Resultados para "Horace" en Antologías y relatos breves

Nine hilarious adventures. One unforgettable Scout. Meet Horace Horrise – the UK's funniest, liveliest and naughtiest young person. From desperately trying to become a Scout to finally earning his investiture, Horace's journey is packed with mishaps, misunderstandings, good intentions and spectacular chaos. Every adventure stands on its own, but together they tell the wonderfully funny story of one boy's determination to do his best... even when everything goes gloriously wrong.

Quintus Horatius Flaccus was born on December 8, 65 BC in the southeastern region of Hellenized Italy. He died on November 27, 8 BC. Horace was the son of a freedman of modest means. In the civil war between Antony and Octavian, he threw in his lot with Antony and fled along with the rest upon their defeat at Phillipi in 42 BC. His subsequent discovery by Maecenas and eventual rehabilitation with the Augustan regime was one of history's most fortunate reconciliations.

Here are six delightful tales featuring everyone's favorite barrister for the defense, Horace Rumpole. Eccentric characters such as his wife, Hilda, otherwise known as "She Who Must Be Obeyed," and his philandering colleague Claude Erskine-Brown are back as Rumpole visits a snooty restaurant...

Filled with faces old and new, this collection of stories from the master of humor promises pure entertainment for audiobook lovers everywhere. P. G. Wodehouse's famed collection of ten stories marks the reappearance of many old friends—who find themselves in delightfully absurd situations. In...

In this engaging collection of stories, Rumpole continues to deftly juggle the vagaries of law, the ambiguities of crime, and the contradictions of the human heart in his death-defying performances on behalf of justice. The irreverent, claret-swilling, poetry-spouting barrister takes on suspect...

There's a new wind blowing in this dazzling collection of new Rumpole stories: for the first time Rumpole finds himself appearing for an asylum-seeker at the Appeals Tribunal and, worst of all, his chambers have become a smoke-free zone.

A “tense, taut, and thrilling” (Marie Claire) novel about a teenage girl, a predatory teacher, and a school’s complicity from the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of A Short History of Women. They were on a lark, three teenaged girls speeding across the...