Evening in the Palace of Reason

Evening in the Palace of Reason
Title Evening in the Palace of Reason PDF eBook
Author James Gaines
Publisher HarperCollins UK
Pages 372
Release 2005
Genre History
ISBN 0007153937

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Tells the story of the history-making meeting between scorned master composer Johann Sebastian Bach and Prussia's Frederick the Great.

For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions

For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions
Title For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions PDF eBook
Author James R. Gaines
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 546
Release 2008-09-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0393333515

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On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a gallop. So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a single, thrilling narrative, this book tells the story of those revolutions, and shows just how deeply intertwined they actually were. Their leaders, George Washington and the marquis de Lafayette, had a relationship every bit as complex as the long, fraught history of the French-American alliance. Vain, tough, ambitious, they strove to shape their characters and records into the form they wanted history to remember. Book jacket.

The Fifties

The Fifties
Title The Fifties PDF eBook
Author James R. Gaines
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 288
Release 2022-02-08
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1439101639

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Introduction: Seeing in the dark -- Gay rights: "To be nobody but yourself" -- Feminism: "Meet Jane Crow" -- Civil rights: The war after the wars -- Ecology: Before we knew -- Epilogue: The best of us.

Palace of Spies

Palace of Spies
Title Palace of Spies PDF eBook
Author Sarah Zettel
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 373
Release 2013
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0544074114

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Peggy Fitzroy is clever enough to fake her way into King George's court in London, but is she clever enough to survive in his Palace of Spies?

Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great
Title Frederick the Great PDF eBook
Author Giles MacDonogh
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 468
Release 2001-02-24
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780312272661

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A look at the life of Frederick the Great reveals the often misunderstood king as not only a feared conqueror, but also a patron of the arts and a progressive lawmaker who helped make Berlin one of Europe's great capital cities.

Bach Among the Theologians

Bach Among the Theologians
Title Bach Among the Theologians PDF eBook
Author Jaroslav Pelikan
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 173
Release 2003-11-06
Genre Religion
ISBN 1597522775

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This superb and enduring contribution to the Johann Sebastian Bach tricentennial focuses on Bach's vocation as a musician of the church and on his work as a theologian. Although Bach is most often remembered for his music, Jaroslav Pelikan here reminds us of the message of Bach's works and of his understanding and devotion to his vocation within the church. By relating Bach's work to the heritage of the Lutheran Reformation -- musical as well as theological -- Pelikan places Bach within the context of the theological currents of his time. Maintaining that the Reformation heritage provides the underlying thematic and religious inspiration for Bach's work, Pelikan delves into three main movements within Lutheran theology of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as a framework for understanding Bach. He also demonstrates how Bach's sacred music complements and illustrates these theological trends. In the second portion of the book, Pelikan examines the theological motifs that are reflected in the texts Bach used and in the settings he provided for these texts. The author points to Bach's particular interest in the meaning of the cross, and to redemption and atonement through the death and resurrection of Christ. He notes the centrality of the 'Passions' in Bach's lifework and their importance for the history of the doctrine of atonement. 'Bach Among the Theologians' represents a unique inspirational complement to the many works that concentrate primarily on the composer's personal or secular life.

The Queen Of The Night

The Queen Of The Night
Title The Queen Of The Night PDF eBook
Author Alexander Chee
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 573
Release 2016-02-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0544106601

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a Best Book of the Year from NPR, Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, and others. The mesmerizing story of one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned diva—"a brilliant performance" (Washington Post). The Queen of the Night tells the captivating story of Lilliet Berne, an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe and was swept into the glamour and terror of Second Empire France. She became a sensation of the Paris Opera, with every accolade but an original role—her chance at immortality. When one is offered to her, she finds the libretto is based on her deepest secret, something only four people have ever known. But who betrayed her? With epic sweep, gorgeous language, and haunting details, Alexander Chee shares Lilliet’s cunning transformation from circus rider to courtesan to legendary soprano, retracing the path that led to the role that could secure her reputation—or destroy her with the secrets it reveals. “It just sounds terrific. It sounds like opera.”—The New Yorker “Sprawling, soaring, bawdy, and plotted like a fine embroidery.”—NPR