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Author |
: Theodore Judson |
Publisher |
: Pyr |
Total Pages |
: 287 |
Release |
: 2009-09-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781591028307 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1591028302 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Martian General's Daughter by : Theodore Judson
Welcome to the End of Empire. Set over two hundred years from now, in a world very much like Imperial Rome, this is the story of General Peter Black, the last decent man, as told through the eyes of his devoted (and illegitimate) daughter, Justa. Raised on battlefields, more comfortable in the company of hard men of war than with women or other children, Justa must keep the truth of her birth hidden. Her father regards her as an embarrassment, a reminder of his one and only indiscretion. Yet she is a remarkable woman, one whose keen mind wins her an education at the feet of Emperor Mathias the Glistening himself. All his life, General Black served the noble emperor, and, out of loyalty to the father, continues to serve his son after Mathias's death, even as the son's reign degenerates into an insane tyranny worthy of Nero or Caligula. As the rule of the empire passes from father to son with disastrous results, a strange metal plague begins slowly destroying the empire's technology, plunging the realm into chaos and the world into war. Amid the destruction and upheaval, General Black must decide whether to turn his back on the men and institutions who never loved him nearly as much as he did them, or whether to save his most trusted ally and adviser, his best friend and only real family. The Martian General's Daughter is a gripping tale of a world at war; of cunning strategies and vile politics; of bravery, foolishness, and excess. It is at once a stirring military adventure, a cautionary tale of repeating history, a cutting satire, and a heartbreaking examination of the joys and pain inherent in the love between a father and child. Judson's previous novel was selected in multiple best-of-the-year lists. With The Martian General's Daughter, he offers another must-read epic destined to take its place in the canon of science fiction, and sure to appeal to readers of everything from Orson Scott Card to Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Author |
: Brook J. KNIGHT |
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Release |
: 1857 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:557335077 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis The General's Daughter. A Novel by : Brook J. KNIGHT
Author |
: Brook J. Knight |
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: 1857 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1152792173 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The general's daughter by : Brook J. Knight
Author |
: Brook J. Knight (Captain.) |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 1857 |
ISBN-10 |
: NLS:V001487915 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The General's Daughter. A Novel by : Brook J. Knight (Captain.)
Author |
: Dora V. Gilliard |
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: 1943 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1281192817 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis General's daughter: soldiers' friend by : Dora V. Gilliard
Author |
: Marina Whitman |
Publisher |
: University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages |
: 541 |
Release |
: 2012-08-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780472028559 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0472028553 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Martian's Daughter by : Marina Whitman
One of the five Hungarian scientific geniuses dubbed "the Martians" by their colleagues, John von Neumann is often hailed as the greatest mathematician of the twentieth century and even as the greatest scientist after Einstein. He was a key figure in the Manhattan Project; the inventor of game theory; the pioneer developer of the modern stored-program electronic computer; and an adviser to the top echelons of the American military establishment. In The Martian's Daughter, Marina von Neumann Whitman reveals intimate details about the famed scientist and explores how the cosmopolitan environment in which she was immersed, the demanding expectations of her parents, and her own struggles to emerge from the shadow of a larger-than-life parent shaped her life and work. Unfortunately, von Neumann did not live to see his daughter rise to become the first or highest-ranking woman in a variety of arenas. Whitman became a noted academic during the 1960s and '70s, casting her teaching and writing in the framework of globalization before the word had been invented; became the first woman ever to serve on the President's Council of Economic Advisers and participated actively in U.S. efforts to reshape the international monetary and financial system during the early 1970s; pioneered the role of women on the boards of leading multinational corporations; and became the highest-ranking female executive in the American auto industry in the 1980s. In her memoir, Whitman quotes from personal letters from her father and describes her interactions with such figures as Roger Smith of GM and President Nixon. She also details the difficulties she encountered as an early entrant into a world dominated by men and how she overcame the obstacles to, in her words, "have it all."
Author |
: William Goldman |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:436930913 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The General's Daughter by : William Goldman
Author |
: Erin Pizzey |
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Total Pages |
: 548 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:23245694 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Consul General's Daughter by : Erin Pizzey
Author |
: Anna Argyle |
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Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1869 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:191268718 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The General's Daughter by : Anna Argyle
Author |
: Nelson DeMille |
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Total Pages |
: 478 |
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ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1326812359 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Generals Daughter, by Nelson DeMille.,. by : Nelson DeMille