Jodi Meadows wants to be a ferret when she grows up and she has no self-control when it comes to yarn, ink, or outer space. Still, she manages to write books. She is the author of the Incarnate trilogy, the Orphan Queen duology, and the Fallen Isles trilogy and coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers My Lady Jane, My Plain Jane, and My Calamity Jane. Visit her at www.jodimeadows.com.
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"Lady Jane" was written and composed by Jagger in early 1966 after reading the then controversial 1928 book Lady Chatterley's Lover, which uses the term "Lady Jane" to mean female genitalia.[7] According to Jagger, "the names [in the song] are historical, but it was really unconscious that they should fit together from the same period."[8] At the time, it was widely thought that an inspiration for the song was Jane Ormsby-Gore, daughter of David Ormsby-Gore, former British ambassador in Washington, who later married Michael Rainey, founder of the Hung on You boutique in Chelsea that was frequented by the Stones.[9] Its most influential development was by Jones, no longer the principal musical force for the band, searching for methods to improve upon their musical textures.[10] He expressed an intrigue in incorporating culturally diverse instruments into the band's music, investigating the sitar, koto, marimba, and testing electronics. In the press Jones talked about applying the Appalachian dulcimer into compositions, although he seemed uncertain of the instrument, saying "It's an old English instrument used at the beginning of the century". The dulcimer was brought to his attention in March 1966 when Jones began listening to recordings of Richard Fariña. The influence of these recordings would manifest itself in Aftermath, where Jones performed with the dulcimer on two tracks, "I Am Waiting" and, more distinctively, "Lady Jane". This later contributed to Jones' status as a pioneer in world music, and effectively shifted the band from blues rock to a versatile pop group.[11][12]
Lady Jane used the prayerbook to write farewell messages to her father and to Sir John Bridges (the Lieutenant of the Tower of London). In the minutes before her execution, she passed the book to his brother, Sir Thomas Bridges, to give to the Lieutenant.
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The codex (as these ancient books are called) was probably copied and bound in the late fourth or early fifth century. It contains Coptic translations of three very important early Christian Gnostic texts: the Gospel of Mary, the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ. The texts themselves date to the second century and were originally authored in Greek.
We also additionally recommend the first three books listed to the left: Mary Magdalene, First Apostle by Ann Brock; The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene: Legends, Apocrypha, and the Christian Testament by Jane Schaberg; and Mary Magdalen, Myth and Metaphor by Susan Haskin. There are many books now available on Mary of Magdala, some of questionable value. These four books are among the best and together offer an overview of the Magdalen in history and myth from a wide variety of perspectives.
Women of History is a book published in 1890, and which contains various short writings on famous women of the past. Included are Lucretia, Sappho, Aspasia of Pericles, Xantippe, Aspasia of Cyrus, Cornelia, The Mother of the Gracchi, Portia, Octavia, Cleopatra, Mariamne, Julia Domna, Zenobia, Valeria, Eudocia, Hypatia, The Wife of Maximus, The Lady Rowena, Olga, The Lady Elfrida, The Countess of Tripoli, Jane, Countess of Mountfort, Laura de Sade, The Countess of Richmond, Elizabeth Woodville, Joan of Arc, Jane Shore, Catharine of Arragon, Anne Boleyn, Margaret Roper, Elizabeth Lucas, Gaspara Stampa, Anne Askew, Queen Elizabeth, Lady Jane Grey, Tarquinia Molza, Mary, Queen of Scots, Gabrielle D'Estrees, Anne, Duchess of Pembroke, Esther Inglis, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, Lady Pakington, Noor Mahal, Pocahontas, Lucy Hutchinson, Lady Fanshawe, Dorothy Osborne, Catherine Philips, Madame de Maintenon, Countess de Grammont, Mademoiselle de la Valliere, Madame Dacier, Lady Masham, Anne Killigrew, Queen Anne, Esther Johnson, Esther Vanhomrigh, Mary Astell, Madame des Ursins, Lady Grizel Jerviswoode, Madame de Pontchartrain, Elizabeth Halkett, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Madame du Deffand, Phœbe Bentley, Marquise du Chatelet, Lady Huntingdon, Maria Theresa, Meta Moller, Elizabeth Blackwell, Lætitia Barbauld, Hannah More, Anna Seward, Catherine Cockburn, Elizabeth Berkeleigh, Caroline Herschel, Madame D'Arblay, Madame Roland, Marie Antoinette, Sarah Siddons, Mrs Grant, Elizabeth Inchbald, Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess de Vemieiro, Joanna Baillie, Josephine, Anne Radcliffe, Miss Edgeworth, Charlotte Corday, Madame de Stael, Madame de la Rochejaquelein, Madame Recamier, Mary Brunton, Felicia Hemans, Augustina Saragoza, and Charlotte Brontë.
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But Clifford was really extremely shy and self-conscious now hewas lamed. He hated seeing anyone except just the personalservants. For he had to sit in a wheeled chair or a sort ofbath-chair. Nevertheless he was just as carefully dressed as ever,by his expensive tailors, and he wore the careful Bond Streetneckties just as before, and from the top he looked just as smartand impressive as ever. He had never been one of the modernladylike young men: rather bucolic even, with his ruddy face andbroad shoulders. But his very quiet, hesitating voice, and hiseyes, at the same time bold and frightened, assured and uncertain,revealed his nature. His manner was often offensively supercilious,and then again modest and self-effacing, almost tremulous.
What could she do but leave it alone? So she left it alone. MissChatterley came sometimes, with her aristocratic thin face, andtriumphed, finding nothing altered. She would never forgive Conniefor ousting her from her union in consciousness with her brother.It was she, Emma, who should be bringing forth the stories, thesebooks, with him; the Chatterley stories, something new in theworld, that they, the Chatterleys, had put there. There wasno other standard. There was no organic connexion with the thoughtand expression that had gone before. Only something new in theworld: the Chatterley books, entirely personal.
Clifford had quite a number of friends, acquaintances really,and he invited them to Wragby. He invited all sorts of people,critics and writers, people who would help to praise his books. Andthey were flattered at being asked to Wragby, and they praised.Connie understood it all perfectly. But why not? This was one ofthe fleeting patterns in the mirror. What was wrong with it?
Time went on. Whatever happened, nothing happened, because shewas so beautifully out of contact. She and Clifford lived in theirideas and his books. She entertained...there were always people inthe house. Time went on as the clock does, half past eight insteadof half past seven.
Vaguely she knew herself that she was going to pieces in someway. Vaguely she knew she was out of connexion: she had lost touchwith the substantial and vital world. Only Clifford and his books,which did not exist...which had nothing in them! Void to void.Vaguely she knew. But it was like beating her head against astone.
There was Clifford's success: the bitch-goddess! It was true hewas almost famous, and his books brought him in a thousand pounds.His photograph appeared everywhere. There was a bust of him in oneof the galleries, and a portrait of him in two galleries. He seemedthe most modern of modern voices. With his uncanny lame instinctfor publicity, he had become in four or five years one of the bestknown of the young 'intellectuals'. Where the intellect came in,Connie did not quite see. Clifford was really clever at thatslightly humorous analysis of people and motives which leaveseverything in bits at the end. But it was rather like puppiestearing the sofa cushions to bits; except that it was not young andplayful, but curiously old, and rather obstinately conceited. Itwas weird and it was nothing. This was the feeling that echoed andre-echoed at the bottom of Connie's soul: it was all flag, awonderful display of nothingness; At the same time a display. Adisplay! a display! a display!
'You're quite wonderful, in my opinion,' she said to Connie.'You've done wonders for Clifford. I never saw any budding geniusmyself, and there he is, all the rage.' Aunt Eva was quitecomplacently proud of Clifford's success. Another feather in thefamily cap! She didn't care a straw about his books, but why shouldshe?
Mrs Bolton also kept a cherishing eye on Connie, feeling shemust extend to her her female and professional protection. She wasalways urging her ladyship to walk out, to drive to Uthwaite, to bein the air. For Connie had got into the habit of sitting still bythe fire, pretending to read; or to sew feebly, and hardly goingout at all.
To Connie, Clifford seemed to be coming out in his true colours:a little vulgar, a little common, and uninspired; rather fat. IvyBolton's tricks and humble bossiness were also only tootransparent. But Connie did wonder at the genuine thrill which thewoman got out of Clifford. To say she was in love with him would beputting it wrongly. She was thrilled by her contact with a man ofthe upper class, this titled gentleman, this author who could writebooks and poems, and whose photograph appeared in the illustratednewspapers. She was thrilled to a weird passion. And his'educating' her roused in her a passion of excitement and responsemuch deeper than any love affair could have done. In truth, thevery fact that there could be no love affair left her freeto thrill to her very marrow with this other passion, the peculiarpassion of knowing, knowing as he knew. 2ff7e9595c
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