Books with author John Carradine

The 128-year dynasty of the Komneni (1057 to 1185) was the last great epoch of Byzantium, when the empire had to fend off Turkish and Norman foes simultaneously. Starting with the extremely able Alexios I, and unable now to count on help from the West, the Komneni played their strategic cards very well. Though the dynasty ended in cruelty and incompetence under Andronikos I (the Terrible), it fought a valiant rear-guard action in keeping eastern Christendom alive. The Komnene dynasty saw several changes in Byzantine military practice, such as the adoption of heavy cavalry on the western model, the extensive use of foreign mercenaries and the neglect of the navy (both of which were to prove a huge and possibly fatal disadvantage). A chapter is devoted to the famous Varangian Guard, which included many Saxons in exile following the Norman conquest of England. The terrible defeat at Myriokephalon in 1176 sealed the doom of the dynasty, preparing the way for the conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusaders.

When John Carr published this book in 1891, he had already been a Californian for over forty years. His true tales of gold prospecting, gun fights, encounters with Indians, rough characters of the West, and politicos are amusing and highly entertaining. He knew many of the early big players in the state and provides an interesting view of the west during the American Civil War. Among his other employments, he sat as a police judge in Eureka, California and spent time in Tombstone, Arizona, during its wild west period. At the end of the book he provides short biographies of notables he knew. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever.

The little tour which gave birth to the following remarks, was takenimmediately after the exchange of the ratifications of a peace,necessary, but not inglorious to my country, after a contestunexampled in its cause, calamity, extension, vicissitudes and glory;amidst a people who, under the influence of a political change,hitherto unparallelled, were to be approached as an order of beings,exhibiting a moral and political form before but little known tothemselves and to the world, in the abrupt removal of habits andsentiments which had silently and uninterruptedly taken deep rootin the soil of ages.During a separation of ten years, we have received very little accountof this extraordinary people, which could be relied upon. Dissimilarsensations, excited by their principles and proceedings, ever partiallyand irregularly known, have depicted unaccording representationsof them, and, in the sequel, have exhibited rather a high-coloured,fanciful delineation, than a plain and faithful resemblance of theoriginal. Many are the persons who have been thus misled.These fugitive sketches, in which an attempt is made to delineate,just as they occurred, those scenes which, to my mind at least, werenew and interesting, were originally penned for the private perusalof those whom I esteem; and by their persuasion they are nowoffered to the public eye. Amongst them I must be permitted toindulge in the pride and pleasure of enumerating William Hayley,esq. a name familiar and dear to every elegant and polished mind.Enlightened by his emendations, and supported by the cherishingspirit of his approval, I approach, with a more subduedapprehension, the tribunal of public opinion; and to my friends Idedicate this humble result of a short relaxation from the duties of ananxious and laborious profession. If, by submitting to their wishes, Ihave erred, I have only to offer, that it is my first, and shall be mylast offence.Totnes, August, 1802. JOHN CARR.

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Here is a sweeping, two-episode fantasy epic filled with a feast of visual detail, an action-packed quest, magical spells and potions, weaponry, psi powers, political intrigue, hand-to-hand combat, and relationships among humans, elves, dwarves, and an exotic blue-skinned race. Painting brilliantly in word and deed, the author shows us two worlds, two technologies, two societiesone male dominated; the other, matriarchal. Discrimination, racism, sexism and hatred spawned from jealously play against compassion, love and humor. A medieval atmosphere is seeded with futuristic architecture, time portals and fantastic flying war ships. Eighteen riddles are woven into the novels 366 page story. Added to round out the epic are: an Elvish Dictionary; The History of The World: The First New Age and The Second New Age; The Runes of Elwolf; Maps; and Casts of Characters. This book is for the adolescent and older reader. Nudity is mentioned in slave scenes.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.