of a diabolical castrato -- dragging Lee's protagonists to their doom. Among those haunted by Lee's 'spurious ghosts' was Henry James, who praised her 'gruesome, graceful...ingenious tales, full of imagination'. This new edition includes Lee's landmark 1890 collection Hauntings complete, along with six additional tales and the 1880 essay 'Faustus and Helena', in which Lee probes the elusive nature of the supernatural as a 'vital...fluctuating...potent' force that resists definite representation. Aaron Worth's contextual introduction, drawing upon Lee's newly published letters, reassesses her place in the pantheon of the fantastic. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author: Larissa Juliet Taylor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009-10-06
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 0300161298
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A fresh and provocative biography of La Pucelle . . . her transformation from a naive girl to a strong-willed, bold, and gifted captain of war.”—Frederic J. Baumgartner, author of France in the Sixteenth Century France’s great heroine and England’s great scourge: whether a lunatic, a witch, a religious icon, or a skilled soldier and leader, Joan of Arc’s contemporaries found her as extraordinary and fascinating as the legends that abound about her today. But her life has been so endlessly cast and recast that we have lost sight of the remarkable girl at the heart of it—a teenaged peasant girl who, after claiming to hear voices, convinced the French king to let her lead a disheartened army into battle. In the process she changed the course of European history. In The Virgin Warrior, Larissa Juliet Taylor paints a vivid portrait of Joan as a self-confident, charismatic and supremely determined figure, whose sheer force of will electrified those around her and struck terror into the hearts of the English soldiers and leaders. The drama of Joan’s life is set against a world where visions and witchcraft were real, where saints could appear to peasants, battles and sieges decided the fate of kingdoms and rigged trials could result in burning at the stake. Yet in her short life, Joan emboldened the French soldiers and villagers with her strength and resolve. A difficult, inflexible leader, she defied her accusers and enemies to the end. From her early years to the myths and fantasies that have swelled since her death, Taylor “goes deep into Joan of Arc’s heart and soul and shows us the maiden, the warrior and the heroine” (Kate Williams, New York Times bestselling author)./
Author: Mathieu Orsini
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2022-04-02
Total Pages: 878
ISBN-13: 3752591587
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. With the history of the devotion to her. From the French of the Abbe Orsini. To which is added meditations on the Litany of the virgin. From the French of the Abbe Edouard Barthe. Also poems on the Litany of Loretto. From the German of the Countess Hahn-Hahn.
Author: M. Orsini
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-05-17
Total Pages: 898
ISBN-13: 3382506475
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.