Charles of Valois
Charles of Valois , 1270-1325, French prince and military leader, third son of Philip III and father of Philip VI. He dominated the reign in France of his nephew Louis X. On the excommunication (1284) of Peter III of Aragón, Pope Martin IV made Charles of Valois king of Aragón and Sicily. Charles, however, was defeated and in 1290 renounced his claim. In return he received Anjou and Maine as part of the dowry of his first wife (the daughter of Charles II of Naples). Later he unsuccessfully sought to obtain the crowns of the Byzantine and Holy Roman empires, which he held claim to through his second wife. At different times he also tried to secure the crowns of Arles and France, where he hoped to be regent after the death of Louis X. He campaigned for Pope Boniface VIII in Italy and took Florence in 1301.
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Macabre monkey puzzle.(Column)
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; ...just completed a study of W.W. Jacobs' The Monkey Paw with a Year Eight...pupils looked at the techniques Jacobs used to scare his readers, and...Daventry, Northamptonshire. TODAY, William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943) is best known for...
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Anniversaries
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; ...essayist and playwright, 1729; William Clark, explorer of the North...Westmacott, sculptor, 1856; William Yarrell, zoologist, 1856; Samuel...Frewen, entrepreneur, 1924; William Wymark Jacobs, short-story writer, 1943...
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Gazette: Anniversaries
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; ...essayist and playwright, 1729; William Clark, explorer, 1838; Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor, 1856; William Yarrell, zoologist, 1856; Samuel...Frewen, entrepreneur, 1924; William Wymark Jacobs, short- story writer, 1943...
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William Wymark Jacobs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
William Wymark Jacobs 1863-1943, English author. His humorous sea stories were first collected in Many Cargoes (1896). Of his several horror stories, the most famous is "The Monkey's Paw."
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Jacobs, W. W.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Jacobs, W. W. ( William Wymark Jacobs ) (1863–1943), is chiefly remembered as a writer of short stories. These fall roughly into two groups: those dealing humorously with the escapades of sailors and of country characters and...
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