The Court of the Air
Автор: Stephen Hunt
Год издания: 0000
A hugely engaging adventure set in a Victorian-style world – a fantastical version of Dickens – that will appeal to fans of Susanna Clarke and Philip Pullman.Two orphans are more than they seem. And one megalomaniac will stop at nothing to find them…When Molly Templar witnesses a brutal murder at the brothel she has just been apprenticed to, her first instinct is to return to the poorhouse where she grew up. But there she finds her fellow orphans butchered, and it slowly dawns on her that she was in fact the real target of the attack. For Molly carries a secret deep in her blood, a secret that marks her out for destruction by enemies of the state. Soon Molly will find herself battling a grave threat to civilization which draws on an ancient power thought to have been quelled millennia ago.Oliver Brooks has led a sheltered life in the home of his merchant uncle. But when he is framed for his only relative's murder he is forced to flee for his life. He is accompanied by Harry Stave, an agent of the Court of the Air – a shadowy organization independent of the government that acts as the final judiciary of the land, ensuring that order prevails. Chased across the country, Oliver finds himself in the company of thieves, outlaws and spies, and gradually learns more about the secret that has blighted his life, but which may also offer him the power to avert the coming catastrophe.Their enemies are ruthless and myriad, but Molly and Oliver are joined by indomitable friends in this endlessly inventive tale full of drama, intrigue and adventure.
Journal of a residence in the Burmham empire, and more particularly at the court of Amarapoorah
Автор: Hiram Cox
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Journal of a residence in the Burmham empire, and more particularly at the court of Amarapoorah / by Capt. Hiram Cox».
George the Third, his court, and family. Vol. 2
Автор: John Galt
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «George the Third, his court, and family. Vol. 2».
George the Third, his court, and family. Vol. 1
Автор: John Galt
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Полный вариант заголовка: «George the Third, his court, and family. Vol. 1».
Fetes et courtisanes de la Grece. T. 4
Автор: Группа авторов
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «Fetes et courtisanes de la Grece : Tome 4 : supplement aux voyages d'Anacharsis et d'Antenor : revue, corrigee avec soin : presentee sous une forme dramatique : augmentee de notes piquantes sur la Mythologie comparee: enrichie de nouveaux chants anacreontiques, musique de Mehul : ornee de nouvelles gravures, dans plusieurs desquelles on a reuni, pour la premiere fois, avec explication, d'apres l'autorite antique, et sur les dessins de Garnerey, eleve de David, tous les details relatifs au costume et a la toilette des Courtisanes / les dessins de Garnerey, eleve de David».
The history and antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt in the county of Essex
Автор: Silas Taylor
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Полный вариант заголовка: «The history and antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt in the county of Essex / By Silas Taylor; To which is added a large appendix containing the natural history of the sea-coast and country about Harwich, particularly the clief, the fossils, plants, trees, birds a. fishes etc. by Samuel Dale».