Conrad's father John Reed learns that the rock is actually gold in 1802, initiating the first gold rush in the United States.

Conrad's army was the first to enter the Byzantine territory in the summer of 1147, and it figures more prominently in the Byzantine sources, which imply that it was the most troublesome of the two.

One convoluted example of a multi-level narrative structure is Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, which has a double framework: an unidentified " I " ( first person singular ) narrator relates a boating trip during which another character, Marlow, tells in the first person the story that comprises the majority of the work.

Conrad's last mission was as commander of Skylab 2, the first crew to board the Skylab space station.

Although Spike Jonze had never acted in a movie before, Russell wrote the part of Conrad Vig specifically for him, and the two practised Conrad's southern accent over the phone while Jonze directed his first feature film, Being John Malkovich.

Gisela of Burgundy ( c. 975 – July 21, 1006 ) was the daughter of Conrad the Peaceful, King of Burgundy and Adelaide of Bellay, Conrad's second wife whom he probably married for love, as he had already produced an heir ( Rudolph III ) by his first, more dynastic, marriage and was thus free to wed as he pleased.

Later, while returning from the crusade in disguise, Richard was recognised by Meinhard II of Görz, who is described as Conrad's nephew ( which suggests the identity of his first wife ), and then imprisoned by Conrad's cousin, Leopold V of Austria.

He first styled himself as vicar of his nephew Conradin, Conrad's son.

For his motion picture debut, Welles first considered adapting Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness for the screen.

Because of its quality compared to earlier works, some have described it as marking the start of Conrad's major ( middle ) period ; others have placed it as the best work of his early ( first ) period.

:" The unfortunately titled The Nigger of the " Narcissus " ( titled The Children of the Sea in the first American edition ) is Conrad's best work of his early period.

Conrad's father, John Reed, learns that the rock is actually gold in 1802, initiating the first gold rush in the United States.

It is also described in the first pages of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, as both the launching place of England's great ships of exploration and colonization and, in ancient times, the site of colonization of the British Isles by the Roman Empire.

The main character and narrator of the first season Lauren Conrad's home can be seen on MTV Cribs This house was the setting for several scenes in all seasons of the show.

Conrad's stock rose while with Kansas City ; never a big scorer, he tallied four goals during his first season ( he has ten in his MLS career ).

The title Rhys chose for her depiction of European modernity recalls another work of modernist literature, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness ( first serialized in 1899 ).

The first known ferry operation at the location was Conrad's Ferry, pronounced contemporaneously by the locals as " Coonrod's Ferry " in 1817.

In March 2008, Conrad's first fashion line, The Lauren Conrad Collection, debuted at the Mercedes-Benz LA Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios.

Beside a few returning characters ( Roger Bacon, Lenny Curtis, Joachim Valentine, Keith Valentine ( as the Silver Bat ), Hildegarde Valentine ( as the Peach Bat in Shadow Hearts Covenant, here as a playable character in Johnny's party ) and Gerard ( the shopkeeper ) as well as items ( Émigré Manuscript ), important events that took place in Shadow Hearts 2 are mentioned, such as Nicolai ( Nicholas ) Conrad's release of Malice.

Conrad's words had intellectual meaning for him only.

Henry and Isabella were married only eight days after Conrad's murder.

However, according to Conrad's Author's Note, only one character was a true anarchist: Winnie Verloc.

After the death of his remaining son in 1189, Conrad's only heir was his daughter Agnes.

McDonald's plotting is also, in Chaga, deeply engaged with Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and just as in Conrad the real horror is not only in the Congolese interior, but also in the looming bulk of late Victorian London, so McDonald's ' heart of darkness ' is not the invading alien but the responses to it of the UN and of developed nations.

Except for the brothers, only the housemaid is greatly influenced by the prospect of longevity, for she turns out to be the only one who has really read Conrad's book.

Some of Conrad's experiences in the Congo and the story's historic background, including possible models for Kurtz, are recounted in Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost.

Hugh was technically regent of Jerusalem as well, both for Conrad and for Conrad's son Conradin after Conrad died in 1254.

Innocent therefore moved to Anagni to wait for Manfred's reaction to the event, especially as Conrad's heir, Conradin, had been entrusted to the Papal tutorage by the King's testament.

Conrad's failure to make anything of his position in Italy, causing him to return in 1130 without anything to show for it, assured at least a partial victory for Lothair.

* 1902: Although not explicitly cited, the Congo River provides the setting for Joseph Conrad's 1902 novel Heart of Darkness.

Mieszko II was compelled to give up his royal title and for the remainder of his troubled rule became the Duke of Poland and Conrad's vassal.

The renewal of the German alliance remained the principal orientation of Manuel's foreign policy for the rest of his reign, despite the gradual divergence of interests between the two empires after Conrad's death.

" His legacy of death and destruction in the Congo region is considered an inspiration for Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

Brooke was also a model for the hero of Joseph Conrad's novel Lord Jim, and he is briefly mentioned in Kipling's short story " The Man Who Would Be King ".

Conrad's words for stepping onto the Moon were " Oooh, is that soft and queasy.

If you don't know what to do, don't do anything .— Conrad's advice for working in space, quoted in the book From the Earth to the Moon.

Support for Conrad's work has come from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the State University of New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

In 2006, the full hour-long recording of Conrad's Joan of Arc was released, a 1968 recording for the soundtrack to Piero Heliczer's like-named short film.

Although best known for television series, he won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for the novel Conrad's War ( Blackie, 1978 ).

Conrad's ex-wife, Theodora, was still living in the mid-late 1190s, when she was having the monastery of Dalmatios converted into a convent, possibly for her own residence.

He sat for artists such as Sir William Rothenstein, who painted Don Roberto as The Fencer ; Sir John Lavery whose famous Don Roberto: Commander for the King of Aragon in the Two Sicilies for many years graced the cover of the Penguin Books edition of Conrad's Nostromo and whose equestrian portrait of Don Roberto on his favourite horse Pampa ; G. P. Jacomb-Hood who painted his official portrait on entering parliament, who along with Whistler were personal friends.