My reading for the next couple of weeks arrived today, August 30, 1012 pages, The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (pen name of J. K. Rowling).
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Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President, by Robert J. Rayback, was the most popular book with visitors to this website during 2017.
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State of siege
Diego : Mentir est toujours une sottise.
Nada : Non, c’est une politique.
Albert Camus , L’État de siège.
The Witches’ Tree
The Witches’ Tree: An Agatha Raisin Mystery, by M. C. Beaton
If you’ve read the previous 27 books in the Agatha Raisin series, then you’ll want to read this one, although it is not one of the better books in the series. It is a pleasant read, but it falls short of being a page-turner. A few people are killed, for no immediately apparent reason, and ultimately it is revealed who did the killing. Throughout the book there remains the question whether the friendship between Charles and Agatha will ever lead to a marriage. The story chugs along without much that amounts to a plot. I would not recommend the book to one who has not read the previous books in the series.
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The Shepherd’s Holiday
The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy
Sylvia came to live among the shepherds of Arcadia. She and the shepherd Thyrsis are in love. But then she is abducted. Why? What is her true identity? And what is the parentage of Thyrsis, who was found as a child by a shepherd? What will become of Sylvia and Thyrsis when the shepherds are called to entertain the royal court of Arcadia? And what will come of the romantic entanglements of some of the other shepherds and shepherdesses?
Joseph Rutter was a member of Ben Jonson's circle of poets, known for his translation of Corneille's The Cid. The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy enjoyed some popularity in its day. The play was performed about 1634 at the Palace of Whitehall before King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, and received public performances at the Cockpit Stage, Drury Lane, London. Professor Felix Emanuel Schelling considered the play “an estimable piece of work not wanting in dramatic power or poetic embellishment.”
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Kindle edition
The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, Kindle ebook, amazon.co.uk
The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, Kindle ebook, amazon.ca
The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy (English Edition), Kindle eBook, amazon.de
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Paperback
Publication Date: April 26, 2016
ISBN/EAN13: 1532920911 / 9781532920912
Page Count: 152
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 6″ x 9″
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Related Category: Drama / English
The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, paperback, amazon.co.uk
The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, paperback, amazon.ca
The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, Paperback, amazon.de
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Vocabulary note on The Cid
In Act II, Scene II, Roderigo says:
Be not so hot, I know I’m young, but yet
In noble souls, valour prevents their years.
“Precede” is an archaic meaning of “prevent,” i.e. “comes before.”
