Lord Minimus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lord Minimus write by Nick Page. This book was released on 2003-08-21. Lord Minimus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1628, as the guest of a lavish banquet thrown by the Duke of Buckingham, the newly married Queen Henrietta Maria watched as servants set a large pie in front of her. Before she could cut into it, the crust began to rise and from the pie emerged a tiny man, perfectly proportioned, but only 18 inches tall. Lord Minimus is the story of that man - Jeffrey Hudson. Jeffrey's was a life of splendor and riches; of piracy and slavery; of war, treachery, intrigue and death. From the lowest strata he rose to the courts of kings and queens and was celebrated by the finest artists of the day. As he grew older, his adventures grew even more bizarre. He was captured by pirates, killed an opponent in a duel, served as a slave in North Africa, and was falsely imprisoned. Yet tragically, Britain's smallest man died alone, abandoned by a society which no longer cared and which had long moved on to the next object of fashion. Lord Minimus is the first complete biography of Hudson. Nick Page draws on original, contemporary sources to weave a tale that is not only a thrilling biography, but also a fascinating insight into the seventeenth century.
Lord Minimus
Lord Minimus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lord Minimus write by David Piper. This book was released on 1955. Lord Minimus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Lord Minimus
Lord Minimus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lord Minimus write by Nick Page. This book was released on 2001. Lord Minimus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1628, as the guest of a lavish banquet thrown by the Duke of Buckingham, a large raised pie was set before the newly married Queen Henrietta Maria. Before she could cut into it however, the crust began to rise of its own accord and out of the pie emerged a tiny man - perfectly proportioned, but only 18 inches tall.
MINIMUS
MINIMUS - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook MINIMUS write by Mark Bodholdt. This book was released on 2024-08-28. MINIMUS available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The angel Minimus is commissioned by God to record and keep track of the struggle between God and Satan for the rulership of the Universe. Since any angel has been alive since the beginning of the Universe MINIMUS has a ringside seat to what is still going on.
The Queen's Dwarf
The Queen's Dwarf - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Queen's Dwarf write by Ella March Chase. This book was released on 2014-01-21. The Queen's Dwarf available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A richly imagined, gorgeously written historical novel set in the Stuart court featuring a unique hero: Jeffrey Hudson, a dwarf tasked with spying on the beautiful but vulnerable queen It's 1629, and King Charles I and his French queen Henrietta Maria have reigned in England for less than three years. Young dwarf Jeffrey Hudson is swept away from a village shambles and plunged into the Stuart court when his father sells him to the most hated man in England—the Duke of Buckingham. Buckingham trains Jeffrey to be his spy in the household of Charles' seventeen-year-old bride, hoping to gain intelligence that will help him undermine the vivacious queen's influence with the king. Desperately homesick in a country that hates her for her nationality and Catholic faith, Henrietta Maria surrounds herself with her "Royal Menagerie of Freaks and Curiosities of Nature"—a "collection" consisting of a giant, two other dwarves, a rope dancer, an acrobat/animal trainer and now Jeffrey, who is dubbed "Lord Minimus." Dropped into this family of misfits, Jeffrey must negotiate a labyrinth of court intrigue and his own increasingly divided loyalties. For not even the plotting of the Duke nor the dangers of a tumultuous kingdom can order the heart of a man. Though he is only eighteen inches tall, Jeffrey Hudson's love will reach far beyond his grasp—to the queen he has been sent to destroy. Full of vibrant period detail, The Queen's Dwarf by Ella March Chase is a thrilling and evocative portrait of an intriguing era.
