Eine tödliche Intrige, ein Reich in Aufruhr – und eine starke Frau mit einer ehrgeizigen Vision …Ballenstedt, 1018: Im Kloster Gernrode ist der Schreiberin Uta, Tochter eines verarmten Burgherrn, ein Leben in Dienst und Einsamkeit vorherbestimmt.
The final installment in Donachie's sweeping Roads to War series set in the pre-WWII European powder keg1938: As Hitler sets his sights on the Sudetenland, not everyone in Britain is willing to appease him.
This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War.
The final installment in Donachie's sweeping Roads to War series set in the pre-WWII European powder keg1938: As Hitler sets his sights on the Sudetenland, not everyone in Britain is willing to appease him.
This long out-of-print and newly rediscovered novel tells the story of two boys growing up in the cotton country of Mississippi a generation after the Civil War.
*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now*The tenth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.
If you like Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, then you will love this breath-taking saga of one of love, passion, betrayal, tragedy and longing by much loved author Jess Foley.
In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous - and deadly - to remember.
In 1907, in a quiet English village, Theodora Bosanquet answered Henry James's call for someone to transcribe his edits and additions to his formidable body of work.
This historical novel is the third and final book in American poet and fiction writer Janet Lewis's Cases of Circumstantial Evidence series, based on legal case studies compiled in the nineteenth century.
Originally published in 1947, The Trial of Soren Qvist has been praised by a number of critics for its intriguing plot and Janet Lewis's powerful writing.
By the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of THE FRIEND'A story that abounds in vivid moments and moods' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Among the most interesting writers of our generation' INDEPENDENTThe night had passed, and though they had not undressed and they had not slept and there had been only kisses between them, the intimacy had been accomplished and the sin committed, and Nona knew there would be no escaping that.
Ned Farrier has grown into a fine young man after the agony and humiliation of a London workhouse and a gentleman's club in Vauxhall where he was rescued with two friends as described in Limehouse Boys, a work of historical fiction.
This historical novel is about the construction of the Empire State Building in New York City as well as about the culture of the city in the 1930's as the Depression years hit.
'Inventive' THE TIMESFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy-an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
For five hundred years, the world has feared La Llorona—the woman who supposedly drowned her own children and wanders the rivers of Mexico, weeping for them through eternity.
Take an insider's seat and witness THE REAL TEXAS at the ending of the cowboy era; cars, phones and electricity are new; in real life there are no dime-novel heroes; the enemy comes raiding, the reluctant Marshal; what did he really do?
The Italians: A Novel offers a vivid portrayal of social life in Lucca during a grand religious festival, immersing readers in the color, movement, and emotional intensity of communal celebration.
From Chaucer to Tennyson offers a sweeping survey of English literature, tracing its growth from early foundations to the flowering of poetic and critical achievement.
