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The kings' mistresses : the liberated lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and her sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin
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ISBN: 9781586488895 1586488899 9781586488901 1586488902 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs,

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The little-known story of two spirited sisters who flaunted every social convention of 17th century Europe in their determination to live independently.


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Improving School Leadership Through Support, Evaluation, and Incentives: The Pittsburgh Principal Incentive Program
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ISBN: 0833076337 0833076345 0833076175 9780833076335 9780833076342 9780833076328 0833076329 9780833076175 9780833076175 Year: 2012 Publisher: RAND Corporation

The Saga of the Volsungs
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ISBN: 1280995556 9786613767165 0520951514 9780520951518 9780520272996 0520272994 0585081360 9780585081366 0520066839 0520069048 9781280995552 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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The Saga of the Volsungs is an Icelandic epic of special interest to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew heavily upon this Norse source in writing his Ring Cycle and a primary source for writers of fantasy such as J. R. R. Tolkien and romantics such as William Morris.A trove of traditional lore, it tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung.Byock's comprehensive introduction explores the history, legends, and myths contained in the saga and traces the development of a narrative that reaches back to the period of the great folk migrations in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed.

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