![]() ![]() or is it? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins brings the feels and the laughs to her latest romance. Princess Flora could be a new chapter in her love life, but Millie knows the chances of happily-ever-afters are slim. ![]() At first, the girls can't stand each other, but before Millie knows it, she has another sort-of-best-friend/sort-of-girlfriend. The only problem: Mille's roommate Flora is a total princess. Here, the country is dreamy and green the school is covered in ivy, and the students think her American-ness is adorable. Soon, Millie is accepted into one of the world's most exclusive schools, located in the rolling highlands of Scotland. File name File size File type Options Your-Royal-Majesty.gif: 539 KB: Image: view: readme.txt: 1 KB: Text File: view: Your Royal Majesty Fancy. Heartbroken and ready for a change of pace, Millie decides to apply for scholarships to boarding schools. Regal romance abounds in this flirty, laugh-out-loud companion novel to Prince Charming, by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, now in paperback! Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Also three other children, the youngest who was autistic and epileptic, whom the family hid and Lala protected and reared almost as her own. The six children include the unhappy boy who will grow up to be King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor “Bertie” of The King’s Speech, who became King George VI and father of the present queen. ![]() The bold woman is Charlotte Bill, whom the children dub “Lala.” The eras are Edwardian and Victorian, the English time period of Downton Abbey. Thus begins the true story of the lower class Cockney girl who reared two kings. In April of 1897, a nervous, young nanny arrives at the royal estate of Sandringham in England. Summary of THE ROYAL NANNY by Karen Harper ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With all of these drawbacks together I would expect to get fed up with the book and at least consider not finishing it, but something about the writing really grabbed me! With some books I start checking out when the characters aggravate me, not even caring what becomes of the fools, but in this I really wanted to know what would happen next! I prefer audiobooks, so often I get tired of sitting doing nothing except reading with my actual eyes (lol), and it takes me a while to finish a book. And the hero holds a grudge against all women because one hurt him previously, (boohoo dude), and is basically a brute for much of the book, but even worse, forces himself on the heroine (which is likely accurate for the time and circumstances, but still), is reprehensible! (And also hardly grovels later when he had been very much in the wrong). ![]() (She also despises anything considered female, equating it as automatically lesser, and is just generally kind of inconsistent as a character). The heroine is foolish and unreasonable in her extreme levels of pride, and throws tantrums, all of which are major pet peeves of mine. Minor spoilers- I am a little mind boggled by this. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Tata has called these his Krafft-Ebbing (sic) pictures of his friend Kuno, whatever that means.” This point of obsession, and Philip Core’s account of the writer, made me curious about the rest of Jullian’s career.Īn illustration from Wilson & Jullian’s For Whom the Cloche Tolls (1953). If I had to choose five favourite books Dreamers of Decadence would always be on the list. ![]() Why the fascination? First and foremost because at the end of the 1960s he wrote Esthètes et Magiciens, or Dreamers of Decadence as it’s known to English readers, a book which effectively launched the Symbolist art revival and which remains the best introduction to Symbolist art and the aesthetic hothouse that was the 1890s. Here at last is the long-promised (and long!) piece about the life and work of Philippe Jullian (1919–1977), a French writer and illustrator who’s become something of a cult figure of mine in recent years. ![]() Monsieur Jullian as seen on the back cover of Dreamers of Decadence (1971). ![]() ![]() I really enjoyed reading the cute moments between Arron and Joran. This story fit perfectly into my notion of a fairy tale. She did also send Meg away without taking about what was best for her… So it was cute overall, but a drag to read through. Yet Lotte falls in love with her because Philip chooses to spend a few nights alone and Meg reminds her of her humble beginnings. Then she spends their days complaining about shopping and having to socialize with the queen and other ladies in the court until Meg confronts her about how insensitive it is when she spends her days working hard in the castle. Lotte basically talked down to Meg because she didn’t know how to talk to her as a princess should. Socioeconomic status: +/-2 (Princesses, kings, queens, earls, maids…) Physical Disability: +/-2 (Like classic fairy tales, several fell into much of the same tropes about ugliness and physical disability being equated to evil, dirty, or unworthy) Since it’s an anthology I’ll do a mini review of each individual short story using the summaries from the book (and also on Goodreads).Ĭulture: +2 (Some used a basis of folk tales from different countries) ![]() Some stories are very sexually explicit, you have been warned. A collection of 8 gender slashed fairy tales. ![]() ![]() His hymn is meant to be a lighter more humorous take on mythology. He is seen numerous times in the Odyssey, aids Demeter in her Homeric Hymn, and even has one dedicated to him. Hermes is a very common figure in Greek mythology. Informed Demeter and then led her to Helios. Heard the cries of Persephone when she was spirited away to the Underworld by Hades. ![]() Witnessed Hades rape (as in kidnapping) of Persephone, he then informed Demeter and Hekate/Hecate. Helios Titan anthropomorphic embodiment of the sun. Many of the titans that fought against Zeus are imprisoned among the Greek dead. ![]() Contains three sections, one which resembles the Christian Heaven, one which resembles the Catholic Purgatory, and one which resembles the Christian Hell. Ruled by Hades (God of the Underworld), Persephone (Queen of the Underworld), and Styx (Goddess of the Underworld). ![]() The Underworld Destination of all deceased Greeks. Despite modern characterization Hades is not actually a bad guy, he's more like an emo kid acting out because his parents (Rhea and Kronos) favor his eldest brother (Zeus). Brother of Zeus and Demeter, husband of Persephone. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ransom is kidnapped and taken to Mars as a sacrifice to an alien race, the Sorns. Out of the Silent Planet sets the tone for the series and introduces Ransom, the main character. The whole trilogy is really more fantasy than science fiction, but I think it expresses the awe that people must have felt at the very idea of leaving the planet. A lot of the stories and movies from the 1930’s-1940’s come across as goofy, or just plain ignorant (take a look at any MST3K treatment of a black-and-white space travel movie, and you’ll see what I mean), but Lewis’s version of space travel is beautiful and amazing, even if scientifically it’s all wrong. Lewis referred to this genre as “Scientifiction”, and I’m still not sure how he managed to write so convincingly about space-travel when he (well, everybody, really) knew so little about space. The results are strange, to say the least.Ĭ.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, wrote Out of the Silent Planet, the first book in a trilogy of stories linking space travel, alien minds, and a war within the solar system, to Lewis’s overarching view of a benevolent God. Humankind first ventured into space in 1961. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Cairo Trilogy, written during Naguib Mahfouz’s era of social realism in the 1950s, provides a deep insight into the vibrant Egyptian culture and the rhythms of everyday life. She does not know what happens beyond the four walls of her house: her knowledge of the outside world is constrained by the filtered gaze of her window grates. Returning home intoxicated late into the night, it is his subservient wife, Amina, who dutifully awaits him – an integral part of her domestic routine. Whilst he commands absolute power in the household, his nightly excursions of reckless entertainment are concealed from the family. ![]() From the very beginning of the Trilogy, the double life of the patriarch is clear. ![]() “In these uncertain times”: a phrase that has become almost a cliché in discourse surrounding the coronavirus its aim to console having quite the opposite effect.įor the family of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Al-Jawad in The Cairo Trilogy however, these very words echo their struggle in the turbulent era of 20 th century Egypt, as the family navigate the challenges of modernity and the destructive impact of British colonial rule amidst the Egyptian struggle for independence.Īn extensive family saga spanning three generations over three novels – Palace Walk, Palace of Desire and Sugar Street – the narrative centres around the daily life of the conservative Al-Jawad family, controlled by a tyrannical father. ![]() ![]() ![]() A young cavalier newly arrived in Paris, Moret is an illegitimate son of the former king, and thus half-brother to King Louis. The Red Sphinx picks up right where the The Three Musketeers left off, continuing the stories of Cardinal Richelieu, Queen Anne, and King Louis XIII―and introducing a charming new hero, the Comte de Moret, a real historical figure from the period. Later, toward the end of his career, Dumas wrote The Red Sphinx, another direct sequel to The Three Musketeers that begins, not twenty years later, but a mere twenty days afterward. Shortly thereafter he wrote a sequel, Twenty Years After, that resumed the adventures of his swashbuckling heroes. ![]() In 1844, Alexandre Dumas published The Three Musketeers, a novel so famous and still so popular today that it scarcely needs introduction. For the first time in English in over a century, a new translation of the forgotten sequel to Dumas’s The Three Musketeers, continuing the dramatic tale of Cardinal Richelieu and his implacable enemies. ![]() ![]() ![]() You have some characters come over to the other series but mostly these series are kept divided. Some books concentrate more on the institutional aspect but that is not in abundance to cause a reader to become bored because even that is exciting. Though religion and politics are the crux of these series, the human interactions are the key which makes the story exciting to read. Not everyone ends up happy and some seem to be happy but troubles may come ahead. Sometimes you can guess how things are going to turn up but many times there were a tremendous amount of surprises. Don't get me wrong I loved it but I did not think that as I read on that these two series were quite the treasure that they ended up for me! The next in the series started more characters interplay and social issue combined which continued to be Trollope's formula for success throughout. When I began with "The Warden", I had no idea what a ride I was in for because though I enjoyed that book, it was lacking a little for me. Having just finished his last in the series, I wanted to comment about the whole before going on with the book review. About every month, I would come back to familiar settings and characters and especially wondering how it will all end. For the last 15 months, I have enjoyed entering Trollope's England, Barchester and the Duke of Omnium's world. ![]() |