310 results for 'victoria abelard'

The romantic tale of Peter Abelard and Heloise has been widely known for centuries. The legend relates in part to the letters exchanged between the two, years after Abelard had been castrated at the...

Through the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering...

The most comprehensive compilation of the works of Abelard and Heloise ever presented in a single volume in English, The Letters and Other Writings features an accurate and stylistically faithful new...

This fifth volume of letters between Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter, the German Crown Princess, covers the period mid-1878 to 1885, and once again Roger Fulford's skillful editing graphically...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Victoria is an absolutely captivating novel of youth, love, and the often painful transition from immaturity to adulthood. Daisy Goodwin breathes new life into Victoria's story,...

From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet-assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria during her reign During Queen Victoria's 64...

In this lively book, Geoffrey Blainey, Victoria's best known historian, traces the history of Victoria from the time the Aboriginals could walk across Bass Strait to the State's fall from grace and...

The official companion to the Masterpiece presentation on PBS, Victoria delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England’s...

A lover of strict form, best-selling poet Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese waka, powerfully innovating on tradition while continuing her pursuit of one of life's hardest questions: how to let...

"Groundbreaking . . . Chang's lyrical experiment memorably evokes an individual family's time capsule and an artist's timeless yearning to shape carbon dust into incandescent gem." —NPRNow in...

Katalog wystawy objazdowej zorganizowanej przez Victoria and Albert Museum i The Baltimore Museum of Art w latach 1997 - 2000.

In this monograph about prolific Italian modernist artist Ezio Gribaudo Victoria Surliuga Associate Professor of Italian Studies conducts a book-length interview with the artist that highlights and...

Whether you want to eat the finest Pacific Rim cuisine, explore Stanley Park from top to bottom, or ski on British Columbia's best slopes, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Vancouver and Victoria...

An epic modern fantasy about an unforgettable friendship. There is a prophecy. It speaks of a girl who can fly and a boy who knows everything. The prophecy says that they have the power to bring...

Acclaimed author-artist Victoria Tentler-Krylov highlights cities that are fighting climate change around the world in this gorgeously illustrated picture book about sustainability and green building...

The Victorian age was marked by national self-confidence and stability, as Britain enjoyed peace at home and a rise in its industrial output, population, literacy, and general level of prosperity...

Amazon's No. 1 Children's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019 is an illustrated encyclopedia of Greek mythology like no other. Mythologica features startlingly beautiful and exquisitely otherworldly...

Los Angeles Times Book Prize PEN Voelcker Award Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020 Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 NPR's Best Books of 2020 National...

Winner of FC2’s Catherine Doctorow Prize in Innovative Fiction Some disappearances are chosen. Others are survived. The stories in Victoria Lancelotta’s Ways to Disappear excavate the unexamined...

A National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a former Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl.Omar and...