![]() Aethelred sees this as a way to create an invincible army against the Danes, and although Alfred is troubled by the occultish nature of the rites, he agrees to let Aethelred try to use this knowledge to defeat the Danes once and for all.īut of course things rarely go as planned and soon Alfred is faced with the problem of an army of abominations led by Aethelred, who has gone mad under the influence of the dark powers he has been dabbling with. So when Aethelred, Archbishop of Canterbury, tells Alfred that he has found some ancient scrolls containing incantations and rites that could create horrible monsters from ordinary animals, Alfred is intrigued. ![]() But rumours are beginning that a second wave of invasions are coming, and Guthrum, the Danish King Alfred had entered a truce with, is nearing death. He has made an uneasy peace with the fierce Norsemen and Wessex has enjoyed relief from the long years of war that the Danes brought to England’s shores. ![]() The year is 888 AD, and Alfred the Great is the king of the last remaining English kingdom of Wessex. ![]()
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However, during his stay at the mansion, Rigby observes more and more distressing goings-on, and is more than happy to have his leave of the mansion at the completion of the portrait. Rigby soon finds himself romantically involved with the subject of the portrait, a young relative of the owner of Woolvercombe House. At first reticent, the money offered is too lucrative for Rigby to turn down. Tom Rigby, former artist-turned-shop owner, is commissioned to paint a portrait in a secluded country mansion. Bernard Taylor's The Reaping is an unsettling Gothic tale of seduction, and the myriad ways that seduction can be used against a person. ![]() ![]() ![]() Introducing a bright young voice destined to charm the world, The Universe Versus Alex Woods is a celebration of curious incidents, astronomy and astrology, the works of Kurt Vonnegut and the unexpected connections that form our world. ![]() So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at customs with 113 grams of marijuana, an urn full of ashes on the front seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he's fairly sure he's done the right thing. Someone who teaches him that that you only get one shot at life. The Universe Versus Alex Woods, a novel written by Gavin Extence, is an utterly heartbreaking yet heartwarming read. The Universe Versus Alex Woods, By Gavin Extence, is a book that starts with a bang. But when he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr. The son of a fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, Alex hasn't had the easiest childhood. Annotation: A rare meteorite struck Alex Woods when he was ten years old, leaving scars and marking him for an extraordinary future. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was 17 years old when the Wright Brothers flew their first rickety plane on a North Carolina beach. It’s a world that Willy Loman, played by Bruce Cromer, can’t comprehend. He wrote about savage family conflicts, about the moral struggles of post-World War II society and the unfathomably different world that was emerging in mid-century America. Miller wrote about American life in ways that few of his contemporaries did. Some of the writing is grandly poetic and there is exposition that unfolds more leisurely than we are accustomed to today.īut the heart of this play, the story about a man whose life and dreams are crumbling, is as profoundly tragic today as it was in 1949. 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