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  • But it is only when he reaches the age of fourteen that the plot of the novel actually begins… Prince Verity is busy using his telepathic Skill to keep the evil Red Ship Raiders from the shores of the Six Duchies which is the name of the kingdom.

    Fantasy Challenge 2: Assassin’s Apprentice, Robin Hobb « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2010

  • The word (...) always means the number 1,000 and yet Elliott interprets this of the seven Dutch republics which were lost to the Papacy by the Reformation! so he takes these "names of men" literally, and says they mean "titles of dignity and command," such as Duchies and Lordships.

    Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909

  • They were the wandering record keepers of the Six Duchies, the men and women who knew not just the larger history of the world, but the details of inheritances, the bloodlines of the noble families, and many particulars of agreements among the small holders and even the business of the many towns and cities.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • They were the wandering record keepers of the Six Duchies, the men and women who knew not just the larger history of the world, but the details of inheritances, the bloodlines of the noble families, and many particulars of agreements among the small holders and even the business of the many towns and cities.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • They were the wandering record keepers of the Six Duchies, the men and women who knew not just the larger history of the world, but the details of inheritances, the bloodlines of the noble families, and many particulars of agreements among the small holders and even the business of the many towns and cities.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Hobb returns to the world of the Six Duchies with this stand-alone novel set in the Liveship Traders mileu.

    The Shape of Things to Come: Books for 2009 Adam Whitehead 2009

  • But Prussia “hardly makes a secret,” one diplomat observed, “of its intention if possible to annex both the Elbe Duchies.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • But Prussia “hardly makes a secret,” one diplomat observed, “of its intention if possible to annex both the Elbe Duchies.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • But Prussia “hardly makes a secret,” one diplomat observed, “of its intention if possible to annex both the Elbe Duchies.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • But Prussia “hardly makes a secret,” one diplomat observed, “of its intention if possible to annex both the Elbe Duchies.”

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

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