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Author
Series
Studien zur Ideen- Kultur- und Zeitgeschichte volume Band 3
Publisher
Ibidem Verlag
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Deutsch
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained...
Author
Series
Reborn Empire volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Expecting to find allies among the deserting Levanti, Rah instead finds an enemy in their enigmatic Horse Whisperer. No longer a unified group, he struggles to lead the fractured Levanti, and will have to choose between fighting for his people's survival and the life of his oldest friend. Having allies isn't the same as keeping them. Miko has to move fast to secure a foothold in the ruins of her empire, yet for every success she makes ever more enemies....
Author
Series
Rise of the empress volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Beautiful eighteen-year-old Xifeng, raised by a cruel aunt who says the stars destine her to be Empress of Feng Lu, chooses to spurn the man who loves her and exploit the dark magic that can make her dream real.
Author
Series
Reborn Empire volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Into Kisia's conquered north, a Levanti empire is born. Loyal to the new emperor, Dishiva e'Jaroven must tread the line between building a new life and clinging to the old. But his next choice will challenge all she thinks she knows and everything she wants to believe. Now empress of nothing, Miko is more determined than ever to claim her empire, yet as her hunt for allies grows increasingly desperate, she may learn too late that power lies not in...
Publisher
GoodTimes Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An ancient book is the gateway between two worlds. Bastian opens the book and is transported to the magical world of Fantasia which is being threatened by evil forces. The Childlike Empress is at death's door and cannot fight off Xayide, the Dark Princess and her evil forces. Bastian's Fantasian alter ego, Atreyu must come to the Empress's aid along with his sidekick, Fly Girl and two fast-talking hucksters, Rip Rowdy and Wexlerian. Atreyu must unlock...
11) A dark sacrifice
Author
Series
Rune of unmaking volume 2
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
13) Redemptor
Author
Series
Raybearer volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Contending with the lives of her loved ones in danger, assassination attempts, and a new stranger she can't quite trust, Empress Redemptor Tarisai must decide if she is willing to die for justice--or to live for it.
An Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the Underworld, a sacrifice...
Author
Series
Singing Hills cycle volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layered story of the tiger and her scholar lover-a woman of courage, intelligence, and beauty--and discover how truth can survive becoming history. Nghi Vo returns to the empire of Ahn and the Singing Hills Cycle in When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, a...
Author
Series
Burning kingdoms volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The prophecy of the nameless god-the words that declared Malini the rightful empress of Parijatdvipa-has proven a blessing and curse. She is determined to claim the throne that fate offered her. But even with the strength of the rage in her heart and the army of loyal men by her side, deposing her brother is going to be a brutal and bloody fight. The power of the deathless waters flows through Priya's blood. Thrice born priestess, Elder of Ahiranya,...
17) Messalina: empress, adulteress, libertine ; the story of the most notorious woman of the Roman world
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The story of Messalina, third wife of the emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world. The image of the empress Messalina as a ruthless, sexually insatiable schemer, derived from the work of Roman historians such as Tacitus and Suetonius, has taken deep root in the Western imagination. The stories they told about her included nightly visits to a brothel and a twenty-four-hour sex competition with a prostitute....
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and most cherished wife of the Emperor Jahangir. While other wives were secluded behind walls, Nur ruled the vast Mughal Empire alongside her husband, and governed in his stead as his health failed and his attentions wandered from matters of state. Lal uncovers the rich life of Nur Jahan, giving new insight into the lives of...