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King's Ransom. (novel) First edition (publ. Simon & Schuster) King's Ransom: An 87th Precinct Mystery is a novel by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter) published in 1959, part of his 87th Precinct series of police procedural novels and short stories. It centers on the moral dilemma faced by a wealthy man when he is forced to choose between using his wealth ...
Website. www .sharonkaypenman .com. Sharon Kay Penman (August 13, 1945 – January 22, 2021) was an American historical novelist, published in the UK as Sharon Penman. She was best known for the Welsh Princes trilogy and the Plantagenet series. In addition, she wrote four medieval mysteries, the first of which, The Queen's Man, was a finalist ...
King's Ransom is a 2005 American black comedy film directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd and written by Wayne Conley, who was a writer for the Nickelodeon TV series, Kenan & Kel.The film stars Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Kellita Smith, Regina Hall, Donald Faison, Nicole Ari Parker, Charlie Murphy, Loretta Devine, Brooke D'Orsay, and Leila Arcieri.
Look up king's ransom in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. King's Ransom may refer to: The ransom sum paid to release a captured king, including: Richard I § Captivity, ransom and return. Ransom of King John II of France. "King's Ransom" ( Adventure Time), a television episode. King's Ransom (novel), a novel by Ed McBain.
A whipping boy was a boy educated alongside a prince (or boy monarch) in early modern Europe, who supposedly received corporal punishment for the prince's transgressions in his presence. The prince was not punished himself because his royal status exceeded that of his tutor; seeing a friend punished would provide an equivalent motivation not to ...
One of two surviving Jewish houses, the Jew's House in Lincoln, immediately below Jew's Court. The first Jews in England arrived after the Norman Conquest of the country by William the Conqueror (the future William I) in 1066, [1] and the first written record of Jewish settlement in England dates from 1070. Jews suffered massacres in 1189–90 ...
The 39 Clues. The 39 Clues is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors, including Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Roland Smith, David Baldacci, Jeff Hirsch, Natalie Standiford, C. Alexander London, Sarwat Chadda and Jenny Goebel.
Harcourt Books. Published. 1956-2005. Media type. Print ( Hardcover) No. of books. 55. The 87th Precinct is a series of police procedural novels and stories by American author Ed McBain (a writing pseudonym of Evan Hunter). McBain's 87th Precinct works have been adapted, sometimes loosely, into movies and television on several occasions.