| The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker, Fiction, Literary, Action & Adventure Contributor(s): Parker, Gilbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1606640488 ISBN-13: 9781606640487 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: As Jasmine left the theater box with the wealthy Byng, the girl's white-haired, prematurely aged father whispered in the pretty stepmother's ear, his eyes locked upon the young millionaire splendid appearance, "Jasmine'll marry that nabob -- you'll see!" The stepmother shrugged. "Jasmine is in love with Ian Stafford," she said, decisively. "And clearly the feeling is reciprocated." "That may be," was the stubborn reply. "But she'll marry Rudyard Byng!" Canadian novelist Sir Gilbert Parker (1862-1932) was author of "The Battle of the Strong," "Parables of a Province," and the best-selling novel of the American revolution "The Seats of the Mighty." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 336 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Parker, Gilbert: - "Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker (1862 - 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A. The best of his novels are those in which he first took for his subject the history and life of the French Canadians and his permanent literary reputation rests on the fine quality, descriptive and dramatic, of his Canadian stories. Pierre and his People (1892) was followed by Mrs. Falchion (1893), The Trail of the Sword (1894), When Valmond came to Pontiac (1895), An Adventurer of Icy North (1895) and The Seats of the Mighty (1896, dramatized in 1897). The Seats of the Mighty was a historical novel depicting the English conquest of Quebec with James Wolfe and the Marquis de Montcalm as two of the characters. The Lane that Had No Turning (1900), a collection of short stories set in the fictional Quebec town of Pontiac, contains some of his best work and is viewed by some as being in the tradition of such Gothic classics as Stoker's Dracula and James's The Turn of the Screw. In The Battle of the Strong (1898) he broke new ground, laying his scene in the Channel Islands. His chief later books were The Right of Way (1901), Donovan Pasha (1902), The Ladder of Swords (1904), The Weavers (1907), Northern Lights (1909) and The Judgment House (1913). Parker had three that made it into the top 10 on the annual list of bestselling novels in the United States, two of which were on it for two years in a row." |
