Such is his courageous French officer Colonel Constantine Dragasès, whose name requires a little elucidation. His fictional heroes, who resist the tidal wave of Third World immigration, bear the names of the last warriors who stubbornly defended Constantinople in its dying days. You have to know something about Byzantine history to appreciate just how thoroughly that past informs and guides Raspail’s imaginary future. Particularly to blame for Western collapse are toxically progressive Christian leaders such as the (future) Pope and the World Council of Churches. In The Camp of the Saints, civilization falls not because of the might of the invader but rather through the weakness and self-hatred of the old elites. Raspail’s book closes with the imminent conquest of Switzerland, the last haven of White Christian civilization in Europe, by the South Asian hordes, and it is at that moment that the narrator harks back to Fall of Constantinople.įor Raspail and his devotees, the Fall of 1453 is understood as the failure of a once mighty civilization to defend itself against the barbarous followers of alien and fanatical cultures, especially in matters of religion.
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We gebruiken cookies en vergelijkbare tools die nodig zijn zodat je aankopen kan doen, en om je winkelervaringen te verbeteren en om onze diensten te leveren, zoals beschreven in onze Cookieverklaring. A secret that will taint the Foxworth family for generations to come. But in the gloomy mansion filled with festering desires and forbidden passions, a shocking secret lives. In the Garden of Shadows prequel, young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall thinking her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for. Now their children may be doomed to repeat their mistakes. In If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, Cathy and Chris have moved on from their days in the attic, but the sins and secrets of their past keep catching up to them. A suspenseful and thrilling tale of family, greed, murder, and forbidden love, Flowers in the Attic is the unputdownable first novel of the epic Dollanganger family saga. As the days turn into weeks and the weeks turn into months, the unspeakable horrors that plague them are rivaled only by the sinful jealousies that begin to rise. Now they are trapped in their grandparents’ attic, waiting for their mother to figure out what to do next. In Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind, Chris, Cathy, Cory, and Carrie had the perfect lives-until a tragic accident changed everything. Now, all five books are available together in this new collection! Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of Flowers in the Attic, first in the renowned Dollanganger family series, which includes Petals. Andrews’s bestselling Flowers in the Attic saga has been enjoyed by millions of readers for more than thirty years. Mystery and manners, romance and fun-the sophisticated compositions and stylish characters in the extraordinary pictures of fashion photographer Rodney Smith (1947–2016) exist in a timeless world of his imagination. 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