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All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they
carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even
the language in which they were first written.
The greatest story can reach the stars . . .
This is the start of an incredible new journey from the internationally
bestselling author of Prince of Thorns, in which, though the pen may be
mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned…
Evar has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than
empires and larger than cities.
Livira has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where
nightmares stalk and no one goes.
The world has never noticed them.
That’s about to change.
As their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time, each
will unlock vast secrets about the world and themselves. This is a tale
of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another.
The second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his
young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition. To reach
greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in
my wake. I've walked from pawn to player and I'll win this game of
ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in blood... The
land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty
kings fight for the Broken Empire. The long road to avenge the
slaughter of his mother and brother has shown Prince Honorous Jorg
Ancrath the hidden hands behind this endless war. He saw the game
and vowed to sweep the board. First though he must gather his own
pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them. A
six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward Jorg's
gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. Every decent man
prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds.
Every omen says he will. Every good king knows to bend the knee in
the face of overwhelming odds, if only to save their people and
their lands. But King Jorg is not a good king. Faced by an enemy
many times his strength Jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight.
But playing fair was never part of Jorg's game plan.
All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories
they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the
library, even the language in which they were first written. The
greatest story can reach the stars . . . This is the start of an
incredible new journey from the internationally bestselling author
of Prince of Thorns, in which, though the pen may be mightier than
the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned… Evar has
lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than
empires and larger than cities. Livira has spent hers in a tiny
settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes.
The world has never noticed them. That’s about to change. As
their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time,
each will unlock vast secrets about the world and themselves. This
is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one
into another.
From the critically-acclaimed author of Prince of Thorns and Red
Sister comes a chilling new epic fantasy series. 'If you like dark
you will love Mark Lawrence. And when the light breaks through and
it all makes sense, the contrast is gorgeous' - Robin Hobb Only
when it's darkest can you see the stars. East of the Black Rock,
out on the ice, lies a hole down which broken children are thrown
On the vastness of the ice there is no room for individuals. No one
survives alone. To resist the cold, to endure the months of night
when even the air itself begins to freeze, requires a special
breed. Variation is dangerous, difference is fatal. And Yaz is
different. Torn from her family, from the boy she thought she would
spend her life with, Yaz has to carve a new path for herself in a
world whose existence she never suspected. A world full of danger.
Beneath the ice, Yaz will learn that Abeth is older and stranger
than she had ever imagined. She will learn that her weaknesses are
another kind of strength. And she will learn to challenge the cruel
arithmetic of survival that has always governed her people.
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It's not until you're broken that you find your sharpest edge. "I
was born for killing - the gods made me to ruin." At the Convent of
Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old
bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached
their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices' skills to
deadly effect: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the
ways of blade and fist. But even the mistresses of sword and shadow
don't truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is
brought to their halls as a bloodstained child of eight, falsely
accused of murder: guilty of worse.
Second novel in the brilliant new series from the bestselling
author of Prince of Thorns. In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to
learn the secrets of the universe. But so often, knowing the truth
just makes our choices harder. Before she leaves the Convent of
Sweet Mercy, Nona must choose her path and take the red of a
Martial Sister, the grey of a Sister of Discretion, the blue of a
Mystic Sister or the simple black of a Bride of the Ancestor,
entailing a life of prayer and service. Standing between her and
these choices are the pride of a thwarted assassin, the ambition of
a would-be empress wielding the Inquisition like a blade, and the
vengeance of the empire's richest lord. As the world narrows around
her, and her enemies attack her using the very system she has sworn
to, Nona must forge her own path in spite of the pulls of
friendship, revenge, ambition, and loyalty. In all this only one
thing is certain. There will be blood.
The final novel in the chilling and epic new fantasy series from
the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of PRINCE OF THORNS
and RED SISTER 'If you like dark you will love Mark Lawrence. And
when the light breaks through and it all makes sense, the contrast
is gorgeous' ROBIN HOBB The green world overwhelms all of Yaz’s
expectations. Everything seems different but some things remain the
same: her old enemies are still bent on her destruction. The
Corridor abounds with plenty and unsuspected danger. To stand a
chance against the eyeless priest, Eular, and the god-like
city-mind, Seus, Yaz will need to learn fast and make new friends.
The Convent of Sweet Mercy, like the Corridor itself, is packed
with peril and opportunity. Yaz needs the nuns’ help – but
first they want to execute her. The fate of everyone squeezed
between the Corridor’s vast walls, and ultimately the fate of
those labouring to survive out on ice itself, hangs from the moon,
and the battle to save the moon centres on the Ark of the Missing,
buried beneath the emperor’s palace. Everyone wants Yaz to be the
key that will open the Ark – the one the wise have sought for
generations. But sometimes wanting isn’t enough. THE GIRL AND THE
MOON is the third and final volume in The Book of Ice trilogy.
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017 This book provides a
comparative history of the domestic and international nature of
Spain's First Carlist War (1833-40) and the Spanish Civil War
(1936-39), as well as the impact of both conflicts. The book
demonstrates how and why Spain's struggle for liberty was won in
the 1830s only for it to be lost one hundred years later. It shows
how both civil wars were world wars in miniature, fought in part by
foreign volunteers under the gaze and in the political
consciousness of the outside world. Prefaced by a short
introduction, The Spanish Civil Wars is arranged into two domestic
and international sections, each with three thematic chapters
comparing each civil war in detail. The main analytical
perspectives are political, social and new military history in
nature, but they also explore aspects of gender, culture,
nationalism and separatism, economy, religion and, especially, the
war in its international context. The book integrates international
archival research with the latest scholarship on both subjects and
also includes a glossary, a bibliography and several images. It is
a key resource tailored to the needs of students and scholars of
modern Spain which offers an intriguing and original new
perspective on the Spanish Civil War.
Second novel in the chilling and epic new fantasy series from the
bestselling and critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF THORNS and
RED SISTER. 'If you like dark you will love Mark Lawrence. And when
the light breaks through and it all makes sense, the contrast is
gorgeous' ROBIN HOBB On Abeth there is only the ice. And the Black
Rock. For generations the priests of the Black Rock have reached
out from their mountain to steer the ice tribes' fate. With their
Hidden God, their magic and their iron, the priests' rule has never
been challenged. But nobody has ever escaped the Pit of the Missing
before. Yaz has lost her friends and found her enemies. She has a
mountain to climb and even if she can break the Hidden God's power
her dream of a green world lies impossibly far to the south across
a vast emptiness of ice. Before the journey can even start she has
to find out what happened to the ones she loves and save those that
can be saved. Abeth holds its secrets close, but the stars shine
brighter for Yaz and she means to unlock the truth. To touch the
sky, be prepared to climb
From the critically acclaimed author of THE BROKEN EMPIRE series
comes a brilliant new epic fantasy series, THE RED QUEEN'S WAR. I'm
a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever, let a
friend down. Unless of course not letting them down requires
honesty, fair play or bravery. The Red Queen is dreaded by the
kings of the Broken Empire as they dread no other. Her grandson
Jalan Kendeth - womaniser, gambler and all-out cad - is tenth in
line to the throne. While his grandmother shapes the destiny of
millions, Prince Jalan pursues his debauched pleasures. Until, that
is, he gets entangled with Snorri ver Snagason, a huge Norse axeman
and dragged against his will to the icy north...
From the publisher that brought you Game of Thrones... Prince of
Thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy,
original, absorbing and challenging. Before the thorns taught me
their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one
brother, and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is
left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers,
quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this
broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent
times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the
night. All that's true enough, but there's something worse out
there, in the dark. Much worse. From being a privileged royal
child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the
Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of
outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos:
violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to
master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that
puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must
confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with
all hands turned against him. Mark Lawrence's debut novel tells a
tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a
compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an
exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.
Lawrence brings the Broken Empire series to its devastating
conclusion The path to the throne is broken - only the broken can
walk it The world is cracked and time has run through, leaving us
clutching at the end days. These are the days that have waited for
us all our lives. These are my days. I will stand before the
Hundred and they will listen. I will take the throne no matter who
stands against me, living or dead, and if I must be the last
emperor then I will make of it such an ending. This is where the
wise man turns away. This is where the holy kneel and call on God.
These are the last miles, my brothers. Don't look to me to save
you. Run if you have the wit. Pray if you have the soul. Stand your
ground if courage is yours. But don't follow me. Follow me, and I
will break your heart.
Final novel in the chilling and epic new fantasy series from the
bestselling and critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF THORNS and
RED SISTER. 'If you like dark you will love Mark Lawrence. And when
the light breaks through and it all makes sense, the contrast is
gorgeous' ROBIN HOBB The green world overwhelms all of Yaz's
expectations. Everything seems different but some things remain the
same: her old enemies are still bent on her destruction. The
Corridor abounds with plenty and unsuspected danger. To stand a
chance against the eyeless priest, Eular, and the god-like
city-mind, Seus, Yaz will need to learn fast and make new friends.
The Convent of Sweet Mercy, like the Corridor itself, is packed
with peril and opportunity. Yaz needs the nuns' help - but first
they want to execute her. The fate of everyone squeezed between the
Corridor's vast walls, and ultimately the fate of those labouring
to survive out on ice itself, hangs from the moon, and the battle
to save the moon centres on the Ark of the Missing, buried beneath
the emperor's palace. Everyone wants Yaz to be the key that will
open the Ark - the one the wise have sought for generations. But
sometimes wanting isn't enough. THE GIRL AND THE MOON is the third
and final volume in The Book of Ice trilogy.
Forest inventories throughout the world have evolved gradually over
time. The content as well as the concepts and de?nitions employed
are constantly adapted to the users' needs. Advanced inventory
systems have been established in many countries within Europe, as
well as outside Europe, as a result of development work spanning
several decades, in some cases more than 100 years. With
continuously increasing international agreements and commitments,
the need for information has also grown drastically, and reporting
requests have become more frequent and the content of the reports
wider. Some of the agreements made at the international level have
direct impacts on national economies and international decisions,
e. g. , the Kyoto Protocol. Thus it is of utmost importance that
the forest information supplied is collected and analysed using
sound scienti?c principles and that the information from different
countries is comparable. European National Forest Inventory (NFI)
teams gathered in Vienna in 2003 to discuss the new challenges and
the measures needed to get data users to take full advantage of
existing NFIs. As a result, the European National Forest Inventory
Network (ENFIN), a network of NFIs, was established. The ENFIN
members decided to apply for funding for meetings and collaborative
activities. COST- European Cooperation in Science and Technology -
provided the necessary ?n- cial means for the realization of the
program.
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the Nineteenth Century examines
insurgency and counterinsurgency across the globe in the nineteenth
century. The volume includes chapters from distinguished and rising
historians from Europe, North and South America and covers
irregular wars in Spain, Ireland, France, Latin America, China,
USA, Africa, Central Asia and Burma. The authors explore links
between insurgencies and nationalism, including learning curves and
emulation in counterinsurgency. With a special emphasis on
non-Western warfare, this volume includes case studies such as the
Katanga and White Lotus rebellions largely unknown to Western
readers. The military history of the nineteenth century thus
reveals much more than the symmetrical warfare of Napoleon, Grant
and Moltke. This volume shows the commonalities of responses more
than their differences and refracts these through themes which crop
up repeatedly in different times and places. These themes include
common problems and solutions: the challenge of commanding local
intelligence networks; public opinion; millenarianism, magic and
religion; technology; ‘hearts and minds’; the legal framework
of state violence; racial stereotypes and patterns of forgetting
and remembering guerrilla conflicts. The first recent study to
examine Western and non-Western warfare in equal measure, stressing
the prevalence of commonalities between guerrilla warfare and
counterinsurgency across the globe, Insurgency and
Counterinsurgency in the Nineteenth Century will be of great
interest to scholars of military and strategic studies, as well as
modern military history. It was originally published as a special
issue of Small Wars & Insurgencies.
Nona Grey's story reaches its shattering conclusion in the third
instalment of Book of the Ancestor. THEY CAME AGAINST HER AS A
CHILD. NOW THEY FACE THE WOMAN. The ice is advancing, the Corridor
narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the
east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere, the emperor's armies
are in retreat. Nona faces the final challenges that must be
overcome if she is to become a full sister in the order of her
choice. But it seems unlikely that Nona and her friends will have
time to earn a nun's habit before war is on their doorstep. Even a
warrior like Nona cannot hope to turn the tide of war. The
shiphearts offer strength that she might use to protect those she
loves, but it's a power that corrupts. A final battle is coming in
which she will be torn between friends, unable to save them all. A
battle in which her own demons will try to unmake her. A battle in
which hearts will be broken, lovers lost, thrones burned. HOLY
SISTER completes the Book of the Ancestor trilogy that began with
RED SISTER and GREY SISTER. A ground-breaking series, it has
established Mark Lawrence as one of the most exciting new voices in
modern speculative fiction.
This work seeks to offer a new way of viewing the French Wars of
1792-1815. Most studies of this period offer international,
political, and military analyses using the French Revolution and
Napoleon as the prime mover. But this book focuses on military and
civilian responses to French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars,
throughout the rest of Europe and the Americas. It shows how the
unprecedented mobilization of this era forged a generation of
soldiers and civilians sharing a common experience of suffering,
bequeathing the West with a new veteran sensibility. Using a range
of sources, especially memoirs, this book reveals the adventure and
suffering confronting ordinary soldiers campaigning in Europe and
the Americas, and the burdens imposed on civilians enduring rising
and falling empires across the West. It also reveals how the wars
liberated slaves, serfs, and common people through revolutions and
insurgencies.
This book traces and analyses the relationship between Britain and
Spain in its various forms since 1489. So often viewed as
antagonistic rivals in history, the two countries are here compared
and contrasted in order to shed light on their international
connection and how this has evolved over time. Mark Lawrence
reflects on the similarities of their composite monarchies, their
roles as successive projectors of European global power, and the
common fondness for peculiarly patriotic expressions of
Christianity through the ages. At the same time, Lawrence is alert
to recognising other ways in which Britain and Spain have seemed
worlds apart in their respective corners of the European continent.
He examines how British Protestants excoriated Spain in a ‘Black
Legend’, while Catholic propagandists dismissed rising English
power as the work of pirates and heretics during the early modern
period. In a series of chronological chapters rich with a diverse
range of sources, Anglo-Hispania beyond the Black Legend considers
the cultural exchanges which flourished amidst the growth of travel
and new ideas in the 18th century, the surprising alliances of the
19th century and the shared international causes of the 20th.
Whereas Spaniards feared or admired Britain for its successful
political and fiscal system, the book convincingly argues, Britons
romanticised Iberia for its supposed failures. It ultimately
concludes that British campaigns in the 1700s and 1800s established
a Romantic Spain in memoir culture which the 20th century gradually
dissolved in the ideological cauldron of the 1930s and the advent
of mass tourism.
From the critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF FOOLS comes the
second volume of the brilliant new epic fantasy series, THE RED
QUEEN'S WAR. 'If you like dark you will love Mark Lawrence. And
when the light breaks through and it all makes sense, the contrast
is gorgeous' ROBIN HOBB The Red Queen has set her players on the
board... Winter is keeping Prince Jalan Kendeth far from the
luxuries of his southern palace. And although the North may be home
to his companion, the warrior Snorri ver Snagason, he is just as
eager to leave. For the Viking is ready to challenge all of Hel to
bring his wife and children back into the living world. He has
Loki's key - now all he needs is to find the door. As all wait for
the ice to unlock its jaws, the Dead King plots to claim what was
so nearly his - the key into the world - so that the dead can rise
and rule.
Nineteenth century Spain deserves wider readership. Bedevilled by
lost empires, wars, political instability and frustrated
modernisation, the country appeared backward in relation to
northern Europe and even in relation to much of its own
geographical periphery. This new history, the first survey of its
kind in English in more than a hundred years, offers a fresh
perspective on this century, showing how and why elements of
backwardness and modernity ran in parallel through Spain. Bounded
by the military and imperial crises of 1808 and 1898, this study
pays special attention to the experience of war on politics and
society, and integrates the latest historical debates in its
analysis.
From the critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF FOOLS comes the
third volume of the brilliant new epic fantasy series, THE RED
QUEEN'S WAR. All the horrors of Hell stand between Snorri Ver
Snagason and the rescue of his family, if indeed the dead can be
rescued. For Jalan Kendeth getting out alive and with Loki's Key is
all that matters. The key can open any lock and possession of it
may enable Jal to to return to the three Ws that have been the core
of his debauched life: wine, women, and wagering. But the Wheel of
Osheim is turning ever faster and it will crack the world unless
it's stopped. When the end of all things looms, and there's nowhere
to run, even the worst coward must find new answers
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