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Jacob LaCivita

Jacob LaCivita

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Time travel aficionado and author of the rock and roll time travel novel "Timely Persuasion."

A King Under Siege

A King Under Siege

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<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>

Story Behind The Book

The narrator of Timely Persuasion is a washed up music critic who has a quirky tendency to speak in song lyrics. There are over 600 lyrical fragments scattered throughout the book.

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Author Revisits Death of Kurt Cobain in Time Travel Novel

🔗 http://www.pr.com/press-release/79399

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Buy This Book

🔗 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/12/27/buy-this-book-or-get-it-free-whatever/

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Review - Timely Persuasion by Jacob LaCivita

🔗 http://nonemaysay.blogspot.com/2008/04/review-timely-persuasion-by-jacob.html

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Reviews

<span style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;line-height:normal;"></span><p class="paragraph_style_2" style="color:#6699ff;font-family:'Futura-Medium', Futura, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:21px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;">“Mr LaCivita's prose is polished and engaging, with the author's passion for rock and roll coming off very clearly in this story. One of the biggest reasons why I enjoy reading <span class="style_1" style="font-style:italic;">Timely Persuasion</span> is because the author's passion for his subject matter is evident and even infectious.”</p><p class="paragraph_style_3" style="color:#6699ff;font-family:'Futura-Medium', Futura, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:21px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0px;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;">-Mrs. Giggles, <a href="http://www.mrsgiggles.com/pod/lacivita_persuasion.html" title="http://www.mrsgiggles.com/pod/lacivita_persuasion.html" style="color:#ac1221;">MrsGiggles.com</a></p>