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Author : C. S. Pacat
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 22,34 MB
Release : 2018-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780987622334
Follow Damen, Laurent and the supporting characters of Captive Prince on a series of adventures set in and around the events of the novels - and beyond, to learn what happens after the final page in the trilogy is turned.
Author : Louise Tythacott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 31,18 MB
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 135162489X
In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes in imperial China—the Yuanmingyuan. Known in the West as the "Summer Palace," this site consisted of thousands of buildings housing a vast art collection. It is estimated that over a million objects may have been taken from the palaces in the Yuanmingyuan—and many of these are now scattered around the world, in private collections and public museums. With contributions from leading specialists, this is the first book to focus on the collecting and display of "Summer Palace" material over the past 150 years in museums in Britain and France. It examines the way museums placed their own cultural, political and aesthetic concerns upon Yuanmingyuan material, and how displays—especially those at the Royal Engineers Museum in Kent, the National Museum of Scotland and the Musée Chinois at the Château of Fontainebleau—tell us more about European representations and images of China, than they do about the Yuanmingyuan itself.
Author : John Alan Roote
Publisher :
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780999404690
An investigation of the sack of the Emperor's Summer Palace, near Beijing, in 1860.
Author : Lawrence Watt-Evans
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 29,3 MB
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429950579
All of the world is kept in a delicate balance under the supervision of the Wizard Lord. It is his duty to govern lightly and protect his domain...but if he should stray from the way of the just then it is up to the Chosen to intercede. The Chosen are the Leader, the Seer, the Swordsman, the Beauty, the Thief, the Scholar, the Archer, and the Speaker, magically infused mortal individuals who for the term of their service have only one function--to remove an errant Wizard Lord. But the new Wizard Lord has now changed the playing field by neutralizing all magic in his domain (both his own and that of the Chosen) and has successfully killed and/or blocked his adversaries and their challenges to his omnipotence. Sword (now on the run) must work alone to restore order to their fair land and unravel the mystery of the Ninth Talisman--which might be the salvation or downfall of all that is good in their well ordered land. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Emmanuel Ducamp
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Palaces
ISBN : 9780500516478
Specially commissioned photographs by Marc Walter and fascinating archive images capture a bygone age of Romanov splendor that will captivate art lovers and historians alike
Author : April Lily Heise
Publisher : Tgrs Communications
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 2013-05-30
Category :
ISBN : 9780992005306
Is Paris really the eternal City of Love? Dumped suddenly by her Parisian boyfriend, sultry expat Lily is left wondering if je t'aime still exists. Instead of crying into her glass of wine, she decides to heal her bruised ego and quash her romantic doubts with a carefree summer fling . . . or as the French call it: une aventure. Supported by her faithful friends and trusty Saint Amour wine, Lily embarks on her presumably easy quest. Little does she know what-or whom-this adventure has in store! Rather than guide her into the arms of a perfect summer amoureux, the sexy streets of Paris lead her from one impossible candidate to another: disappearing foxy Frenchmen, unavailable Latino heartthrobs, overly-mysterious world travelers, mistress-hunting married men, and not-so-single amnesiacs-oh la la! As her amorous mishaps accumulate, Lily gradually re-evaluates her strategy. But will her good intentions be enough to lead her to the right homme . . . one who might last out the summer-and maybe even beyond? Or will she continue to get embroiled in more mesaventure? This novelized memoir tells the tantalizingly true romantic odyssey of a 21st-Century young woman caught in the mire of desires-which is only intensified by the passion of Paris.
Author : C. S. Pacat
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0698154320
The stunning conclusion of worldwide phenomenon—from the boldly original author of Captive Prince and Prince’s Gambit. “I fell in love with the writing, the characters, [and] the story.”—V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master Prince Laurent as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill. On the brink of a momentous battle, the future of both their countries hangs in the balance. In the south, Kastor's forces are massing. In the north, the Regent's armies are mobilising for war. Damen's only hope of reclaiming his throne is to fight together with Laurent against their usurpers. Forced into an uneasy alliance the two princes journey deep into Akielos, where they face their most dangerous opposition yet. But even if the fragile trust they have built survives the revelation of Damen’s identity—can it stand against the Regents final, deadly play for the throne?
Author : C. S. Pacat
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 22,92 MB
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0698155106
The second novel in the critically acclaimed Captive Prince trilogy from global phenomenon C. S. Pacat. With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot. Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them a final devastating blow...
Author : Paul French
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9622099823
The convulsive history of foreign journalists in China starts with newspapers printed in the European factories of Canton in the 1820s. It also starts with a duel between two editors over the future of China and ends with a fistfight in Shanghai over therevolution. This book tells the story of China's foreign journalists.
Author : Rosie Banks
Publisher : Orchard Books
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 34,46 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1408325993
Wicked Queen Malice has cast a spell on Summer's storybook and unleashed all the fairytale baddies into the Secret Kingdom. Ellie, Summer and Jasmine are called to Swan Palace to help the Swan Queen protect the other swans against a wicked witch on a broomstick. Can the girls catch the witch and get her back in the book, or will they be defeated by her horrible magic?