Roger crowley constantinople6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Franks and the Italians of the time referred to its inhabitants simply as “the Greeks.” The inhabitants themselves, however, continued to refer to themselves as Romans, and saw their emperors as the literal successors to Augustus, Marcus Aurelius and Constantine.Ĭontaining impressive city walls, Constantinople was virtually impervious to attack, such as when an army of Goths approached the city after the battle of Adrianople in A.D. ![]() Historians refer to this medieval incarnation of the empire as Byzantine. Like Rome, Constantinople had seven hills divided into 14 districts.įor centuries, the city stood as the center of imperial power, even after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. Sitting on the Bosporus strait, which connects Europe and Asia, the new city was more easily defended than Rome, and it was a Christian city to reflect the emperor's religious preference. 330, the Roman Emperor Constantine founded the city of Constantinople on the Greek village of Byzantine to be the new imperial capital. The fall of this great city signaled the end of the Byzantine Empire, the medieval incarnation of the Roman Empire, and saw the armies of Islam spread into Europe from Asia for the first time. On 560 years ago this week - Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks. ![]()
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A tale of two cities book cover6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It is very much a tale of good versus evil, with Dickens essentially realizing in fiction the historian Thomas Carlyle’s now-discredited interpretation of the French Revolution as a struggle between oppressed poor and monstrous aristocrats. The moralism so typical of Dickens is much in evidence, however, as the author stages his story in the most violent period of the revolution, the Reign of Terror (1792-1794). Unusual among his novels, A Tale of Two Cities relies heavily on plot rather than characterization. Dickens tells the story of a wide range of characters in London and Paris whose lives intersect in the turbulence of the revolution. ![]() ![]() Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities is a novel that views the eighteenth century French Revolution through the lens of nineteenth century Victorian Romanticism. ![]() Dyamonde daniel book6/20/2023 ![]() Gregory Christie was named a top children's book illustrator by the New York Times and has received three Coretta Scott King Honors. Lewis), Dark Sons, The Road to Paris, and Words with Wings were each awarded Coretta Scott King Honors. Nikki Grimes won the Children's Literature Legacy Award, which honors an author or illustrator whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children over a period of years. ![]() Her books Meet Danitra Brown (illustrated by Floyd Cooper), Jazmin's Notebook, Talkin' About Bessie (illustrated by E.B. Additionally, her book Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope (illustrated by Bryan Collier) was a New York Times bestseller, and she was acknowledged as an NAACP Image Award Finalist in 1993 for her book Malcolm X: a Force for Change. Among the many accolades she has received are the Golden Dolphin Award (2005),the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children (2006), the Coretta Scott King Award (2003) for Bronx Masquerade, and the Horace Mann Upstanders Award (2011) for Almost Zero: A Dyamonde Daniel Book. ![]() Nikki Grimes is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of dozens of children's and young adult books as well as a poet and journalist. ![]() I dream of popo book6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() When I was five, I moved to Albuquerque, NM with my parents. ![]() As a child, my Popo (maternal grandmother) was one of my main caretakers. My latest book is I Dream of Popo, illustrated by Julia Kuo. She misses her popo every day, but even if their visits are fleeting, their love is ever true and strong. Hi I’m Livia Blackburne, NY Times bestselling author of YA fantasy and now picture books. When a young girl and her family emigrate from Taiwan to America, she leaves behind her beloved popo, her grandmother. Kids Book Read Aloud: I Dream of Popo Written by Livia BlackburneIllustrated by Julia KuoLivia shared what inspired her to write this book. I dream with Popo as she rocks me in her arms.I wave at Popo before I board my flight.I talk to Popo from. This delicate, emotionally rich picture book celebrates a special connection that crosses time zones and oceans as Popo and her granddaughter hold each other in their hearts forever. I dream with Popo as she rocks me in her arms. From New York Times bestselling author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo, here is I Dream of Popo. They also talk about the significance of having an all Chinese-American creative team behind the book.įrom New York Times bestselling author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo, here is I Dream of Popo. ![]() Author Livia Blackburne talks about the real dreams that inspired I DREAM OF POPO, while illustrator Julia Kuo shares the life experiences that shaped her illustrations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The third, The Ill-Made Knight, takes up the story of Sir Lancelot and his uneasy relation- ship with Queen Guenever and with Arthur. The second, The Queen of Air and Darkness, tells the story of adolescent sons of Orkney (Gawaine, Agravaine, Gaheris and Gareth) and their mother, Morgause, who, unbeknownst to him, is Arthur's half-sister. ![]() The first, The Sword in the Stone, concerns the lost childhood of Arthur, future king of England, and his education by Merlyn. The volume published as The Once and Future King is actually four works separately composed over about 20 years. Nevertheless, it is a serious work, delightful and witty in many ways and yet very sombre overall. Maybe it has been contaminated in the minds of critics by popularity and Walt Disney animation. T H White's The Once and Future King is steeped in learning and literature, and yet it is not quite respectable in the way that the works of, say, Kingsley Amis or Virginia Woolf are. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then one day, she meets Pallas, a precocious twelve-year-old who lives with her rockstar family in one of the city’s storybook Victorians. Seventeen-year-old Xochi is alone in San Francisco, running from her painful past: the mother who abandoned her, the man who betrayed her. Michelle Ruiz Keil’s YA fantasy debut about love, found family, and healing is an ode to post-punk San Francisco through the eyes of a Mexican-American girl. ![]() |