New Releases by MARGARET ROGERSON

Los muertos de Loraille no descansan. Artemisia se está preparando para unirse a las hermanas grises, encargadas de purificar a los fallecidos para que sus almas sigan adelante; de u200bu200blo contrario, sus espíritus despiertan con un hambre voraz por los vivos. Ella prefiere tratar con los muertos, que a diferencia de los vivos nunca hacen comentarios sobre su turbio pasado. Cuando su convento sufre un ataque, Artemisia lo defiende despertando a un antiguo espíritu vinculado a una reliquia. Es un renacido, un ser malévolo que amenaza con poseerla en cuanto baje la guardia. La muerte ha llegado a Loraille, y solo una vespertina (una sacerdotisa entrenada para controlar una gran reliquia) puede aspirar a detenerla. Pero los conocimientos de las vespertinas hace mucho que se perdieron, por lo que a Artemisia no le queda más opción que recurrir al único que puede saber algo: el mismísimo renacido. Mientras su vínculo con el renacido se fortalece entre secretos y magia, un mal oculto comienza a surgir. Y enfrentarse a él puede requerir que traicione todo en lo que cree... si es que el renacido no la traiciona primero.

Elisabeth creció en una de las bibliotecas mágicas de Austermeer, pero ahora vive en casa de Nathaniel... y bajo la atenta mirada de los periodistas, ávidos de cotilleos sobre el hechicero más poderoso de la ciudad y la bibliotecaria que le ha robado el corazón. Que la enorme finca esté llena de secretos no es una sorpresa. Sin embargo, en los últimos días ha empezado a suceder algo muy extraño: inexplicablemente, la magia que protege su nuevo hogar está reteniéndolos dentro y no parece dispuesta a dejarlos salir. Sin acceso al mundo exterior, Elisabeth y Nathaniel tendrán que colaborar para resolver el enigma antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Al fin y al cabo, falta poco para que se celebre el acontecimiento social de la temporada: el baile de Invierno que ellos mismos organizan en la mansión. La mansión Espinosa es la mágica secuela de Embrujo de espinas, donde Margaret Rogerson vuelve a hechizar a los lectores con el encanto de sus inolvidables personajes.

In this delightful sequel novella to the New York Times bestselling Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball! Elisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn. Now that their demon companion Silas has returned, so has scrutiny from nosy reporters hungry for gossip about the city’s most powerful sorcerer and the librarian who stole his heart. But something strange is afoot at Thorn Manor: the estate’s wards, which are meant to keep their home safe, are acting up and forcibly trapping the Manor''’ occupants inside. Surely it must be a coincidence that this happened just as Nathaniel and Elisabeth started getting closer to one another… With no access to the outside world, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas—along with their new maid Mercy—will have to work together to discover the source of the magic behind the malfunctioning wards before they’re due to host the city’s Midwinter Ball. Not an easy task when the house is filled with unexpected secrets, and all Elisabeth can think about is kissing Nathaniel in peace. But when it becomes clear that the house, influenced by the magic of Nathaniel’s ancestors, requires a price for its obedience, Elisabeth and Nathaniel will have to lean on their connection like never before to set things right.

When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends the Gray Sisters by awakening the revenant bound to a saint''s relic, even though she runs the risk of being possessed permanently by the powerful ancient spirit.

L''autrice best-seller de Sorcery of Thorns et Enchantment of Ravens est de retour ! Entrez dans l''univers sombre de Vespertine, et arpentez un monde hanté par de dangereux et fascinants revenants... Les morts de la Loraille ne reposent pas en paix. Artemisia suit l''enseignement pour devenir une soeur grise, chargée de purifier les corps des défunts pour que leur âme puisse gagner l''au-delà ; dans le cas contraire, ils se relèvent sous la forme d''esprits vengeurs qui s''en prennent aux vivants. Un travail de l''ombre qui lui convient parfaitement : Artemisia préfère avoir affaire aux morts plutôt qu''aux vivants, qui se méfient de ses mains brûlées et de son passé trouble. Quand son couvent est attaqué par des soldats possédés, Artemisia n''a d''autre choix que de réveiller un antique esprit emprisonné dans une relique. Faire appel à l''extraordinaire pouvoir de cet esprit malfaisant menace de la consumer, mais le mal se répand sur la Loraille, et pousse la jeune fille à remettre en question tout ce qu''on lui a enseigné. Ce revenant est peut-être le seul être qui puisse aider Artemisia à vaincre l''ennemi... si tant est qu''il ne la trahisse pas en premier. « À travers une tension sans cesse plus grande et un mystère qui prend de l''ampleur, Rogerson nous dévoile un monde inquiétant à souhait... Un sombre et passionnant voyage. » Kirkus « Un savoureux mélange de noirceur, de frisson et de personnages fascinants. » BookPage

Fantasy román pro mládež. Isobel je talentovaná malířka, která portrétuje víly. Jeden neopatrný tah štětcem ji ale může stát život. Isobel se živí portrétováním zlověstných víl, jejichž touha po lidském umění hraničí s posedlostí. Při vytváření podobizny podzimního prince Havrana se však dívka dopustí strašlivé chyby. Namaluje mu do očí smutek, který ho může stát život i trůn. Rozzuřený Havran ji odvede do svého království, aby tam stanula před soudem. Vlivem nečekaných okolností se však oba postupně sblíží a Isobel zjistí, že u víl existuje ještě nebezpečnější emoce než zuřivost - láska. Nakladatelská anotace.

A New York Times bestseller! “A bewitching gem...I absolutely loved every moment of this story.” —Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series “If you loved the Hogwarts Library…you’ll be right at home at Summershall.” —Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale From the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an “enthralling adventure” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom. All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire, and Elisabeth is implicated in the crime. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them. As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.

A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts--even as she falls in love with a faerie prince--in this gorgeous debut novel. 6 x 9.

The York Mystery Plays are a cycle of originally performed on wagons in the city. They date from the fourteenth century and Biblical narrative from Creation to Last Judgment. After nearly four hundred years without a performance, a revival of the York Mysteries began in 1951 when local amateurs led by professional theatre practitioners staged them during the festival of Britain. Playing a Part in History examines the ways in which the revival of these plays transformed them for twentieth- and twenty-first-century audiences. Considering such topics as the contemporary popularity of the plays, the agendas of the revivalists, and major production differences, Margaret Rogerson provides a fascinating comparison of medieval and modern English drama. Drawing extensively on archival material, and newspaper and academic reviews of the plays in recent years, Playing a Part in History is not only an illuminating account of early English drama, but also of the ways in which theatre allows people to interact with the past.

Annotated bibliography covering two centuries of scholarly criticism on the extensive corpus of medieval saints'' legends. with the assistance of Margaret RogersonSaints'' legends are being increasingly recognised as one of the most important genres of the middle ages, and attract much critical attention. This volume surveys the scholarly literatureof the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on the extensive Middle English corpus. It also provides a conspectus of the genre''s history in the Middle English period, and its place in the development of the modern discipline of Middle English, while both the introduction and the annotations give attention to the problematic boundaries between genres and to the issues involved in separating out texts from their manuscript contexts. General studies of the corpus as a whole are covered, as well as discussions and editions of individual legends, of the various extended cycles of legends, and of sermon collections that include hagiographic legends and exempla; the volume has been structured so as to provide an overview of the research on major works [for example the South English Legendary and St Erkenwald], and authors such as Osbern Bokenham, John Capgrave, William Caxton and John Mirk. It includesan Index of Scholars and Critics keyed to the Bibliography, an Index of Middle English Texts that covers all works, of whatever genre, mentioned in the annotations, and an Index of Manuscripts that gathers the references to the over 170 manuscripts cited.

Gale Researcher Guide for: The York Corpus Christi Plays is selected from Gale''s academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.