On a remote Caribbean island, refuge of the rich and famous, a woman appears. No one knows who she is or where she comes from, including the woman, who suffers from amnesia. Amid intrigues and conspiracies involving one of the most influential island families, this mysterious woman’s arrival will change the lives of all those who meet her in an unexpected way. With a lost past and a fragile present, the future looks dangerous for anyone who gets involved. Only one has enough faith to know that everything happens for a reason and that coincidences do not exist.
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction, and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings, characters, and themes ...
Now renowned chronicler Gillian Gill turns this familiar story on its head, revealing a strong, feisty queen and a brilliant, fragile prince working together to build a family based on support, trust, and fidelity, qualities neither had ...
Overturning the established picture of the dour old lady, this is a fresh and engaging portrait from one of our most talented royal biographers.
The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules"--The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house"--Becoming queen: "I shall not fail" -- The coronation: "a dream out of the Arabian nights ...
As usual her playing was more forte than piano. She was practising scales, which sounded like a giant running up the stairs and back down again. There was no denying that she had a great love for music, but, as Lehzen Chapter 17 ...
In This Savage Song, Victoria Schwab creates a gritty, seething metropolis, one worthy of being compared to Gotham and to the four versions of London in her critically acclaimed fantasy for adults, A Darker Shade of Magic.
This book examines a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston to consider the pros and cons of social scientific thinking about the true nature of ghettos in America.
More than one hundred beautiful photographs and illustrations from Victorian writers and poets provide ideas for gift giving, collecting, and gardening.
As a child, Victoria Spry was brutally beaten, neglected, and starved by the woman she called Mummy. To the outside world Eunice Spry was a devoted parent, but behind closed doors she was an evil tyrant.
Permission has kindly been granted by the Royal Archives at Windsor to use extracts from Queen Victoria's journals to tell this fascinating story of family relations played out on the world stage.