Literature

To TerriThe Hero and the Crown takes place some considerable span of years before the time of The Blue Sword. There are a few fairly dramatic topographical differences between the…

When they reached the City a fortnight later, the City gates were open again, for what the people’s kelar had told them was confirmed by messengers that Corlath sent; and…

1. Introduction The following essay considers the role that unconscious factors play in organisational life, and looks at the extent to which awareness of these factors amongst workers can improve…

The next morning they left the Madamer Gate, to go back down the mountain as they had come. The little troop was less than half what it had been the…

Sungold turned and ran up the valley to the Gate, and leaped lightly through the cleft, and Harry was aware of Narknon shooting past her as she slid or fell…

She woke up with a jolt, hearing her name, “Harry,” and for a moment she did not know where she was, but was convinced she was a prisoner. It was…

It was two days later when, as the morning sun shone down on them, Harry first saw Istan again; and she altered their course a little to the north, for…

The third morning dawned as bright and valiant as the two before; and still slightly bemused but cheerful, Corlath’s entourage made itself ready to follow its leader back down the…

In the hollow where they met Murfoth they set up their first proper camp. The hunting-beasts all went out that night, and everyone, not just a few Riders, had good…

Harry had trouble falling asleep that night; she listened to the gentle sound the water made walking down the three stone steps, and often she stretched out her hand to…

She felt caught as she stared at the dark Hill-king astride his red horse, caught by the sky, by the stars winking into the new-fallen darkness, by the sand and…

Introduction Thanks to its considerable oil resources, Saudi Arabia has evolved from a relatively poor country to become the world’s dominant oil producer and one of the wealthiest regions in…

On the seventh day they left their valley. Harry felt a little sad, although she thought a bit of her nostalgia was apprehension for the future.Just before they mounted, Mathin…

She woke at once when the man of the household pushed the curtains back from her sleeping-place and set a candle on the low bronze-top table beside her pillows. She…

She remembered little more of that day. She settled herself on a heap of cushions a little way from the long table while the king and his men talked; and…

Corlath was on the ground at once, calling orders that sent long-robed figures scurrying in all directions. Harry sat alone on the big bay horse, who stood quite still; to…

She stared out of her bedroom window at the moonlit desert. Shadows drifted across the pale sand, from one shaded hollow to the next clump of dry brush. Almost she…

Corlath stared at his horses black-tipped ears. The Hillfolk passed through the gate of the Residency and Corlath lifted his gaze to rake angrily across the dusty station street, the…

Harry and Lady Amelia took their leave, and the older woman closed the breakfast-room doors with a sigh. Harry smiled. Lady Amelia turned back to her in time to see…

She scowled at her glass of orange juice. To think that she had been delighted when she first arrived here – was it only three months ago? – with the…