Résultats pour "Luca" dans Fiction historique

Le grand retour de Luca Di Fulvio Avril 1633, à San Michele, petit village des Alpes italiennes dans le monastère de Santa Ulpizia où Susanna et Daniele ont été élevés l'un et l'autre par les moines ; Susanna y est née ; Daniele y a été placé à l'âge de cinq ans, à la mort de sa mère. Frappés par le destin dès l'enfance, ils sont comme frère et sœur. Devenant femme, Susanna a dû s'installer au couvent Santissima Assunta Maria et cette jeune fille libre découvre sa féminité au pire moment de l'Inquisition italienne et des bûchers pour sorcellerie.

A fake wedding date. A real killer. Former Delta Force operator Lucas LeBlanc joins Bayou Brotherhood Protectors, hoping to put his skills to use — especially when it comes to protecting the beautiful florist, Felina Faivre, he’s been eyeing since arriving in Bayou Mambaloa. Felina, the town’s only florist, is caught in a whirlwind. Her ex is marrying her best friend, and now a murder, a break-in, and a frantic bride threaten her business and the wedding. She agrees to hire Brotherhood Protectors — but only if Lucas goes undercover as her new boyfriend.

She wrote herself out of the story. Now she's daring to want more. 'Warm witty and wise' RICHARD OSMAN 'Hilarious, wise and heart breaking' SARA PASCOE 'The perfect Austen fix. Delightful, beguiling and accomplished!' JANICE HALLETT 'Genuinely funny and moving. I enjoyed every second. It was...

In una Roma senza padrone, due giovani cuori imparano ad amarsi. Luca Di Fulvio torna a incantare i lettori raccontando il momento irripetibile della nascita di una nazione. Stato Pontificio, 1870. Lorfano Pietro è fuggito da Novara insieme alla Contessa, una donna dagli occhi color ametista e dall'eleganza innata.

In 1813, upon her marriage to Mr. Collins, the rector of Hunsford Parsonage, Charlotte Collins née Lucas left her childhood home in Hertfordshire for Kent, where she is set to live out her life as the parson’s wife, in an endless procession of dinners at Rosings Park, household chores, correspondence, and minding her poultry. But Mrs. Collins carries with her a secret, a peculiar preference, which is destined to turn all her carefully laid plans on their head.

Lucy Russell travels west to make a life as a mail-order bride, but when her would-be groom skips town, a wealthy benefactor sweeps her away to Whisper Ridge Ranch where she unwittingly falls for the one man in Montana who doesn’t want a wife. Lucas Deardon leaves Oregon in search of his estranged grandfather with the hope he’ll be able to mend their broken relationship and save his family’s ranch in the process, but he never imagined the journey would lead him to the one woman whose kindness and intoxicating smile could tempt him enough to marry.

Nella Sicilia della fine degli anni '80, i genitori di Enrico Belfiore hanno un'unica passione - la politica, il Partito, il comunismo - e seguendo principi ben chiari hanno educato i figli: mai una gita al mare, mai una vacanza, mai fraternizzare con le famiglie che votano Dc, niente vestiti di marca, mai cedere al consumismo, presenza obbligatoria alle manifestazioni e alle marce per la pace.

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and, finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping novel from the internationally bestselling author of The German Girl. Sydney Morning Herald Best Reads of the Year for 2023...

È il 1929. Isabelle è fuggita dall'Ucraina meridionale, tra villaggi di pietra e campi di grano stecchiti, dove la fame mordeva e il domani era un'incognita. Sopravvissuta all'affondamento della sua nave, arriva a Boston con un bagaglio di vestiti sbiaditi e una speranza timida. Finn, giovane banchiere, la assume come domestica nella sua villa: tra salotti che si specchiano nei lampadari, dame in abiti di seta e uomini intenti a discutere d'affari tra una portata e l'altra, Isabelle spazza i corridoi, presenza silenziosa e distante, priva della raffinata bellezza di Vanessa, la moglie di Finn.

They say you can never go back… ‘Course, I never wanted to return. It took me years to age out. Once I made it, I took off and never turned around. Trust me, there were only three reasons I managed to survive there as long as I did and they abandoned me as soon as they were able. I’d like to say I didn’t blame them, but that would be a lie. I had zero desire to return. Yet here I was, on the road to Northland chasing a story cause my editor told me kids were disappearing… again.

I Brancata sono una delle tante famiglie di origine siciliana che in Tunisia hanno cercato l'America, e non sempre l'hanno trovata. In questa cornice cosmopolita, Maria - una bella trentottenne fiera e determinata - vede le sue tre figlie adolescenti diventare grandi. Tutto intorno, una città vivace in cui i nostri protagonisti si muovono in un tempo sospeso tra malinconia e incertezza: con l'indipendenza della Tunisia per molti si avvicina la stagione degli addii.

Raechel, sguardo vispo nascosto da un cespuglio di ricci scuri e crespi, sogna di diventare libraia, nonostante nel suo villaggio, sepolto dalla neve della steppa russa, alle ragazze non sia permesso neanche leggere. Rosetta ha ereditato un pezzo di terra, ma subisce ogni giorno le angherie dei suoi compaesani, convinti che una donna sola e bella non possa restare troppo tempo senza un marito a cui sottomettersi. Rocco, figlio di un uomo d'onore, è costretto a una scelta: se non vuole morire, deve diventare anche lui un mafioso.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A finger in a wedding cake is only the beginning in this deliciously shocking mystery featuring Flavia de Luce, “the world’s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth” (The Seattle Times). Don’t miss Flavia de Luce in the upcoming major motion...

Nell’estate romana del 1943, Gina, una studentessa di famiglia benestante, si innamora perdutamente di Betto, un intrepido ragazzo ebreo che fa parte di un’organizzazione clandestina. Tra i due si sviluppa una relazione intensa e proibita, nel bel mezzo di una delle più sconvolgenti tragedie della recente storia europea. Dopo la caduta di Mussolini, infatti, Roma è piombata in un turbine di violenza culminato nell’occupazione della città da parte delle truppe di Hitler.

Wie wird ein junger Tagedieb, der seine Kindheit in einer Höhle verbracht hat, zu einem glühenden Verfechter der Freiheit? Wie wird ein jüdischer Betrüger zu einem berühmten Arzt? Und wie wird ein junges Mädchen ohne Perspektive zu einer einflussreichen Modeschöpferin? Die Antwort liegt in Venedig.

Berlín, 1922. Hulda Gold es una comadrona intrépida, tenaz y muy apreciada en el barrio donde reside. La Primera Guerra Mundial ha dejado a su paso profundas heridas y, aunque la joven República se caracteriza por una atmósfera de renovación, también está marcada por una gran pobreza...

Drei Leben. Zwei Welten. Ein Neuanfang. Es ist das Jahr 1913 und eine Schiffsreise nach Buenos Aires verheißt eine zweite Chance für drei junge Menschen: Der Sizilianer Rocco hat den Zorn der Mafia auf sich gezogen, als er sich weigerte, sein Leben in den Dienst der ehrenwerten Gesellschaft zu stellen. Rosetta hat in einem sizilianischen Dorf dem Don die Stirn geboten und nur knapp eine Vergewaltigung überlebt. Die russische Jüdin Raquel ist die einzige Überlebende eines Pogroms, ihre kostbarste Habe ist die Erinnerung an die Liebe ihrer Eltern. Doch das Leben in der Neuen Welt stellt sie vor schier unüberwindbare Hindernisse.

After a great deal of romantic strife, Maria Lucas finds herself married to Mr. Jonas Card in a desperate attempt to extricate herself and her sister Charlotte from a dire financial situation. Mr. Card, however, truly loves Maria and has vowed to woo her. Alas, she views him only in friendly terms. But when it seems that Mr. Card's feelings have changed, Maria sets out to discover why. And through a series of unexpected events, Mr. Card succeeds in wooing his wife without saying a word.

Jean-Luc & Anna Lise is set in the turbulent years of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars and follows the lives of three childhood friends: Jean-Luc, Adrien, and Adrien’s sister, Anna Lise. Jean-Luc and Adrien join Napoleon’s army expecting grand adventure and glory. They do find courage and comradery, but they must also endure disease, intense suffering, and death. Complicating their lives is Jean-Luc’s growing love for Anna Lise, who has fled with her parents from France to Russia - the country they must now invade.

Felicity Taylor and her guardian, Lucas Kincaid, don't see eye to eye on many things, but they both agree that her twenty-first birthday can't come quickly enough. Felicity is an heiress, but she'll lose her fortune if she marries without Kincaid's consent. Unless, of course, she waits until she comes of age, when she'll be able to marry without his permission. And since Felicity hates to ask Kincaid for anything, she's chosen to wait until she turns twenty-one to make her society debut.