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The text concerns two kings, King Offa of the Angles, a fourth or fifth-century ancestor figure of the Mercians, and King Offa of Mercia (r. 757-796), through whose lives the text recounts the foundation of St Alban's Abbey: Offa of Angel made the vow to found a monastery, while several centuries later, his namesake Offa of Mercia executed this plan on discovering the relics of the British ...
The list also includes one book that won two categories: Romance queen Emily Henry's "Funny Story" was readers' pick for both "Best Romance" and "Best Audiobook," which was a newly introduced ...
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is a memoir by American author Stephen King that describes his experiences as a writer and his advice for aspiring writers. Originally published in 2000 by Charles Scribner's Sons , it was King's first book after he was involved in a car accident a year earlier.
"The Two Kings' Children" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, tale number 113. [ 1 ] It is Aarne-Thompson type 313C, the girl helps the hero flee, and type 884, the forgotten fiancée. [ 2 ]
Memoirs of a Cavalier; or A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Years 1632 to 1648. Written threescore years ago, by an English gentleman, who served first in the army of Gustavus Adolphus, the Glorious King of Sweden , till his death, and after that in the Royal Army of King Charles the First , from the ...
The Page of the Duke of Savoy, (1855) is a sequel to The Two Dianas (1846), and it covers the struggle for supremacy between the Guises and Catherine de Médicis, the Florentine mother of the last three Valois kings of France (and wife of Henry II). The main character in this novel is Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy.
The King goes on to detail his formative years, from his time at a US boarding school to his military career in Zarqa and his marriage proposal to Rania Yassin on Tal Rumman. In the first two parts of the memoir, covering the King's childhood up to his ascension to the Throne, King Hussein offers his son lessons in diplomacy. When King Hussein ...
Princess Kate Middleton’s brother James Middleton is ready to spill some secrets. James, 37, will be releasing his memoir, Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life, on September 26. The story will ...