![]() ![]() And when Alex and Eliza meet that fateful night, so begins an epic love story that would forever change the course of American history. Though Alex has arrived as the bearer of bad news for the Schuylers, he can't believe his luck-as an orphan, and a bastard one at that-to be in such esteemed company. Still, Eliza can barely contain her excitement when she hears of the arrival of one Alexander Hamilton, a mysterious, rakish young colonel and General George Washington's right-hand man. ![]() Descended from two of the oldest and most distinguished bloodlines in New York, the Schuylers are proud to be one of their fledgling country's founding families, and even prouder still of their three daughters-Angelica, with her razor-sharp wit Peggy, with her dazzling looks and Eliza, whose beauty and charm rival those of both her sisters, though she'd rather be aiding the colonists' cause than dressing up for some silly ball. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society's biggest events: the Schuylers' grand ball. ![]() From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Witches of East End and the Descendants series comes the love story of young Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler. ![]()
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Board of Education member Nikki Snyder (R), ex-Berrien County Commissioner Ezra Scott (R), business owner Michael Hoover (R), and attorney and former state House candidate Alexandria Taylor (D->R) are running for Republicans.ĬA-45: Immigration attorney Jimmy Pham (D) is running for Congress. Actor Hill Harper (D) may also still get in the race. Leslie Love (D), businessman Nasser Beydoun (D) and attorney Zack Burns (D). Slotkin faces several candidates in the Democratic primary including state Board of Education president Pamela Pugh (D), ex-state Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) for US Senate, becoming the first member of the congressional delegation to issue an endorsement in the race. Haley Stevens (D) has endorsed fellow Rep. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Milnafua.' He sniggered, as if self-conscious about the name. 'Where's here?' she asked, nodding her head at the open road, hoping to remind him how far she had taken him already. 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This Merlin is not the wily old magician who plays a part in the myth of Arthur. As far as I am concerned it is the ne plus ultra of the pantheon of Arthurian legend retelling. Stewart wrote over the course of almost two decades. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Crystal Cave is the first of three books focusing on Merlin, and part of a larger series on King Arthur that Ms. I am not sure who thought it was a good idea to have plastic-faced Miranda Richardson’s Queen Mab “create” Merlin to bring back the old ways or to have ridiculous CGI fairies flitting around, but watching it made me search for my well-thumbed copy of The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart. The other night I accidentally started watching Merlin, the God-awful nineties movie starring Sam Neill. ![]() |