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Taming A Sea Horse
''Taming a Sea-Horse'' is the 13th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The title is from the Robert Browning poem "My Last Duchess "My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologised as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's '' Dramatic Lyrics''. The poem is composed in 28 rhyming couplets of iambic pentameter. In ...." The book's epigraph is of the poem's closing lines: "Nay, we'll go / Together down, sir: / Notice Neptune, though, /Taming a sea-horse thought a rarity, / Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!" The story follows Boston based PI Spenser as he searches for April Kyle, the prostitute he met in events described in the earlier novel '' Ceremony''. Kyle's story continues in '' Hundred-Dollar Baby''. Recurring characters *Spenser *Hawk *Patricia Utley *Dr. Susan Silverman, Ph.D *April Kyle *Frank Belson *Tony Marcus External links Parker's page on the book 1986 American novels Spenser (novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
