12 Works found in Yuletide 2009
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On Christmas Eve, the Prime Minister is assailed by Ignatieff-centred self-doubt, while the faithful Peter tries to cheer him up.
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thy daughter in law, which loveth thee by Elizabeth Culmer (edenfalling) for Summercloud
Bible (Old Testament)
24 Dec 2009
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Naomi loves Ruth, but not quite as Ruth would wish.
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Thomas does a lot for Harry, but entertaining cranky wardens might be going too far. Set somewhere between the novels Small Favor and Turn Coat.
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The savages north of Hadrian's Wall were not the only danger in Britannia.
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What was Lord Orville thinking when he first saw Evelina Anville? No one knew better than the man who'd watched him half their lives.
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The situation is just nostalgic enough to hurt in all the right places.
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In which Palomides has a plan, carries it out and sees it go awry, predictably. An exploration of his personage as much as a retelling of a well-known episode, in which Palomides' motives for keeping damosel Bragwaine and tricking la Baele Isoud are clarified. As usual, Mark is a coward, Palomides is crafty, Bragwaine is reasonable, and Isoud is too proud.
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John came to Helwater in early summer, arriving on a morning in the middle of June. A warm, yellow sun shone overhead against a bright blue sky; the air felt pleasantly warm against his shoulders and he kept his horse to an easy pace.
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To the Death / The Rambutan Tree by T-Boy (t_boy) for afrai
Malay Literature pre-20th Century
20 Dec 2009
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A fairly straight-up retelling of the Hang Tuah story, from his first meeting with Hang Jebat, to Jebat's death at Tuah's hands.
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As it turned out, Costigan *always* folded for the soft touch.
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"I swear to you from this moment on, I am your friend."
Jack had broken that promise too. He tried to redeem it, now that they were planning together for the fight that would remove King Silas from the throne.
David was changed, in this their sanctuary. Grown colder, harder, the naïveté tarnished to something approaching cynicism, yet Jack judged him still nowhere near as jaded as a Benjamin.
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The emotional attachments of the Venture family bodyguards.