The English Castle

Reducere. From coast to coast, the English landscape is still richly studded with castles both great and small. As homes or ruins, these historic buildings a...

Reducere. It is enshrined in English law that your home is your castle. Whether it is indeed a castle, a humble studio or a tree house, the principle remains...

Reducere. "Some English Gardens" is vintage collection of watercolour paintings whose subjects are real contemporary English gardens. The English Garden is a...

DescriptionThe Old English Baron is an ambitious rewriting of Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto, transporting the trappings of the Gothic to medie...

Original / British English Claire is staying with her aunt Min. There is an old castle with a black tower in the village. It has a dangerous secret...

DescriptionWindsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, has been a site of fundamental historical, cultural, and architectu...

Reducere. 1684, Scottish HighlandsEvelyn Worthington leaves England behind to create a school for ladies in her brother's newly purchased Scottish castle. Af...

DescriptionA stunningly illustrated collection of 15 classic English tales, from "The Dragon Castle" to "Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow, " retold ...

Reducere. Manfred, the lord of the castle of Otranto, has long lived in dread of an ancient prophecy: it's foretold that when his family line ends, the true ...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

"This is history as it should be told " --GOOD BOOK GUIDE In late summer 1297, Margaret Kerr heads to the town of Stirling at the request of Willia...

Reducere. The Enchanted Castle (1907) is a children's fantasy novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. Using elements of magic and mystery familiar to readers o...

From castle to cottage, nearly every medieval dwelling possessed an enclosed plot for growing herbs, food, and flowers. This illustrated survey of ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Johnny BreadEasy Reading for ESL Students - Book 2 is a comprehensive reader designed especially for beginning and intermed...

On the run from a dangerous man, Ava Sutton flees to the Isle of Mull off the coast of Scotland. Masquerading as a titled, English lady, Ava must c...

This illustrated book contains the history of Stirling Castle in Scotland, a place famous for its beautiful design, for accommodating various royal...

England 1643: Deliverance Felton has been left to defend her home, Kinton Lacy Castle in a time of civil war. She can shoot and wield a sword as we...

Reducere. Calling all pumpkin chuckers, wannabe marauders, and tinkerers of all ages Flinging things and playing at defending your own castle has never been ...

Reducere. A collection of radical political fairy tales--some in English for the first time--from one of the great female practitioners of the genreHermynia ...

Reducere. "Lesley Castle" is a novella by Jane Austen, unfinished at the time of her death. Presented as a series of letters, it follows the conversations an...

On the morning of 19 May 1536, a French blade stilled the heart of an English queen. Her name was Anne Boleyn and her story has made an indelible m...

Reducere. John Cherrington and his 74-year-old walking companion set out one fine morning in May to traverse the only English footpath that cuts south throug...

What happens when a poor young boy from New York City suddenly finds himself in a beautiful English castle with a rich and angry old grandfather? W...

Reducere. Dover Castle is one of England's greatest fortresses. At its heart lies the Great Tower, a huge Anglo-Norman keep that has dominated the White Clif...

Contributor(s): Author: Horace WalpoleAuthor: William BeckfordAuthor: Mary ShelleyWalpole's The Castle of Otranto, Beckford's Vathek, and Shelley's...

'Look, my lordSee heaven itself declares against your impious intentions ' The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and...

The castle is an evocative structure, no matter its setting, and this is no truer than in Scotland, where the multitude of castles reflect the coun...

Edmund Wilson wrote of Robert Lowell that he was the 'only recent American poet - if you don't count Eliot - who writes successfully in the languag...

He only cares about revenge. Until he meets her. A widow after only one year of marriage, Lady Roysa chooses to run to her sister Idalia, who is wi...

Imaginative and haunting new translations by Ian Brinton of the 18 poems in the 'Tableaux Parisiens' section of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, wit...

A study of woodcarving from the earliest times to the Georgian period, with an emphasis on the role of carvers and their work for the Crown. The ce...

Reducere. Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isola...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom building a moat to planning a siege: this fascinating book is filled with stories about castle life. How were castles built, fought...

Reducere. Tony Lewery is acknowledged as an authoritative voice on all aspects of the 'roses and castles' folk art tradition of English narrow boat painting....

'They won't know you, the you that's hidden somewhere in the castle of your skin' Nine-year-old G. leads a life of quiet mischief crab catching, te...

Reducere. Ex-lawyer turned herbalist and amateur sleuth China Bayles attends a chili cookoff where a womanizing judge dies of an allergic reaction to peanuts...

A strange figure foretells tragedy on the railway tracks. A plague threatens to encroach upon an isolated castle. The daughter of an eccentric scie...

Reducere. Read the classic vampire book that started them all.The definitive editionLarge Print EditionRemastered for premium quality print and easy readingF...

Discover the magic of stories: Read and learn with Disney friends With the brand-new Disney Readers series, young learners can build their reading ...

DescriptionAn inspirational look at the most iconic interior styles of magnificent English country houses: a thousand years of decorating as told t...

The story of King Arthur is one of the best known in English history: he was the boy who was schooled by Merlin and who claimed his right to lead t...

Reducere. "One of the last of the great traditionalists of English fiction." - Colin Wilson "An outstanding British writer in the genre." - August Derleth "B...

Reducere. While laying siege to an English castle, the Viking Jarl, Eriik becomes obsessed with the Lord's daughter, and decides to not only capture gold and...

The founding work of Gothic fiction On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His cal...

Reducere. Unabridged English value reproduction of Candide by Voltaire, is a book that belongs on the shelf of those desiring to contemplate life. Voltaire s...

Reducere. What's the Sanibel Sunset Detective doing in London?Tree Callister and his wife Freddie are in town to attend the wedding of Freddie's nephew. It p...

Reducere. DescriptionCainnech (Cain) MacPherson's hatred for the English was born when he was a lad of seven, the day they raided his village and killed his ...

Anora, the shepherdess, finds a half-naked man in her bed, so what's a woman living alone in a cottage in the Lowlands of Scotland supposed to do? ...

Reducere. She's on the run. He's digging in. When their destinies collide in medieval Scotland, will they forge a love for the ages? Afghanistan, 2020. US Ar...

When talented FBI agent Kendra Donovan stumbles back in time to find herself in a nineteenth century English castle--and under threat from a viciou...

Reducere. Downloadable Korean MP3 files are now available to supplement your study This is Hye-min Choi's second installment of her Beautiful Short Stories i...

Reducere. This is Hye-min Choi's second installment of her Beautiful Short Stories in English and Korean Downloadable Korean MP3 files are available to suppl...

The Pilgrim's Progress has inspired readers for over three centuries. It is one of the best-loved and most widely read books in English literature ...

Reducere. Description"I have been reading Lady Julian of Norwich, " declares C.S. Lewis in a letter to his former pupil, the Benedictine mystic Bede Griffith...

Reducere. A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knightBorn out of the chaos of the early Middle Ages, the armored and highly mobil...

In 1643/4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The painte...

Fairy tales are written to both entertain and educate, and published in the shadow of the First World War, F. A. Steel's retellings of forty-one 'E...

In the latest mystery in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher rings in the New Year with British aristocracy, but someone's about to ...

Reducere. THE QUEEN'S SMUGGLER Introducing William Tyndale Sarah Poyntz is the daughter of an English merchant who operates a shipping business from Antwerp,...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lynsay SandsFrom New York Times bestselling author of The Husband Hunt, The Heiress, and other beloved historical romances,...

Reducere. Originally published in two parts in "The Court and Society Review" (March, 1887), "The Canterville Ghost" is a comical short story written by Osca...

Reducere. Do you want to read Dracula? If so then keep reading... During a business visit to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania, a young English solicito...

Reducere. Curated by Chelsea Hetherington PhD - A Sweet Storybook to Help Kids Learn about Anger & Emotional Management, and Ultimately Making Good Choices!F...

Reducere. In Styria, we, though by no means magnificent people, inhabit a castle, or schloss. A small income, in that part of the world, goes a great way. Ei...

Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collabora...

A definitive survey of the glorious British landscapes designed by Humphry Repton, whose influence is felt everywhere from the rolling meadows and ...

From her discovery of an aristocratic infant abandoned in a village telephone booth, to dark doings amongst Scottish banks and braes, it's a roller...

Reducere. I Am A Big Sister Now: A Warm Children's Picture Book About Sibling's Emotions and Feelings (Jealousy, Anger, Children Emotional Management Illustr...

Reducere. Macavity AwardJapanese-American Rei Shimura is a 27-year-old English teacher living in one of Tokyo's seediest neighborhoods. She doesn't make much...

Reducere. Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a people whose history might be steeped in blood and...