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Like many nursery rhymes, "Jack Sprat" may have originated as a satire on a public figure. History writer Linda Alchin suggests that Jack was King Charles I, who was left "lean" when parliament denied him taxation, but with his queen Henrietta Maria he was free to "lick the platter clean" after he dissolved parliament—Charles was a notably short man.
Jack begins to suspect the Gingerbreadman is a hired assassin and attempts to question the Quangle-Wangle, a reclusive industrialist. The solution to the mystery involves secret industrial and government conspiracies and the mysterious Fourth bear... After more investigations Jack comes across a cottage of three bears who knew Goldilocks.
John Reginald "Jack" Spratt, Detective Inspector, Nursery Crime Division, Oxford and Berkshire Constabulary, Officer Number 8216. [1] Jack Spratt is the protagonist in a series of alternate history science fiction fantasy novels by Jasper Fforde .
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The Big Over Easy is a 2005 novel written by Jasper Fforde. [1] It features Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant, Sergeant Mary Mary. [2]It is set in an alternate reality similar to that of his previous books: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten.
Regent Bakery and Cafe is a small chain of Chinese restaurants and bakeries in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington. The family-owned and operated business was established in Redmond in 2000, and expanded to Seattle 's Capitol Hill in 2012 and Bellevue .
The Jack Ranch Cafe is perhaps most well known to out-of-towners due to its proximity to the site of James Dean’s fatal crash in 1955; a memorial in the parking lot regularly attracts fans of ...
The 4 Nations Face-Off begins in four days, and Canada and the USA are dealing with a few injuries.. Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby missed Friday's game with an upper-body injury, ending ...