![]() ![]() ![]() Occasionally, I make note of interesting trivia about a particular novel. The following is a list of all the novels published so far, listed in order of publication. Eventually, after Bain’s death, the series was taken over by Jon Land and most recently the series is being continued by Terrie Farley Moran. In his later years, Bain was credited alongside his wife Renée Paley-Bain. ![]() In reality, the original author of the series was Donald Bain. These are advertised as being (co-)written by Jessica Fletcher, and feature more of her adventures along with other characters from the show. Click here to read the full Affiliate Disclosure.įans of the show may not be aware of the series of Murder, She Wrote spin-off novels that have been published. At no additional cost to you, I may receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. Disclosure: The following contains affiliate links. ![]()
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![]() ![]() First, he is not a native of Wessex and is thus suspect, even though he has marital and familial ties in the kingdom. Uhtred rapidly learns that his battle skills count for little when weighed in the balance against his shortcomings. ![]() This second book opens with the aftermath of the battle, as the Saxons once again fragment into their petty factions.ĭespite his crucial role at Cynuit, Uhtred rides out to seek his wife and child, rather than hurrying to Alfred’s court at Exanceaster (Exeter) with the good news of the battle, thereby inadvertently allowing his rival Odda the Younger to reach Alfred first and claim the credit. The first book, The Last Kingdom, closed with a great battle at Cynuit, at which Uhtred led the Saxon forces to victory against the Danes and killed their leader Ubba Lothbrokson. This is the second volume in a series about the Northumbrian ealdorman Uhtred, born a Saxon but raised in captivity among the Danes as the adopted son of Earl Ragnar. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chesterton's "Short History of England" and relentlessly delved into the seemingly buried into the - then being seen as just Pagan mythology - historical roots of the Arthurian Legend. This influential post-war book revived the interest in King Arthur and the Dark Ages by focusing on the medieval notion that Gerald of Wales ( King Arthur's Burial Cross), that he was buried in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey. In 1957 his first work appeared on the King Arthur legend: "King Arthur's Avalon: The Story of Glastonbury". ![]() He debuted as a writer with "The Tale of the Tub: A Survey of the Art of Bathing Through the Ages" (London, 1950). Later in his career he made this his job. He had some industrial jobs and lectured on "Management Studies" at the London Polytechnic School, but writing about and researching the occult became his passion. His historical knowledge was acquired over the years. He was born in London, spent several years in Canada, went to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and then came to Cambridge to study English. Geoffry Ashe (From: The Quest for Arthur's Britain) Biographyīritish cultural historian, popular writer and lecturer on British history and Arthurian mythology. ![]() ![]() ![]() During the 1930s, Carson studied and taught biology and zoology at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. It would become the focus of much of her work. During a summer research project in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Carson encountered the sea for the first time. In 1925, she began studying English at Pennsylvania College for Women. ![]() Since childhood, Carson had wanted to become a writer. Her mother, Maria McLean, taught her about the local wildlife. She grew up in rural Springdale, Pennsylvania, and spent her childhood exploring the hills and fields surrounding her family’s farm. Early Life and EducationĬarson was born on May 27, 1907. Carson’s work influenced the global environmental and conservation movements. Her book Silent Spring alerted the public to the dangers of using chemical pesticides carelessly. ![]() With language that was both poetic and compelling, she inspired people to become interested in the natural world. Most of Carson's writing expressed her love of nature and concern for future generations. Rachel Louise Carson was a biologist, writer, and environmental activist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The violence of the war is surpassed only by the misery and famine that the war leaves in its wake. ![]() Nezha and his father are stand-ins for Chiang Kai-Shek and the Nationalists. Rin is a stand-in for Communist leader Mao Zedong, coming from the peasant class and leading a revolution of the peasants against the aristocracy. The plot parallels that of the Chinese Civil War. In The Burning God, the series reaches its emotional and violent climax. Rin is somehow a sympathetic character while simultaneously committing the most atrocious of war crimes. The characters are all deeply flawed, and the main protagonist, Rin, is an anti-hero of the highest caliber. She has reinvented grimdark fantasy with her magical world that parallels the real-world events in Chinese history, most notably the Opium Wars, World War II, and the Communist Revolution. Kuang has accomplished with the Poppy War trilogy. Kuang’s epic finale to her Chinese history-inspired Poppy War series, which began with The Poppy War and continued with The Dragon Republic. ![]() ![]() Kings of Chaos is a full length dark new adult romance with enemies-to-lovers/love-hate themes, featuring a slightly psycho heroine and four even more psychotic men. Eva Ashwood Kings of Chaos (Dirty Broken Savages Book 1) Kindle Edition by Eva Ashwood (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 8,351 ratings Book 1 of 4: Dirty Broken Savages See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles 4.99 to buy Audiobook 0. To let their demons loose on me.īut maybe these Kings of Chaos have let my pretty face fool them.īecause I'm just as vicious as they are. Even though they've agreed to help me, I know they want to punish me, too. They’ll give me a chance to exact my vengeance, and in exchange, all they want is. Lucky for me, the last name on my list is someone they’ve got their own grudge against, so instead of killing me, they offer me a deal. But it turns out revenge is a messy business, and when I end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, I royally piss off four brutal, twisted, gorgeous men. Six people who turned me into the monster I am now. ![]() ![]() Six people who wronged me, who hurt me, who took everything from me. Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. I was a good girl once, but now I dance with devils. Kings of Chaos Dirty Broken Savages 1 Eva Ashwood 478 pages first pub 2021 ( editions) fiction contemporary romance dark mysterious tense medium-paced Description I was a good girl once, but now I dance with devils.Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. ![]() ![]() ![]() Himself trapped between his twin peripheral celebrities, Chase falls in with Perkus Tooth, a hyper-literate nuisance-critic of the Lester Bangs variety (though Perkus Tooth denies the type). His fiancée is Janice Trumbull, an astronaut trapped in a decaying satellite, which is blocked from re-entering our atmosphere by an orbiting bank of Chinese space-mines. He is a former child star, lately better-known as the male half of the universe’s longest-distance relationship. It’s the story of Chase Insteadman, a minor Upper East Side celebrity. And if it does need overstuffing just to fit all that it does, it demonstrates well that in the novel, lives live well alongside others. As often as it feels like it’s a present-day story, Chronic City seems to me as though it lives down somewhere deeper in the past. Fair enough: It’s at different times to different strengths concerned by technology, space, local government, war there is then a fear of the false, a fear of the real, the fear of all components of the simulacra, basically, and then above all, of the city. ![]() Jonathan Lethem’s new book, Chronic City, is so damn big it’s overstuffed or that’s what Michiko Kakutani says. ![]() ![]() ![]() 1/2 stars not given, as I have usually returned it without finishing as Im not engaged. become distracted and less engaged in some sections but by the end the end I have enjoyed the overall story and would read any sequels. I?m a loose thread to them?but somehow, I?m becoming more than that too.I?m becoming an obsession.A temptation.A craving. Twisted Game (Filthy Wicked Psychos Book 1) eBook : Ashwood, Eva: Amazon.in. When they drag me from the blood-soaked bed, I?m certain they?re going to kill me too.They don?t? but they don?t forget about me, either.These three dangerous brothers will do anything to make sure I keep my mouth shut about what I saw, even if it means stalking my every movement. Eva Ashwood (Goodreads Author) ASIN: B09VXZD5W5 Edition language: English. My parents are dead, my adoptive mother is a drug addict, and the mean girls on campus mock me for my scars. My parents are dead, my adoptive mother is a drug addict, and the mean girls on campus mock me for my scars.So when I end up desperate for money and out of options, I agree to sell the one thing I have left: my innocence.On the night I?m meant to give my body to a brutal Russian mobster, three men storm into the room like dark shadows and kill him before he can claim me. Editions for Twisted Game: (Kindle Edition published in 2022), (Paperback published in 2022). Twisted Game Filthy Wicked Psychos 1 Eva Ashwood 446 pages first pub 2022 ( editions) fiction contemporary romance medium-paced Description I was the girl no one looked at twice. ![]() Until they saw me.My whole life, no one has had my back. Want to Download Twisted Game (Filthy Wicked Psychos, #1) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() More than just a merciless satire of cloistered college life and stuffy postwar manners, Lucky Jim is an attack on the forces of boredom, whatever form they may take, and a work of art that at once distills and extends an entire tradition of English comic writing, from Fielding and Dickens through Wodehouse and Waugh. This is the story of Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in medieval history at a provincial university who knows better than most that "there was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones." Kingsley Amis's scabrous debut leads the reader through a gallery of emphatically English bores, cranks, frauds, and neurotics with whom Dixon must contend in one way or another in order to hold on to his cushy academic perch and win the girl of his fancy. ![]() Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the twentieth century, Lucky Jim remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954. About the Book Regarded by many as the finest, and funniest, comic novel of the 20th century, this book remains as trenchant, withering, and eloquently misanthropic as when it first scandalized readers in 1954.īook Synopsis A hilarious satire about college life and high class manners, this is a classic of postwar English literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some Desperate Glory is an immensely fun, compelling read, largely because of how well Tesh uses Kyr to frame the story, and how well Kyr works as a main character. When her brother unexpectedly leaves the station, Kyr sets off on a personal mission that ultimately leads her to challenge her most cherished beliefs-and necessitates a daring plot through multiple timelines and interpretations of reality. Kyr, our protagonist, is an exceptionally gifted young woman on Gaea, eagerly awaiting her cohort’s first real assignments. Earth is destroyed, and the remnants of humanity make their peace and resettle elsewhere-with the exception of Gaea Station, a last hold-out of idealistic warriors who have vowed resistance undying. The backstory, as we’re initially given it, is that humans fought, and lost, an interstellar war against an alien civilization. ![]() Fusing a youthfully-emotional story of personal and political reappraisal with giant, universe-altering ideas, this action-packed story stays locked on its vulnerable humanity. Tesh turning her novelistic sights to space opera is an event that should make every speculative fiction reader take note: Some Desperate Glory is a masterful take on survival and revenge and what’s beyond them. ![]() ![]() Emily Tesh’s World-Fantasy-Award-winning Silver In the Wood and its sequel Drowned Country are deeply lovely books: quiet, yearning, and full of ancient straining curses and redemption. ![]() |