"Independent"", the genre rose to prominence in the 1990s not as a continuance of the celebration of ""sex and shopping [that] reflected the materialism of the 1980s"", but as a signal of ""disillusionment with those values"". ""Guardian"" Arts and Heritage correspondent Maev Kennedy described the genre poetically as encapsulating ""the nostalgic yearning for an Arcadian idyll"". The term was coined in 1992 by novelist Terence Blacker to describe specifically the work of Joanna Trollope, which not only inspired the label but popularized the type of literature typically so labeled. Trollope indicated in 2003 that ""[t]he name itself indicates a provincial"
"Shah, and Great Britain and bring about the fall of Nadir and the reinstallement of the deposed king Amanullah Khan. His act is considered to have contributed to the deposition of king Nadir later the same year. Aurora Nilsson was the model for the character in the Swedish novel ""Gryningsflickan"" (The Girl of the Dawn) by Swedish writer Tomas Löfström (1986), which was rewarded with the prize ""Novel of the Year"" by Bra Böcker in 1986. Aurora Nilsson Aurora Nilsson, also known as Rora Asim Khan (Västerhaninge 1 January 1894 - Södertälje 1972), was a Swedish writer who became known"
"Angel Mountain Saga The Angel Mountain Saga of eight novels was written by Welsh author Brian John, and was first published at the rate of one volume per year in 2001-2005, with later volumes in 2007, 2009 and 2012. The publisher is Greencroft Books, based in Newport, Pembrokeshire. The novels tell of the life and times of Mistress Martha Morgan, a feisty heroine who starts the series in 1796 as a pregnant and suicidal eighteen-year-old and finishes it by going to her grave in 1855. In the sixth novel she is resurrected (or is she?) and has further adventures in"
"Philippa Gregory Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is ""The Other Boleyn Girl"" (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two separate films. ""AudioFile"" magazine has called Gregory ""the queen of British historical fiction"". Philippa Gregory was born on 9 January 1954 in Nairobi, at that time serving as capital city of British Kenya (modern-day Republic of Kenya), the second daughter of Elaine (Wedd) and Arthur Percy Gregory,"
"estate. Most of her books and short stories have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics, and more than thirty feature films have been based on her work. Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on 15 September 1890 into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon. She was the youngest of three children born to Frederick Alvah Miller, an affluent American stockbroker, and his British-born wife Clara Miller née Boehmer. Agatha's mother Clara had been born in Belfast in 1854 to Captain Frederick Boehmer and his wife Mary Ann West as the couple's only daughter. Boehmer was killed"
"Ramanauskas, provided the historical research for many of her novels. Gedge has two sons, Simon and Roger. Pauline Gedge Pauline Gedge (born December 11, 1945) is a Canadian novelist best known for her historical fiction novels, including the best-selling ""Child of the Morning"", ""The Eagle and the Raven"", her fantasy novel ""Stargate"", and her Egyptian trilogies, ""Lords of the Two Lands"" and ""The King’s Men"". She also writes science fiction, fantasy and horror. Her 13 novels have sold more than six million copies in 18 languages. Her first four novels were published with cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon."
"Empire Trilogy The ""Empire"" Trilogy is a collaborative trilogy of political fantasy novels by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. It traces the story of Mara of the Acoma's rise to power from a convent novitiate to the most powerful woman in the fictional world of Kelewan. These three books are contemporary to Feist's original Riftwar Saga and feature some crossover characters, mainly from ""Magician"" (1982) (Pug, the protagonist of ""Magician"", appears twice in ""Servant of the Empire"" (1990) and once in ""Mistress of the Empire"" (1992)). Mara struggles to rule her family after her father and brother"
"Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer. She is known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, ""The Mousetrap"", and, under the pen name Mary Westmacott, six romances. In 1971 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature. Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon."
"Pauline Gedge Pauline Gedge (born December 11, 1945) is a Canadian novelist best known for her historical fiction novels, including the best-selling ""Child of the Morning"", ""The Eagle and the Raven"", her fantasy novel ""Stargate"", and her Egyptian trilogies, ""Lords of the Two Lands"" and ""The King’s Men"". She also writes science fiction, fantasy and horror. Her 13 novels have sold more than six million copies in 18 languages. Her first four novels were published with cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon. The Dillons almost never authorized their work for sale beyond that directly commissioned, but reproductions of their"
"Aunt Agatha Agatha Gregson, née Wooster, later Lady Worplesdon, is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being best known as Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha. Haughty and overbearing, Aunt Agatha wants Bertie to marry a wife she finds suitable, though she never manages to get Bertie married, thanks to Jeeves's interference. She is often mentioned in the stories as being Bertie's fearsome aunt, in contrast to her sister Aunt Dahlia, Bertie's genial aunt. The character of Aunt Agatha was inspired by Wodehouse's aunt Mary Bathurst Deane, his mother's older sister. In a"
"with two other Icelandic romances as ""Der Held des Nordens"" (The Hero of the North). A principal character in the television series ""Vikings"" (2013), played by Alyssa Sutherland, is loosely based on the legend, and introduced to Ragnar in the manner it described. Aslaug also appears as a daughter of Loki in the ""Red Queen's War"" series of fantasy novels by Mark Lawrence. Aslaug Aslaug, also called Aslög, Kráka or Kraba is a queen consort in Norse mythology who appears in Snorri's Edda, the Völsunga saga and in the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok as his third wife. According to the"
"John"" (1910). Novels featuring a gentleman adventurer were popular between the wars, exemplified by the series of H. C. McNeile with ""Bulldog Drummond"" (1920), and Leslie Charteris, whose many books chronicled the adventures of Simon Templar, alias ""The Saint"". The medieval scholar M. R. James wrote highly regarded ghost stories in contemporary settings. This was called 'the Golden Age of Detective Fiction'. Dame Agatha Christie, a writer of crime novels, short stories and plays, is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Other female writers dubbed ""Queens of crime"" include Dorothy L. Sayers"
"Asan Aga (1646), translated into European languages by Goethe, Walter Scott, Pushkin and Mérimée. The most notable tale from Serbian folklore is The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples. Baroque trends in Serbian literature emerged in the late 17th century. Notable Baroque-influenced authors were Gavril Stefanović Venclović, Jovan Rajić, Zaharije Orfelin, Andrija Zmajević and others. Dositej Obradović was the most prominent figure of the Age of Enlightenment, while the most notable Classicist writer was Jovan Sterija Popović, although his works also contained elements of Romanticism. In the era of national revival, in the first half of the 19th century, Vuk"
"Flora Nwapa Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (13 January 1931 – 16 October 1993) was a Nigerian author who has been called the mother of modern African literature. She was the forerunner to a generation of African women writers, and was also acknowledged as the first African woman novelist to be published in the English language in Britain. She achieved international recognition, with her first novel ""Efuru"" published in 1966 at the age of 30 years by Heinemann Educational Books. While never considering herself a feminist, she is best known for recreating life and traditions from an Igbo woman's viewpoint. Nwapa"
"(sometimes named separately as ""Regalis prosapia Anglorum""), Symeon of Durham (""thaes ceseres maga"") and Ailred of Rievaulx describe Agatha as a kinswoman of ""Emperor Henry"", the latter explicitly making her daughter of his brother (""filia germani imperatoris Henrici""). Later sources of dubious credibility such as the ""Chronicle of Melrose Abbey"" call her daughter of Henry, while Matthew of Paris calls her the emperor's sister (""soror Henrici imperatoris Romani""). Geoffrey Gaimar in ""Lestoire des Engles"" states that she was daughter of the Hungarian king and queen (""Li reis sa fille""), although he places the marriage at a time when Edward is"
"Agatha Christie bibliography Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. Although she wrote six romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, her reputation rests on the 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections that she wrote under her own name, which have sold over two billion copies—an amount only surpassed by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. Her works contain several regular characters with whom the public became familiar, including Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Parker Pyne and Harley Quin. Christie wrote more Poirot stories than any of the others,"
"Abigél (novel) Abigél ""(Abigail)"" is a young adult novel by the Hungarian author Magda Szabó. It was first published in 1970 and is her most widely read novel. In the Hungarian Big Read in 2005, it was voted the sixth most popular novel in Hungary. It was the third most popular Hungarian novel on the list. The novel has been translated into Czech, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Polish, and Romanian. ""Abigél"" is an adventure story about a teenage girl who attends a Calvinist girls' school in eastern Hungary during World War II. The novel's success resulted in a TV series,"
"Catherine Asaro Catherine Ann Asaro is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire. Catherine Asaro was born on November 6, 1955 in Oakland, California and grew up in El Cerrito, California. She attended Kennedy High School in Richmond, California as part of the Richmond Voluntary Integration Plan. She has a B.S. with highest honors in chemistry from UCLA, and both a Masters in physics and a PhD in chemical physics from Harvard University. When not writing and making appearances at conventions and"
"The Red Queen (Gregory novel) The Red Queen is a 2010 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, the second of her series ""The Cousins' War"". It is the story of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England. The 2013 BBC One television series ""The White Queen"" is a 10-part adaptation of Gregory's novels ""The White Queen"" (2009), ""The Red Queen"" and ""The Kingmaker's Daughter"" (2012), and features Amanda Hale as Margaret Beaufort. ""Publishers Weekly"" noted of ""The Red Queen"" that ""Gregory puts her many imitators to shame by dint of unequalled energy, focus, and unwavering execution."" ""AudioFile"" magazine gave its"
"fortune as she became historical and very popular.this true story tells you all about her crazy trip. Will Niagara Falls defeat her of will she defeat the falls? Just wait and see... Queen of the Falls Queen of the Falls is a 2011 fiction novel by children's writer Chris Van Allsburg. ""Queen of the Falls"" is about a 62-year-old woman named Annie Edson Taylor who remembers getting closer and closer to Niagara Falls with her father, entranced by the sight and sound of the water. Finally, as a 62-year-old, she goes over the falls in a wooden barrel, seeking fortune"
"Camilla Läckberg Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg Eriksson (born August 30, 1974) is a Swedish crime writer. As of the early-2010s, her work has been translated into at least 40 languages in 60 countries. Läckberg considers herself a crime writing specialist since discovering such literature on her father's bookshelf at a young age. It has remained a fascination for her ever since. Läckberg's books have received special praise for detail and ""in-depth characterization"". Läckberg – sometimes called the Swedish Agatha Christie – became a writer after her husband and parents enrolled her in a creative writing course as a Christmas present."
"Adelaide Phillpotts Mary Adelaide Eden Ross (née Phillpotts, 23 April 1896 – 4 June 1993) was an English novelist, poet and playwright. She married at the age of 55 leaving behind her father who had controlled their incestuous relationship. Phillpotts was born in Ealing, London and went to a local boarding school and then to Grassendale School in Southbourne, Dorset. Later she studied social care at Bedford College. As a 12-year-old girl she looked up to her slightly older Torquay neighbour Agatha Miller (later known to the world as Agatha Christie). Her father, the successful and prolific writer Eden Phillpotts,"
"The Three Perils of Woman The Three Perils of Woman is a three volume work of one novel and two linked novellas by Scots author and poet James Hogg. Following its original publication in 1823, it was omitted from Victorian editions of Hogg’s ‘’Collected Works’’ and re-published only in 2002. The three Perils are Love, Leasing (an old Scots term for Lying) and Jealousy. This, which takes up the first two volumes, is set in about 1820 and is the story of Agatha (Gatty) Bell, the daughter of Daniel Bell, a sheep farmer in the Scottish Borders (as was Hogg)."
"was the predominant mode of crime writing. Agatha Christie is not only the most famous Golden Age writer, but also considered one of the most famous authors of all genres of all time. At the time of her death in 1976, “she was the best-selling novelist in history.” Many of the most popular books of the Golden Age were written by Agatha Christie. She produced long series of books featuring detective characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, amongst others. Her use of basing her stories on complex puzzles, “combined with her stereotyped characters and picturesque middle-class settings”, is credited"
"have joined it with the stanza prior. Sága is mentioned once in both the ""Prose Edda"" books ""Gylfaginning"" and ""Skáldskaparmál"", while Sokkvabekk is only mentioned once, in ""Gylfaginning"". In chapter 35 of ""Gylfaginning"", High tells Gangleri (described as king Gylfi in disguise) about the ásynjur. High follows a description of Frigg and her dwelling Fensalir with ""Second is Saga. She dwells in Sokkvabekk, and that is a big place."" In chapter 75 of the book ""Skáldskaparmál"", Sága is present among a list of 27 ásynjur, but no information is provided about her there. John Lindow says that due to similarity"
"her on her own or as a member of a group. The definitive study of Agatha Christie's stage plays is ""Curtain Up: Agatha Christie, A Life in Theatre"" by Julius Green. Agatha Christie bibliography Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. Although she wrote six romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, her reputation rests on the 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections that she wrote under her own name, which have sold over two billion copies—an amount only surpassed by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. Her works contain several regular"
"George Eliot Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Ann or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, including ""Adam Bede"" (1859), ""The Mill on the Floss"" (1860), ""Silas Marner"" (1861), ""Romola"" (1862–63), ""Middlemarch"" (1871–72), and ""Daniel Deronda"" (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype"
"Queen of the Falls Queen of the Falls is a 2011 fiction novel by children's writer Chris Van Allsburg. ""Queen of the Falls"" is about a 62-year-old woman named Annie Edson Taylor who remembers getting closer and closer to Niagara Falls with her father, entranced by the sight and sound of the water. Finally, as a 62-year-old, she goes over the falls in a wooden barrel, seeking fortune and fame. A real story about a 62 year old charm school teacher that's becomes a widow with no fame and fortune decides to do this crazy daredevil feat.then getting fame and"
"directed travelogues. Manjiri is also the founder-director of the Pune International Literary Festival. Manjiri Prabhu Manjiri Prabhu (born 30 September 1964) is an Indian author, TV producer and filmmaker. She has been hailed as the 'Desi Agatha Christie' by the media and is acknowledged as being the first woman writer of mystery fiction in India. Manjiri Atmaram Prabhu was born in Pune to Atmaram Prabhu, a businessman and Shobha Prabhu, a prominent astrologer in a family of five siblings. Manjiri started experimenting with novels at a young age and acknowledges Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie as her early inspiration. She"
"lifetime achievement award. The same year, the Pakistan Life Care Foundation (PLCF) also awarded the lifetime achievement award to Qudsia. Bano Qudsia Bano Qudsia (‎; 28 November 1928 – 4 February 2017), also known as Bano Aapa, was a Pakistani novelist, playwright and spiritualist. She wrote literature in Urdu, producing novels, dramas and short stories. Qudsia is best known for her novel ""Raja Gidh."" Qudsia also wrote for television and stage in both Urdu and Punjabi languages. Her play ""Aadhi Baat"" has been called ""a classic"". Bano Qudsia died in Lahore on 4 February 2017. Bano Qudsia was born on"
"Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (; 14 December 1640? (baptismal date)–16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. Rising from obscurity, she came to the notice of Charles II, who employed her as a spy in Antwerp. Upon her return to London and a probable brief stay in debtors' prison, she began writing for the stage. She belonged to a coterie of"
"in the book marketing strategy. In reviews Mistress Martha is referred to as ""Mother Wales"" in view of her complex and imperfect character, inviting comparisons with Chris Guthrie, the heroine and ""Mother Scotland"" who features in Grassic Gibbons' famous trilogy of novels called ""A Scots Quair."" The cover of the latest printed edition of Volume One in the series Angel Mountain Saga The Angel Mountain Saga of eight novels was written by Welsh author Brian John, and was first published at the rate of one volume per year in 2001-2005, with later volumes in 2007, 2009 and 2012. The publisher"
"Margaret Ogola Margaret Atieno Ogola (12 June 1958 – 21 September 2011) was the Kenyan author of the novel ""The River and the Source"" and its sequel, ""I Swear by Apollo"". ""The River and the Source"" follows four generations of Kenyan women in a rapidly changing country and society. The book has been on the KCSE syllabus for many years, and it won the 1995 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book, Africa Region. Ogola completed on her final book, titled ""Mandate of the people"", before her death and it is set to be released posthumously. She was also the"