He not only signed our copy of Cathedral, but he also left an original drawing on the title page. I had the opportunity to meet Macaulay after a lecture at Utah State University in October, 2014 and he was as smart, kind, and creative as I always thought he was. His drawing style influenced my own, which I believe later influenced my daughter's. Traveling back to 1214, you are able to explore the Gothic Cathedral of. The programs followed me through my education from elementary school to community college and I later bought them on DVD so I could continue watching them at home and share them with my children. Narrator and author David Macaulay takes you to France and its amazing Cathedrals. (these samples don't do it justice - you must see it in its original large format.)ĭespite loving David Macaulay's PBS programs Cathedral and Castle since childhood, I had never read this book until now. : Cathedral (9780001921504) by Macaulay, David and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The text is accompanied by large-scale drawings of stunning birds-eye views interspersed with instructional sketches of life on the ground. Imagine what readers, teachers, librarians, and publishers thought when this, a children's picture book about the building of a fictional medieval French cathedral illustrated in black and white pen-and-ink, was released in 1973.
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This is the first in a series of medieval mysteries set in the Weald of Kent.Īt the end of a dark and dreary market day, Goody Anne’s inn at Tonbridge is finally settling down for the night. AUTHORBIO: ALYS CLARE lives in Tonbridge, England, in the area where Fortune Like the Moon is set. But the shocking truth of Gunnora’s death is an elusive and far more dangerous prize. Their one precious piece of evidence is a gold, rubied cross. With the help of the worldly, beautiful Abbess Helewise, Josse ferrets out an array of suspects. But when Josse d’Acquin, the king’s knight, arrives from France to investigate, he discovers treacherous currents of lust, greed, and anger flowing closer to the Abbey, and in the haunted Weald of Kent, whose woods hide strange secrets… Felons have been released from English prisons at the command of the new king, Richard Plantagenet, and suspicion centers on them. Thus the body of Gunnora, a young nun from Hawkenlye Abbey, is found with her throat cut. Sunlight shone on the dark crimson blood, making it shine like a jewel… IN A SACRED PLACE, UNHOLY PASSIONS LEAD TO MURDER… I find a period of history and historical characters that resonate with me. Making history come alive means writing novels that create a rich and convincing fictional world which gives the reader the experience of the past. Making History Come to Life in Historical Fiction Empress of the Night, her second Catherine novel, has been on bestseller lists in Canada, Germany and Poland. Eva lives in Toronto.Įva gave the March guest talk at Brockton Writers Series, “Making History Come to Life in Your Fiction”, and below, in the first of a new series, she follows up with 10 tips to remember. Eva’s debut novel, Necessary Lies, won the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2000, and The Winter Palace, her first novel of Catherine the Great, is an international bestseller that was included in the 2012 Washington Post list of most notable fiction and The Globe and Mail‘s Best Books of the Year. She has since worked for Radio-Canada International (Montreal) and taught English and humanities at Sheridan College (Oakville). Eva Stachniak was born and raised in Wrocław, Poland, and moved to Canada in 1981 to pursue her post-graduate degree in English at McGill. This air of uncertainty partly comes from the first-person narrative that du Maurier has adopted in this novel. At the same time, the reader does not know whether truth can be trusted at all. With every line that du Maurier writes, the suspense deepens until the reader is longing for the truth to come out. Rebecca is a dexterous story that takes the readers into a world of suspense and mystery with the beautiful Manderley as the backdrop. Du Maurier’s literary signature was crafting a story filled with suspense – something which reached its peak in her best-seller, Rebecca. The immense success that Rebecca has enjoyed over the years can be attributed to the brilliant storytelling skills of the author. The author skillfully weaves a tale full of thrilling mystery and suspense centered around the beautiful house of Manderley – a mystery that is never quite resolved even after the last page. It has never gone out of print even once. Published to great acclaim in 1938, this novel has been capturing the hearts of readers across the world even today. Rebeccais undoubtedly the most popular novel that du Maurier has penned in her life. However, Sara says she prefers to work in prose to tell a story. She’s determined to find her potential killer(s) before they can ambush her again. She’s worked on the series Southland, Berlin Station, and Chance. Without hesitation, a bruised and bloody Claire hustles away from the accident scene and heads toward Las Vegas, stealing credit cards and false ID along the way. to earn your detective’s badge from the comfort of your own home.” She’d sent her application to an address in Las Vegas abruptly, Claire now realizes that the Lincoln that smashed into her had Nevada plates. On a whim, Claire had answered an ad in one of the old comics that offered a “home-study course. A Brooklyn private investigator who freely admits that shes the best in the world goes looking for a man swallowed up. Thinking about who might want to kill her, Claire recalls something else: A few days earlier, she’d located a rare-book dealer who owned a complete set of the elusive Cynthia Silverton comics. As her memory fitfully returns, Claire recalls that another car, a big white Lincoln, deliberately rammed into her. She has brilliant deductive skills and is an ace at discovering evidence. ISBN-13: 9780547428499 Summary Claire DeWitt is not your average private investigator. Claire’s car - a tiny Kia that she rented while on assignment - is now a pile of twisted metal. Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Gran) Clair DeWitt and the City of the Dead Sara Gran, 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 288 pp. One day in 2011, the adult Claire awakens on a highway in Oakland, Calif. But, now, there may be a break in that most personal of cold cases. It was completely fascinating to me the way that love grew. His hair was a perfect mess, and he was so warm that every last particle in my body wanted nothing more than to stay here with him. So long as I have my America in my arms.” “Seeing as it’s my birthday, do you think we could get away with spending the entire day in bed?” “I was wondering,” he began, murmuring the words into my cheek as I rolled over. I giggled as his mouth hit a ticklish spot on my neck. Waking up to the feeling of Maxon’s breath on my skin reminded me of how we ended up knotted in these sheets in the first place. Oh.It wasn’t a random breeze or another feather that had escaped from my pillow.Įyes still closed, I smiled to myself as Maxon brushed away a lock of hair to find a new place to kiss. The tickle returned, traveling across my back. It happened again, and I instinctively rolled away. Half-asleep, I swatted at a tickle on my shoulder. |