![]() ![]() The stranger, now calling himself Mogor dell’Amore, meets with a master potion-maker named Mohini the Skeleton. Akbar reflects on the nature of his empire and his own self-identity. ![]() He is surrounded by concubines and wives but his favorite is Jodha, a fictional woman who he has dreamed into existence. He begins poisoning the captain with laudanum, eventually killing the man and taking the Queen’s diplomatic letter for himself and vanishing into the Indian port.Įmperor Akbar rules over the Mughal Empire. When he is discovered, the stranger, calling himself Uccello, spends several weeks entertaining the captain with his magic tricks and stories. He acquired the letter by stowing away on a Scottish ship. The stranger has tasked himself with delivering a letter to Akbar from Queen Elizabeth I of England. He journeys toward Sikri, the capital of the Mughal Empire, which is ruled by Akbar the Great. ![]() The Enchantress of Florence begins with a mysterious yellow-haired stranger traveling through India in the 16th century. This guide uses the 2009 print edition by Vintage.Ĭontent Warning: The source text contains references to sexual violence and death by suicide. ![]()
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Marissa Meyer is the 1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Renegades Trilogy, The Lunar Chronicles series, as well as the graphic novels Wires and Nerve: Vol. Read the announcement and notes from my interview on : “Meyer’s Fairest Delves into Evil”Īdd FAIREST to your GoodReads lists here.įans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. ![]() I’ll have a new full-length novel coming out in January titled FAIREST: Levana’s Story, and just like the title suggests, this book will be delving into the backstory of Queen Levana, the wicked tyrant of The Lunar Chronicles. 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The descriptions the author uses are not only masterful but also make everything in this book come alive. This novel is so beautifully and exquisitely written. Set in rural America, SOMEDAY WE’LL FIND IT explores poverty, life in small towns, unexpected romance, and deep family wounds. However, after many years of people-pleasing, it’s not so easy for Bliss to assert herself, and when she does, everything around her starts crashing down. ![]() It’s not until Bliss crosses paths with Blake that she’s woken up to how often she sacrifices what she actually wants for everyone else. When Bliss’ mom left her for a modeling contract in Japan, Bliss went out of her way to be perfect for everyone in her life who stayed with her her aunt, uncle, cousin Patsy, and even her boyfriend, River. SOMEDAY WE’LL FIND IT by Jennifer Wilson is a YA coming-of-age novel in which Bliss Walker learns what it means to have choices, even when it never seemed like any existed at all. ![]() ![]() Ashley is passionate about helping her clients to self-publish their own books, helping to encourage them into chasing their dreams of becoming a published author. She owns Fearless Publishing House in Maine, where she lives with her husband and two children. It was here that she made many friends and did her research for the Amish book, which is the first in a series. The book received 26 of 27 points at the Maine Romance Writers Strut Your Stuff competition in 2015.Īshley Emma has a deep respect for the Amish and wanted to make sure her books were genuine, and as a result stayed with three Amish families when she was 20. ![]() ![]() A young stay-at-home mom has launched a new book, called Undercover Amish, about a woman who returns to the Amish community of her youth to solve a series of dark crimes as part of a covert police detectives unit. ![]() ![]() I love how Prince Gumball is into baking and Fionna always has to rescue him while Marshall Lee hangs around trolling everyone. THE FINAL ISSUE OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SERIES! Fionna and Cake have uncovered the flame boy's secret.and it's a royal surprise! Don't miss the series critics are calling "charming" and "one of the best of 2013"! Written and drawn by Natasha Allegri, the creator of fan-favorite characters Fionna and Cakeįionna and Cake are so perfect and I'm in love with the entire genderbent universe. Fans needn't be bummed, though, as Allegri is hard at work on loads of new projects, including her own Cartoon Hangover series, Bee and Pupp圜at. Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake by Allegri, Natasha (2013) Paperback on. As the gender-swapped theme song says, "With Cake the Cat and Fionna the Human, the fun will never end," but come June, they will at least temporarily conclude as Adventure Time With Fionna and Cake #6 caps its miniseries run by Adventure Time animated series storyboard artist and character designer (and creator of Fionna and Cake herself) Natasha Allegri. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Carolina”) or time of day (which usually ends up being “midnight”) from column A, and combining it with a noun like “Train,” “Town” (or “Towne”), “HIghway,” or “Octopus” (that one is rarer) from column B. I discussed various tried and sometimes-true methods for coming up with a name for a bluegrass band, a very common and traditional one being the “something somethings.” This is how we got “The Lonesome Ramblers,” “The Shenandoah Cut-Ups,” and of course the “Blue Grass Boys” (or with that original spelling, is it really the “something something somethings”?).Īlso heavily in use since the 1970s is what I called the “modern bluegrass band name kit.” That’s the system that entails picking an adjective, geographical place name (e.g. ![]() The first installment dealt with the subject of naming bands, since it’s something every band has to do before they go about getting work, building web sites, playing gigs, and eventually going on hiatus to focus on self-care. ![]() Way back in the first year of this column I did a series on band management, pretending that I knew something about it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Brits and Germans had fought together at Waterloo and had influenced profoundly each other’s thought and art. It was a prescient vision of two nations soon to fight the First World War but it went against the spirit of the previous century. The plucky Caruthers foiled the plot and returned to his sailing holiday.This is not history but fiction, an immensely popular book called ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ by Erskine Childers. The cunning plan was to invade the British Isles from the Frisian Islands using special barges. ![]() In 1903 an Englishman called Charles Caruthers went sailing in the North Sea and stumbled upon a German military plot. ![]() Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the prescient thriller ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ about the decline Anglo-German relations before the First World War. ![]() |