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ABSALOM, ABSALOM! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. Sutpen was a man...

He was the most beautiful man in Israel, but beauty is a fragile shield against the silence of a King. Absalom, the golden prince of Jerusalem, has everything: the adoration of the tribes, the lineage of a warrior-king, and a mane of hair so legendary it is weighed annually against the royal standard. But beneath the silver chariots and the public adoration, a cold fury is hardening. When his sister Tamar is brutalized and King David—the man after God's own heart—chooses the path of silence over justice, the bond between father and son is irrevocably severed.

John Dryden published Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem in 1681. It is an elaborate historical allegory using the political situation faced by King David (2 Samuel 14-18) to mirror that faced by Charles II. Each monarch had a son whom a high-ranking minister attempted to use against him. James Scott, first Duke of Monmouth, Charles II's illegitimate son, was detected planning a rebellion late in 1681, supposedly instigated by the Earl of Shaftesbury, who was tried for high treason, and it is believed that Dryden wrote the poem in an effort to sway the jury in his trial. The fates of both Absalom ...

Step into the vibrant world of ancient Jerusalem and meet Prince Absalom, a young man famous for his dazzling smile and magnificent, flowing hair that shimmered in the sun. He is the pride of his father, the great King David. But when a terrible wrong is done to his beloved sister, Tamar, Absalom’s heart fills with a fiery anger that sets him on a dangerous path. This single act of revenge leads to a secret plot to steal the entire kingdom from his own father! Will Absalom’s charm and ambition be enough to win the throne?

John Dryden published Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem in 1681. It is an elaborate historical allegory using the political situation faced by King David (2 Samuel 14-18) to mirror that faced by Charles II. Each monarch had a son whom a high-ranking minister attempted to use against him. James Scott, first Duke of Monmouth, Charles II's illegitimate son, was detected planning a rebellion late in 1681, supposedly instigated by the Earl of Shaftesbury, who was tried for high treason, and it is believed that Dryden wrote the poem in an effort to sway the jury in his trial. The fates of both Absalom ...

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5 lifelong friends decide to take their friendship to a whole new level by forcing themselves to talk about the things they wouldn't normally talk about at 40. How honest will they be with each other though and how deep are they prepared to go?Real friendships, real conversations, real life. Featuring: Michael Absalom, Jack Freud, Jonathan Corby, Dan Ridgers & Christopher Lees

The world of Orithin is large, mysterious, and chaotic, full of Outland Monsters hunting creatures of light. To become the Crown Prince of Absalom, Aerrow Fionn must officially undergo the trials of the Dragon Knight, despite his fears of the monsters outside their borders. During the trials, however, he finds that danger is closer to home than he expected. Monsters are suddenly more active than ever, within the walls of the kingdom – his fears come knocking.

During the Civil War his movements from battlefield to battlefield were followed in the North and in the South nearly as closely as those of generals, though he was not in the military. After the war, his swift response to Ku Klux Klan violence sparked passage of a landmark civil rights law, though he was not a politician. When he died newspapers reported his death from coast to coast, yet he's unknown today. He was the man who delivered the most valuable ingredient in United States soldiers' fighting spirit during those terrible war years—letters between the front lines and the home front.