[PDF] The Lives Of Kings eBook

Author : Frederic B Hill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1442268786

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In an age when local daily papers with formerly robust reporting are cutting sections and even closing their doors, the contributors to The Life of Kings celebrate the heyday of one such paper, the Baltimore Sun, when it set the agenda for Baltimore, was a force in Washington, and extended its reach around the globe. Contributors like David Simon, creator of HBO’s The Wire, and renowned political cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher (better known as KAL), tell what it was like to work in what may have been the last golden age of American newspapers -- when journalism still seemed like “the life of kings” that H.L. Mencken so cheerfully remembered. The writers in this volume recall the standards that made the Sun and other fine independent newspapers a bulwark of civic life for so long. Their contributions affirm that the core principles they followed are no less imperative for the new forms of journalism: a strong sense of the public interest in whose name they were acting, a reverence for accuracy, and an obligation

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 31,38 MB
Release : 2000-02
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780520224605

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A compendium of illustrated biographies of the British monarchs, revised throughout and updated to include the recent history of the Windsors.

Author : Karen Latchana Kenney
Publisher : Lerner Publications (Tm)
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,87 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1541557301

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Learn the basics about the lives and duties of kings. Simple, accessible text introduces the high-interest topic with social studies concepts.

Author : Yochi Brandes
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 34,80 MB
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 146688889X

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“This volume, by Biblical scholar Yochi Brandes, is a riveting novel based on textual sources about the experiences of David and Solomon. Its lessons are also relevant for our turbulent time.” —Elie Wiesel, #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Night In the tradition of The Red Tent from internationally bestselling author Yochi Brandes comes the stories of the struggles of King David and King Saul in the early days of the Kingdom of Israel, seen through the eyes of Michal, Saul’s daughter and David’s abandoned queen Stories are deadlier than swords. Swords kill only those who stand before them, stories decide who will live and die in generations to come. Shelomoam, a young man from the tribe of Ephraim, has grown up in the shadow of dark secrets. He wonders why his father is deathly afraid of the King’s soldiers and why his mother has lied about the identities of those closest to him. Shelomoam is determined to unearth his mysterious past, never imagining where his quest will ultimately lead him. The Secret Book of Kings upends conventions of biblical novels, engaging with the canonized stories of the founding of the Kingdom of Israel and turning them on their heads. Presented for the first time are the heretofore unknown stories of the House of Saul and of the northern Kingdom of Israel, stories that were artfully concealed by the House of David and the scribes of the southern Kingdom of Judah. Yochi Brandes, one of Israel’s all-time bestselling novelists, enlists her unique background in both academic Jewish scholarship and traditional religious commentaries to read the Bible in an utterly new way. In this book, a major publishing phenomenon in Israel and one of the bestselling novels in the history of the country, she uncovers vibrant characters, especially women, buried deep within the scriptures, and asks the loaded question: to what extent can we really know our past when history is written by the victors?

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 15,11 MB
Release : 2001-01-25
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780304357239

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A complete overview of England's royal heritage at an unbeatable priceEdited by the historian Antonia FraserWritten by an expert team of contributorsIncludes complete genealogies for each of England's royal houses

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 42,30 MB
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765376679

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A new epic fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author chosen to complete Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time® Series

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809464005

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The book covers ancient history of the world between 3000 and 1500 BC.

Author : Cyril J. Barber
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 2004-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725242796

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In a recent essay "The Unmarked Way" Harvard scholar Oscar Handlin wrote: "At some point, midway into the 20th century, Europeans and Americans discovered that they had lost all sense of direction. Formerly familiar markers along the way had guided their personal and social lives from birth to maturity to death. Now, disoriented, they no longer trust the guideposts and grope in bewilderment toward an unimagined destination...." Dr. Handlin's observation confirms the fact that history has repeated itself. One of the guideposts that could lead us through the maze of confusing theories is the Book of Kings. Without the light of history shining over our shoulders we lose our sense of direction. The admonition of the prophet Jeremiah points us back to the lighted path: He counseled the people of his day to "Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." Now, more so than ever before, we need the teaching of 1 and 2 Kings, and that after all is the purpose of these studies. Read them and see.

Author : René de La Croix duc de Castries
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,61 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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A leading French historian reviews the reigns, deeds, and misdeeds of France's sovereigns - both famous and infamous - from the Merovingians of the fifth century to the abdication of Louis Philippe in 1848.

Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 13,58 MB
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062097113

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The sixth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series. As the ninth century wanes, Alfred the Great lies dying, his lifelong goal of a unified England in peril, his kingdom on the brink of chaos. Though his son, Edward, has been named his successor, there are other Saxon claimants to the throne—as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north. Torn between his vows to Alfred and the desire to reclaim his long-lost ancestral lands in the north, Uhtred, Saxon-born and Viking-raised, remains the king’s warrior but has sworn no oath to the crown prince. Now he must make a momentous decision that will forever transform his life and the course of history: to take up arms—and Alfred’s mantle—or lay down his sword and let his liege’s dream of a unified kingdom die along with him.