![]() Here she expertly blends Machiavelli’s words from letters, diaries, and other writings with striking passages from The Prince to prove her point. Benner stands firmly in the latter camp, calling Machiavelli’s infamous volume a “masterwork” of irony. Historians have spent centuries debating whether to take Machiavelli at face value in The Prince, or whether to read him instead as employing irony aimed at the ruling Medicis. ![]() ![]() ![]() Benner ( Machiavelli’s Prince : A New Reading) successfully rehabilitates the image of the highly quotable and oft-maligned Machiavelli, portraying him as an accessible voice of reason even when his fortunes sank during the heights of Medici influence. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Murder on the Links is the #2 in the Hercule Poirot series. ![]() However, at that moment Poirot receives a letter from Paul Renauld urgently requesting his help as his life is in danger but he cannot turn to the police.īut when Poirot arrives he finds a fatal outcome: Renauld has been murdered on a golf course with a dagger. Poirot complains bitterly that he is bored by the lack of interesting, intellectually challenging cases. Poirot is chatting over breakfast with his dear friend Captain Hasting. The Murder on the Links is a mystery novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in 1923. ![]() The Murder on the Links Book download in PDF, ePub & Mobi by Agatha Christie ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With her future completely derailed and following months in exile imposed by her shady AF father MK returns home to a changed Shadow Grove, an absentee father and a house (ahem mansion) she now shares with the three gorgeous bad boys she loves to hate and blames for her misfortunes.įorget waiting for retaliation: this was war and there were no fucking rules. James throws us straight into life in Shadow Grove and we immediately watch MK’s life explode on one unfortunate Halloween night. However, it soon becomes apparent that her supposedly perfect world reads more like a horror story that’s filled with more trauma than one person should ever suffer and it’s about to get worse. To the outside world MK is like a princess living in a privileged world most could only dream of. That’s where our MC Madison Kate Danvers comes in. Shadow Grove is a city divided in two: one side dominated by gangs The Reapers and The Wraiths and the other led by the privileged, namely our MC’s daddy Samuel Danvers. ![]() It was EPIC and also kind of broke me too because holy cliff-hanger batman… but I’m getting way ahead of myself! Full disclosure, I adore Tate James – something that was cemented when I first read The Vixen’s Lead (shout out to Amazon for dropping that on my recommended reading list way back when). So, I obviously jumped on Hate as soon as I could. ![]() ![]() The Creep in the 2019 TV show reverts back to how he was in the first movie, since the show continues off the first movie and ignores the other two. Similar to the first movie, it's heavily implied that he enjoys the horrific fates of others, given his enthusiasm for presenting the segments of the movie, all of which are tragic stories. ![]() ![]() He plays a role closer to simply being a creepy delivery man, as he acts and looks more human instead of being a silent grim reaper-like presence. The Creep's personality in the second movie is slightly different, given that he now has dialogue. The Creep helps Billy get revenge with a voodoo doll (which he orders from the actual Creepshow comic book), an instrument that causes the father torturous pain as seen in the movie's ending. ![]() However, the Creep may have been more interested in the agonizing fate of the father than helping Billy. In the first movie, he is shown to have some sympathy for Billy, a child with an abusive father. The personality of the Creep is limited in the first movie, given his lack of dialogue, but his actions show that he his malevolent in revels in the horrific misfortunes of others. ![]() |