Keith Roberts

"Considered Keith Roberts' masterwork, this novel consists of linked short stories (six measures and a coda) set in a twentieth century where the Roman Catholic Church controls the western world, and has done so since Queen Elizabeth of England was assassinated in 1588. The Protestant Reformation never happened. The Inquisition thrives. And a tyrannical Rome maintains its power in a Dark Age, by limiting knowledge, outlawing electricity and curbing...

This volume features the popular works of this insightful artist, from his love of the female nude form to becoming one of the leaders of the Impressionist style. With a fresh and thoughtful introduction to the life and art of one of the most famous artists in the world, the book goes on to showcase his key works in all their glory.

In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse who is being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.

As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg.

Christmas in Williamsburg means a dancing party at the Governor's Palace for Felicity, but her mother becomes very ill and cannot finish the special blue gown.

The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth.

Christmas in Williamsburg means a dancing party at the Governor's Palace for Felicity, but her mother becomes very ill and cannot finish the special blue gown.

Miller sketches Twain's life, with its flamboyant successes and devastating personal tragedies, and links it to the works, not only the two that solidified his reputation forever, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, but also Life on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Pudd'nhead Wilson, and The mysterious stranger. Summarizes the best of Twain scholarship during the last thirty years and reevaluates commonly held assumptions...