Political exile Isabel returns to her native Chile when the country is in transition to democracy, following the cruel dictatorship that killed her father and her boyfriend.
A landmark in Indian historical fiction in English, this sumptuous, richly detailed saga of India's most enigmatic and powerful Mughal empress is magnificently told, by an author herself steeped in Rajput tradition.
Lined with grandeur, tragedy and fantasy, Tarana Husain Khan's odyssey maps the social, political and religious contours of 1897 Sherpur with the fascinating and strong-willed Feroza Begum at the centre of the storm.
Originally published in 1867, ‘War and Peace’ by Leo Tolstoy broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.
Largely based on the author's own childhood, it is a timeless tale of the four young March sisters-Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy-who grow to maturity in their mother's tender but strong care.
Esta novela histórica recoge la vida y vicisitudes del cartógrafo y navegante vasco Ochoa de Andraka y su esposa, en una época esencial para comprender un hito de suma transcendencia para la humanidad, como fue el descubrimiento de América en 1492 por Cristóbal Colón.
Translated for the first time in English, Lev Levanda's brilliant coming-of-age story of Russian Jewish students on the cusp of modernityin their struggle against religious chauvinism and an oppressive government.
Antigone is a historical fantasy novel that reimagines the legends of Greek mythology within the fall of one of the world's greatest and earliest empires.
In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
Dieses eBook: "Uarda (Historischer Roman aus dem alten Ägypten)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
The book that has stolen hearts everywhere, the breath-takingly powerful Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club pick, perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and Great Circle.
In the nineteenth century, Mary Lyon at Mount Holyoke College developed a progressive ideal of useful womanhood: serious, educated, devoted to service, skilled in domestic arts, and ready for leadership.
A novel of one family, a century of war, and the promise of homecoming from Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Andrew KrivakRooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, Like the Appearance of Horses immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past century.
Der Glanz der Renaissance, ein tödlicher Kampf um die Macht, und eine scheinbar aussichtslose Liebe im Florenz der Medici: Der historische Roman »Florentia - Im Glanz der Medici« lässt die spannende Zeit der italienischen Renaissance lebendig werden.
