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Camelot: Roleplaying in the Court of King Arthur (Roleplaying Game)
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Camelot: Roleplaying in the Court of King Arthur (Roleplaying Game)Camelot: Roleplaying in the Court of King Arthur (Roleplaying Game)

Knights and Wizards!

They were the best knights in the world. They were advised by the most powerful wizard of all . . . Merlin himself! And their leader was King Arthur, bearer of Excalibur.

The story of Camelot is the story of chivalry itself. All the knightly traditions of fantasy . . . monster-slaying, maiden-rescuing, jousts, adventures in disguise . . . came from the tales of King Arthur, as told by a thousand years of bards. Now Camelot comes alive for the roleplayer.

 

 
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Tags: Camelot, Arthur, Roleplaying, story, years, Court
The Friar's Tale (Canterbury Tales)
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The friar's tale (canterbuty tale)The friar's tale (canterbuty tale)

This story concerns a Summoner who is paid by a Bishop to summon sinners for Trial before the Church Court.

This particular Summoner has a team of spies and harlots who provide him with information concerning those living in the Parish, and the Summoner gathers this information to be used against them by the Church.  The Summoner blackmails the Parishioners to prevent him revealing the information to the Church Court.

 
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Tags: Summoner, Church, information, Court, against, Parish
The Lodger by Charles Nicholl
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The Lodger by Charles NichollThe Lodger by Charles Nicholl

In 1612, William Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster; it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. The case seems routine---a dispute over an unpaid marriage dowry---but it opens an unexpected window into the dramatist’s famously obscure life. Using the court testimony as a springboard, acclaimed nonfiction writer Charles Nicholl examines this fascinating period in Shakespeare’s life. With evidence from a wide variety of sources,
 
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Tags: Nicholl, rsquo, Charles, court, Shakespeare, Charles, Nicholl, Lodger, evidence
The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
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The Ballad of Sir DinadanThe Ballad of Sir Dinadan

Young Dinadan has no wish to joust or quest or save damsels in distress or do any of the knightly things expected of him. He'd rather be a minstrel, playing his rebec and writing ballads. But he was born to be a knight,
and knights, of course, have adventures. So after his father forces his knighthood upon him, he wanders toward King Arthur's court, in the company of a misguided young Welsh lad named Culloch. There Dinadan meets Sir Kai and Sir Bedivere, and the three find themselves accompanying Culloch on the worst sort of quest.
 
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Tags: Dinadan, Culloch, quest, misguided, young, Ballad, court
The Last Wife of Henry VIII: A Novel [AUDIOBOOK]
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The Last Wife of Henry VIII: A Novel [AUDIOBOOK]

From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette comes a powerful new novel about Catherine Parr, The Last Wife of Henry VIII. The least known of Henry VIII's six wives was the cleverest of them all. Alluring, witty, and resourceful, she attracted the king's lust and, though much in love with the handsome Thomas Seymour, was thrown into the intrigue-filled snakepit of the royal court.Catherine withstood the onslaught, even when Henry sought to replace her with wife number seven.

REUPLOAD NEEDED

 
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Tags: Henry, Catherine, kings, court, While, snakepit, filled, royal