The Dante Club includes such scholars and intellectual luminaries of mid-19th-century Boston as Longfellow, Holmes, and Lowell. Their attempt to introduce Dante's DIVINE COMEDY to the Harvard curriculum leads to a series of murders based on the grisly deaths in Dante's INFERNO. And it's up to the Dante Club to find the killers.
Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer of Edgar Allan Poes work, puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poes. Following his phenomenal debut, "The Dante Club," Pearl has again created a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense.
Pearl reopens one of literary history's greatest mysteries, in a tale filled with the dazzling twists and turns, the unerring period details, and the meticulous research that thrilled readers of bestsellers "The Dante Club" and "The Poe Shadow."
In this travel guide for ardent readers, two book lovers team up to create an eclectic and infinitely browsable guide to literary landmarks in Europe and the United States. Divided into two sections, the book begins with broad thematic chapters: Author Houses and Museums, Literary Festivals and Walking Tours, and Hotels, Bars, and Restaurants ...
Includes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter" Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales ...
Boston, 1865. A series of murders, all of them inspired by scenes in Dante's "Inferno." Only an elite group of America's first Dante scholars--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and J. T. Fields--can solve the mystery. With the police baffled, more lives endangered, and Dante's literary future at stake, the ...
It's 1787, and a handful of men are about to sign the United States Constitution. In a few minutes, a newly free country will have a set of rules made by the people, for the people. Join lawmaker James Madison as he picks up a pen and makes history.
If you love your country, sing! Since 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been the national anthem of the United States. Journey back to 1814, and join Francis Scott Key, the man who wrote the words to the anthem, for a close look at this song of freedom.
Features: Table of contents - Sidebars - Reading consultants - Glossary - Index - Recommended reading Standards: National Standards for History: Standard 4: How Democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols
Features: Table of contents - Sidebars - Reading consultants - Glossary - Index - Recommended reading Standards: National Standards for History: Standard 4: How Democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols
Features: Table of contents - Sidebars - Reading consultants - Glossary - Index - Recommended reading Standards: National Standards for History: Standard 4: How Democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols
How do Americans know that government papers are real? If you see an eagle holding a shield, and a pyramid with an eye above it, the papers are no fakes. Listen to Benjamin Franklin as he talks about the birth of the Great Seal in 1782 and why it's still so important to our country today.
"The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ...
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