The Ugly Duchess

Author : Eloisa James
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062197967
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ugly Duchess written by Eloisa James and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Eloisa James is extraordinary.” —Lisa Kleypas “Nothing gets me to the bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James.” —Julia Quinn New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James gives the classic Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Ugly Duckling” a wonderful, witty, and delightfully passionate twist. The Ugly Duchess is another fairytale inspired romance from the unparalleled storyteller whose writing, author Teresa Medieros raves, “is truly scrumptious.” A sexy and fun historical romance, James’s winning tale of a glorious reawakening does not feature ducks and swans—rather it’s a charming story of a young woman unaware of her own beauty, suddenly duty-bound to wed the dashing gentleman who has always been her platonic best friend…until now.

Author : Lion Feuchtwanger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ugly Duchess written by Lion Feuchtwanger and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical romance based on the life of Margaretha, Countess of Tyrol in the 14th century.

Author : Patrizia Bettella
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 080203926X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ugly Woman written by Patrizia Bettella and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a philological and feminist approach, and drawing on the Bakhtinian concept of the grotesque body and on the poetics of transgression, The Ugly Woman is a unique look at the essential counterdiscourse of the celebrated Italian poetic canon and a valuable contribution to the study of women in literature.

Author : Lion Feuchtwanger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ugly Duchess written by Lion Feuchtwanger and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 033046342X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Framed written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect crime – it's a work of art, in Frank Cottrell Boyce's ingenious story, Framed. Dylan is the only boy living in the tiny Welsh town of Manod. His parents run the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel garage – and when he's not trying to persuade his sisters to play football, Dylan is in charge of the petrol log. And that means he gets to keep track of everyone coming in and out of Manod – what car they drive, what they're called, even their favourite flavour of crisps. But when a mysterious convoy of lorries trundles up the misty mountainside towards an old, disused mine, even Dylan is confounded. Who are these people – and what have they got to hide? A story inspired by a press cutting describing how, during World War II, the treasured contents of London's National Gallery were stored in Welsh slate mines. Once a month, a morale-boosting masterpiece would be unveiled in the village and then returned to London for viewing. This is a funny and touching exploration of how art – its beauty and its value – touches the life of one little boy and his big family in a very small town. This edition of Framed includes bonus material and discussion questions from Frank Cottrell Boyce, and illustrations by Steven Lenton.

Author : Lion Feuchtwanger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ugly Duchess written by Lion Feuchtwanger and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Lee
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385536607
Total Pages : 611 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ugly Renaissance written by Alexander Lee and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and counterintuitive portrait of the sordid, hidden world behind the dazzling artwork of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and more Renowned as a period of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation, the Renaissance is cloaked in a unique aura of beauty and brilliance. Its very name conjures up awe-inspiring images of an age of lofty ideals in which life imitated the fantastic artworks for which it has become famous. But behind the vast explosion of new art and culture lurked a seamy, vicious world of power politics, perversity, and corruption that has more in common with the present day than anyone dares to admit. In this lively and meticulously researched portrait, Renaissance scholar Alexander Lee illuminates the dark and titillating contradictions that were hidden beneath the surface of the period’s best-known artworks. Rife with tales of scheming bankers, greedy politicians, sex-crazed priests, bloody rivalries, vicious intolerance, rampant disease, and lives of extravagance and excess, this gripping exploration of the underbelly of Renaissance Italy shows that, far from being the product of high-minded ideals, the sublime monuments of the Renaissance were created by flawed and tormented artists who lived in an ever-expanding world of inequality, dark sexuality, bigotry, and hatred. The Ugly Renaissance is a delightfully debauched journey through the surprising contradictions of Italy’s past and shows that were it not for the profusion of depravity and degradation, history’s greatest masterpieces might never have come into being.

Author : Heather R. Darsie
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445677113
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anna, Duchess of Cleves written by Heather R. Darsie and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at Anne of Cleves’ life as a German noblewoman, and the Continental politics that affected her marriage. Did the doomed union really cause the fall and execution of Thomas Cromwell?

Author : Eloisa James
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062223887
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Tower written by Eloisa James and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time… A duke fell in love Gowan Stoughton of Craigievar, Duke of Kinross, values order and self-control above all else. So when he meets a lady as serene as she is beautiful, he promptly asks for her hand in marriage. With a lady Edie—whose passionate temperament is the opposite of serene—had such a high fever at her own debut ball that she didn’t notice anyone, not even the notoriously elusive Duke of Kinross. When her father accepts his offer… she panics. And when their marriage night isn’t all it could be, she pretends. In a tower. But Edie’s inability to hide her feelings makes pretending impossible, and when their marriage implodes, she retreats to a tower—locking Gowan out. Now Gowan faces his greatest challenge. Neither commands nor reason work with his spirited young bride. How can he convince her to give him the keys to the tower… When she already has the keys to his heart?

Author : Stephen Bayley
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781468307160
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ugly written by Stephen Bayley and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cites examples in art, architecture, and history to consider whether ugliness is an aesthetic judgment subject to taste, considering whether an object whose appearance is related to something negative can still be considered beautiful.