England, 1471. Adopted as a baby, Denys lives with her mother Elizabeth: queen and married to Edward IV.Denys makes numerous attempts to uncover her true lineage, but each effort comes to an abrupt and tragic end. Queen Elizabeth metes out Denys's ultimate degradation, when she marries her off to the ambitious Valentine Starbury.As her feelings for Valentine bloom into love, can she finally discover the truth about her past?

"I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance money." Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in The Sign of Four. Early 1902 - On the eve of Newgate Prison's demolition, Watson spies Holmes leaving a public sale of the prison's miscellany in the company of a beautiful stranger and in possession of an unusual trophy: the death mask of a woman who, more than twenty years earlier, had been executed for the murder of her three c...

Handbook of Energy Economics and Policy: Fundamentals and Applications for Engineers and Energy Planners presents energy engineers and managers with analytical skills and concepts that enable them to apply simple economic logic to understand the interrelations between energy technologies, economics, regulation and governance of the industry. Sections cover the origins, types and measurement of energy sources, transportation networks, and regulatory and policy issues on electricity and gas ...

A comprehensive guide for sculptors looking to recreate the human body using clay, from the author of The Portrait in ClayIn Sculpting the Figure in Clay, acclaimed portrait bust sculptor Peter Rubio teaches a master class in the essentials of figurative sculpture. In this intensive, all-inclusive guide, he introduces students to a natural, straightforward geometry that will help them become masters at forming figures of clay. Rubino’s unique appr...

Calabria is the southern region of Italy, which geographically corresponds to the tip of the boot. This ancient land, which gave its name to Italy, is characterized by a great historical, cultural, archaeological and environmental richness and above all by a particular and unique in its kind, landscape variety. In 2017 the Calabria region was reported by the prestigious American newspaper New York Times, as one of the places on our planet that is really worth visiting.An unusual gui...

Simulating a workshop studio course, this book provides action-photography sequences that enable readers to observe every step a master sculptor takes in building a portrait in clay.

When preservation architect Leah Halliday falls asleep in the bed once owned by King Richard III, she has no idea it will change her life.When she wakes up, it's the year 1485. Hugh Radcliffe, trusted knight of King Richard, believes Leah is his arranged bride Matilda, who she's never set eyes on before.According to Leah’s history books, Hugh was executed for treason, and for killing his first wife. When she meets Andrew Gilbert, another time traveler from the 21st century,...

This book focuses on the two intra-regional initiatives created for the development and integration of energy markets: the Energy Community and MedReg.The Energy Community and MedReg, apart from their common strategic role in providing a much-needed stable regulatory environment for energy markets in their respective reference countries, represent examples of a diverse development of regional energy initiatives. The former is initiated by external factors and is an example of a top...

Regulation & Investments in Energy Markets: Solutions for the Mediterranean presents the status of advancement and maturity of the Mediterranean energy policy, identifying patterns of development as well as lessons learned. Mediterranean countries are facing unprecedented challenges in the energy sector which affect the entire region. Energy policy and regulation is the key to tackling energy efficiency challenges, and providing favorable conditions for engineering infrastructures, investm...

Modern Homeric scholarship is distinguished by a dazzling diversity of approaches. That diversity is brilliantly displayed in this volume, in which nine well-known classicists approach the Homeric poems from the various perspectives of archaeology, economic history, philosophy, literary criticism, linguistics, and Byzantine history.Several essays are primarily concerned with what the Homeric poems teach us about the past. Richard Hope Simpson, for example, reviews the controversy s...

Ona Judge: I Am Free is a re-imagined account of a true and painful story with a soul, told generations on. It tells the story of Ona Judge, known as Oney, Martha Washington’s ‘favorite servant,’ in Oney’s own words.At the height of George Washington's presidency, Oney boldly defied orders and expectations, slipping past the watchful eyes of the nation's capital and finding refuge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Despite their best efforts to reclaim her, Oney remained a specter of fr...

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s courtship of Sophia Peabody lasted for three years, because he insisted on keeping it secret. He had his reasons, none of which Sophia agreed with.After Nathaniel met Sophia Peabody, an artist in her own right, she changed his life forever. Sparks flew. Knowing the shame and guilt of the past that haunted him, she made it her quest to save him.Even though they faced many complications from both sides of their families, Sophia and Nathaniel triumphed - ...