![]() ![]() The Mahdiyya’s forces had been responsible for some of Britain’s most disastrous military defeats of the 1880s, leading eventually to the martyrdom of General Charles Gordon, whose portrait, we are told in ‘The Adventure of the Cardboard Box’, hangs in 221b Baker Street. The Khalifa and his state in the Sudan, the Mahdiyya, held a similar position in the late-Victorian consciousness as the Taliban and Al Qaida do today. Holmes’s presence in Lhasa in the 1890s disguised as Sigerson was more likely to be read as groundwork for Younghusband’s invasion than disinterested exploration or an extreme method of lying low. He entered the country in December 1903 with a force of 10,000 and reached Lhasa in August 1904: it was an invasion in all but name, the final episode in what Kipling dubbed “the Great Game” in which Britain and Russia fought a cold war for control of the Asian lands that lay between their two empires. By 1903, Francis Younghusband’s “expedition” to Tibet was in full swing. But it was another explorer of Tibet who was really making the headlines, and which alerts us to the imperialist sub-text of the story. ![]() ‘Sigerson’ is perhaps an allusion to the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, whose groundbreaking explorations of Central Asia and the Tibetan plateau – his findings first published in a British and American edition in 1903 – had begun to excite interest and admiration. ![]() ![]() These three sentences contain a wealth of allusions to imperial exploration and conquest. ![]()
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![]() Olaf Asbach and Peter Schröder (eds.), The Ashgate Research Companion to the Thirty Years’ War (Ashgate Press, 2014) ‘Who Won the Thirty Years War?’ by Peter H. Ulinka Rublack at the University of Cambridge ![]() Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John’s CollegeĪssociate Professor in History at Durham University The image above is a detail from a painting of The Battle of White Mountain on 7-8 November 1620, by Pieter Snayers (1592-1667)Ĭhichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford This topic was chosen from several hundred suggested by listeners this autumn. Many more civilians died than soldiers, and famine was so great that even cannibalism was excused. It pitched Catholics against Protestants, Lutherans against Calvinists and Catholics against Catholics across the Holy Roman Empire, drawing in their neighbours and it lasted for thirty gruelling years, from the Defenestration of Prague to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. ![]() Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war in Europe which begain in 1618 and continued on such a scale and with such devastation that its like was not seen for another three hundred years. ![]() ![]() ![]() And thanks to those books, she now loves to read other things on her own. I remember book s from my own childhood that I read into pieces. They are worn out and dog-eared and the spine is cracked and I adore looking at them. ![]() My kid has now read all three, one million billion times each. ![]() Sisters is actually book two in Raina’s series about her own life. Because she went and read the whole thing on her own. She’s an only child, and siblings are VERY interesting to her, so I thought, why not? I can read it to her, sure.īut then I didn’t have to. Then last year, when she was seven, she came to visit me in the bookshop I work in and saw a copy of Sisters by Raina Telgemeier on the shelf and asked me to get it for her. She’s always loved being read to, but reading on her own? Not so much. I ‘m not a kid, but now that I have a kid, I can see how that happens for her. (Note to self: check with my mum in case I was.) ![]() Now that I’m super old, I don’t really remember things from a long time ago, like: how old was I when I got into books? Did I always love reading? Was I good at it, or did I just like it a whole lot? I can’t remember a time before reading and writing was a massive part of my life, but it’s not like I was born with a book in my hand. ![]() ![]() ![]() When they get there, everything starts off as normal but they soon realise that something is very wrong.įor all their years of faking, they now encounter something truly evil, that will not let them leave the hospital. Very excited about this opportunity, they plan to make it one of their biggest videos yet. Join Facebook to connect with Jim Kay Webster and others you may know. Madison Square Federal Savings Bank is part of the Banking industry, and located in Maryland, United States. Maybe this time, they can find something real. View the profiles of people named Jim Kay Webster. Kay Webster has been working as a Senior VP, Human Resources at Madison Square Federal Savings Bank for 12 years. A very large, disused mental hospital in the middle of nowhere. After a phone call with a rival channel, they get the chance to explore one of the most haunted properties in the world. The group often encounter scary activities and ghostly apparitions, that leave their audience on the edge or their seats.įollowing the group on a couple of their creepy adventures, we find out that they are actually faking most of their encounters. They film their adventures on multiple cameras and drones, giving a high production feel to their videos. Synopsis: A Group of friends run a very popular YouTube channel that explores abandoned and haunted properties. ![]() ![]() ![]() And it turns out that he’s the one the one who makes her heart beat faster. Her family makes it very clear that she can pick any prince she wants-except one: Naia’s brother. ![]() In another kingdom, Leah, a necromancer princess, has to find a husband in less than four days, during the gathering, when royals from all over Aluria meet. And then it happens: Naia kisses him-and nothing will be the same again. Now, twenty years later, are they back? Is there another war coming?īut the fae is evasive and secretive-and also alluring and fascinating, more beautiful than anyone she’s ever seen. She only heard of them in stories the dreaded race that razed cities to the ground, killed her grandparents, almost rid Aluria of humans-until they disappeared. They awaken when she finds a white fae almost dying in the woods. Naia was raised in the shadow of her twin brother, the crown prince, who has iron magic much more powerful than hers. Synopsis: A forbidden fae kiss could be deadly. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Nov.)Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. While Kitty's occasional neediness, snide tone and attempts at werewolf wit can grate, this remains a surprisingly human tale. Eventually, local police enlist her to help track down a serial killer who exhibits werewolflike tendencies. In fact, it's during the course of Kitty's dramatic on-air conversation with her would-be assassin that she reveals to listeners that she is, indeed, a werewolf. Unfortunately, the local vampire crime family wants her show canceled and has hired someone to kill her. During her show, Kitty takes phone calls from listeners (not all of whom are human) while trying to maintain her secret identity. ![]() Vaughn's entertaining fantasy debut introduces Kitty Norville, a closeted werewolf who hosts a popular Denver radio program called The Midnight Hour. ![]() ![]() This is some of his best writing in superhero genre, aside from Gotham Central - which, admittedly, wasn't too super-heroic. Still, I am really impressed by Rucka's work here. I just don't understand why she had to go through all this again, and blame it all on Diana. The Cheetah sublot, though, was really one-note, and basically the same as in Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies. She's not your typical one-dimensional bad guy, there is some depth to her conflict with Diana, and the resolution of their rivalry was quite original and unexpected. Godwatch in particular is, again, more of a backstory, but now it's the story of Veronica Cale, the villain. ![]() ![]() Rucka brings everything full circle in these two arcs. Alas, we have what we have, and the actual finale to this story will be collected in Volume 3, which I will review as soon as that final issue will be released in a couple of weeks.īut anyway, I really enjoyed both 'The Truth' and 'Godwatch'. ![]() Ideally, these 12 issues should be read in their numeric order and collected in one single book. The final two arcs in Rucka's Wonder Woman Rebirth run are much more interconnected than the first two, so the decision to split these arcs into separate trades seems even more jarring. ![]() ![]() The Gathering Storm covers the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the capitulation of Munich, and the entry of Britain into the war. Together they give a mesmerizing account of the crucial decisions made as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. We listen as strategies and counterstrategies unfold in response to Hitler’s conquest of Europe, planned invasion of England, and assault on Russia. We are presented with not only Churchill’s retrospective analysis of the war, but also memos, letters, orders, speeches, and telegrams, day-by-day accounts of reactions as the drama intensifies. ![]() What lends this work its tension and power is Churchill’s inclusion of primary source material. Having learned a lesson at Munich they would never forget, the British refused to make peace with Hitler, defying him even after France had fallen and it seemed as though the Nazis were unstoppable. Told from the unique viewpoint of a British prime minister, it is also the story of one nation’s heroic role in the fight against tyranny. ![]() Summary “It is our immense good fortune that a man who presided over this crisis in history is able to turn the action he lived through into enduring literature.” -The New York Times This book is the first in Winston Churchill’s monumental six-volume account of the struggle between the Allied Powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis during World War II. ![]() ![]() ![]() To make a purchase, head over to the Xbox Store where the game is listed for £20.99. Ravenlok is now available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC, with the game available now to those of you with Xbox Game Pass. Immerse in a delightful and captivating indie game filled with heart. Those who are familiar with Lewis’s way of writing from books such as Screwtape. GRAND FINALE – By the creators of critically-acclaimed adventure “Echo Generation”, this enchanting fairytale marks the grand finale of the Cococucumber Voxel Trilogy. From the stylistic point of view, this trilogy is polished to perfection. ![]() The extremity of its evil had passed beyond all struggle into some state which bore a horrible similarity to innocence. Discover the whimsical Mushroom Forest, tackle puzzles in the Mask Mansion and unravel the mysteries of the Labyrinth in a wonderful world turned upside down! Ransom perceived that he had never before seen anything but half-hearted and uneasy attempts at evil. ENCHANTED WORLD – Meet curious creatures and help them with their troubles to fight back against the encroaching darkness. ![]() Wield your sword and shield, and use the magical skills bestowed to you, along with an arsenal of bombs, to vanquish foes in epic boss encounters!
![]() She makes her first steps, building a defense for herself, her new friends, and her rapidly developing business empire - and this is no piece of cake for sure. The heroine finds herself only at the beginning of a thorny path to progress and happiness. ![]() “First Lessons” is the opening book of the series “Medieval Tale” by Lina J. On the horizon, there is the prospect of meeting with her perpetually absent husband, whom by the way, after her rebirth as Countess Lilian, Aliya has never even seen. ![]() Regular robbers and slavers attacks won’t let her live in peace, killers and spies are just waiting for her to show a bit of weakness so that they can strike. She needs to take care of the collapsing estate and its inhabitants while living in the past as a disenfranchised woman. ![]() ![]() While confused and dismayed, Aliya realizes she has been given another chance at life - so she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work on restoring her new castle and her new life.Īliya has an unusual goal: reborn as Countess Lilian she must learn to adjust to an unfamiliar world while trying to introduce the daily conveniences from her familiar world. A Medical school graduate Aliya, a sporty and active girl, dies suddenly in a car crash… only to find herself reborn in a different body, in the middle of a dilapidated castle during Medieval times. ![]() |