Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
Gaudenzia Pride of the Palio - cover

Gaudenzia Pride of the Palio

Marguerite Henry

Publisher: Good Press

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

Marguerite Henry's 'Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio' is a captivating novel that immerses readers in the vibrant world of Siena, Italy, and the thrilling tradition of the Palio horse race. Henry's lyrical prose and meticulous attention to detail bring the pageantry and excitement of the event to life, making readers feel as though they are right in the midst of the action. The book beautifully combines historical context with vivid descriptions of the landscape, culture, and characters, creating a rich and immersive reading experience. Fans of historical fiction and animal lovers alike will be swept away by this enchanting tale. Marguerite Henry, known for her award-winning children's books about horses, was inspired to write 'Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio' after visiting the famous Palio di Siena and learning about its centuries-old traditions. Her passion for horses and dedication to research shine through in this novel, making it a true masterpiece of historical fiction. I highly recommend 'Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio' to anyone who enjoys beautifully written historical fiction with a focus on animal characters or those interested in learning more about the fascinating world of the Palio horse race. Henry's storytelling will transport you to another time and place, leaving you captivated until the very last page.
Available since: 08/21/2022.
Print length: 172 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • King Solomon's Mines (Unabridged) - cover

    King Solomon's Mines (Unabridged)

    H. Rider Haggard

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is one of the first English adventure novels set in Africa and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world literary genre.
    Show book
  • The Story of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona - cover

    The Story of Shakespeare's The...

    William Shakespeare, Mary Ellen...

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    The Two Gentlemen of Verona is believed to be one of Shakespeare's early comedies and as a result provides us with the first examples of a number of themes and devices that are further explored in many of his plays. These include loyalty, friendship and the nature of love.  Also women dressing up as men is introduced by one of the central characters, Julia, dressing up as the page, Sebastian, to serve her loved one, Proteus, who has betrayed her.  Although fewer characters than most of Shakespeare's other plays, they are interesting ones and Ghizela Rowe in her reading, captures the story of this intriguing play with clarity.
    Show book
  • The Oval Portrait - cover

    The Oval Portrait

    Sampi Books, Edgar Allan Poe

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Edgar Allan Poe's "The Oval Portrait" recounts the obsession of a painter who captures his wife's vitality in a portrait, consuming her life in the process. The narrative unfolds through the observation of a wounded man who discovers the tragic story behind the painting in an abandoned castle.
    Show book
  • Categories - cover

    Categories

    Aristotle

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Categories is the first of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon. In Categories Aristotle enumerates all the possible kinds of things that can be the subject or the predicate of a proposition. Aristotle places every object of human apprehension under one of ten categories (known to medieval writers as the praedicamenta). Aristotle intended them to enumerate everything that can be expressed without composition or structure, thus anything that can be either the subject or the predicate of a proposition. The ten categories, or classes, are: Substance, Quantity, Quality, Relation, Place, Time, Position, State, Action and Affection. (Wikipedia)The Categories places every object of human apprehension under one of ten categories (known to medieval writers as the praedicamenta). Aristotle intended them to enumerate everything that can be expressed without composition or structure, thus anything that can be either the subject or the predicate of a proposition.
    Show book
  • The Comedy at Fountain Cottage - cover

    The Comedy at Fountain Cottage

    Ernest Bramah

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of 21 novels and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works have been ranked with Jerome K. Jerome and W. W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H. G. Wells, and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood.In his stories of detection, Bramah hit on the idea of a blind detective, Max Carrados, whose triumphs are all the more amazing because of his disability.In The Comedy at Fountain Cottage, Max Carrados is intrigued by the problem which his friend Louis Carlyle's niece is having with her neighbour. The man has developed an unpleasant nocturnal habit of throwing stewed kidneys over the fence into her garden. Carrados at once arranges to go round and investigate....and uncovers a most unusual plot.
    Show book
  • The Jungle Book - cover

    The Jungle Book

    Rudyard Kipling

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    The unabridged stories from The Jungle Book, about the life of MOWGLI - the boy raised by the wild animals of the Indian jungle...
    Show book