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Irene of Athens (Greek: Εἰρήνη, Eirḗnē; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (Greek: Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), [a] was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant and sole ruler of the Eastern Roman ...
The Wanderer's Necklace was reprinted in the April 1953 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries. The Wanderer's Necklace is a novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard.. Olaf, a Norseman in the eighth century AD, flees his homeland after challenging the Norse god Odin's right to a human sacrifice, travels to Constantinople to protect the Empress Irene, Augusta, from her son Constantine VI, and ...
The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde" is a fairy tale written by Mary De Morgan (1850–1907) in her collection of short stories called "The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories." [1] This collection of fairy tales originally published in 1880. [1] Mary de Morgan helped to make the Victorian era prominent in literature. [2]
Bosley Crowther panned the film in his November 11,1949 review for The New York Times, beginning with what he saw as the betrayal of Irene, “One of the most intriguing characters in the English fiction of our times….And, to be quite blunt about it, Miss Garson and M-G-M have done just about as cruelly by her as anyone could possibly do ...
As they say, a piece of jewelry has the power to tell many stories. This particular diamond necklace, which is being sold by Sotheby's this fall for an estimated $2.8 million, tells royal-related ...
Coat of arms of the Marchioness of Carisbrooke as dame of the Royal Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa. Irene Frances Adza Mountbatten, Marchioness of Carisbrooke (née Denison; 4 July 1890 – 16 July 1956) was the daughter of William Francis Henry Denison, 2nd Earl of Londesborough, and Lady Grace Adelaide (daughter of Francis Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland).
Two years have passed since the last book, and Princess Irene and her father go to Gwyntystorm, while Curdie (a miner boy who is the friend of the Princess) stays at home with his mother and father. As the years go by, Curdie begins to hunt for pleasure. He also slowly begins to doubt Irene's story of her great-great grandmother.
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