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Lord of the Flies was awarded a place on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list and 25 on the reader's list. [24] In 2003, Lord of the Flies was listed at number 70 on the BBC's survey The Big Read, [25] and in 2005 it was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels since ...
A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met.
In the Presence of Mine Enemies is a 2003 alternate history novel by American author Harry Turtledove, [1] expanded from the eponymous short story. The title comes from Psalm 23:5 . The novel depicts a world in which the United States remained isolationist and so did not participate in the Second World War , thus allowing a victory to the Axis ...
Sybil, or The Two Nations is an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli. Published in the same year as Friedrich Engels 's The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 , Sybil traces the plight of the working classes of England.
Note: These characters are the main protagonists to the story. There are many other minor and supporting protagonists, including some royalty. Garion (later Belgarion), the main protagonist of the story and later the King of Riva, with the titles of Overlord of the West, Lord of the Western Sea, and Godslayer. Husband of Ce'Nedra, father of ...
Marcus Buford Rediker (born October 14, 1951) is an American historian, writer, professor, and social activist. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976 and attended the University of Pennsylvania for graduate study, earning a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in history.
Walter Kennedy was born in 1695 at a place called Pelican Stairs in Wapping, London. [1] Possibly one or both of his parents were of Irish descent due to the fact that Bartholomew Roberts considered him to be Irish. [2]
Chapter Title 1 Preface 2 The world of security 3 School in the past century 4 Eros Matutinus 5 Universitas vitae 6 Paris, city of eternal youth 7 Bypaths on the way to myself 8 Beyond Europe 9 Light and shadows over Europe 10 The first hours of the 1914 war 11 The Struggle for Intellectual Brotherhood 12 In the heart of Europe 13