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Deltora Quest 3 (known in North America as Dragons of Deltora) is a series of children's fantasy books, written by Australian author Emily Rodda.It follows the adventures of three companions, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine, as they journey across the magical land of Deltora to awaken the last seven dragons and destroy the Four Sisters (creations of the evil Shadow Lord, which have been poisoning ...
Diane Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle, Duchesse de Lauraguais (11 February 1713 – 3 November 1769 in Paris) was the third of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was his mistress on and off from 1742 to 1745.
The nine sorceresses or nine sisters (Welsh: naw chwaer) are a recurring element in Arthurian legend in variants of the popular nine maidens theme from world mythologies. . Their most important appearances are in Geoffrey of Monmouth's introduction of Avalon and the character that would later become Morgan le Fay, and as the central motif of Peredur's story in the Peredur son of Efrawg part of ...
Most vintage-movie fans know the group as The Four King Sisters: Yvonne, Luise, Alyce, and Donna. The foursome made their first appearance in the 1939 musical Second Fiddle (1939) and went on to be featured in a number of 1940s Hollywood films, both feature-length and short-subject musicals, as well as three-minute Soundies musicals filmed for ...
Tifton believes the Penderwick sisters to be vulgar (which she evaluated after Jeffrey's birthday dinner), and dislikes all of the sisters, although Jane seems to escape her criticism. During the first book, she is obsessed with winning a garden competition, in which she eventually takes second place after Jeffrey and the Penderwick sisters ...
Netflix has teamed up with Palme d’Or-winning Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda, who is writing and directing a classic Japanese family drama series.. Titled Asura, the series will be a modern ...
Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, marquise de Vintimille (1712–1741), was the second of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become mistresses of King Louis XV of France. She was his mistress between 1739 and 1741.
Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (French pronunciation: [maʁi an də maji nɛl]; 5 October 1717 – 8 December 1744) was the youngest of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. [1] She was his mistress from 1742 until 1744. [1]