Исторические романы

The Resistance Girl
Norway, 1942: She has lost everything to the Nazis. But now she fights back War rages, and, under cover of darkness, Rumi Orlstad and her fellow resistance fighters smuggle British agents, fugitives and supplies across the North Sea into Nazi-occupied territory.One night, when he braves a storm to complete an ill-fated mission, Rumi s fiance is lost to the dangerous waters. Broken-hearted, she withdraws from the clandestine group, vowing never to let her loved ones put themselves in the line of fire again.But months later, Rumi stumbles across a Nazi secret that lays Hitler s plans for Norway bare, and she knows she has no choice but to risk her life for her country once more Readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and anything by Fiona Valpy will love this heartbreaking tale of the sacrifices ordinary people made to keep friends, family, strangers and hope alive.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Avon
Артикул: 898798
ISBN: 9780008453411
Автор: Robotham Mandy
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

The Way of All Flesh
A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 1Edinburgh, 1847. Will Raven is a medical student, apprenticing for the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson. Sarah Fisher is Simpson s housemaid, and has all of Raven s intelligence but none of his privileges.As bodies begin to appear across the Old Town, Raven and Sarah find themselves propelled headlong into the darkest shadows of Edinburgh s underworld. And if either of them are to make it out alive, they will have to work together to find out who s responsible for the gruesome deaths.

Серия: Raven and Fisher Mystery
Год: 2019
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 728919
ISBN: 9781786893802
Автор: Parry Ambrose
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Amy's Diary
On 3rd September 1939, Amy Browning decided to start writing a diary. It was a momentous day for so many reasons: it was Amy's 18th birthday; her sister had just given birth to a baby boy; and on the radio it was announced that Great Britain was now at war with Germany.For a while, life didn't change very much for Amy. Living with her family in Opal Street, Liverpool, Amy and her friend both got jobs at a factory, and spent their free time looking round the shops, or watching the ships being loaded at the docks. But as the months went by, things began to change. The bombing started, and Amy's fears grew for her brother, fighting in France, and her boyfriend Ian, in the RAF...

Серия: Quick Reads
Год: 2012
Производитель: Orion
Артикул: 399546
ISBN: 9781409137382
Автор: Maureen Lee
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Black Mountain
The Black Mountain is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Kate Mosse.It is May, 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years and no one believes it is a threat.One day, Ana notices that the air feels strange and heavy, that the birds have stopped singing. Tending the family vineyard, a sudden strange tremor in the earth frightens her. Very soon it will be a race against time for Ana to help persuade the town that they are in danger and should flee before the volcano erupts and destroys their world. Will they listen? And Ana herself faces another danger

Серия: Quick Reads
Год: 2022
Производитель: Pan Books
Артикул: 955273
ISBN: 9781529088465
Автор: Mosse Kate
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Snow Falling on Cedars
It is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. He is a Japanese American living on the island of San Piedro, off the north-west coast of America. The Second World War has left an atmosphere of anger and suspicion in this small community.Will Kabuo receive a fair trial? And will the true cause of the victim s death be discovered?Retold by Christopher Tribble.

Серия: Pearson English Readers
Год: 2008
Производитель: Pearson
Артикул: 764121
ISBN: 9781405882736
Автор: Гутерсон Дэвид
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

All the Beautiful Girls
The dazzling, powerful story of a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas - finding unexpected fortune, friendship and love.In the summer of 1968, Ruby Wilde is the toast of Las Vegas. Showgirl of the Year, in her feathers and rhinestones, five-inch heels and sky-high headdresses, she mesmerises audiences from the Tropicana to the Stardust. Ratpackers and movie stars, gamblers and astronauts vie for her attention and shower her with gifts.But not so long ago Ruby Wilde was Lily Decker from Kansas: an orphaned girl determined to dance her way out of her troubled past. When she was eight years old, Lily survived the car crash that killed her parents and sister. Raised by an aunt who took too little interest in her and an uncle who took too much, dancing was her solace, and her escape. When a mysterious benefactor pays for her to attend a local dance academy, Lily's talent becomes her ticket to a new life.Now, as Ruby Wilde, the ultimate Sin City success story, she discovers that the glare of the spotlight cannot banish the shadows that haunt her. As the years pass and Ruby continues to search for freedom, for love and, most importantly, herself, she must learn the difference between what glitters and what is truly gold.
Год: 2019
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897818
ISBN: 9780008267971
Автор: Church Elizabeth J
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

Conjure Women
You're free to decide your future. But how do you escape the ghosts of the past? A stunning debut novel with echoes of Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and Sara Collins' The Confessions of Frannie LangtonThe pale-skinned, black-eyed baby is a bad omen. That's one thing the people on the old plantation are sure of. The other is that Miss Rue - midwife, healer, crafter of curses - will know what to do.But for once Rue doesn't know. Times have changed since her mother Miss May Belle held the power to influence the life and death of her fellow slaves. Freedom has come. The master's Big House lies in ruins. But this new world brings new dangers, and Rue's old magic may be no match for them.When sickness sweeps across her tight-knit community, Rue finds herself the focus of suspicion. What secrets does she keep amidst the charred remains of the Big House? Which spells has she conjured to threaten their children? And why is she so wary of the charismatic preacher man who promises to save them all?Rue understands fear. It has shaped her life and her mother's before her. And now she knows she must face her fears - and her ghosts - to find a new way forward for herself and her people.Conjure Women is a story of the lengths we'll go to save the ones we love, from a stunning new voice in fiction.
Год: 2021
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897956
ISBN: 9780008293956
Автор: Atakora Afia
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Execution
A Treasonous PlotEngland, 1586. Giordano Bruno, heretic turned spy, passes on vital information to spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and install Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne.A Deadly TrapWalsingham, already aware of the plot, is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put her support in writing - and condemn herself to a traitor's death.A Queen in DangerBruno must go undercover, join the conspirators and stop them. A queen is destined to die; Bruno must make sure it is the right one...
Год: 2021
Производитель: HarperCollins
Артикул: 875491
ISBN: 9780007481323
Автор: Parris S. J
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Heresy
In Elizabeth s England, true faith can mean bloody murder Oxford, 1583. A place of learning. And murderous schemes.The country is rife with plots to assassinate Queen Elizabeth and return the realm to the Catholic faith. Giordano Bruno is recruited by the queen s spymaster and sent undercover to expose a treacherous conspiracy in Oxford but his own secret mission must remain hidden at all costs.A spy under orders. A coveted throne under threat.When a series of hideous murders ruptures close-knit college life, Bruno is compelled to investigate. And what he finds makes it brutally clear that the Tudor throne itself is at stake

Серия: Giordano Bruno
Год: 2011
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897023
ISBN: 9780007317707
Автор: Parris S. J
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Lords of the Bow
The action-packed second novel in the No. 1 bestselling Conqueror series, bringing to the epic story of Genghis Khan brilliantly to lifeThe gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming but finally, triumphantly, Temujin of the Wolves, Genghis Khan, is given the full accolade of the overall leader and their oaths.Now he can begin to meld all the previously warring people into one army, one nation. But the task Genghis has set himself and them is formidable. He is determined to travel to the land of the long-time enemy, the Chin and attack them there. The distances and terrain-the wide deserts, the impenetrable mountains-make it a difficult venture even for the legendary Mongolian speed of movement, but the greatest problem is that of the complex fortifications, a way of fighting wars of a settled urban population which the nomadic Mongolians had never come across. Finding ways to tackle that and keeping his tribes together in a strange environment presents another new and exciting challenge for Genghis Khan.Not only must Genghis succeed in this incredible campaign, but he must also reconcile the restless factions among his own generals, mediate between his ambitious brothers and cope with his own reactions to his growing sons. The young warrior has become a notable and victorious military commander of thousands: he must now learn to become a great leader of peoples of many different races and religions.Lords of the Bow is a deeply satisfying novel. It is epic in scope, convincing, and fascinating in the narration of an extraordinary story. Above all Genghis Khan continues to dominate the scene as he matures from the young boy of Wolf of the Plains to the great Conqueror.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897062
ISBN: 9780007353262
Автор: Iggulden Conn
Гендер: Мальчики
Категория: Исторические романы

The Dream Weavers
A love story that will echo through the centuries A couple torn apart The year is 775AD, and the Saxon King Offa rules with cold ambition. His daughter, Eadburh, destined for an arranged marriage, is devastated when her true love is torn from her. Angry and passionate, she rebels and her defiance may lead to war. A past that will not stay buried Centuries later, unsettling visions disturb a cottage hidden amongst the Welsh hills, and Bea begins to have haunting nightmares. The past is calling and Eadburh is trying to exact her revenge. As dreams and reality weave closer together, will Bea have the strength to resist the secrets of the Saxons? The Sunday Times bestseller is back with a spellbinding tale of secrets, magic and the dangerous power of true love
Год: 2022
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897582
ISBN: 9780008195892
Автор: Erskine Barbara
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Orphan Thief
When all seems lost As Hitler s bombs rain down on a battered and beleaguered Britain, Ruby Shadwell is dealt the most devastating blow her entire family lost during the Coventry Blitz. Hope still survives Alone and with the city in chaos, Ruby is determined to survive this war and rebuild her life. And a chance encounter with street urchin Tommy gives Ruby just the chance she needs And love will overcome.Because Tommy brings with him Canadian Sergeant Jean-Paul Clayton. Jean-Paul is drawn to Ruby and wants to help her, but Ruby cannot bear another loss. Can love bloom amidst the ruins? Or will the war take Ruby s last chance at happiness too?
Год: 2020
Производитель: One More Chapter
Артикул: 898467
ISBN: 9780008384906
Автор: Peters Glynis
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Queen's Rival
The forgotten story of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. A strong woman who claimed the throne for her family in a time of war England, 1459. One family united by blood. Torn apart by war The Wars of the Roses storm through the country, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, plots to topple the weak-minded King Henry VI from the throne.But when the Yorkists are defeated at the battle of Ludford Bridge, Cecily's family flee and abandon her to face a marauding Lancastrian army on her own.Stripped of her lands and imprisoned in Tonbridge Castle, the Duchess begins to spin a web of deceit. One that will eventually lead to treason, to the fall of King Henry VI, and to her eldest son being crowned King Edward IV.
Год: 2021
Производитель: HQ
Артикул: 897673
ISBN: 9780008225537
Автор: O`Brien Anne
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Royal Game
The spellbinding new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Anne O Brien.England, 1444. Three women challenge the course of history King Henry VI s grip on the crown hangs by a thread as the Wars of the Roses starts to tear England apart. And from the ashes of war, the House of Paston begins its rise to power.Led by three visionary women, the Pastons are a family from humble peasant beginnings who rely upon cunning, raw ambition, and good fortune in order to survive.Their ability to plot and scheme sees them overcome imprisonment, violence and betrayal, to eventually secure for their family a castle and a place at the heart of the Yorkist Court. But success breeds jealousy and brings them dangerous enemies An inspirational story of courage and resilience, The Royal Game, charts the rise of three remarkable women from obscurity to the very heart of Court politics and intrigue.
Год: 2021
Производитель: HQ
Артикул: 898684
ISBN: 9780008422882
Автор: O`Brien Anne
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Family
A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself.Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers' unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love. But the disappearance of Antonia's father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into women, wives, mothers, and leaders. And as they push against the boundaries of society's expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship, one fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested.Only one of them can pull the trigger before it's too late.
Год: 2023
Производитель: The Borough Press
Артикул: 986387
ISBN: 9780008491499
Автор: Krupitsky Naomi
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

The Japanese Lover
From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted, multigenerational love story.In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her overseas to live with an aunt and uncle in their opulent San Francisco mansion. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms, but following Pearl Harbor the two are cruelly pulled apart. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world.Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to reconcile her own troubled past, meets the older woman and her grandson, Seth, at Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, and learn about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Scribner
Артикул: 966367
ISBN: 9781471152191
Автор: Allende Isabel
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

A Single Thread
Violet is 38.The First World War took everything from her. Her brother, her fiance and her future. She is now considered a surplus woman .But Violet is also fiercely independent and determined. Escaping her suffocating mother, she moves to Winchester to start a new life a change that will require courage, resilience and acts of quiet rebellion. And when whispers of another world war surface, she must live with a secret that could change everything
Год: 2020
Производитель: The Borough Press
Артикул: 897471
ISBN: 9780008153847
Автор: Chevalier Tracy
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Constant Princess
A splendid and sumptuous historical novel from the internationally bestselling author, Philippa Gregory, telling of the early life of Katherine of Aragon.I was born a princess, destined to be queen, and I know my duty.1491. Henry VII's eldest son Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, has been betrothed since childhood to the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. Their marriage will cement the alliance Henry Tudor craves to secure his country. But when Arthur's sudden death leaves an 11-year-old boy heir to the kingdom, Henry Tudor must choose whether to send Katherine back to Spain, or to marry her himself. Katherine has no son from her brief marriage to secure her future; her substantial dowry and his powerful contract are at stake.Henry has reckoned without the determination of a young woman set on fulfilling her own destiny to be a queen - and the ambition of Prince Harry, the future Henry VIII.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 896854
ISBN: 9780007190317
Автор: Gregory Philippa
Гендер: Мальчики
Категория: Исторические романы

The Virgin's Lover
A sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I, from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl.Now I can be the queen that my mother intended me to be . . . the queen I was born to be.1558. After years of waiting, Princess Elizabeth accedes to the throne of England.But the country is divided, the restoration of the Protestant faith ignites opposition from the church and beyond, and court remains a treacherous place.Many believe that Elizabeth must marry if she is to survive. For Robert Dudley, Elizabeth s ascension is a glorious new dawn, and he quickly positions himself as the young queen s favourite. Dudley is a man of powerful lineage; his father had been a kingmaker at the court of Henry VIII. But Dudley has many enemies, amongst them William Cecil, the queen s most trusted advisor.As powerful families vie for stakes in the emerging kingdom, Elizabeth must secure her own future.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 896809
ISBN: 9780007147311
Автор: Gregory Philippa
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

The Confessions of Young Nero
In the Roman Empire no one is safe from the sting of betrayal: man, woman - or child.As a boy, Nero's royal heritage becomes a threat to his very life, first when the mad emperor Caligula tries to drown him, then when his great aunt attempts to secure her own son's inheritance. Faced with shocking acts of treachery, young Nero is dealt a harsh lesson: it is better to be cruel than dead.While Nero idealizes the artistic and athletic principles of Greece, his very survival rests on his ability to navigate the sea of vipers that is Rome. Most lethal of all is his own mother, Agrippina, whose only goal is to control the empire. But as her machinations earn her son a title he is both tempted and terrified to assume, Nero's determination to escape her thrall will shape him into the man he was fated to become - an Emperor who became legendary.With impeccable research and captivating prose, The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George is the story of a boy's ruthless ascension to the throne. From innocent youth to infamous ruler, his is an epic tale of the lengths to which man will go in the ultimate quest for power and survival.

Серия: Nero Series
Год: 2018
Производитель: Pan Books
Артикул: 903188
ISBN: 9781447283331
Автор: George Margaret
Гендер: Мальчики
Категория: Исторические романы

The Other Boleyn Girl
The acclaimed international bestseller of the Tudor court, during the years of Henry VIII s pursuit of Anne Boleyn - and the revolutionary sequence of events that followed.This chance for us Howards comes once in a century 1521. Henry VIII rules over a fashionable court alive with pageant and celebration, the lack of a son his only threat. When young Mary Boleyn arrives at court, she becomes his new mistress, an unwitting pawn in the ambitions of the powerful Boleyn and Howard families.As Henry s interest begins to wane, the Boleyns scheme to put forward Mary s sister, Anne. Yet Anne Boleyn, newly returned from the French court, won t agree to be Henry s mistress only his wife.Pitting the king s desperation for an heir against the advice of his powerful advisors, Wolsey and Cromwell, what follows will change the course of a country s history.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 896723
ISBN: 9780006514008
Автор: Gregory Philippa
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

Wolf of the Plains
The first book in the bestselling Conqueror series featuring Genghis Khan and his descendants.'I am the land and the bones of the hills. I am the winter.'Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an ambush.His family were thrown out of the tribe and left alone, without food or shelter, to starve to death on the harsh Mongolian plains.It was a rough introduction to his life, to a sudden adult world, but Temujin survived, learning to combat natural and human threats. A man, a small family, without a tribe was always at risk but he gathered other outsiders to him, creating a new tribal identity. It was during some of his worst times that the image of uniting the warring tribes and bringing the silver people together came to him. He will become the khan of the sea of grass, Genghis.

Серия: Conqueror
Год: 2010
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897061
ISBN: 9780007353255
Автор: Iggulden Conn
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Turn of Midnight
A deadly plague is spreading across the land As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors.Guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne, they wait, knowing that when their dwindling stores are finally gone they will have no choice but to leave. But where will they find safety in the desolate wasteland outside?One man has the courage to find out.Thaddeus Thurkell, a free-thinking, educated serf, strikes out in search of supplies and news. A compelling leader, he and his companions quickly throw off the shackles of serfdom and set their minds to ensuring Develish s future and freedom for its people.But what use is freedom that cannot be gained lawfully? When Lady Anne and Thaddeus conceive an audacious plan to secure her people s independence, neither foresees the life-threatening struggle over power, money and religion that follows

Серия: The Last Hours
Год: 2019
Производитель: Allen & Unwin
Артикул: 929550
ISBN: 9781760632182
Автор: Walters Minette
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

In Darkness
In darkness, I count my blessings like Manman taught me.One: I am alive.Two: there is no two.In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital, thirsty, terrified and alone. Shorty is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen enough violence to last a lifetime, and who has been inexorably drawn into the world of the gangsters who rule Site Soley; men who dole out money with one hand and death with the other.But Shorty has a secret: a flame of revenge that blazes inside him and a burning wish to find the twin sister he lost seven years ago . . .
Год: 2014
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922390
ISBN: 9781408819951
Автор: Lake Nick
Гендер: Мальчики
Категория: Исторические романы

River of Destiny
From the bestselling author of Time's Legacy and Lady of Hay comes a thrilling new novel, River of Destiny, an epic story that spans Anglo Saxon Britain, Victorian Suffolk and the present day. Perfect for fans of Kate Mosse's Labyrinth.On the banks of the River Deben in Suffolk are ancient barns dating back to Anglo Saxon times - within these walls lie secrets that have been buried for centuries.New arrivals Zoe and Ken move into one of the converted barns, ready to start a life away from the hustle and bustle of the city. To the outside world they seem happy, but they are growing further apart by the day. Meanwhile the strange presence Zoe feels within their home and the ghostly shapes she sees through the cloying mists on the river are getting harder to ignore.Nearby, farmers are ploughing the land beside the river and human bones are found. Are they linked to the Victorian tragedy the locals whisper about? The secret of the grassy mound has remained untouched through history, but now that it's been disturbed, will there be devastating consequences?
Год: 2013
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897000
ISBN: 9780007302321
Автор: Erskine Barbara
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Golem and the Djinni
For fans of The Essex Serpent and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock.One cold night, two newcomers emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York, and it is never the same again.But these two are more than strangers to this land, they are strangers to this world. From the depths of folkloric history come Chava the golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi and Ahmad, a djinni, born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped in an old copper flask released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop.Two companions who were never meant to be released, and never meant to meet. And when they do, their opposing natures will be sealed by a special bond, but one that is threatened by watching eyes, roaming owners and a misunderstanding world.A glittering gem of a novel, as spell-binding as it is compelling, The Golem and The Djinni asks us what we're made of and how we can break free.
Год: 2014
Производитель: The Borough Press
Артикул: 897183
ISBN: 9780007480197
Автор: Wecker Helene
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Lawless
The Bondurant Boys were notorious gangster brothers who ran liquor though Franklin County during Prohibition. LAWLESS is their story.Based on the true account of Matt Bondurant s grandfather and two granduncles, this is a gripping tale of bootlegging, brotherhood and revenge.
Год: 2012
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 953769
ISBN: 9780857867285
Автор: Bondurant Matt
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Macbeth. Graphic Novel
Shakespeare's plays are part of our cultural heritage - every child is sure to come across at least one during their school life, and it's quite likely to be Macbeth. This accessible version of the story is told in picture strip to help both children and adults unravel the complexities of Shakespeare's language and plot. A well-crafted book which will provide a solid base for watching or studying the play.

Серия: Usborne graphic novels
Год: 2020
Производитель: Usborne
Артикул: 812869
ISBN: 9781474948128
Автор: Punter Russell
Гендер: Дети
Категория: Исторические романы

Bring Up The Bodies
With this historic win for Bring Up the Bodies , Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes, as well as being the first to win with two consecutive novels. Continuing what began in the Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall , we return to the court of Henry VIII, to witness the irresistible rise of Thomas Cromwell as he contrives the destruction of Anne Boleyn.By 1535 Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry, his fortunes having risen with those of Anne Boleyn. But the split from the Catholic Church has left England dangerously isolated, and Anne has failed to give the king an heir. Cromwell watches as Henry falls for plain Jane Seymour. Negotiating the politics of the court, Cromwell must find a solution that will satisfy Henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career. But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of Anne s final days.An astounding literary accomplishment, Bring Up the Bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists.

Серия: The Wolf Hall Trilogy
Год: 2013
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897019
ISBN: 9780007315109
Автор: Mantel Hilary
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Life Class
From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The first novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heartSpring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks's studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When war breaks out and the army won't take Paul, he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he and fellow student Elinor Brooke admit their feelings for one another. Amidst the devastation in Ypres, Paul comes to see the world anew - but have his experiences changed him completely?

Серия: Penguin Essentials
Год: 2019
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 889396
ISBN: 9780241986493
Автор: Barker Pat
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

Girl, Forgotten
A girl with a secret Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead.A murder that remains a mystery Forty years later, Emily's murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that's about to change.One final chance to uncover a killer Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily - and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too
Год: 2022
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 923897
ISBN: 9780008303600
Автор: Slaughter Karin
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

Sharpe's Assassin
Sharpe is back.The global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .Paris, 1815Richard Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he's the army's loose cannon - but also its most formidable weapon.With violence brewing in the aftermath of Waterloo, and a secretive group of revolutionaries hell-bent on avenging Napoleon's defeat, Sharpe is called to the front line: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe.And in search of a spy, he must defeat a lethal assassin determined to destroy his target, or die trying . . .

Серия: Sharpe
Год: 2022
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897545
ISBN: 9780008184049
Автор: Cornwell Bernard
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Rose Code
1940, Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire. Three very different women are recruited to the mysterious Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla has the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, working to translate decoded enemy secrets. Self-made Mab masters the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and the poverty of her East-End London upbringing. And shy local girl Beth is the outsider who trains as one of the Park s few female cryptanalysts. 1947, London. Seven years after they first meet, on the eve of the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, disaster threatens. Osla, Mab and Beth are estranged, their friendship torn apart by secrets and betrayal. Yet now they must race against the clock to crack one final code together, before it s too late, for them and for their country.If you loved The Crown, don t miss this riveting historical novel!
Год: 2022
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 898815
ISBN: 9780008455880
Автор: Quinn Kate
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

The Prisoner's Wife
Their love is a death sentence. But can it keep them alive?Czechoslovakia, 1944. In the dead of night, a farm girl and a British soldier creep through abandoned villages. Secretly married and on the run, Bill and Izabela are searching for Izabela's brother and father, who are fighting for the Czech resistance. They know their luck will not last. Captured by the German army, it seems they must be separated - but they have prepared for this moment. By cutting her hair and pretending to be mute, Izabela successfully disguises herself as a British soldier. Together, they face the terrible conditions of a POW camp, reliant on the help of their fellow POWs to maintain their fragile deception.Their situation is beyond dangerous. If Izabela is discovered, she and Bill - and all the men who helped them - will face lethal consequences.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Arrow Books
Артикул: 892284
ISBN: 9781787464148
Автор: Brookes Maggie
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

The White Queen
The tale of one woman's ambitious ascent to royalty during the Wars of the Roses and the unsolved mystery around her sons' imprisonment in the TowerThe first in a stunning series, The Cousins' War, is set amid the tumult and intrigue of The War of the Roses. Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings this family drama to colourful life through its women, beginning with the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen. The White Queen tells the story of a common woman who ascends to royalty by virtue of her beauty, a woman who rises to the demands of her position and fights tenaciously for the success of her family, a woman whose two sons become the central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the Princes in the Tower whose fate remains unknown to this day. From her uniquely qualified perspective, Philippa Gregory explores the most famous unsolved mystery, informed by impeccable research and framed by her inimitable storytelling skills.

Серия: Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
Год: 2022
Производитель: Simon & Schuster
Артикул: 965882
ISBN: 9781398508613
Автор: Gregory Philippa
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Book of Longings
Ana is born in Galilee at a time when women are seen as possessions, only leaving their fathers' homes to marry. Ana longs to control her destiny. Taught to read despite her mother's misgivings, she wants to be a writer and to find her own voice. A voice that will speak for the silenced women around her.Betrothed to an elderly widower, Ana almost despairs. But an encounter with a charismatic young carpenter in Nazareth awakens new longings in her, and a different future opens up.Yet this is not a simple love story. Ana's journey will bring both joy and tragedy, but it will also be enriched by the female friendships she makes along the way.The Book of Longings is an exquisite tale of dreams and desire, and of the power of women to change the world.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Tinder Press
Артикул: 956211
ISBN: 9781472232519
Автор: Kidd Sue Monk
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Last Letter from Istanbul
Istanbul, 1921Before the Occupation, Nur's city was a tapestry of treasures: the Grand Bazaar alive with colour, trinkets and spices; saffron sunsets melting into the black waters of the Bosphorus; the sweet fragrance of the fig trees dancing on the summer breeze . . . Now the shadow of war hangs over the city, and Nur lives for the protection of a young boy with a terrible secret. Stumbling through the streets, carrying the embroideries that have become her livelihood, she avoids the gazes of the Allied soldiers. Survival is everything.When Nur chances upon George Monroe, a medical officer in the British Army, it is easy to hate him. Yet the lines between enemy and friend grow fainter.She and the boy would both be at risk. Nur knows that she cannot afford to fall - impossibly and dangerously - in love . . .
Год: 2018
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897506
ISBN: 9780008169107
Автор: Foley Lucy
Гендер: Мальчики
Категория: Исторические романы

The Reavers
Elizabethan England, and a dastardly Spanish plot to take over the throne is uncovered. It's up to Agent Archie Noble to save Queen and country in this saucy and swashbuckling romp from the bestselling author of The Flashman Papers and The Pyrates.Spoiled, arrogant, filthy rich, and breathtakingly beautiful, the young Lady Godiva Dacre is exiled from the court of Good Queen Bess (who can't abide red-haired competition) to her lonely estate in distant Cumberland, where she looks forward to bullying the peasantry and getting her own imperious way. Little does she guess that the turbulent Scottish border is the last place for an Elizabethan heiress, beset by ruthless reivers (many of them unshaven), blackmailing ruffians, fiendish Spanish plotters intent on regime change and turning Merrie England into a ghastly European Union province.And no one to rely on but her half-witted blonde school chum, a rugged English superman with a knack for disaster, and a dashing highwayman who looks like Errol Flynn but has a Glasgow accent. To say nothing of warlocks, impersonators, taxi-drivers riding brooms, burlesque artists, the drunkest man in Scotland, and several quite normal characters - oh, yes, gossips, it's all happening in The Reavers, a moral tale obviously conceived in some kind of fit by Flashman author George MacDonald Fraser well, he's getting on, and was bound to crack eventually. He admits (nay, insists) that it's a crazy story for readers who love fun for its own sake.
Год: 2008
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 896947
ISBN: 9780007253845
Автор: Fraser George MacDonald
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

Year of Wonders
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'March' and 'People of the Book'. A young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village.In 1666, plague swept through London, driving the King and his court to Oxford, and Samuel Pepys to Greenwich, in an attempt to escape contagion. The north of England remained untouched until, in a small community of leadminers and hill farmers, a bolt of cloth arrived from the capital. The tailor who cut the cloth had no way of knowing that the damp fabric carried with it bubonic infection.So begins the Year of Wonders, in which a Pennine village of 350 souls confronts a scourge beyond remedy or understanding. Desperate, the villagers turn to sorcery, herb lore, and murderous witch-hunting. Then, led by a young and charismatic preacher, they elect to isolate themselves in a fatal quarantine. The story is told through the eyes of Anna Frith who, at only 18, must contend with the death of her family, the disintegration of her society, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit attraction.Geraldine Brooks's novel explores love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggle of 17th century science and religion to deal with a seemingly diabolical pestilence. 'Year of Wonders' is also an eloquent memorial to the real-life Derbyshire villagers who chose to suffer alone during England's last great plague.
Год: 2008
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 899745
ISBN: 9781841154589
Автор: Brooks Geraldine
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Beyond Black
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.Hilarious and sinister, Beyond Black is a tale of dark secrets and secret forces in suburban England.Alison Hart is a medium by trade: dead people talk to her, and she talks back. With her flat-eyed, flint-hearted sidekick, Colette, she tours the dormitory towns of London's orbital road, passing on messages from dead ancestors: 'Granny says she likes your new kitchen units.'Alison's ability to communicate with spirits is a torment rather than a gift. Behind her plump, smiling and bland public persona is a desperate woman. She knows that the next life holds terrors that she must conceal from her clients. Her days and nights are haunted by the men she knew in her childhood, the thugs and petty criminals who preyed upon her hopeless, addled mother, Emmie. They infiltrate her house, her body and her soul; the more she tries to be rid of them, the stronger and nastier they become. Beyond Black is a witty and deeply sinister story of dark secrets and forces, set in an England that jumps at its own shadow, a country whose banal self-absorption is shot through by fear of the engulfing dark.
Год: 2013
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 896820
ISBN: 9780007157761
Автор: Mantel Hilary
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew
Provence, May 1889. The hospital of Saint-Paul-de Mausole is home to the mentally ill. An old monastery, it sits at the foot of Les Alpilles mountains amongst wheat fields, herbs and olive groves. For years, the fragile have come here and lived quietly, found rest behind the shutters and high, sun-baked walls.Tales of the new arrival - his savagery, his paintings, his copper-red hair - are quick to find the warden's wife. From her small white cottage, Jeanne Trabuc watches him - how he sets his easel amongst the trees, the irises and the fields of wheat, and paints in the heat of the day.Jeanne knows the rules; she knows not to approach the patients at Saint-Paul. But this man - paint-smelling, dirty, troubled and intense - is, she thinks, worth talking to. So ignoring her husband's wishes, the dangers and despite the word mad, Jeanne climbs over the hospital wall. She will find that the painter will change all their lives.Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew is a beautiful novel about the repercussions of longing, of loneliness and of passion for life. But it's also about love - and how it alters over time.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Virago
Артикул: 908701
ISBN: 9780349007632
Автор: Fletcher Susan
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

Tangerine
The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the horrific accident at Bennington, the two friends - once inseparable roommates - haven't spoken in over a year. But Lucy is standing there, trying to make things right.Perhaps Alice should be happy. She has not adjusted to life in Morocco, too afraid to venture out into the bustling medinas and oppressive heat. Lucy, always fearless and independent, helps Alice emerge from her flat and explore the country.But soon a familiar feeling starts to overtake Alice - she feels controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. Then Alice's husband, John, goes missing, and Alice starts to question everything around her: her relationship with her enigmatic friend, her decision to ever come to Tangier, and her very own state of mind.Tangerine is an extraordinary debut, so tightly wound, so evocative of 1950s Tangier, and so cleverly plotted that it will leave you absolutely breathless.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Abacus
Артикул: 909435
ISBN: 9781408709979
Автор: Mangan Christine
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
An abandoned woman 1951. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an asylum by her husband. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther s prison but can captivity lead to freedom?A forbidden love 2018. When free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker is forced to take shelter on an isolated island off the Cornish Coast during a research posting, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters. Captivated by their passion and tenderness, Rachel is determined to find the intended recipient.A dangerous secret Meanwhile, in London, Eve is helping her grandmother write her memoirs. When she is contacted by Rachel, it sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to reveal secrets kept buried for more than sixty years.Three women bound together by a heartbreaking secret.A love story that needs to be told.This beautifully haunting and atmospheric novel, will sweep fans of Kate Morton, Elizabeth Gilbert and Emily Gunnis away this summer.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Orion
Артикул: 909575
ISBN: 9781409190561
Автор: Nunn Kayte
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Marian Sutro is an outsider: the daughter of a diplomat, brought up on the shores of Lake Geneva and in England, half French, half British, naive yet too clever for her own good. But when she is recruited from her desk job by SOE to go undercover in wartime France, it seems her hybrid status - and fluent French - will be of service to a greater, more dangerous cause. Trained in sabotage, dead-drops, how to perform under interrogation and how to kill, Marian parachutes into south-west France, her official mission to act as a Resistance courier. But her real destination is Paris, where she must seek out family friend Clement Pelletier, once the focus of her adolescent desires. A nuclear physicist engaged in the race for a new and terrifying weapon, he is of urgent significance to her superiors. As she struggles through the strange, lethal landscape of the Occupation towards this reunion, what completes her training is the understanding that war changes everything, and neither love nor fatherland may be trusted.The Girl Who Fell from the Sky is both a gripping adventure story and a moving meditation on patriotism, betrayal and the limits of love.
Год: 2013
Производитель: Abacus
Артикул: 908678
ISBN: 9780349000060
Автор: Mawer Simon
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

Bones of the Hills
The third novel in the No. 1 bestselling Conqueror series, following the life and adventures of the mighty Genghis Khan and his descendantsGenghis Khan has fulfilled his dream of uniting the many warring tribes of his lands into one great nation. He has taken his armies against the mighty cities of their oldest enemies. Now he finds trouble rising west of the Mongolian plains. His emissaries are being mutilated or killed and his trading gestures rebuffed. He decides to divide his armies to conquer, using his sons as generals and sending them out simultaneously in many directions.As well as discovering new territories and laying waste the cities which resist, Genghis knows that the actions of his generals will help him decide who, from his rival sons and heirs, should succeed him as khan.

Серия: Conqueror
Год: 2010
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 923846
ISBN: 9780007353279
Автор: Iggulden Conn
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Last Station. A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year
1910. Anna Karenina and War and Peace have made Leo Tolstoy the world s most famous author. But fame comes at a price.In the tumultuous final year of his life, Tolstoy is desperate to find respite, so leaves his large family and the hounding press behind and heads into the wilderness. Too ill to venture beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes his last days will pass in peaceful isolation. But the battle for Tolstoy s soul will not be so simple.
Год: 2007
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 953774
ISBN: 9781841959672
Автор: Parini Jay
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Emperor of Rome
The final, thrilling instalment in the epic Vespasian series from the bestselling author, Robert Fabbri.Rome, AD 68. Vespasian is tasked with the impossible. Should he quell the revolt in Judaea, as Nero the emperor has instructed, or resort to the unthinkable and sabotage his own campaign? If his conquest succeeds, he risks facing the mad emperor's jealousy. If he fails, his punishment will be severe.But then Nero commits suicide, catapulting Rome into turmoil. With a contested throne and an army at his disposal, now may finally be Vespasian's time - to ascend, to conquer, to achieve what countless prophecies have foretold and take control of Rome itself. Will Vespasian, at long last, be the one to wear the purple?

Серия: Vespasian
Год: 2019
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929496
ISBN: 9781782397106
Автор: Fabbri Robert
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Rome's Fallen Eagle
Rome, AD41. Caligula has been assassinated and the Praetorian Guard have proclaimed Claudius Emperor - but his position is precarious. His three freedmen, Narcissus, Pallas and Callistus, must find a way to manufacture a quick victory for Claudius - but how? Pallas has the answer: retrieve the Eagle of the Seventeenth, lost in Germania nearly 40 years before.Who but Vespasian could lead a dangerous mission into the gloomy forests of Germania? Accompanied by a small band of cavalry, Vespasian and his brother try to pick up the trail of the Eagle. But they are tailed by hunters who kill off men each night and leave the corpses in their path. Someone is determined to sabotage Vespasian's mission.In search of the Eagle and the truth, while being pursued by barbarians, Vespasian must battle his way to the shores of Britannia. Yet can he escape his own Emperor's wrath?
Год: 2014
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929469
ISBN: 9780857897466
Автор: Fabbri Robert
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Rome's Lost Son
Britannia, 45 AD: Vespasian's brother is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on Midsummer's Day. Vespasian must rescue his brother whilst completing the conquest of the south-west of the haunted isle, before he is drawn back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics. Claudius' three freedmen remain at the focus of power. As Messalina's time as Empress comes to a bloody end, the three freedmen each back a different mistress. Who will be victorious? And at what price for Vespasian?The Sixth Instalment In The Vespasian SeriesDon't miss Robert Fabbri's epic new series Alexander's Legacy

Серия: Vespasian
Год: 2015
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929576
ISBN: 9780857899699
Автор: Fabbri Robert
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Rome's Sacred Flame
Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been made Governor of Africa. Nero, Rome's increasingly unpredictable Emperor, orders him to journey with his most trusted men to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 500 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. Vespasian arrives at the city to negotiate their emancipation, hoping to return to Rome a hero and find himself back in favour with Nero.But when Vespasian reaches the city, he discovers a slave population on the edge of revolt. With no army to keep the population in check, it isn't long before tensions spill over into bloody chaos. Vespasian must escape the city with all 500 Roman citizens and make their way across a barren desert, battling thirst and exhaustion, with a hoard of rebels at their backs. It's a desperate race for survival, with twists and turns aplenty.Meanwhile, back in Rome, Nero's extravagance goes unchecked. All of Rome's elite fear for their lives as Nero's closest allies run amok. Can anyone stop the Emperor before Rome devours itself? And if Nero is to be toppled, who will be the one to put his head in the lion's mouth?
Год: 2018
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 854028
ISBN: 9781782397069
Автор: Fabbri Robert
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Furies of Rome
AD 58: Rome is in turmoil once more. Emperor Nero has set his heart on a new wife but to clear a path for her, he must first assassinate his Empress, Claudia Octavia. Vespasian needs to tread carefully here - Nero's new lover, Poppaea Sabina, is no friend of his and her ascent to power spells danger. Meanwhile, Nero's extravagance has reached new heights, triggering a growing financial crisis in Britannia. Vespasian is sent to Londinium to rescue the situation, only to become embroiled in a deadly rebellion, one that threatens to destroy Britannia and de-stabilise the empire The seventh instalment in the Vespasian series

Серия: Vespasian
Год: 2016
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929452
ISBN: 9780857899736
Автор: Fabbri Robert
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Vespasian V. Masters of Rome
Britannia, 45 AD: In the shadow of Stonehenge, Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother, and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on a summer's day. But to whom will they be making this sacrifice? What were the gods of this land before the Celts came? Only the druids still hold the secret and it is one of pure evil. Vespasian must strive to save his brother whilst completing the conquest of the haunted isle, before he is drawn inexorably back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics. Claudius' three freedmen remain at the locus of power. As Messalina's time as Empress comes to a bloody end, the three freedmen each back a different mistress. But which woman will be victorious? And at what price for Vespasian?

Серия: Vespasian
Год: 2021
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 893228
ISBN: 9780857899651
Автор: Fabbri Robert
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from the author of Wonder Boys , The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York and the Arctic.One night in 1939, Josef Kavalier shuffles into his cousin Sam Clay s cramped New York bedroom, his nerve-racking escape from Prague finally achieved. Little does he realise that this is the beginning of an extraordinary friendship and even more fruitful business partnership. Together, they create a comic strip called The Escapist , its superhero a Nazi-busting saviour who liberates the oppressed around the world. The Escapist makes their fortune, but Joe can think of only one thing: how can he effect a real-life escape, and free his family from the tyranny of Hitler?Michael Chabon s exceptional novel is a thrilling tight-rope walk between high comedy and bitter tragedy, and confirms his position as one of the most inventive and daring of contemporary American writers. In Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, he has created two unforgettable characters bound together by love, family and cartoons.
Год: 2010
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 944217
ISBN: 9781841154930
Автор: Chabon Michael
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Virgin Earth
Sequel to the outstanding historical novel Earthly Joys, and written by the bestselling Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover.John Tradescant the Younger has inherited his father's unique collection of plants along with his unerring ability to nurture them. But as gardener to Charles I, he confronts an unbearable dilemma when England descends into Civil War. Fleeing from the chaos, John travels to the Royalist colony of Virginia in America. But the virgin land is not uninhabited. John's plant hunting brings him to live with the native people, and he learns to love and respect their way of life just as it is threatened by the colonial settlers.In the new world and the old, the established order is breaking down and every family has to find its own way of surviving. For the Tradescants, through the upheavals of the Commonwealth and the Restoration, this means consolidating their reputations as the greatest gardeners in the country.
Год: 2000
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 896914
ISBN: 9780007228485
Автор: Gregory Philippa
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil
It is the 1960s and Canon Sidney Chambers is enjoying his first year of married life with his German bride Hildegard. But life in Grantchester rarely stays quiet for long. Our favourite clerical detective soon attempts to stop a serial killer who has a grievance against the clergy; investigates the disappearance of a famous painting after a distracting display of nudity by a French girl in an art gallery; uncovers the fact that an 'accidental' drowning on a film shoot may not have been so accidental after all; and discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital in the run-up to Christmas, 1963.In the meantime, Sidney wrestles with the problem of evil, attempts to fulfil the demands of Dickens, his faithful Labrador, and contemplates, as always, the nature of love.The third in 'The Grantchester Mysteries' series - six detective novels spanning thirty years of British history - these four longer stories are guaranteed to delight the many fans of Canon Sidney Chambers.

Серия: Grantchester
Год: 2015
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922092
ISBN: 9781408851012
Автор: Runcie James
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

The Kinship of Secrets
In 1948 Najin and Calvin Cho, with their young daughter Miran, travel from South Korea to the United States in search of new opportunities. Wary of the challenges ahead, Najin and Calvin make the difficult decision to leave their other daughter, Inja, behind with their extended family; soon, they hope, they will return to her.But then war breaks out in Korea, and there is no end in sight to the separation. Miran grows up in prosperous American suburbia, under the shadow of the daughter left behind, as Inja grapples in her war-torn land with ties to a family she doesn't remember. Najin and Calvin desperately seek a reunion with Inja, but are the bonds of love strong enough to reconnect their family over distance, time and war? And as deep family secrets are revealed, will everything they long for be upended?Told through the alternating perspectives of the distanced sisters, and inspired by a true story, The Kinship of Secrets explores the cruelty of war, the power of hope, and what it means to be a sister.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922160
ISBN: 9781526602855
Автор: Kim Eugenia
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Six Tudor Queens. Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets
The fourth spectacular novel in the highly acclaimed Six Tudor Queens series by historian and Sunday Times bestselling author, Alison Weir.Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession and Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen, paints a spellbinding portrait of Anna of Kleve, Henry VIII's fourth queen.'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The TimesA German Princess with a Guilty Secret.The King is in love with a portrait, but the real Anna does not enchant him.She must win him over. Everyone knows that Henry won't stand for a problem queen.But rumours of Anna's past are rife at court - dangerous talk that could mark her downfall. Can this clever, spirited young woman reach out in friendship to the King, and gain his love forever?Anna of KleveThe Fourth of Henry's QueensHer StoryAcclaimed, bestselling historian Alison Weir draws on new evidence to conjure a startling image of Anna as you've never seen her before. A charming, spirited woman, she was loved by all who knew her - and even, ultimately, by the King who rejected her.History tells us she was never crowned.But her story does not end there.Six Tudor Queens. Six Novels. Six Years.

Серия: Six Tudor Queens
Год: 2020
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 904253
ISBN: 9781472227768
Автор: Weir Alison
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Stay With Me
Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear.Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Stay With Me is a story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the power of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves, and those we love, from heartbreak.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 953618
ISBN: 9781782119609
Автор: Adebayo Ayobami
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Lustrum
The stunning new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of An Officer and a Spy, Pompeii, Imperium and The Ghost.Rome, 63 BC.In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy.The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in.From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, Lustrum is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.

Серия: Cicero Trilogy
Год: 2010
Производитель: Arrow Books
Артикул: 884780
ISBN: 9780099406327
Автор: Harris Robert
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

On Canaan s Side
'As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things.' Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan's Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Sligo, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger.At once epic and intimate, Lilly's narrative unfurls as she tries to make sense of the sorrows and troubles of her life and of the people whose lives she has touched. Spanning nearly seven decades, it is a novel of memory, war, family-ties and love, which once again displays Sebastian Barry's exquisite prose and gift for storytelling.
Год: 2012
Производитель: Faber and Faber
Артикул: 954022
ISBN: 9780571226542
Автор: Barry Sebastian
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Sarah Thornhill
Sarah and Jack have never doubted that they are made for each other.But there is someone in Sarah s family who will not tolerate the relationship.The reason lies in both the past and the present, and it will take Sarah across an ocean to a place she never imagined she would be.Kate Grenville takes us back to the Australia of The Secret River in this novel about love, tangled histories and how it matters to keep stories alive.

Серия: Thornhill Family
Год: 2012
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 953742
ISBN: 9780857862563
Автор: Grenville Kate
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

A Change of Climate
From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies', this is an epic yet subtle family saga about broken trusts and buried secrets.Ralph and Anna Eldred live in the big Red House in Norfolk, raising their four children and devoting their lives to charity. The constant flood of 'good souls and sad cases', children plucked from the squalor of the East London streets for a breath of fresh countryside air, hides the growing crises in their own family, the disillusionment of their children, the fissures in their marriage.Memories of their time as missionaries in South Africa and Botswana, of the terrible African tragedies that have shaped the rest of their lives, refuse to be put to rest and threaten to destroy the fragile peace they have built for themselves and their children.This is a breathtakingly intelligent novel that asks the most difficult questions. Is there anything one can never forgive? Is tragedy ever deserved? Can you ever escape your own past? A literary family saga written with the skill and subtlety of a true master, this is Hilary Mantel at her best.
Год: 2010
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 896831
ISBN: 9780007172900
Автор: Mantel Hilary
Гендер: Дети
Категория: Исторические романы

The Other Queen
A dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl.They can fear me, and they can hate me. They can even deny me. But they cannot kill me.1568. The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I has ruled England for ten years, but refuses to name a successor, despite the rival claims that threaten her kingdom.Bess of Hardwick, the new Countess of Shrewsbury, has secured her future with her fourth marriage to George Talbot. Ambitious and shrewd, Bess anticipates royal favour when she and the Earl are asked to give sanctuary to the fugitive Mary Queen of Scots.But the Scottish queen rails against house arrest in a desolate castle and plots to regain her throne. The castle becomes the epicentre of intrigue against Elizabeth, the Earl blinded by admiration for the other queen. Even Bess s own loyalty is thrown into question. If Elizabeth's spymaster William Cecil links the Talbots to the growing conspiracy to free Mary, they will all face the Tower
Год: 2017
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 896858
ISBN: 9780007192144
Автор: Gregory Philippa
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

A Mother's Secret
When seventeen-year-old Belinda Phillips falls in love with a handsome Anglo-Indian officer, she knows that he is a man she can never hope to marry. When he is reported missing, believed killed in action, Belinda discovers that she is pregnant. Facing disgrace and ruin, she has no option other than to accept an arranged marriage with a middle-aged widower, knowing she must keep the secret of her child's birth for ever.Reluctantly she sends her beloved daughter to a foster mother in Cripplegate, little realising she has entrusted Cassy's care to Biddy Henchard, a woman who runs a notorious baby farm in an area full of poverty and disease. Despite her terrible upbringing, Cassy survives the old woman's cruel neglect. All the while she dreams of a mother she has never known, hoping she will come and save her from her dreadful fate. But when Biddy dies suddenly, ten-year-old Cassy finds herself destitute and with little hope of ever finding the mother she so longs for...
Год: 2021
Производитель: Arrow Books
Артикул: 885551
ISBN: 9780099538837
Автор: Court Dilly
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Exposure
The Cold War is at its height, and a spy may be a friend or neighbour, colleague or lover.At the end of a suburban garden, in the pouring rain, a woman buries a briefcase deep in the earth.She believes that she is protecting her family.What she will learn is that no one is immune from betrayal or the devastating consequences of exposure.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Windmill Books
Артикул: 885774
ISBN: 9780099559290
Автор: Dunmore Helen
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Le Bal
Two lost masterpieces of French literature gathered together in one volume for the first time.From the author of the bestselling Suite Franзaise.Le Bal is a sharp, brittle story of a girl who sets out to ruin the mother she hates. The Kampfs have risen swiftly up the ranks of 1930s Parisian society. Painfully aware of her working-class roots, and desperate to win acceptance, Madame Kampf decides to throw a huge ball to announce her arrival to society. Her daughter Antoinette, who has just turned fourteen, dreams of attending, but Madame Kampf is resolved not to present her daughter to potential admirers. In a fury of adolescent rage and despair, Antoinette exacts a swift and horrible revenge...Snow in Autumn pays homage to Nйmirovsky's beloved Chekhov and chronicles the life of a devoted servant following her masters as they flee Revolutionary Moscow and emigrate to a life of hardship in Paris. As the crisis pushes the family to the brink of dissolution, Tatiana struggles to adapt to life in Paris and waits in vain for her cherished first snow of autumn.
Год: 2007
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 885149
ISBN: 9780099493976
Автор: Nemirovsky Irene
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

A Country Road, A Tree
Paris, 1939: The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs Elysees. A young writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon, he will put is own life and those of his loved ones in mortal danger by joining the Resistance...Spies, artists, deprivation, danger and passion: this is a story of life at the edges of human experience, and of how one man came to translate it all into art.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Black Swan
Артикул: 889956
ISBN: 9780552779524
Автор: Baker Jo
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

Ravenspur
Witness the rise of the Tudors in the stunning conclusion to Conn Iggulden's powerful retelling of the Wars of the Roses.'An utterly compelling page-turner full of historical facts. A fascinating read' SunEngland, 1470. A divided kingdom cannot stand.King Edward of York has been driven out of England. Queen Elizabeth and her children tremble in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey. The House of Lancaster has won the crown, but York will not go quietly.Desperate to reclaim his throne, Edward lands at Ravenspur with a half-drowned army and his brother Richard at his side. Every hand is against them, every city gate is shut, yet the brothers York go on the attack.But neither sees that their true enemy is Henry Tudor, now grown into a man. As the Red Dragon - 'the man of destiny' - his claim to the throne leads to Bosworth Field and a battle that will call an end to the Wars of the Roses . . .
Год: 2017
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 890554
ISBN: 9781405921497
Автор: Iggulden Conn
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

Red Sky at Noon
Imprisoned in the Gulags for a crime he did not commit, Benya Golden joins a penal battalion made up of Cossacks and convicts to fight the Nazis.He enrols in the Russian cavalry, and on a hot summer day in July 1942, he and his band of brothers are sent on a desperate mission behind enemy lines.Switching between Benya's war in the grasslands of Southern Russia, and Stalin's plans in the Kremlin, between Benya's intense affair with an Italian nurse and a romance between Stalin's daughter and a journalist also on the Eastern Front, this is a sweeping story of passion, bravery and human survival where personal betrayal is a constant companion, and death just a heartbeat away.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Arrow Books
Артикул: 875613
ISBN: 9781784752699
Автор: Sebag Montefiore Simon
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Gilead
In 1956, towards the end of Reverend John Ames s life, he begins a letter to his young son: I told you last night that I might be gone sometime . . . You reached up and put your fingers on my lips and gave me that look I never in my life saw on any other face besides your mother s. It s a kind of furious pride, very passionate and stern. I m always a little surprised to find my eyebrows unsinged after I ve suffered one of those looks. I will miss them.
Год: 2004
Производитель: Virago
Артикул: 910436
ISBN: 9781844081486
Автор: Robinson Marilynne
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Museum of Broken Promises
Welcome to the Museum of Broken Promises, a place of wonder, sadness and hope.Inside lies a treasure trove of objects a baby s shoe, a wedding veil, a railway ticket all revealing moments of loss and betrayal. It is a place where people come to speak to the ghosts of the past. The owner, Laure, is also one of those people.As a young woman in the 1980s Laure fled to Prague, where her life changed forever. Now, years later, she must confront the origins of her heart-breaking exhibition: a love affair with a dissident musician, a secret life behind the Iron Curtain, and a broken promise that she will never forget.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929433
ISBN: 9781786495310
Автор: Buchan Elizabeth
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

The German Heiress
Essen, 1946. Clara Falkenberg, once an iconic heiress, is on the run. With the city in ruins and her dear friend Elisa missing, Clara enlists the help of Jakob, a charming young racketeer with his own reasons for wanting to find Elisa. As the two join forces, it's not long before Clara's family secrets catch up with her. But she soon comes to realise the only way to survive is to face the truth of what she's done.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Windmill Books
Артикул: 892167
ISBN: 9781786090775
Автор: Scott Anika
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Court of Wolves
It is the dawn of a new world.Henry Tudor has vanquished Richard III and claimed the throne of England, taking possession of a secret map. At the glittering court of the Medici in Florence, Lorenzo the Magnificent, ruler of the republic and head of the mysterious Academy, is engaged in a dangerous game of power with the Vatican. In Spain, the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand, have declared a crusade against Islam, forcing the Moors from Granada. Europe stands upon the brink of war, at the edge of a discovery that will change everything.Jack Wynter is clinging to the wreckage of the life he dreamed of living, his father's execution by Richard III destroying his hope of overcoming his status as an illegitimate son. The map entrusted to him by his father is gone, stolen by his hated half-brother, Harry Vaughan. Outlawed by Tudor, all Jack can do is follow his father's last words - and seek out the man who has answers to his past that will determine his future, Lorenzo de' Medici. But in the serpentine politics and renaissance splendour of Florence, he finds only danger. Lorenzo may have trusted Jack's father, but he is now surrounded by threats and conspiracies on all sides - not least from the rising power in the city known as the Court of Wolves.Harry, meanwhile, heads to the Spanish court on a covert mission for Tudor, who intends to deflect Queen Isabella's interest in developing a trade route west with a sailor named Columbus.Once again, Jack must risk all to prove himself, while his sworn enemy, Harry, finds himself fighting through Spain, seeking all the time to ingratiate himself with Tudor, and bring his brother down.

Серия: New World Rising
Год: 2019
Производитель: Hodder & Stoughton
Артикул: 909687
ISBN: 9781444777789
Автор: Young Robyn
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

Devil's Charge
England stands divided: king against Parliament, town against country, brother against brother. For Captain Stryker, scarred hero of a dozen wars, the rights and wrongs of the cause mean little. His loyalties are to his own small band of comrades - and to Queen Henrietta Maria's beautiful and most deadly agent, Lisette Gaillard. So when Prince Rupert entrusts him with a secret mission to discover what has happened to Lisette and the man she was protecting - a man who could hold the key to Royalist victory - nothing, not false imprisonment for murder, ambush, a doomed siege or a lethal religious fanatic will stand in his way. From the bloody rout of Cirencester, to the siege of Lichfield and finally to the killing fields of Hopton Heath, Michael Arnold brings vividly to life all the drama and the passion that lay behind the English Civil War.

Серия: The Civil War Chronicles
Год: 2012
Производитель: Hodder & Stoughton
Артикул: 910501
ISBN: 9781848544086
Автор: Arnold Michael
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

Monsoon Summer
Oxfordshire, 1947. Exhausted by the war and nursing a tragic secret, Kit Smallwood throws herself into helping her godmother Daisy set up a charity sending midwives to India, a plan fraught with danger.Then Kit meets Anto, a trainee doctor from India nearing the end of his English education, and falls utterly in love. Marriage should be the easiest thing in the world, but when Anto informs his family that he is shortly to return home with an English bride, his parents are appalled.Despite being Anglo-Indian herself, Kit's own mother is equally horrified. She has spent most of her life trying to erase a painful past and losing her daughter to an Indian man is her worst fear realized.As they journey to a new life in India, Kit begins to understand the seriousness of what she has undertaken and just how much she has to learn about the nature of home and the depth of her love.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Orion
Артикул: 909454
ISBN: 9781409103059
Автор: Gregson Julia
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

Slammerkin
Set in London and Monmouth in the late 1700s, this is an extraordinary novel about Mary Saunders, the young daughter of a poor seamstress. Mary hungers greedily for fine clothes and ribbons, as people of her class do for food and warmth. It's a hunger that lures her into prostitution at the age of thirteen. Mary is thrown out by her distraught mother when she gets pregnant and almost dies on the dangerous streets of London. Her saviour is Doll - a prostitute. Mary roams London freely with Doll, selling her body to all manner of 'cullies', dressed whorishly in colourful, gaudy dresses with a painted red smile. Faced with bad debts and threats upon her life she eventually flees to Monmouth, her mother's hometown, where she attempts to start a new life as a maid in Mrs Jones's house. But Mary soon discovers that she can't escape her past and just how dearly people like her pay for yearnings not fitting to their class in society...

Серия: Virago Modern Classics
Год: 2011
Производитель: Virago
Артикул: 910471
ISBN: 9781844087341
Автор: Donoghue Emma
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The March
March is set towards the end of the American Civil War and follows General Sherman's epic march with sixty thousand Union troops through Georgia and the Carolinas, one of the major manoeuvres to bring the war to its conclusion. The March ranges widely over a diverse set of characters - each of whom is brilliantly realised - so that we see the war through the eyes of both white-skinned Pearl (daughter of slave and slave owner) and General Sherman; a deserting confederate who sets himself up as a photographer; a ruthless army surgeon who enjoys his reputation as an amputator; and the two brothers of a brutal slave owner who find themselves in uniforms facing Sherman's forces.Doctorow's narrative brilliantly blends the intimate and the epic, sweeping the reader along the route of Sherman's notorious march and making us care deeply about each individual's fate.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Abacus
Артикул: 908780
ISBN: 9780349119595
Автор: Doctorow E. L
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Sealwoman's Gift
1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children.In her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her - the stories from home - and forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, and sharply witty, The Sealwoman's Gift speaks across centuries and oceans about loss, love, resilience and redemption.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Two Roads
Артикул: 910048
ISBN: 9781473638983
Автор: Magnusson Sally
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

Wide Sargasso Sea
A gorgeous clothbound edition of Jean Rhys's great masterpiece of desire and madness in the CaribbeanJean Rhys's late, literary masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness.

Серия: Penguin Modern Classics
Год: 2000
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 887118
ISBN: 9780141182858
Автор: Rhys Jean
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Redemption of Alexander Seaton
Banff, Scotland in the 1620s. A young man walks unsteadily through the streets. Is he just drunk or is there something more sinister happening? When he collapses in front of two sisters on that dark, wet night, the women guess that he's been poisoned.His body is discovered in the house of Alexander Seaton - a fallen minister, the discovery of whose clandestine love affair has left him disgraced.Why was the body in Seaton's house? And why would anyone want to murder this likeable young man? Seaton sets out to find answers, embarking on a journey not only through the darkest part of other men's souls, but also his own.A must-read for fans of Rory Clements and SJ Parris.

Серия: Alexander Seaton
Год: 2019
Производитель: Quercus
Артикул: 904457
ISBN: 9781847247919
Автор: MacLean S. G
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Lennox family is having trouble with its youngest daughter. Esme is outspoken, unconventional, and repeatedly embarrasses them in polite society. Something will have to be done.Years later, a young woman named Iris Lockhart receives a letter informing her that she has a great-aunt in a psychiatric unit who is about to be released.Iris has never heard of Esme Lennox and the one person who should know more, her grandmother Kitty, seems unable to answer Iris's questions. What could Esme have done to warrant a lifetime in an institution? And how is it possible for a person to be so completely erased from a family's history?
Год: 2020
Производитель: Tinder Press
Артикул: 328627
ISBN: 9780755308446
Автор: O`Farrell Maggie
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

A Miner's Daughter
When Rosalind West leaves her native Durham for a job in London with the Doxbridge Motor Company she is determined to escape her background and build a new life. London is excitingly different and tantalisingly glamorous - especially when she meets the handsome and aristocratic Freddie Harrington, a rally driver, and the son of a once-wealthy Northumberland landowner. Against her friends' better judgement Freddie and Rosalind begin a relationship. But Freddie's family have plans for him which do not include marrying a Durham miner's daughter. Turning to a close companion for consolation, Rosalind suddenly finds herself torn between two men, both of strong passions, and fierce ambition.Note: this book was previously published under the title Home to the High Fells.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Quercus
Артикул: 956041
ISBN: 9781529424225
Автор: Gill Elizabeth
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Factory Girls of Lark Lane
Can friendship get them through the struggles of war? 1940, Liverpool: Alice Turner and her best friend, Millie Markham, work for the war effort at Rootes munitions factory, making shell caps and Halifax bombers. Alice's sweetheart Terry is home from the front for a brief period of leave. She's been in love with him since school, and the women are excitedly planning a whirlwind wedding.But the honeymoon is soon over. Terry must go back to the dangers of Nazi-occupied France, and the ever-present air raid sirens quickly bring Alice back down to earth. When a terrible explosion at the factory leads to a tragic death, Millie receives devastating news, and a loved one is announced missing in action, the heartbreak of war is suddenly all too real.Alice must believe Terry will make it home to keep up her strength. Her mother and Millie need all her support, and morale at the factory is at an all-time low.Can Alice and Millie help one another make it through these dark times, even as the war stretches on with no sign of an ending?

Серия: Lark Lane
Год: 2021
Производитель: Sphere
Артикул: 956225
ISBN: 9780751557374
Автор: Howes Pam
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

Harvest
As late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned, a village comes under threat. A trio of outsiders - two men and a dangerously magnetic woman - arrives on the woodland borders triggering a series of events that will see Walter Thirsk's village unmade in just seven days: the harvest blackened by smoke and fear, cruel punishment meted out to the innocent, and allegations of witchcraft.But something even darker is at the heart of Walter's story, and he will be the only man left to tell it
Год: 2014
Производитель: Picador
Артикул: 903420
ISBN: 9780330445672
Автор: Crace Jim
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

House of Stone
Bukhosi has gone missing. His father, Abed, and his mother, Agnes, cling to the hope that he has run away, rather than been murdered by government thugs. Only the lodger seems to have any idea Zamani has lived in the spare room for years now. Quiet, polite, well-read and well-heeled, he's almost part of the family - but almost isn't quite good enough for Zamani. Cajoling, coaxing and coercing Abed and Agnes into revealing their sometimes tender, often brutal life stories, Zamani aims to steep himself in borrowed family history, so that he can fully inherit and inhabit its uncertain future.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 929477
ISBN: 9781786493187
Автор: Tshuma Novuyo Rosa
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Light Perpetual
November 1944. A German rocket strikes London and five young children are atomised in an instant. Here are the futures they might have known, had they experienced the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century futures that illuminate the miraculous in the everyday, and the preciousness of life itself.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Faber and Faber
Артикул: 954037
ISBN: 9780571336494
Автор: Spufford Francis
Гендер: Дети
Категория: Исторические романы

The Book of Not
As Zimbabwe emerges into independence, Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her second year at the Young Ladies College of the Sacred Heart. Determined to excel, Tambu exhausts herself with her efforts to climb to the top of the school s honour rolls. The further she pushes herself, however, the farther she feels from any reward; and the roots of colonialism threaten to trip her at every step. The sequel to Nervous Conditions is as moving, darkly witty, and riveting as its predecessor.

Серия: Nervous Conditions
Год: 2006
Производитель: Faber and Faber
Артикул: 954065
ISBN: 9780571368143
Автор: Dangarembga Tsitsi
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

The Shadow King
Ethiopia, 1935.With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid. Her new employer, Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilise his strongest men before the Italians invade.Hirut and the other women long to do more than care for the wounded and bury the dead. When Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope, it is Hirut who offers a plan to maintain morale. She helps disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor and soon becomes his guard, inspiring other women to take up arms. But how could she have predicted her own personal war, still to come, as a prisoner of one of Italy's most vicious officers?The Shadow King is a gorgeously crafted and unputdownable exploration of female power, and what it means to be a woman at war.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Canongate
Артикул: 953648
ISBN: 9781838851170
Автор: Mengiste Maaza
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

This Mournable Body
Here we meet Tambudzai, living in a youth hostel in downtown Harare after leaving a stagnant job. Proud, and yearning for success, Tambu attempts to make a new life for herself but at every turn, she is faced with a fresh humiliation, until the contrast between the future she imagined and her daily reality ultimately drives her to a breaking point.In this tense and psychologically charged novel, Tsitsi Dangarembga channels the hope and potential of one young girl and a fledgling nation to lead us on a journey to discover where lives go after hope has departed.

Серия: Nervous Conditions
Год: 2018
Производитель: Faber and Faber
Артикул: 953903
ISBN: 9780571355525
Автор: Dangarembga Tsitsi
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

True History of the Kelly Gang
I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silence To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and police-killer. But to his fellow ordinary Australians, Kelly is their own Robin Hood. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey brings the famous bushranger wildly and passionately to life.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Faber and Faber
Артикул: 953943
ISBN: 9780571270156
Автор: Carey Peter
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

Winter on the Mersey
The dramatic story of a young woman's war - full of heartache and triumph from the bestselling author of Christmas on the Mersey and London Belles Kitty has seen her fair share of tragedy and instead of thinking about romance, is determined to do her bit for King and country. Her life as a WREN means she is kept busy much of the time, but when Kitty finds herself stationed back home on Merseyside, she meets up again with Frank Feeny, the brave young officer who has always held a place in her heart. Britain is on the verge of victory, but will Kitty embrace the future and learn to love again?
Год: 2017
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897287
ISBN: 9780007550869
Автор: Groves Annie
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

A Ration Book Childhood
In the darkest days of the Blitz, family is more important than ever.With her family struggling amidst the nightly bombing raids in London's East End, Ida Brogan is doing her very best to keep their spirits up. The Blitz has hit the Brogans hard, and rationing is more challenging than ever, but they are doing all they can to help the war effort.When Ida's oldest friend Ellen returns to town, sick and in dire need of help, it is to Ida that she turns. But Ellen carries a secret, one that threatens not only Ida's marriage, but the entire foundation of the Brogan family. Can Ida let go of the past and see a way to forgive her friend? And can she overcome her sadness to find a place in her heart for a little boy, one who will need a mother more than ever in these dark times?Jean Fullerton, the queen of the East End saga, returns with a wonderful new nostalgic novel.

Серия: Ration Book series
Год: 2019
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929537
ISBN: 9781786496072
Автор: Fullerton Jean
Гендер: Мальчики
Категория: Исторические романы

A Ration Book Christmas
In the darkest days of the Blitz, Christmas is more important than ever.With Christmas approaching, the Brogan family of London s East End are braving the horrors of the Blitz. With the men away fighting for King and Country and the ever-present dangers of the German Luftwaffe s nightly reign of death and destruction, the family must do all they can to keep a stiff upper lip.For Jo, the youngest of the Brogan sisters, the perils of war also offer a new-found freedom. Jo falls in love with Tommy, a man known for his dangerous reputation as much as his charm. But as the falling bombs devastate their neighbourhood and rationing begins to bite, will the Brogans manage to pull together a traditional family Christmas? And will Jo find the love and security she seeks in a time of such grave peril?Jean Fullerton, the queen of the East End saga, returns with a wonderful new nostalgic novel.

Серия: Ration Book series
Год: 2018
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929511
ISBN: 9781786491404
Автор: Fullerton Jean
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

A Ration Book Dream
In the darkest days of the Blitz, hope is more important than ever.It's 1939, and as the country is preparing for the challenging times ahead, the Brogan family of London's East End is trying to keep their spirits up. But things don't seem so rosy when rationing, evacuation and air-raids start to put this larger-than-life family to the test.When a mysterious young man arrives in the local community, he provides just the dazzling distraction they need - and for eldest daughter Mattie, the promise of more than she'd ever wished for. But as the pair fall deeper in love, they are drawn into secret dangers, rife on the very London streets they call home. As the young couple race to protect the East End, can their dreams survive the darkening backdrop of wartime ?Jean Fullerton, the queen of the East End saga, returns with a wonderful new nostalgic novel.Previously Published as Pocketful of Dreams.

Серия: Ration Book series
Год: 2019
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929439
ISBN: 9781786491381
Автор: Fullerton Jean
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Исторические романы

A Ration Book Victory
In the final days of war, only love will pull her through...Queenie Brogan wasn't always an East End matriarch. Many years ago, before she married Fergus, she was Philomena Dooley, a daughter of Irish Travellers, planning to wed her childhood sweetheart, Patrick Mahone. But when tragedy struck and Patrick's narrow-minded sister, Nora, intervened, the lovers were torn apart.Fate can be cruel, and when Queenie arrives in London she finds that Patrick Mahone is her parish priest, and that the love she had tried to suppress flares again in her heart.But now in the final months of WW2, Queenie discovers Father Mahone is dying and must face losing him forever. Can she finally tell him the secret she has kept for over fifty years or will Nora once again come between them?And if Queenie does decide to finally tell Patrick, could the truth destroy the Brogan family?

Серия: Ration Book series
Год: 2022
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929387
ISBN: 9781838950941
Автор: Fullerton Jean
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы

A Ration Book Wedding
In the darkest days of the Blitz, love is more important than ever.It's February 1942, and as the Americans finally join Britain and her allies, twenty-three-year-old Francesca Fabrino is doing her bit for the war effort in a factory in East London. But her thoughts are constantly occupied by recently married Charlie Brogan, who is fighting in North Africa with the Eighth Army.When Francesca starts a new job for the BBC Overseas department, she meets handsome Count Leo D'Angelo and begins to put her hopeless love for Charlie aside. But then Charlie returns from the front, his marriage in ruins and his heart burning for Francesca at last. Could she, a good Catholic girl, countenance an affair with the man she has always longed for? Or should she choose Leo and a different, less dangerous path?Jean Fullerton, the queen of the East End saga, returns with a wonderful new nostalgic novel.

Серия: Ration Book series
Год: 2020
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929458
ISBN: 9781786496096
Автор: Fullerton Jean
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

Mischling
It's 1944 when the twin sisters arrive at Auschwitz with their mother and grandfather. In their benighted new world, Pearl and Stasha Zagorski take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of their childhood. As part of the experimental population of twins known as Mengele's Zoo, the girls experience privileges and horrors unknown to others, and they find themselves changed, stripped of the personalities they once shared, their identities altered by the burdens of guilt and pain.That winter, at a concert orchestrated by Mengele, Pearl disappears. Stasha grieves for her twin, but clings to the possibility that Pearl remains alive. When the camp is liberated by the Red Army, she and her companion Feliks - a boy bent on vengeance for his own lost twin - travel through Poland's devastation. Undeterred by injury, starvation, or the chaos around them, motivated by equal parts danger and hope, they encounter hostile villagers, Jewish resistance fighters, and fellow refugees, their quest enabled by the notion that Mengele may be captured and brought to justice within the ruins of the Warsaw Zoo. As the young survivors discover what has become of the world, they must try to imagine a future within it.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 929520
ISBN: 9781786490872
Автор: Konar Affinity
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

The Titanic Sisters
One journey will change their lives foreverTo follow her dreams, she must sacrifice everything Sisters Nora and Delia have been given the chance of a lifetime to escape their poor Irish farm and travel on the Titanic to a new life in America. Nora is to become a treasured governess for a rich family, while Delia has only a lowly maid s position.But when disaster strikes, and Nora dies, a small misunderstanding leads to Delia taking Nora s place as governess. As Delia grows closer to her charge, and the girl s father, will she be able to reveal the truth to find a chance at happiness? And what will happen when she finds out that Nora is actually alive, and coming to take what is rightfully hers ?
Год: 2019
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929522
ISBN: 9781786490643
Автор: Falvey Patricia
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Исторические романы

To Capture What We Cannot Keep
In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Emile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Emile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family s business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Emile must decide what their love is worth.Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Emile live one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, stylish, provocative and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman s place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions and the sacrifices love requires of us all.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Allen & Unwin
Артикул: 929399
ISBN: 9781760291730
Автор: Colin Beatrice
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Исторические романы

Versailles
You ve seen the BBC 2 series, now read the novel based on the TV show. Don t miss Versailles the most sexy and shocking drama ever written about the king who built the world s most famous palace. Packed with sex, scandal and intrigue, Versailles will keep you up all night.1667. The civil wars are over and King Louis XIV is on the French throne. To keep the nobles from their plots to overthrow his crown, the King gathers the court at Versailles. He plans to keep them there under his scrutiny by building the greatest palace the world has ever seen. The Palace of Versailles will be an opulent prison where Louis power is absolute.The nobles have no choice but to play Louis game of manipulation and treachery. As tensions rise the court becomes a battlefield of tactical liaisons and salacious passions. Versailles is not the paradise it appears to be; instead, it is a labyrinth of treason and secrets, of political schemes and deadly conspiracies. It is a place of passion and death, love and vengeance.The King will take what is rightfully his.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Corvus
Артикул: 929431
ISBN: 9781782399988
Автор: Massie Elizabeth
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Исторические романы