A Vicarage Family is the first part in a fictionalized autobiography in which Noel Streatfeild tells the story of her own childhood, painting a poignant and vivid picture of daily life in an impoverished, genteel family in the years leading up to the First World War.
Re-experience historical fact as it is woven into the fictional fabric of the Hawkins family with Xander Hawkins, an extremely wealthy man from Tennessee, who engages a New York lawyer to create a Trust Fund to provide for the continuation of his dream: the encouragement, education, and care of orphans.
Todas as noites, antes de durmir, a avoa Concha cóntalles ás súas netas lembranzas da infancia nos anos cincuenta na aldea de Lires, que contrastan coa forma de vida actual: fálalles do mundo rural da época, da nula presenza da tecnoloxía ou das escasas infraestruturas.
The modern classic and Whitbread Book of the Year 2000 is a haunting, thrilling and captivating story, for historical fiction fans and readers of Hilary McKay's The Skylark's War and Katherine Rundell's The Good Thieves The Coram man takes babies and money from desperate mothers, promising to deliver them safely to a Foundling Hospital in London.
In a time of formal dances, courtyard courtships, and strict ideas about a woman's role in the world, Jane Austen looked at the England around her and created unforgettable art.
In her intensely researched, inventively drawn exploration of Marie Curie's life, artist Alice Milani follows the celebrated Polish scientist from Curie's time as a struggling governess to her years in France making breakthrough discoveries.
In a time of formal dances, courtyard courtships, and strict ideas about a woman's role in the world, Jane Austen looked at the England around her and created unforgettable art.
Young Anita Dittman's world crumbles as Hitler begins his rise to power in Germany, but because she's a Christian and only half-Jewish, Anita feels sure she and her family are safe from "the Final Solution".
The fifth book in the Daughters of the Faith Series, The Hallelujah Lass tells the story of Eliza Shirley, a 16-year-old girl who traveled from England to pioneer the work of the Salvation Army in the United States.
I know that it was very important for me to read some of the blogs of my grandfather's mind, even if they were short and boring, the ones he wrote himself, about what he thought and did, and how he worked.
Joan pasa el invierno entre las clases de la Academia Marqués,las lecciones de dibujo del señor Civil, y las exigencias de supadre, don Miquel, que tiene un taller de relojería cerca de laPlaça Reial de Barcelona.
Magda Trott, eine renommierte deutsche Schriftstellerin, präsentiert in ihrem Werk 'Magda Trott: Romane, Essays, Kinder- & Jugendbücher' eine vielschichtige Sammlung literarischer Werke.
