72 Results for : cleves
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The Boleyn Inheritance: A Novel (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1032min
A brand-new unabridged recording of Philippa Gregory’s classic best seller featuring an afterword read by the author! From “the queen of royal fiction” (USA Today) comes this New York Times best seller featuring three very different women whose fates are each bound by a bloody curse: the legacy of the Boleyn family. After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII of England decides to take a new wife, but this time, not for love. The Boleyn Inheritance follows three women whose lives are forever changed because of the king’s decision, as they must balance precariously in an already shaky Tudor Court. Anne of Cleves is to be married to Henry to form a political alliance, though the rocky relationship she has to the king does not bode well for her or for England. Katherine Howard is the young, beautiful woman who captures Henry’s eye, even though he is set to marry Anne. Her spirit runs free, and her passions run hot - though her affections may not be returned upon the king. Jane Rochford was married to George Boleyn, and it was her testimony that sent her husband and infamous sister-in-law Anne to their deaths. Throughout the country, her name is known for malice, jealousy, and twisted lust. The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel drawn tight as a lute string about three women whose positions brought them wealth, admiration, and power, as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Georgia Maguire, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Cathleen McCarron. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/009175/bk_sans_009175_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Das Manuskript in der Flasche: Kurzgeschichte von Edgar Allan Poe, Hörbuch, Digital, 29min
Der Ich-Erzähler beschreibt den Aufbruch zu einer Seereise, die ihn von Batavia zum Sunda-Archipel führen soll. Unterwegs gerät das Schiff zuerst in eine Flaute, danach in einen furchtbaren Sturm. Schon die erste Welle, die über das Schiff hereinbricht, zerstört Masten und Takelage. Nur ein Schwede und der Erzähler überleben...Das Wrack wird ständig weiter nach Süden getrieben, bis es in die südliche Polarnacht gerät und in dieser mit einem riesigen Schiff zusammenprallt, auf das der Ich-Erzähler hinüber geschleudert wird. Er versteckt sich vor der Mannschaft im Schiffsbauch, entdeckt aber schließlich, dass die uralten und gebrechlichen Seeleute ihn weder bemerken noch wahrnehmen.Er kann sich gefahrlos unter ihnen bewegen, kann sich auch Schreibzeug besorgen und so dieses Manuskript anfertigen, das er als Flaschenpost absetzen will. Immer höhere Eisberge tauchen auf, das Schiff hat trotz des Sturms alle Segel gesetzt und ist so schnell, dass es sich manchmal übers Wasser in die Luft erhebt. So nähert es sich einem Abgrund, den der Ich-Erzähler mit einem Amphitheater vergleicht, und schießt schließlich in ihn hinab.Die Erzählung reflektiert zum einen die Sage vom Fliegenden Holländer, zum anderen die von John Cleves Symmes jun. aufgestellte Theorie der hohlen Erde: Die Erde sei hohl und habe an Nord- und Südpol Öffnungen, in die sich der Ozean strudelartig hinein ergösse. Beide Motive werden von Poe zu einer Symphonie der Angst zusammenkomponiert. In welcher Form Poe die Legende vom Fliegenden Holländer kennengelernt hat, ist unbekannt, möglicherweise durch eine Übersetzung von Wilhelm Hauffs Gespensterschiff."Das Manuskript in der Flasche" ist Edgar Allan Poes zweite Kurzgeschichte und die erste, mit der er Geld verdienen konnte: Er gewann mit ihr 1833 die ausgelobten 50 Dollar eines Wettbewerbs des Baltimore Saturday Visiter. deutsch. Clemens Weichard. https://samples.audible.de/bk/edel/008406/bk_edel_008406_sample.mp3.- Shop: Audible
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Medieval English Theatre 43 (eBook, PDF)
Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry from across the British Isles up to the opening of the London playhouses and the suppression of the civic mystery cycles, and also includes contributions on European and Latin drama, together with analyses of modern survivals or equivalents, and of research productions of medieval plays.This edition combines, perhaps unexpectedly, royalty and games. Games of all kinds, from jousting and "Christmas games" to those usually associated with children, are shown, it is suggested, to be more than they at first appear. Apparently run-of-the-mill entertainments, when presented to the court by the Londoners, by the court to a visiting emperor , or by the retainers of royalty and nobility to the general public for commercial gain, turn out to have unexpected political resonances; while the potential underlying sadism of children's games gains a horrific immediacy when diverted to the torturing of Christ. Even today, the musical SIX says a great deal more about royalty and role-playing than initially might appear, especially when set against eye-witness accounts of the first meeting of Anna of Cleves with Henry VIII, and what modern novelists have made of it . In the process we learn a great deal more about the detail of these games, from the maskerie costumes of James VI and Anna of Denmark to the elaborate fantasy challenges of the jousters in 1400/1401, which incidentally suggest that fourteenth-century court culture, whose language was Anglo-French, is a major missing link in the history of what is usually treated as purely English literature.Contributors: Philip Bennett, Philip Butterworth, Sarah Carpenter, Elisabeth Dutton, James Forse, Gordon Kipling, Michael Pearce, Meg Twycross.- Shop: buecher
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII: A Captivating Guide to Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Katherine Parr , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 189min
Explore the Captivating History of the Six Wives of Henry VIIIHenry VIII, King of England and Ireland in the first half of the 16th century, is one of history’s most famous monarchs for many reasons. He ruled ruthlessly, was quick to cry “treason!” and execute, and equally quick to fall in and out of love. Henry changed the religious fabric of England forever and left his mark on the wider world - but what of the six women he took as his queens?From the regal and capable Catherine of Aragon to the patient and generous Katherine Parr, Henry’s wives represented a range of personalities, goals, beliefs, and influences on the king. Each of Henry’s six wives represented a facet of the king himself, whether he liked to admit it or not; unfortunately, a Queen of England at the side of Henry VIII could never be sure of her husband’s love - or her safety. These are the stories of three Catherines, two Annes, and one Jane.This audiobook covers topics such as:Henry TudorCatherine of AragonMistress Elizabeth BlountMistress Mary BoleynAnne BoleynAnne of ClevesMistress Mary SheltonThe Wooing of Jane SeymourCatherine HowardThe Culpeper AffairKatherine ParrMore theories on Henry Tudor’s FertilityThe illegitimate children of Henry VIIIAnd much moreSo if you want to learn more about the six wives of Henry VIII, buy this audiobook now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Desmond Manny. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/129115/bk_acx0_129115_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 957min
England, July 1540: it is one of the hottest summers on record, and the court of Henry VIII is embroiled once again in political scandal. Anne Cleves is out. Thomas Cromwell is to be executed and, in the countryside, an aristocratic teenager named Catherine Howard prepares to become fifth wife to the increasingly unpredictable monarch. In the five centuries since her death, Catherine Howard has been dismissed as 'a wanton', 'inconsequential' and a naïve victim of her ambitious family, but the story of her rise and fall offers not only a terrifying and compelling story of an attractive, vivacious young woman thrown onto the shores of history thanks to a king's infatuation but an intense portrait of Tudor monarchy in microcosm: how royal favour was won, granted, exercised, displayed, celebrated and, at last, betrayed and lost. The story of Catherine Howard is both a very dark fairy tale and a gripping political scandal. Born into the nobility and married into the royal family, during her short life Catherine was almost never alone. Attended every waking hour by servants or companions, secrets were impossible to keep. With his research focus on Catherine's household, Gareth Russell has written a narrative that unfurls as if in real time to explain how the queen's career ended with one of the great scandals of Henry VIII's reign. More than a traditional biography, this is a very human tale of some terrible decisions made by a young woman and of complex individuals attempting to survive in a dangerous hothouse where the odds were stacked against nearly all of them. By illuminating Catherine's entwined upstairs/downstairs worlds and bringing the listener into her daily milieu, the author retells her story in an exciting and engaging way that has surprisingly modern resonances and offers a fresh perspective on Henry's fifth wife. Young and Damned and Fair is a riveting account of Catherine Howard's tragic marriage to one of history ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jenny Funnell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002670/bk_hcuk_002670_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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1440s works
1440s works ab 16.49 € als Taschenbuch: 1440s architecture 1440s books 1440s paintings Rosslyn Chapel Hours of Catherine of Cleves San Marco Altarpiece Blackness Castle David Palazzo Rucellai Hospices de Beaune Schottenkirche Vienna Saint Justinus' church. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,- Shop: hugendubel
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1515
1515 ab 24.99 € als Taschenbuch: 1515 births 1515 by country 1515 deaths 1515 establishments 1515 in Europe 1515 in science 1515 works Conflicts in 1515 Teresa of Ávila Afonso de Albuquerque Louis XII of France Mary of Guise Anne of Cleves. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,- Shop: hugendubel
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1521 establishments
1521 establishments ab 15.49 € als Taschenbuch: Populated places established in 1521 States and territories established in 1521 Château de Chenonceau San Juan Puerto Rico Cebu Kingdom of Sitawaka Life Guards United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Chaul Rachol Seminary. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Princesse de Cleves
The Princesse de Cleves: ab 5.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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