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Grace King

    Grace Elizabeth Kingová byla americká autorka známá svými příběhy, historií a biografiemi z Louisiany. Byla vůdčí osobností v historických a literárních kruzích, která se věnovala zachycování jedinečné atmosféry a kultury svého regionu. Její dílo se vyznačuje hlubokým porozuměním lidské povaze a silným smyslem pro místo. Kingová přispěla k dokumentaci a oslavě bohatého dědictví Louisiany.

    Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur De Bienville
    Tales of a Time and Place
    Balcony Stories
    • Balcony Stories

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Excerpt from Balcony Stories Cony in a country where the summer unrolls in six moon-lengths, and where the nights have to come with a double endow ment of vastness and splendor to compensate for the tedious, sun-parched days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

      Balcony Stories
    • Tales of a Time and Place

      • 310 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení

      Grace King's Tales of a Time and Place is a collection of vivid and imaginative stories set in the American South during the 19th century. King's peerless prose and attention to detail make this a timeless work of fiction.

      Tales of a Time and Place