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Childhood and growing up on the coast of South Florida in the 1960s
Musings on the changes of a small South Florida town, changing during rapid growth.
A collection of tales of childhood. The author writes of his world of tropical beasts and birds, real and dreamed-of, while growing more aware of himself and the world in a small Southern town on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
George Scott is a native of Stuart, Florida located at the mouth of the St. Lucie Inlet. Many experiences of his childhood are common to everyone, though the elements of sandy beaches, hurricane storms, and subtropical jungle add a dimension of wonder and beauty. | |  | | The Schoonover Collection: Gentle Infidel
The challenges, emotional and physical of a Turkish Janissary during the fall of Constantinople
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em>“Ignorant of his noble Venetian birth...he met and loved a beautiful Italian girl… midst the flames of fallen Constantinople and the crash of history’s first cannonade”/em>br />
- The New York Times
In a turbulent and changing world where old orders are threatened by a new strength rising from the desert, a young warrior discovers a history he had long forgotten and must choose between two worlds.
em>Publication: February 2009/em>
The second of nine in the | |  | | The Schoonover Collection: Queen's Cross
Queen’s Cross
“The tale of the beautiful and able young Isabella of Castile… illuminating, swift-moving, and filled with color”
- The New York Times
Accident, or Divine Plan?
A girl’s unlikely inheritance of Spain’s crown and her arranged marriage to a handsome, rash ally opens the door to her greatest dream: a united, powerful, and enduring kingdom.
This is Lawrence Schoonover’s gripping and elegant story of intrigue, hard combat, and the love of a woman for her country, her religion, and her dynamic and flawed partner and husband.
Publication: September 2008
Exciting story of the most important leader in Hispanic history!
Lawrence Schoonover depicts the isolated childhood of royals out of favor, and attempts to prevent their rise to power. They don't all make it, but the pricess of Castile survives and leads Spain to greatness and eventual world power.
Ferdinand, Torquemada, and other important medieval European personalities appear in this story, all based on meticulous research by a master of storytelling.
Students of history, Spanish culture, and lovers of romance and adventure will enjoy this novel.
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