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Bloomingdale (Hardcover)
Annamarie Erickson, Mary Ellen Johnson
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During the Orphan Trains Era, 1854 until 1929, an estimated 200,000
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A Novelist's Fanciful Obsession with a Dark-Eyed Knight Becomes
Reality in BEFORE I WAKE, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary
Ellen Johnson 13th Century England, Tintagel Castle Historical
novelist Magdalena Moore is haunted by the black-haired, black-eyed
knight she first encountered during a past life regression. Across
a lifetime, Magdalena searches for the truth about Ranulf Navarre
and Jane Dreigh. At Tintagel Castle, Magdalena is miraculously
transported to thirteenth-century England, where she is Lady Jane,
and Lord Navarre is her husband. But Ranulf is not the man of her
imagination. Why is Ranulf so cold and Janey so erratic? What
secrets are they hiding? When England plunges into civil war,
Ranulf backs the wrong side. Knowing he is destined to die in
battle, Magdalena tries desperately to cheat fate, save Ranulf, and
finally find happiness. But secrets can ruin everything, and
Magdelena's secret is too fantastical to be believed. Publisher's
Note: Readers passionate about history will appreciate the author's
penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this
story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and
man's timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual
scenes with some vulgarity characteristic of the time. From the
Author: I like to think BEFORE I WAKE is the life I might have
lived—had I made a lot of unfortunate relationship choices and
been transported back to thirteenth century Cornwall. The kernel of
my tale is true. As a young wife and mother, I did undergo a past
life regression, which I detail pretty much as it happened in
BEFORE I WAKE. While I'd always been drawn to medieval England and
had already started working on what would become my first
historical romance, The Lion and the Leopard, that particular
regression—whether real or simply a manifestation of my
imagination—has stayed with me. THE TRAVELS ACROSS TIME SERIES
Before I Wake Eternal Beloved THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series
order The Lion and the Leopard A Knight There Was Within A Forest
Dark A Child Upon The Throne Lords Among the Ruins The Flames of
Rebellion MEET MARY ELLEN JOHNSON Her passion for Medieval England
sparked Mary Ellen Johnson's writing career. Her first medieval
historical, The Lion and the Leopard, was followed by The
Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter, a historical novel based on the
Alfred Noyes poem, "The Highwayman." (Published under the
pseudonym, Mary Ellen Dennis.) Landlord was chosen as one of the
top 100 historical romances of 2013. After taking a twenty-year
detour in a quixotic quest to change the world—rather like
Arthurian knights' quests to find the holy grail, which ended in
similar failure—Mary Ellen has happily returned to historical
fiction writing and her favorite time period, the tumultuous
fourteenth century. Her six-book series, Knights of England,
follows the fortunes of the characters (and their progeny)
introduced in The Lion and the Leopard through the Black Death, the
reign of that most gloriously medieval of monarchs, Edward III, the
1381 Peasants' Revolt, and ends with the deposition and murder of
Richard II in 1399. There is nothing Mary Ellen loves more than
bringing Medieval England alive for the reader. She particularly
enjoys researching battles, campaigns, the daily lives of both lord
and peasant, and trying to figure out our ancestors' thought
processes, particularly how they viewed their world. Oh, and did
she mention the castles and cathedrals? Mary Ellen likes to say her
favorite place in the world is standing before the tomb of the
Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral. (Hyperbole, of course, since
Mary Ellen is not that well-traveled and her favorite places are
probably wherever her kids and grandkids reside.) However—and the
very recounting gives her chills—a distant cousin recently shared
the results of her years-long genealogical research on the family
tree. When flipping back through the centuries, Mary Ellen began
finding hauntingly familiar names—John of Gaunt, Edward the Black
Prince, Edward II, Edward III, even Richard the Lionheart! All the
historical characters she's spent a lifetime reading and writing
about! How can that be? Genetic memory? Reincarnation? She has no
idea, but you can bet she'll be exploring the possibilities in
future novels!
Civil War Once Again Threatens England in the Medieval Historical,
THE FLAMES OF REBELLION, by Mary Ellen Johnson 1397 to 1403.
England, Tintagel, London, Shrewsbury, Conway Castle, Tower of
London, Cumbria, Westminster Abbey, Wales and Scotland In the
fourteenth century's waning days, the tyrannical Richard II is
knocked from his throne, and Henry IV is crowned, despite a shaky
claim to the throne. Knight Matthew Hart, now in his sixties,
believes he can retire to a quiet life in the wilds of Cumbria
while Lancelot and Janey's love remains more the stuff of Romances
than reality. Yet, all too soon, England's lords grow restless,
betrayal is in the air, and Matthew and his family must again ride
into battle on behalf of their endangered king. The fates of all
the characters who grace the Knights of England series, spanning a
century-including some of the most vivid battles, events and
historical characters in medieval history-are resolved. Publisher's
Note: Readers with a passion for history will appreciate the
author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era,
this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time
and man's timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual
scenes and NO use of modern vulgarity. From the Author: There is
nothing new under the sun. If we seek to understand today's events,
history will always provide the answer. By 1398 the megalomaniacal
Richard II had consolidated his power, executed or banished all his
enemies and destroyed all those who might speak out in opposition
to him. Two years later Richard was deposed, thrown into a dungeon
in Pontefract Castle and starved to death. Lessons: We can never
predict the future; actions always have unintended consequences; we
sow the seeds of our own destruction and payback's a bitch! THE
KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series order The Lion and the Leopard A
Knight There Was Within A Forest Dark A Child Upon The Throne Lords
Among the Ruins The Flames of Rebellion
As the Fourteenth-Century Closes, So Does the Rule of England's
Most Tyrannical Monarch in the Medieval Historical, LORDS AMONG THE
RUINS, by Mary Ellen Johnson Medieval England from the Aftermath of
1381 Peasants' Revolt to the Deposition and Murder of Richard II on
14 Feb 1400 As the former boy king, Richard II, approaches his
third decade, Matthew Hart and England's other great lords struggle
to deflect his more destructive impulses, which increasingly
threaten the kingdom. Amidst attempted assassinations, growing
civil war and political intrigue, Matthew Hart, his beloved wife,
Margery Watson, and their offspring live and love and war their way
through the last years of the fourteenth century, seeing the
deposition and murder of England's most tyrannical monarch.
Publisher's Note: Readers with a passion for history will
appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In
keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which
are true to the time and man's timeless inhumanity. There are a
limited number of sexual scenes and NO use of modern vulgarity.
From the Author: There is nothing new under the sun. If we seek to
understand today's events, history will always provide the answer.
By 1398 the megalomaniacal Richard II had consolidated his power,
executed or banished all his enemies and destroyed all those who
might speak out in opposition to him. Two years later Richard was
deposed, thrown into a dungeon in Pontefract Castle and starved to
death. Lessons: We can never predict the future; actions always
have unintended consequences; we sow the seeds of our own
destruction and payback's a bitch! THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in
series order The Lion and the Leopard A Knight There Was Within A
Forest Dark A Child Upon The Throne Lords Among the Ruins
Love, Duty and Loyalty Collide in a Dramatic Fashion to Determine
King Edward II's Future in the Medieval Historical Romance, The
Lion and the Leopard, by Mary Ellen Johnson --Medieval England in
the reign of Edward II, from 1307-1327-- Maria Rendell wants to be
a dutiful wife to husband Phillip, but can't deny her attraction to
their liege lord, Richard of Sussex. Loving Philip should be easy.
She has married the knight of whom minstrels sing; the knight who
saved Richard's life. But when Phillip abandons Maria to indulge
his wanderlust, she turns to Richard, sparking a scandelous,
passionate affair amidst the crumbling kingdom of Edward II.
Meanwhile, Edward II's barons are rebelling, executing his
favorites, while across the channel in France, Isabella, Edward
II's wife--the She-Wolf of France—plans to invade England. Then
King Edward is captured as Richard and Maria prepare to flee to
safety, and Phillip returns to discover Maria's betrayal. The day
of reckoning is now at hand--not only for Maria, Richard, and
Phillip, but for that most unfortunate of Plantagenet kings, Edward
II. From the Publisher: Readers with a passion for history will
appreciate the author's penchant for detail and accuracy. In
keeping with being authentic to the era, this story contains scenes
of brutality which are true to the time and man's inhumanity. There
are a limited number of sexual scenes and NO use of modern
vulgarity. Fans of Elizabeth Chadwick, Bernard Cornwell and
Philippa Gregory as well as Tamara Leigh and Suzan Tisdale will not
want to miss this series. "Author Mary Ellen Johnson strides
through history with the reader in the front seat."~Karen Lausa ".
. . it challenged my intellect as well as my heart."~Margaret
Watkins, eBook Discovery Reviewer THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series
order The Lion and the Leopard A Knight There Was Within A Forest
Dark A Child Upon The Throne Lords Among the Ruins
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