2013, ISBN: 9781644573297

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Harper, 2011. Hardcover. As New/As New. In Excellent Used Condition. With Minor Shelf Wear To The Dust Jacket. - Inscribed Inside Front Cover. For More Information On Condition. Plea… More...

Harper, 2011. Hardcover. As New/As New. In Excellent Used Condition. With Minor Shelf Wear To The Dust Jacket. - Inscribed Inside Front Cover. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. When Edward Vi Died In 1553, The Extraordinary Fact Was That There Was No One Left To Claim The Title Of King Of England. For The First Time, England Would Have A Reigning Queen-But The Question Was Which One: Katherine Of Aragon's Daughter, Mary; Anne Boleyn's Daughter, Elizabeth; Or One Of Their Cousins, Lady Jane Grey Or Mary, Queen Of Scots. But Female Rule In England Also Had A Past. Four Hundred Years Before Edward's Death, Matilda, Daughter Of Henry I And Granddaughter Of William The Conqueror, Came Tantalizingly Close To Securing The Crown For Herself. And Between The Twelfth And Fifteenth Centuries Three More Exceptional Women-Eleanor Of Aquitaine, Isabella Of France, And Margaret Of Anjou-Discovered How Much Was Possible If Pre-Sumptions Of Male Rule Were Not Confronted So Explicitly-And Just How Quickly They Might Be Vilified As "She-Wolves" For Their Pains. The Stories Of These Women, Told Here In All Their Vivid Detail, Expose The Paradox That Female Heirs To The Tudor Throne Had No Choice But To Negotiate. Man Was The Head Of Woman, And The King Was The Head Of All. How, Then, Could Royal Power Lie In Female Hands?, Harper, 2011, 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with glossy,embossed white lettering to title+author and other pale blue lettering,plus bright,crisp,embossed silver gilt and glossy pale grey illustrated flora+foliage border design to front panel; glossy, embossed white lettered author,title to spine/backstrip,white lettered+ illustrated publisher's colophon to its foot and embossed silver gilt and glossy pale grey foliage detail to spine,rear panel of dw/dj with repeated embossed,silver gilt and glossy,pale grey illustrated flora+ foliage border design from front panel and white lettering for critics' reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges brigth,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - would appear unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a navy blue+white striped headband and immaculate blue background with a silvery-blue woodcut-style illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-502pp [paginated] includes story,a bibliography; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a dedication,2pp genealogical family trees - Jacquetta's and the Houses of Lancaster and York,and as the last page,author's note on her charity Gardens for the Gambia. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Descended from Melusina,the river goddess,Jacquetta has always had the gift of second sight.As a child visiting her uncle,she meets his prisoner,Joan of Arc,and sees her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. Married to the Duke of Bedford,English Regent of France,Jacquettw is introduced by him to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the Duke's squire,Richard Woodville,who is at her side when the Duke's death leaves her a wealthy young widow.The two become lovers and marry in secret, returning to England to serve at the court of the young Henry VI,where Jacquetta becomes a close and loyal friend to his new queen. The Woodvilles soon achieve a place at the very heart of the Lancaster court,though Jacquette can sense the growing threat from the people of England and the danger of royal rivals.The king slides into a mysterious sleep; Margaret,his queen,turns to the untrustworthy favourites for help; and Richard,Duke of York,threatens to overturn the whole kingdom for his rival dynasty of the House of York. Jacquetta fights for her king,her queen,and for her daughter Elizabeth Woodville,a young woman for whom Jacquetta can sense an extraordinary and unexpected future: a change of fortune,the throne of England,and the white rose of York. A sweeping,powerful novel rich in passion and legend and drawing on years of research,'The Lady of the Rivers' tells the story of the real-life mother to the White Queen. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. 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New. <b>A Novelist's Fanciful Obsession with a Dark-Eyed Knight Becomes Reality in BEFORE I WAKE, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson</b><br /><br /><i>13th Century England, Tintagel Castle</i><br /><br />Historical novelist Magdalena Moore is haunted by the black-haired, black-eyed knight she first encountered during a past life regression. Across a lifetime, Magdalena searches for the truth about Ranulf Navarre and Jane Dreigh.<br /><br />At Tintagel Castle, Magdalena is miraculously transported to thirteenth-century England, where she is Lady Jane, and Lord Navarre is her husband. But Ranulf is not the man of her imagination.<br /><br />Why is Ranulf so cold and Janey so erratic? What secrets are they hiding? When England plunges into civil war, Ranulf backs the wrong side. Knowing he is destined to die in battle, Magdalena tries desperately to cheat fate, save Ranulf, and finally find happiness. But secrets can ruin everything, and Magdelena's secret is too fantastical to be believed.<br /><br /><b>Publisher's Note:</b> Readers passionate about history will appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man's timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes with some vulgarity characteristic of the time.<br /><br /><b>From the Author:</b> I like to think BEFORE I WAKE is the life I might have lived—had I made a lot of unfortunate relationship choices and been transported back to thirteenth century Cornwall. The kernel of my tale is true. As a young wife and mother, I did undergo a past life regression, which I detail pretty much as it happened in BEFORE I WAKE. While I'd always been drawn to medieval England and had already started working on what would become my first historical romance, The Lion and the Leopard, that particular regression—whether real or simply a manifestation of my imagination—has stayed with me.<br /><br /><b>THE TRAVELS ACROSS TIME SERIES</b><br /><i>Before I Wake<br />Eternal Beloved</i><br /><br /><b>THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series order</b><br /><i>The Lion and the Leopard<br />A Knight There Was<br />Within A Forest Dark<br />A Child Upon The Throne<br />Lords Among the Ruins<br />The Flames of Rebellion</i><br /><br /><b>MEET MARY ELLEN JOHNSON</b><br />Her passion for Medieval England sparked Mary Ellen Johnson's writing career. Her first medieval historical, The Lion and the Leopard, was followed by The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter, a historical novel based on the Alfred Noyes poem, "The Highwayman." (Published under the pseudonym, Mary Ellen Dennis.) Landlord was chosen as one of the top 100 historical romances of 2013.<br /><br />After taking a twenty-year detour in a quixotic quest to change the world—rather like Arthurian knights' quests to find the holy grail, which ended in similar failure—Mary Ellen has happily returned to historical fiction writing and her favorite time period, the tumultuous fourteenth century. Her six-book series, Knights of England, follows the fortunes of the characters (and their progeny) introduced in The Lion and the Leopard through the Black Death, the reign of that most gloriously medieval of monarchs, Edward III, the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, and ends with the deposition and murder of Richard II in 1399.<br /><br />There is nothing Mary Ellen loves more than bringing Medieval England alive for the reader. She particularly enjoys researching battles, campaigns, the daily lives of both lord and peasant, and trying to figure out our ancestors' thought processes, particularly how they viewed their world. Oh, and did she mention the castles and cathedrals? Mary Ellen likes to say her favorite place in the world is standing before the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral. (Hyperbole, of course, since Mary Ellen is not that well-traveled and her favorite places are probably wherever her kids and grandkids reside.)<br /><br />However—and the very recounting gives her chills—a distant cousin recently shared the results of her years-long genealogical research on the family tree. When flipping back through the centuries, Mary Ellen began finding hauntingly familiar names—John of Gaunt, Edward the Black Prince, Edward II, Edward III, even Richard the Lionheart! All the historical characters she's spent a lifetime reading and writing about! How can that be? Genetic memory? Reincarnation? She has no idea, but you can bet she'll be exploring the possibilities in future novels!<br /><br />, 6<

2013, ISBN: 9781644573297

London 1995 first edition. Issue for November, no 439. vol CX. octavo wraps. Nicholas article pp. 1103-1131. Other articles in issue as well. VG plus. no ownership marks. ., 0, Very Good … More...

London 1995 first edition. Issue for November, no 439. vol CX. octavo wraps. Nicholas article pp. 1103-1131. Other articles in issue as well. VG plus. no ownership marks. ., 0, Very Good Exhibit Paperback. Art Institute of Chicago, 1945. Embossed cover. First American Edition. 4to Medieval Art Collection Sculpture, Statues of Virgin and Child, furniture and Illuminated manuscripts, cloisonne reliquary, gold smith detail, design close up details on biblical scenes on Crosses in this handbook to the 'Art Institute of Chicago's' Lucy Maud Buckingham Medieval art collection in America. A few tiny paper flakes on the spine. Embossed cover 80 pp.Text and illus. Clean pages. NOT a library copy. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1945, 3, From the d.j. flap: "Composed in the mid-1500s in the language of the Aztecs, 'Spirit Child' draws upon Nativity stories from medieval folklore, the Christian Gospels, and traditional Aztec lore. Originally chanted in Mexico City to the accompaniment of drums, it was forgotten in the final collapse of Aztec society. Noted scholar John Bierhorst rediscovered this story and produced the first translation in any modern language. Filled with vivid imagery, it brings to life a stirring message of hope and salvation.Before illustrating the text, Barbara Cooney traveled to Mexico to do research in the small towns and rural settlements outside Mexico City. The result is one of the finest works of her distinguished career--an inspired series of pictures that impressively captures the splendor and poignancy of this Native American Nativity."John Bierhorst found the story of Spirit Child among 16th century Aztec texts while doing research for an Aztec-English dictionary., William Morrow, 1984, 3.5, Fort Tryon Park, NY: International Center of Medieval Art, 1990. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Pages clean and bright. Wraps have light overall shelf wear. ; Contents: Wharton, Rereading Martyrium: the modernist and postmodernist texts. de Vegvar, The origin of the Genoels-Elderen ivories. Boyer, The humble profile of the regal chariot in medieval miniatures. Lewis, The enigma of Fr. 403 and the compilation of a thirteenth-C=century English illustrated apocalypse. Ousterhout, The temple, the sepulchre, and the Martyrion of the Savior. Mackie, New light on the so-called Saint Lawrence panel at the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. Corrie, The political meaning of Cappo di Marcovaldo's Madonna and Child in Siena. Osborne, "The use of painted initials by Greek and Latin scriptoria in Carolingian Rome. Smith, The side chambers of San Giovanni Evangelista in Ravenna: church libraries of the fifth century. Werner, On the origin of the form of the Irish high cross. Murray, Looking for Robert de Luzarches: the early work at Amiens Cathedral. Blanc and Lorenz, Observations sur la nature des matérioux de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Stubblebine, French gothic elements in Simone Martini's Maestà. 11.0" tall.. 152 pages., International Center of Medieval Art, 1990, 3, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. 303 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrated frontispiece. Wrapper excellent, binding tight. Very clean inside and out. "This work marks a significant and tragic moment in the history of medieval Jewish-Christian relations, as it promulgates one of Europe's first allegations of Jewish ritual murder of a Christian child. ...This 1896 edition offers the original Latin text and a modern English translation..." Record # 31461, Cambridge University Press, 2011, 3, Paperback / softback. New. <b>A Novelist's Fanciful Obsession with a Dark-Eyed Knight Becomes Reality in BEFORE I WAKE, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson</b><br /><br /><i>13th Century England, Tintagel Castle</i><br /><br />Historical novelist Magdalena Moore is haunted by the black-haired, black-eyed knight she first encountered during a past life regression. Across a lifetime, Magdalena searches for the truth about Ranulf Navarre and Jane Dreigh.<br /><br />At Tintagel Castle, Magdalena is miraculously transported to thirteenth-century England, where she is Lady Jane, and Lord Navarre is her husband. But Ranulf is not the man of her imagination.<br /><br />Why is Ranulf so cold and Janey so erratic? What secrets are they hiding? When England plunges into civil war, Ranulf backs the wrong side. Knowing he is destined to die in battle, Magdalena tries desperately to cheat fate, save Ranulf, and finally find happiness. But secrets can ruin everything, and Magdelena's secret is too fantastical to be believed.<br /><br /><b>Publisher's Note:</b> Readers passionate about history will appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man's timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes with some vulgarity characteristic of the time.<br /><br /><b>From the Author:</b> I like to think BEFORE I WAKE is the life I might have lived—had I made a lot of unfortunate relationship choices and been transported back to thirteenth century Cornwall. The kernel of my tale is true. As a young wife and mother, I did undergo a past life regression, which I detail pretty much as it happened in BEFORE I WAKE. While I'd always been drawn to medieval England and had already started working on what would become my first historical romance, The Lion and the Leopard, that particular regression—whether real or simply a manifestation of my imagination—has stayed with me.<br /><br /><b>THE TRAVELS ACROSS TIME SERIES</b><br /><i>Before I Wake<br />Eternal Beloved</i><br /><br /><b>THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series order</b><br /><i>The Lion and the Leopard<br />A Knight There Was<br />Within A Forest Dark<br />A Child Upon The Throne<br />Lords Among the Ruins<br />The Flames of Rebellion</i><br /><br /><b>MEET MARY ELLEN JOHNSON</b><br />Her passion for Medieval England sparked Mary Ellen Johnson's writing career. Her first medieval historical, The Lion and the Leopard, was followed by The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter, a historical novel based on the Alfred Noyes poem, "The Highwayman." (Published under the pseudonym, Mary Ellen Dennis.) Landlord was chosen as one of the top 100 historical romances of 2013.<br /><br />After taking a twenty-year detour in a quixotic quest to change the world—rather like Arthurian knights' quests to find the holy grail, which ended in similar failure—Mary Ellen has happily returned to historical fiction writing and her favorite time period, the tumultuous fourteenth century. Her six-book series, Knights of England, follows the fortunes of the characters (and their progeny) introduced in The Lion and the Leopard through the Black Death, the reign of that most gloriously medieval of monarchs, Edward III, the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, and ends with the deposition and murder of Richard II in 1399.<br /><br />There is nothing Mary Ellen loves more than bringing Medieval England alive for the reader. She particularly enjoys researching battles, campaigns, the daily lives of both lord and peasant, and trying to figure out our ancestors' thought processes, particularly how they viewed their world. Oh, and did she mention the castles and cathedrals? Mary Ellen likes to say her favorite place in the world is standing before the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral. (Hyperbole, of course, since Mary Ellen is not that well-traveled and her favorite places are probably wherever her kids and grandkids reside.)<br /><br />However—and the very recounting gives her chills—a distant cousin recently shared the results of her years-long genealogical research on the family tree. When flipping back through the centuries, Mary Ellen began finding hauntingly familiar names—John of Gaunt, Edward the Black Prince, Edward II, Edward III, even Richard the Lionheart! All the historical characters she's spent a lifetime reading and writing about! How can that be? Genetic memory? Reincarnation? She has no idea, but you can bet she'll be exploring the possibilities in future novels!<br /><br />, 6<

2013, ISBN: 9781644573297

Paperback / softback. New. <b>A Novelist's Fanciful Obsession with a Dark-Eyed Knight Becomes Reality in BEFORE I WAKE, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson&l… More...

Paperback / softback. New. <b>A Novelist's Fanciful Obsession with a Dark-Eyed Knight Becomes Reality in BEFORE I WAKE, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson</b><br /><br /><i>13th Century England, Tintagel Castle</i><br /><br />Historical novelist Magdalena Moore is haunted by the black-haired, black-eyed knight she first encountered during a past life regression. Across a lifetime, Magdalena searches for the truth about Ranulf Navarre and Jane Dreigh.<br /><br />At Tintagel Castle, Magdalena is miraculously transported to thirteenth-century England, where she is Lady Jane, and Lord Navarre is her husband. But Ranulf is not the man of her imagination.<br /><br />Why is Ranulf so cold and Janey so erratic? What secrets are they hiding? When England plunges into civil war, Ranulf backs the wrong side. Knowing he is destined to die in battle, Magdalena tries desperately to cheat fate, save Ranulf, and finally find happiness. But secrets can ruin everything, and Magdelena's secret is too fantastical to be believed.<br /><br /><b>Publisher's Note:</b> Readers passionate about history will appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man's timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes with some vulgarity characteristic of the time.<br /><br /><b>From the Author:</b> I like to think BEFORE I WAKE is the life I might have lived—had I made a lot of unfortunate relationship choices and been transported back to thirteenth century Cornwall. The kernel of my tale is true. As a young wife and mother, I did undergo a past life regression, which I detail pretty much as it happened in BEFORE I WAKE. While I'd always been drawn to medieval England and had already started working on what would become my first historical romance, The Lion and the Leopard, that particular regression—whether real or simply a manifestation of my imagination—has stayed with me.<br /><br /><b>THE TRAVELS ACROSS TIME SERIES</b><br /><i>Before I Wake<br />Eternal Beloved</i><br /><br /><b>THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series order</b><br /><i>The Lion and the Leopard<br />A Knight There Was<br />Within A Forest Dark<br />A Child Upon The Throne<br />Lords Among the Ruins<br />The Flames of Rebellion</i><br /><br /><b>MEET MARY ELLEN JOHNSON</b><br />Her passion for Medieval England sparked Mary Ellen Johnson's writing career. Her first medieval historical, The Lion and the Leopard, was followed by The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter, a historical novel based on the Alfred Noyes poem, "The Highwayman." (Published under the pseudonym, Mary Ellen Dennis.) Landlord was chosen as one of the top 100 historical romances of 2013.<br /><br />After taking a twenty-year detour in a quixotic quest to change the world—rather like Arthurian knights' quests to find the holy grail, which ended in similar failure—Mary Ellen has happily returned to historical fiction writing and her favorite time period, the tumultuous fourteenth century. Her six-book series, Knights of England, follows the fortunes of the characters (and their progeny) introduced in The Lion and the Leopard through the Black Death, the reign of that most gloriously medieval of monarchs, Edward III, the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, and ends with the deposition and murder of Richard II in 1399.<br /><br />There is nothing Mary Ellen loves more than bringing Medieval England alive for the reader. She particularly enjoys researching battles, campaigns, the daily lives of both lord and peasant, and trying to figure out our ancestors' thought processes, particularly how they viewed their world. Oh, and did she mention the castles and cathedrals? Mary Ellen likes to say her favorite place in the world is standing before the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral. (Hyperbole, of course, since Mary Ellen is not that well-traveled and her favorite places are probably wherever her kids and grandkids reside.)<br /><br />However—and the very recounting gives her chills—a distant cousin recently shared the results of her years-long genealogical research on the family tree. When flipping back through the centuries, Mary Ellen began finding hauntingly familiar names—John of Gaunt, Edward the Black Prince, Edward II, Edward III, even Richard the Lionheart! All the historical characters she's spent a lifetime reading and writing about! How can that be? Genetic memory? Reincarnation? She has no idea, but you can bet she'll be exploring the possibilities in future novels!<br /><br />, 6<

2013, ISBN: 9781644573297

A Novelist’s Fanciful Obsession with a Dark-Eyed Knight Becomes Reality in BEFORE I WAKE, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson13th Century England, Tintagel Castle… More...

A Novelist’s Fanciful Obsession with a Dark-Eyed Knight Becomes Reality in BEFORE I WAKE, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson13th Century England, Tintagel CastleHistorical novelist Magdalena Moore is haunted by the black-haired, black-eyed knight she first encountered during a past life regression. Across a lifetime, Magdalena searches for the truth about Ranulf Navarre and Jane Dreigh.At Tintagel Castle, Magdalena is miraculously transported to thirteenth-century England, where she is Lady Jane, and Lord Navarre is her husband. But Ranulf is not the man of her imagination.Why is Ranulf so cold and Janey so erratic? What secrets are they hiding? When England plunges into civil war, Ranulf backs the wrong side. Knowing he is destined to die in battle, Magdalena tries desperately to cheat fate, save Ranulf, and finally find happiness. But secrets can ruin everything, and Magdelena’s secret is too fantastical to be believed.Publisher’s Note: Readers passionate about history will appreciate the author’s penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man’s timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes with some vulgarity characteristic of the time.From the Author: I like to think BEFORE I WAKE is the life I might have lived—had I made a lot of unfortunate relationship choices and been transported back to thirteenth century Cornwall. The kernel of my tale is true. As a young wife and mother, I did undergo a past life regression, which I detail pretty much as it happened in BEFORE I WAKE. While I’d always been drawn to medieval England and had already started working on what would become my first historical romance, The Lion and the Leopard, that particular regression—whether real or simply a manifestation of my imagination—has stayed with me.THE TRAVELS ACROSS TIME SERIESBefore I WakeEternal BelovedTHE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series orderThe Lion and the LeopardA Knight There WasWithin A Forest DarkA Child Upon The ThroneLords Among the RuinsThe Flames of RebellionMEET MARY ELLEN JOHNSONHer passion for Medieval England sparked Mary Ellen Johnson’s writing career. Her first medieval historical, The Lion and the Leopard, was followed by The Landlord’s Black-Eyed Daughter, a historical novel based on the Alfred Noyes poem, “The Highwayman.” (Published under the pseudonym, Mary Ellen Dennis.) Landlord was chosen as one of the top 100 historical romances of 2013.After taking a twenty-year detour in a quixotic quest to change the world—rather like Arthurian knights’ quests to find the holy grail, which ended in similar failure—Mary Ellen has happily returned to historical fiction writing and her favorite time period, the tumultuous fourteenth century. Her six-book series, Knights of England, follows the fortunes of the characters (and their progeny) introduced in The Lion and the Leopard through the Black Death, the reign of that most gloriously medieval of monarchs, Edward III, the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt, and ends with the deposition and murder of Richard II in 1399.There is nothing Mary Ellen loves more than bringing Medieval England alive for the reader. She particularly enjoys researching battles, campaigns, the daily lives of both lord and peasant, and trying to figure out our ancestors’ thought processes, particularly how they viewed their world. Oh, and did she mention the castles and cathedrals? Mary Ellen likes to say her favorite place in the world is standing before the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral. (Hyperbole, of course, since Mary Ellen is not that well-traveled and her favorite places are probably wherever her kids and grandkids reside.)However—and the very recounting gives her chills—a distant cousin recently shared the results of her years-long genealogical research on the family tree. When flipping back through the centuries, Mary Ellen began finding hauntingly familiar names—John of Gaunt, Edward the Black Prince, Edward II, Edward III, even Richard the Lionheart! All the historical characters she’s spent a lifetime reading and writing about! How can that be? Genetic memory? Reincarnation? She has no idea, but you can bet she’ll be exploring the possibilities in future novels! Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Romance>Contemporary Romance>Contemporary Romance, ePublishing Works! Core >1<

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Kartoniert, 314 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 19mm, Sprache(n): eng A Novelist's Fanciful Obsession with a Dark-Eyed Knight Becomes Reality in BEFORE I WAKE, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson 13th Century England, Tintagel Castle Historical novelist Magdalena Moore is haunted by the black-haired, black-eyed knight she first encountered during a past life regression. Across a lifetime, Magdalena searches for the truth about Ranulf Navarre and Jane Dreigh. At Tintagel Castle, Magdalena is miraculously transported to thirteenth-century England, where she is Lady Jane, and Lord Navarre is her husband. But Ranulf is not the man of her imagination. Why is Ranulf so cold and Janey so erratic? What secrets are they hiding? When England plunges into civil war, Ranulf backs the wrong side. Knowing he is destined to die in battle, Magdalena tries desperately to cheat fate, save Ranulf, and finally find happiness. But secrets can ruin everything, and Magdelena's secret is too fantastical to be believed. Publisher's Note: Readers passionate about history will appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man's timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes with some vulgarity characteristic of the time. From the Author: I like to think BEFORE I WAKE is the life I might have lived-had I made a lot of unfortunate relationship choices and been transported back to thirteenth century Cornwall. The kernel of my tale is true. As a young wife and mother, I did undergo a past life regression, which I detail pretty much as it happened in BEFORE I WAKE. While I'd always been drawn to medieval England and had already started working on what would become my first historical romance, The Lion and the Leopard, that particular regression-whether real or simply a manifestation of my imagination-has stayed with me. THE TRAVELS ACROSS TIME SERIES Before I Wake Eternal Beloved THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series order The Lion and the Leopard A Knight There Was Within A Forest Dark A Child Upon The Throne Lords Among the Ruins The Flames of RebellionHer passion for Medieval England sparked Mary Ellen Johnson's writing career. Her first medieval historical, The Lion and the Leopard, was followed by The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter, a historical novel based on the Alfred Noyes poem, "The Highwayman." (Published under the pseudonym, Mary Ellen Dennis.) Landlord was chosen as one of the top 100 historical romances of 2013.After taking a twenty-year detour in a quixotic quest to change the world-rather like Arthurian knights' quests to find the holy grail, which ended in similar failure-Mary Ellen has happily returned to historical fiction writing and her favorite time period, the tumultuous fourteenth century. Her six-book series, Knights of England, follows the fortunes of the characters (and their progeny) introduced in The Lion and the Leopard through the Black Death, the reign of that most gloriously medieval of monarchs, Edward III, the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, and ends with the deposition and murder of Richard II in 1399.There is nothing Mary Ellen loves more than bringing Medieval England alive for the reader. She particularly enjoys researching battles, campaigns, the daily lives of both lord and peasant, and trying to figure out our ancestors' thought processes, particularly how they viewed their world. Oh, and did she mention the castles and cathedrals? Mary Ellen likes to say her favorite place in the world is standing before the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral. (Hyperbole, of course, since Mary Ellen is not that well-traveled and her favorite places are probably wherever her kids and grandkids reside.)However-and the very recounting gives her chills-a distant cousin recently shared the results of her years-long genealogical research on the family tree. When flipping back through the centuries, Mary Ellen began finding hauntingly familiar names-John of Gaunt, Edward the Black Prince, Edward II, Edward III, even Richard the Lionheart! All the historical characters she's spent a lifetime reading and writing about! How can that be? Genetic memory? Reincarnation? She has no idea, but you can bet she'll be exploring the possibilities in future novels! Versandkostenfreie Lieferung Time Travel, Romance, reincarnation<