Blue Blood

Blue Blood

Blue Blood

Arthur Griffiths

10,51 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2006
Materia
Ficción histórica
ISBN:
9781557425324
10,51 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

Arthur Griffiths (1838-1908) was a British author, military historian, and prison administrator. He served in the British Army for over two decades, achieving the rank of major, and later became an inspector of prisons in England. His extensive experience in military life and the penal system greatly influenced his writing, which often centered on crime, punishment, and historical events. Griffiths authored numerous books, including crime fiction, military histories, and accounts of prison life, providing vivid insights into 19th-century British institutions and society.

Artículos relacionados

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Although Polish, Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best.  As a reader we are brought to face our psychological selves to answer, ‘Who is the true savage?’ ...
    Disponible

    6,42 €

  • To Gain What’s Lost
    AnneMarie Brear
    She thinks her life has changed for the better, her dark secrets hidden, but little does she know… The daughter of a wealthy landowner in Yorkshire, England in 1864, Anna Thornton leads a privileged life. But she is not content. She wants her life to mean something and longs to be accepted for the free-thinking, independent woman she is. When the dashing, adventurer Matt Cowan ...
    Disponible

    13,72 €

  • Hannah
    E. Ruth Harder / ERuth Harder
    More than 2000 years ago, the world was a very different place. Into that world was born a very unique girl-Hannah. An orphan, she is, never the less, intelligent, ambitious and fiercely independent. Hannah’s bond with her first true friend, Mary, leads her into a life where she becomes a singular woman who is true to her soul, and strong in her faith in God. Against all rules ...
    Disponible

    12,57 €

  • Beyond Derrynane
    Kevin O'Connell
    Wed in an arranged marriage to a man nearly fifty years her senior, sixteen-year-old Eileen O'Connell goes from being one of five unmarried sisters to become the mistress of Ballyhar, the great estate of John O'Connor, one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Ireland. When O'Connor dies suddenly seven months into their marriage, Eileen must decide whether ...
    Disponible

    13,40 €

  • Melting the Blues
    Tracy Chiles McGhee
    Winner of the 2016 Fauset Book Award in the Category of First FictionSet in Arkansas in 1957,  the complexities of identity, yearnings for love and acceptance, and racial tension are all unmasked in the riveting literary drama, Melting the Blues, by debut author Tracy Chiles McGhee. Augustus Lee Rivers, a farmer and bluesman, has two obsessions:  his relationship with the Dunca...
    Disponible

    17,93 €

  • Daughter of Destiny
    Nicole Evelina
    Before queenship and Camelot, Guinevere was a priestess of Avalon. She loved another before Arthur, a warrior who would one day betray her.In the war-torn world of late fifth century Britain, young Guinevere faces a choice: stay with her family to defend her home at Northgallis from the Irish, or go to Avalon to seek help for the horrific visions that haunt her. The Sight calls...
    Disponible

    13,94 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1
    Arthur Griffiths
    Unlock the thrilling world of crime and intrigue with 'Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1,' a captivating exploration of true crime stories and unsolved mysteries that have shaped law enforcement history. This remarkable volume, long out of print, has been meticulously restored by Alpha Editions for today s and future generations, making it not just a reprint, but a collecto...
    Disponible

    24,10 €

  • Non-Criminal Prisons
    Arthur Griffiths
    Non-criminal prisons examines the history and social consequences of confining individuals in penal institutions despite the absence of criminal convictions. Focusing on English debtor s prisons and military detention sites, the work scrutinizes systems that punished people for financial misfortune or wartime circumstance rather than legal wrongdoing. Beginning with a historica...
    Disponible

    13,79 €

  • A Son Of Mars Vol. I
    Arthur Griffiths
    A son of Mars Vol. I is a novel that examines the upheaval of personal identity when a child is suddenly removed from a familiar world and thrust into one of privilege and uncertainty. The early pages depict a noisy and chaotic military barrack household, where a young boy grows up under the strict yet affectionate care of a working-class couple. A tragic incident leads to an e...
  • A Son Of Mars Vol. II
    Arthur Griffiths
    A son of Mars Vol. II is a novel that examines the upheaval of personal identity when a child is suddenly removed from a familiar world and thrust into one of privilege and uncertainty. The early pages depict a noisy and chaotic military barrack household, where a young boy grows up under the strict yet affectionate care of a working-class couple. A tragic incident leads to an ...
    Disponible

    11,85 €

  • Non-Criminal Prisons / English Debtor’s Prisons and Prisons of War; French War Prisons; American War Prisons With References to Those of Other Lands
    Arthur Griffiths
    Delve into the historical realities of English law and punishment with Arthur Griffiths’ 'History and Romance of Crime; Non-Criminal Prisons.' This meticulously researched work examines a fascinating aspect of prison history: the debtors’ prison. Explore the social and legal landscape that led to imprisonment for debt and the broader context of crime and punishment in Great Bri...
    Disponible

    21,16 €

  • Millbank Penitentiary
    Arthur Griffiths
    Delve into the dark history of crime and punishment in Victorian England with Arthur George Frederick Griffiths’ 'The History and Romance of Crime, Millbank Penitentiary.' This meticulously prepared edition offers a fascinating glimpse into the infamous Millbank Penitentiary, a cornerstone of the British penal system and a precursor to penal colonies abroad. Griffiths, a keen o...
    Disponible

    21,12 €