Risultati di ricerca
There he fell ill – according to the chronicler Henry of Huntingdon, he ate too many ("a surfeit of") lampreys against his physician's advice – and his condition worsened over the course of a week.
Surfeit of Lampreys is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the tenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1941. The novel was published as Death of a Peer in the United States. The plot concerns the murder of a British peer, a theme to which Marsh would return.
- Ngaio Marsh
- 1941
Lampreys / ˈlæmpreɪz / (sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels) are a group of jawless fish comprising the order Petromyzontiformes / ˌpɛtroʊmɪˈzɒntɪfɔːrmiːz /. The adult lamprey is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth.
Introduction: A surfeit of lampreys. In late November 1135 Henry I, the youngest son of William the Conqueror, was staying at a hunting lodge at Lyons-la-Forˆet in Normandy.
- 169KB
- 10
25 nov 2014 · In this introduction to Vols. 1 and 2 of Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control, we provide a broad perspective on the cultural, ecological, and scientific importance of lampreys, outline some historical trends in lamprey research, and celebrate the growing interest—among scientists and laypeople—in this previously ...
- Margaret F. Docker, John B. Hume, Benjamin J. Clemens
- 2015
A Surfeit of Lampreys (US title Death of a Peer) opens in Marsh’s native New Zealand. Young New Zealander Roberta Grey – has been heartily welcomed into the bosom of the Lamprey family – a large, chaotic and endlessly charming, aristocratic family from England who are forever on the edge of complete financial ruin.
In this introduction to Vols. 1 and 2 of Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control, we provide a broad perspective on the historical, ecological, and scien-tific importance of lampreys, outline some interesting trends in lamprey research (e.g., in terms of topics and species covered), and celebrate the growing interest in
