دانلود رمان انگلیسی “مرثیه‌ای برای یک الهه، ارل و پری”

Lately, London had been host to a spate of horrific murders. The scene of these killings had been London Bridge, one of the city’s most famous sights. It stretched over the winding River Thames that snaked through Greater London and had once been a stronghold that protected the city. Not only did it prevent enemy ships from sailing up the river, it acted as a platform that allowed for the loosing of stones and arrows. It was said that the bridge had been spectacularly pulled down by an ancient king seeking to win the city back from the clutches of Danish Vikings, and that the felling of the bridge had cinched his victory. Though almost a thousand years had passed, those events were etched into the citizenry’s memories through a well-known nursery rhyme. That morning marked the sixth victim to be found hanging from London Bridge. Presently, Edgar Ashenbert, the Earl of Ibrazel, was reading about it in The Times with a grim expression on his face. These murders were shaking London to its core, and while the victims varied in their ages and backgrounds, there was one commonality between the killings: they had all been found hanging from a rope tied to the bridge’s balustrade. At first, these cases had been reported as suicides. There had been witnesses to the victims tying the ropes around their necks and jumping from the bridge. However, some testimonies said differently, saying they saw a figure beside the victim, with some even going so far as to say it looked more like a terrifying demon than a human being. “My lord, it would seem that this latest victim was not British, though he took the very British-sounding name of Mr. Michael Caan and was married to the lady mentioned here. It also seemed he came from a tribe of Ceylon,” Paul explained under his breath. Paul Firman was a novice painter and he was currently with Edgar in the earl’s gentlemen’s room. He was Edgar’s friend and a member of Scarlet Moon, a secret society that shared a common enemy with the aristocrat. Paul had come to report on the society’s investigation.