10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABBESS»
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An elegant fable about intrigue, corruption, and electronic surveillance, 'The Abbess of Crewe' (1974) is set in an English Benedictine convent. Steely and silky Abbess Alexandra has bugged the convent, and rigged her election.
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Anchoress and
Abbess in Ninth-Century Saxony: The Lives of ...
In the growing field of early medieval texts in translation, this book presents the first full English translations of the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen, the first anchoress in Saxony, and Hathumoda, the first abbess of Gandersheim.
Frederick S. Paxton, 2009
Set in the late sixteenth century, this engrossing novel combines romance, adventure, and political intrigue, plus lots of exhaustively researched historical detail.
Twelve adventures featuring a 12th century nun with magical powers at the time of the Crusades. In one, a mermaid asks her for a soul, in another she meets the devil, in a third she arouses the jealousy of a Muslim wife.
Vera Chapman, Robert H. Boyer, Kenneth J. Zahorski, 1998
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The
Abbess of Andalusia: Flannery O'Connor's Spiritual Journey
The Abbess of Andalusia affords us an in depth look at Flannery O'Connor, not only as a writer and an icon, but as a theologian and apologist; as a spiritual director; student of prayer; a faithful friend and a suffering soul.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
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Claude and the
abbess: or, A night in a nunnery, by the ...
This most infuriate encounter between the abbess and the old hag, who had
osed the novice Frances so ill, was so delightful to Claude Duval and his friends
that they actually danced again while it was going on, and Claude had the
greatest ...
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Rough Wilderness: The Imaginary Love Poems of the
Abbess Heloise
Rough Wilderness chronicles one of the most famous tales of love, betrayal and redemption.
Something after high noon des Ageaux appeared and, whatever the Abbess's
feelings, he was overjoyed to find the three undisturbed. He despatched a flying
party down the valley that he might have notice if the enemy approached, and
then ...
Zittaw's edition includes a preface by the Gothic Novel specialist Benjamin F. Fisher and an introduction and notes by W.H. Ireland scholar Jeffrey Kahan, who suggests that Ireland's first Gothic was in many ways an extension of his ...
William Henry Ireland, Jeffrey Alan Kahane, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABBESS»
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Polwhele House pupils stage The Sound of Muesli
With an array of memorable characters such a "Uncle" Max Detweiller, Sister Whoopi, Sister Claudia, Sister Angela and the Mother Abbess ... «Falmouth Packet, Jul 15»
Hills are alive with awards for St. Paul Catholic
Outstanding Supporting Actress went to KodyLynn Perkins, Class of 2015, in the role of “Mother Abbess” and Outstanding Featured Performer ... «Bristol Press, Jul 15»
Australian films in the US BO scorecard
Vertical Entertainment launched Shane Abbess' sci-fi thriller Infini theatrically in 10 major markets and on-demand simultaneously on May 8, ... «Inside Film, Jul 15»
The Comedy of Errors Set to Begin at Shakespeare & Company
... Abdul-Mateen as Antipholus of Epheseus and Antipholus of Syracuse, Josh McCabe as Dr. Pinch and Prince, Christianna Nelson as Abbess, ... «TheaterMania.com, Jul 15»
Gigaclear greenlit to pipe gigabit broadband to Essex's Epping Forest
A smaller number of premises in High Ongar, Willingale, Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding, Stapleford Abbotts, Stanford Rivers, ... «Recombu, Jun 15»
Abbess makes All-State team
Abbess had a superb senior season on the mound for the Griffins as he went 6-2 with a miniscule 1.17 ERA and 80 strikeouts and helped ... «Weekly Citizen, Jun 15»
'Serenade!' choral festival floods Strathmore with song
A chantlike work by Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century abbess and visionary, resounded through the hall with clearly sculpted phrasing. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
Local performer returns home
Sherri Mitchell, a popular and versatile regional performer, will be portraying the pivotal role of the Mother Abbess. The cast also includes ... «Jacksonville Journal Courier, Jun 15»
The Higher Life
“I've read most of Pema Chödrön,” Sanders said, referring to the author, the abbess of Gampo Abbey, in Nova Scotia. Puddicombe nodded. «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
Karen Joy Fowler's 6 favorite books about 'almost magical' women
Hild imagines the early life of St. Hilda, a teenage seer who ended as an abbess. Writer Annalee Newitz called this book a "skeptical fantasy ... «The Week Magazine, Jun 15»
