Blood Beauty
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Blood And Beauty
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Author : Sarah Dunant
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-07-16
Blood And Beauty written by Sarah Dunant and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-16 with Fiction categories.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Italian Renaissance novels—The Birth of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan, and Sacred Hearts—has an exceptional talent for breathing life into history. Now Sarah Dunant turns her discerning eye to one of the world’s most intriguing and infamous families—the Borgias—in an engrossing work of literary fiction. By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, he is defined not just by his wealth or his passionate love for his illegitimate children, but by his blood: He is a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If the Borgias are to triumph, this charismatic, consummate politician with a huge appetite for life, women, and power must use papacy and family—in particular, his eldest son, Cesare, and his daughter Lucrezia—in order to succeed. Cesare, with a dazzlingly cold intelligence and an even colder soul, is his greatest—though increasingly unstable—weapon. Later immortalized in Machiavelli’s The Prince, he provides the energy and the muscle. Lucrezia, beloved by both men, is the prime dynastic tool. Twelve years old when the novel opens, hers is a journey through three marriages, and from childish innocence to painful experience, from pawn to political player. Stripping away the myths around the Borgias, Blood & Beauty is a majestic novel that breathes life into this astonishing family and celebrates the raw power of history itself: compelling, complex and relentless. Praise for Blood and Beauty “Dunant transforms the blackhearted Borgias and the conniving courtiers and cardinals of Renaissance Europe into fully rounded characters, brimming with life and lust.”—The New York Times Book Review “Like Hilary Mantel with her Cromwell trilogy, [Sarah] Dunant has scaled new heights by refashioning mythic figures according to contemporary literary taste. This intellectually satisfying historical saga, which offers blood and beauty certainly, but brains too, is surely the best thing she has done to date.”—The Miami Herald “Compelling female players have been a characteristic of Dunant’s earlier novels, and this new offering is no exception. . . . The members of this close-knit family emerge as dynamic characters, flawed but sympathetic, filled with fear and longing.”—The Seattle Times “The Machiavellian atmosphere—hedonism, lust, political intrigue—is magnetic. . . . Readers won’t want the era of Borgia rule to end.”—People (four stars)
The Honey Blood Beauty Her Vampire 3
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Author : Toma Fuyuori
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Release Date : 2021-06-15
The Honey Blood Beauty Her Vampire 3 written by Toma Fuyuori and has been published by Kodansha America LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-15 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Kagari was born with a rare, sweet-tasting blood type known as "honey blood." For her protection, she is accompanied by the country's strongest and most attractive bodyguard, Ryotaro. Seeking the truth behind the recent vampire rampage at school, Kagari pays a visit to Saionji's mansion. But what will she do when she learns his secret... and its unfortunate implications for the relationship between vampires and pabulums? The sweet love story between servant and master take a serious turn in volume 3!
The Honey Blood Beauty Her Vampire 4
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Author : Toma Fuyuori
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Release Date : 2021-07-20
The Honey Blood Beauty Her Vampire 4 written by Toma Fuyuori and has been published by Kodansha America LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-20 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Kagari was born with a rare, sweet-tasting blood type known as "honey blood." For her protection, she is accompanied by a vampire bodyguard, Ryotaro. After a series of recurring murders around town, caused by a vampire tree, Kagari and Ryotaro break into the Saionji Pharmaceutical Company to expose the truth. But what is the true nature of the enemy that lies there in wait for them? And what really happened to Kagari's parents that tragic day? In this climactic final volume, find out if the honey-blood beauty and her vampire will earn their happy ending!
The Honey Blood Beauty Her Vampire 2
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Author : Toma Fuyuori
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Release Date : 2021-05-18
The Honey Blood Beauty Her Vampire 2 written by Toma Fuyuori and has been published by Kodansha America LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-18 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Kagari was born with a rare, sweet-tasting blood type known as "honey blood." To protect her from the vampires she attracts, she is accompanied by the country's strongest and most attractive bodyguard, Ryotaro. As payment, he always takes just one sip of her blood. But one day, stirred on by the student council vice president, Saionji, he drank much more than just a sip… bringing Kagari to the brink of death. In volume 2 of this sweet love story, things grow ever more dangerous… and a new character is introduced!
The Honey Blood Beauty Her Vampire 1
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Author : Toma Fuyuori
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
Release Date : 2021-04-20
The Honey Blood Beauty Her Vampire 1 written by Toma Fuyuori and has been published by Kodansha America LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-20 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Kagari Tojyo is smart and beautiful...but what really draws a crowd is her rare "honey blood"—a crowd of vampires, that is! Enter Ryotaro, her bodyguard and a vampire himself...with quite the perverted, sadistic streak! What's Kagari got to do to have a "normal" life?
Seeds Of Blood And Beauty
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Author : Ann Lindsay
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Publishers
Release Date : 2008
Seeds Of Blood And Beauty written by Ann Lindsay and has been published by Birlinn Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Plant collecting categories.
Seeds of Blood and Beauty follows the exploits of the great Scottish plant collectors of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; men who left their native shores in search of exotic specimens, often risking life and limb for the sake of botany in some of the world’s most remote and dangerous places. Ann Lindsay introduces a large and varied cast of explorers, featuring men such as William Wright (1735–1810), who left the quiet Fife town of Crieff for Jamaica, and Aberdonian Francis Masson (1741–1805), who metamorphosed from an introspective under-gardener at Kew Gardens to an intrepid pioneer who faced gangs of bandits and poisonous snakes in Africa in pursuit of new botanical discoveries. As well as providing insights into the purposes and practicalities of scientific exploration over three centuries and examining the astonishing contribution these pioneers made in their field, Seeds of Blood and Beauty also shows how social change in Britain and abroad influenced botanical research and how this was reflected in Scotland's gardens. The result is a fascinating and informative book combining biography, history and horticulture.
Blood Beauty
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Author : Sarah Dunant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Blood Beauty written by Sarah Dunant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Biographical fiction categories.
By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome. Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, but if the Borgias are to triumph, he must use papacy and family to succeed. His eldest son Cesare is his greatest weapon, and his daughter Lucrezia is the prime dynastic tool. Stripping away the myths around the Borgias, Blood & Beauty is a majestic novel that breathes life into this astonishing family.
Blood And Beauty
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Author : Sarah Dunant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-07-08
Blood And Beauty written by Sarah Dunant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-08 with Borgias - Fiction categories.
A visceral, epic novel that challenges what we know about history's most dynamic and maligned Renaissance family, the Borgias Rooted in the energetic, brutal and corrupt world of 15th-century Italy, Blood and Beauty opens with Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, clever and charismatic, buying his way to the Papal crown. In this he is not unusual. Neither is the fact that he has illegitimate children. What does mark him is his blood; he is a Spaniard in a country run by established Italian families. To thrive, even to survive, he must create his own dynasty using the papacy and his family as the building blocks of power. His son Cesare is his most brilliant pupil. Fearless and calculating (later immortalized in Machiavelli's The Prince), he provides the driving energy and the muscle. The Pope's daughter, Lucrezia, beloved by both men, is their marriage tool. Just twelve when the novel opens, she is to have one dynastic union annulled and a second--beloved--husband murdered by her own brother to make way for a third strategic marriage--all before the age of twenty. Hers is a journey from pawn to political player. Using the high-wire tension of a political thriller, this portrait of power and its personal costs is the most thrilling family saga to come out of Italy since The Godfather. The Borgias emerge not as the poisoning sexual monsters of popular myth, but in all their ruthless determination and complex humanity.
Blood And Beauty
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Author : Terry Kroenung
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2003-05-15
Blood And Beauty written by Terry Kroenung and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-15 with Drama categories.
From Holocaust knife fights to clowns hurling pies, Blood and Beauty offers a dozen opportunities for actresses to display their stage combat expertise. Filling a need in the theatrical canon, these short plays not only provide women with stage fights to perform, but also present severe acting challenges.
Balkan Beauty Balkan Blood
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Author : Robert Elsie
language : en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-07
Balkan Beauty Balkan Blood written by Robert Elsie and has been published by Northwestern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-07 with Fiction categories.
In these stories representing the last three decades of Albanian writing--especially the burst of creativity in the newfound freedom of the 1990s--readers will encounter work that reflects the literary paradox of Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century: the startling originality of the new uneasily coupled with the strains of history; the sophistication and self-consciousness of late (or post-) modernity married to the simplicity of a literature first finding its voice; a refusal of political influence and pressure expressed through frankly political subject matter.