A Tragic Choice for Joanna and Jamie in the Stuart Era
Joanna recalls a forced betrothal to Sir Ernest Merlvale while loving Jamie. Amid Civil War loyalties and royalist danger, she travels from England to Scotland to New York seeking Jamie, discovers Merivale in America, and reunites with him after perilous journeys. Jamie learns of Carbondale’s plot and regaining his estates.
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Jamie
Ernest Merlvale
Sir Enest
Sir Ernest
Meilvales
Ernest
Father
China
Joanna
Mg Charles 11
Scotland
England
London
Tower
Milady Castlemaine
Lord Carbondale
Orford
Carbondale
America
New Amsterdam
Duke of York
Merivale
Lord Carbondate
New York
Call of the Sea excerpt raises sea power debate
From The World Storm-and Beyond by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker the passage argues civilization shifts from river to ocean power, imagining hypotheticals if ancient routes and gatekeeping barriers blocked oceans and how Greece Rome England Germany might have fared without sea mastery.
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Euphrates
Nile
Interlora
Greece
Rome
France
Germany
England
Huphrates
Nila
Europe
Strait of Gibraltar
Edwin Davies Schoonmaker
Thoughtful Morning Walk with Mrs Dovekins
Mrs Dovekins rises early to pour coffee and offers to walk to the car with George. He expresses gratitude and affection, praising her consideration for preventing a lonely three block walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
All For Him Madge Your Wife Has A Will Of Her Own
Meek remarks on his wife Madge asserting she has a strong will. The dialogue hints at family dynamics and a claim that he is the sole beneficiary in a Boston tran script.
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Lyman Brown
Murray St
New York City
Madge
Boston Transcript
Amulet in Cairo Bazaar Reveals True Identity
In Cairo a party of American sightseers browses a bazaar where Gish Dewar, a harried trader, sells charms. Dick Carleton buys a costly amulet promising protection and a lost love, while Maud Raymond contemplates a future with him. The trader is revealed to be Elmer Winn, once Maud’s fiancé, who confesses he is the mysterious dealer and vows to reunite lovers. The tale ends with Winn leaving a copper box of 6500 plasters as a gesture toward fulfillment.
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Cairo
Gish Dewari
Ali Benamid
Maud
Abs. Carleton
Dick Carleton
Gish Dewar
Gish Dewars
Effendi
Maud Raymond
Miss Raymond
Elmer Winn
Curio Dealer
New York
Ammenara
Rameses II
Deldis
Rhia
Cameron
China
Maoud
Direk Carlston
Carleton
Wlinn
Winn
Effendil
Wina
Carlo
Precocious Painters of the Royal Academy Era
A condensed portrait of young prodigies including Wilkie Millais Holman Hunt Rossetti and Landseer who rose early to fame. The piece notes Wilkie painted Pitlessio Fair as a boy using hidden models from his parishioners and recalls Millais Pizarro and Peruvian scenes, Hunt's Eve of St Agnes and The Light of the World, Rossetti's Mary Virgin and Ecce Ancilla Domini, and Landseer's first academy exhibit at fifteen.
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Gome
Mero Boye
David Wiltkie
Wilkie
Millais
Royal Academy
South Kensington
Pigarro
Peru
Pizarro
Academy
Lorenzo and
Isabella
Walker Art Gallery of
Liverpool
Holman Hunt
St. Paul's Cathedral
Rossetti
Mary Virgin
Landseer
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Denton Journal
H Jonnsoy
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Belglano
Baltimore
Belgiano
Bolgiano
J. Boldiano & Son
Seeda
Renae Pumbs
WCIK
WM. Bullock
Denton, Maryland
F. W. McAllister & Co
N. Charles Street
Halllaore, Md
Shultz
M. Is. Mewn Aai
Greensboro
Ednesday
Mnrderkill River
Philadelphia
Predherica
Matham H. Maxeson
Wil
Predenca
Webb's and
Flowers
Aaugiui
Rei
Yues
Boal
Ile Consumers’ Ice Co
Chester
Phila
Keystone Main
Frederica & Philadelphia Navigation Co
Officf-Frederica. del
P.m
Sam Ida
M. Sth
M Tin
Lim Hila Pier
Victor Victrolas
Edison Diamond Disc
Wheatley’s Musical Emporium 1
Wheatley
Walton
Pesse
Rennert Hotel
Tultinare
Liberty and
Saratoga Streets
Hochachukch
Howard and
Lexington Streets
Hest
Hochschild, Kohn & Co
Baltimore, Md
Ridgely
T. S., Day, Swing & CO
Ridgely, Md
Ewes
Dulany-Vernay
N. Charles St
Penton
Dean
Martha A. Meekins
Chapland Ave
Cambridge
Tor Sale
Titus
Hmughes Lumber & Coal CO
Denton
Preston
Choptank Road
Henry Schmick
Preston, Md
Brincklee & Canning, Inc
Archittects
Haston
Maryland
Western Maryland College
Andy Yeaner
Wilmington
Christian
S. Cardoso de Silva
Henry G. Budd
Dover
Delaware
Tindson
Albany
Schenectady
Mervale
Mohawk
James II
William
Mary
Call OF the Sea
Ish Dewar
Effend
Ghiy
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