History meets mystery with a new twist in this raucous, colourful novel set in the bustling theatrical world of Shakespeare and Marlowe during the reign of the formidable Elizabeth I.
Philip Gooden Pořadí knih (chronologicky)
Philip Gooden se specializuje na psaní detektivních románů zasazených do Shakespearovského světa, kde každá zápletka odráží známou hru. Jeho styl mistrně propojuje historické reálie s napínavým dějem. Věnuje se tématům osudu, lásky a zrady, která rezonují napříč staletími. Jeho díla nabízejí čtenářům poutavý vhled do alžbětinské éry i do nadčasových lidských dilemat.
An Honourable Murderer
- 288 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
The sixth novel in the Nick Revill series. History meets mystery with a new twist in this raucous, colourful novel set in the bustling theatrical world of Shakespeare and Marlowe during the reign of the formidable Elizabeth I.
May We Borrow Your Language?
How English Steals Words from All over the World
- 336 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
A richly entertaining exploration of the origins of the words that English has borrowed from other languages over its 1500-year history.
Sleep of Death
- 320 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
History meets mystery with a new twist in this raucous, colourful novel set in the bustling theatrical world of Shakespeare and Marlowe during the reign of the formidable Elizabeth I.
The Pale Companion
- 336 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
History meets mystery with a new twist in this raucous, colourful novel set in the bustling theatrical world of Shakespeare and Marlowe during the reign of the formidable Elizabeth I.
Death of Kings
- 320 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
The latest witty, colourful Shakespearean murder mystery in the Nick Revill series
Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. To cite three examples - from American English, Dutch and Italian - what on Earth are a snow job, a monkey sandwich story, and Mr Punch's secret? Idiomantics explains all...
The Story of English
- 296 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet.
Name Dropping
Darwinian Struggles, Oedipal Feelings, and Kafkaesque Ordeals---An A to Z Guide to the Use of Names in Everyday Language
- 224 stránek
- 8 hodin čtení
Have you ever had a Hitchcockian experience (in the shower, perhaps?) or met someone with a distinctly Ortonesque outlook on life? What exactly do we mean when we describe a scene as Dickensian, or when we call a politician’s style Churchillian or Thatcherite? What would you call a romantic, brooding, dangerous, and untamed person? Heathcliffian? Byronesque? How about a situation that is nightmarish, torturously bureaucratic, and impossible to escape from? Kafkaesque, maybe? Is Nixonian or Gandalf-like part of your vocabulary? There are hundreds of words derived from real people who are famous---or infamous---enough to give their stamp to a movement, a way of thinking or acting, a style or even a mood. Name Dropping is the essential guide to the better known or more intriguing of these terms from figures in politics, sports, and the arts, as well as history and the classics. It is both for those readers looking for definitions or simply browsing for pleasure. Entries are alphabetically listed with full explanations, examples from the press, guidance on usage, and a Pretentiousness Index that ranks items on the spectrum from familiarity to obscurity.
From its first arrival in Britain with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror, violence and revenge are the cursed sword's constant companions. From an election-rigging scandal in 13th century Venice to the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356, as the Sword of Shame passes from owner to owner in this compelling collection of interlinked mysteries, it brings nothing but bad luck and disgrace to all who possess it.
