Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Harlequin Enterprises ULC (known simply as Harlequin) is a publisher of romance, women's fiction and various other genres under multiple publishing imprints. Founded in Winnipeg , Canada, in 1949, from the 1960s, it grew into the largest publisher of romance fiction in the world.
Harlequin (known as Dark Forces in the United States) is a 1980 Australian thriller film directed by Simon Wincer and starring Robert Powell, Carmen Duncan, David Hemmings and Broderick Crawford. The film is a modern-day retelling of the historical figure Rasputin .
The name Harlequin is taken from that of a mischievous "devil" or "demon" character in popular French Passion Plays.It originates with an Old French term herlequin, hellequin, first attested in the 11th century, by the chronicler Orderic Vitalis, who recounts a story of a monk who was pursued by a troop of demons when wandering on the coast of Normandy, France, at night.
The list includes more unusual publications, such as The Pocket Purity Cook Book and Livre de cuisine Purity: petit format, which featured Purity Flour Mills publications in a smaller size. #71, titled Bouquet Knitter's Guide, is another early example of Harlequin publishing a non-romance title under their Harlequin Romance brand.
Pages in category "Harlequin books" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. An Almond for a Parrot; B.
A Man To Watch: Jane Donnelly: April 1980 # 2326: Come Next Spring: Elizabeth Graham: April 1980 # 2327: Stormy Affair: Margaret Mayo: April 1980 # 2328: Blue Lotus: Margaret Way: April 1980 # 2329: The Jasmine Bride: Daphne Clair: May 1980 # 2330: Rough Justice: Janine Ellis: May 1980 # 2331: A Certain Smile: Marjorie Lewty: May 1980 # 2332 ...
In Harlequin, he is involved in the fighting in Brittany and subsequently at the Battle of Crécy. The battle is a decisive victory for the English, despite being seriously outnumbered. In Vagabond, he returns to England to try to uncover the Grail's whereabouts and helps defeat the Scottish invasion of 1347. He discovers that his cousin, Guy ...
Jonathan Dawson, writing in The Canberra Times, noted that "Harlequin is a thriller and a very fine one, certainly one of West's best works to date. It strikes deep into the heart of the capitalist system, the world of paper money that is now seen to be no longer impregnable."