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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him.
"The Gold-Bug" also inspired Leo Marks to become interested in cryptography at age 8 when he found the book in his father’s bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road. [ citation needed ] Marks would go on to lead Britain’s code-breaking efforts during World War Two as a member of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Poe may have been inspired to focus on the purposeful impersonal torture in part by Juan Antonio Llorente's History of the Spanish Inquisition, first published in 1817. [13] It has also been suggested that Poe's "pit" was inspired by a translation of the Qur'an (Poe had referenced the Qur'an also in "Al Aaraaf" and "Israfel") by George Sale ...
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WarSpell: The Princess' Choice (Game of Freedom Book 4) June 2022 Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett 978-1956015874: WarSpell (Game of Freedom) Ninth book in the WarSpell series and the fourth in the "Game of Freedom" sub-series. [121] This title was privately re-released by the authors via Amazon in December 2022 (ISBN 979-8370873188). Promised Land
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies are concerned about copycat vehicle-ramming attacks following the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans by a U.S. Army veteran ...
The robberies of the homes of some of the most famous athletes in the U.S., including Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes, are reportedly led by South American crime groups.
Janet Inglis "Janny" Wurts (born December 10, 1953) is an American fantasy novelist and illustrator. She has written several standalone novels and series, including the Wars of Light and Shadow, The Cycle of Fire trilogy and the internationally best-selling Empire trilogy that she co-authored with Raymond E. Feist. [1]