Résultats pour "A" dans XXe siècle

Three young people from vastly different backgrounds – Armando from Mozambique, Lolita from India and East German national Theo – are drawn together in a small Baltic city in 1989, just as the DDR begins to collapse around them.

April 1912. As the RMS Titanic sets sail on her maiden voyage, First Officer William Murdoch carries not only the weight of duty but also the hopes of a future he longs to share with his wife, Ada, waiting anxiously in Southampton. From the grandeur of the first-class decks to the struggles of those in steerage, The Last Line captures the final days aboard the world’s most famous ship through the eyes of a man whose courage and compassion have long been overshadowed by controversy.

April 1912. As the RMS Titanic begins her fateful voyage, five passengers—each carrying heartbreak, ambition, or regret—board with hopes of a new beginning. Madeleine Astor, young bride to one of America’s wealthiest men, is already buckling under the weight of high society’s disapproval. Her husband, John Jacob Astor IV, hides his own doubts behind charm and control—but as whispers of scandal grow louder, the cracks in their marriage widen.

Pavia, dopoguerra. Bianca è cresciuta, lavora come cameriera nella casa della signora Cattaneo e nel tempo libero frequenta un corso di taglio e cucito. L'incontro al mercato con Arturo, un ragazzo dal sorriso aperto e l'ottimismo contagioso, sembra finalmente regalarle la promessa di una vita felice. Innamorati e carichi di speranza, i due decidono di lasciarsi l'Italia alle spalle per cercare fortuna in Svizzera, verso un lavoro sicuro e la possibilità di formare una famiglia. Ma la serenità conquistata con fatica deve fare i conti con la dura realtà dell'emigrazione.

Brought to you by Penguin. The new tale of female camaraderie and romance in an idyllic setting from beloved saga author Rosie Meddon When one woman's second chance at love comes under threat, will she find happiness again? Sussex, 1943. When Veronica Clairmont becomes widowed and loses the...

Widowed and grieving, Eileen Bentley leaves bomb-scarred London for the rugged coast of Cornwall, determined to start over as housekeeper to her dear late husband's brother. But the war is never far behind. As air raids reach the docks of Falmouth and Eileen takes up fire-watching duty once more, the past refuses to loosen its hold - her husband's memory shadowing every step. Then she meets Captain Andrew Harvey, a man marked by loss, whose quiet strength begins to break through her sorrow.

Una tarde de otoño en Barcelona, a Violeta, la madre de la autora, le comunican la muerte de su hermano Víctor. Y con la noticia llega la gran revelación: Víctor era adoptado. En 1942, Elsa, viuda de un aviador de la Luftwaffe y madre de seis hijos, entre ellos...

Johanna Neumann, a once-acclaimed pianist, is forced to leave her high-society life in Berlin to support her military husband, the newly appointed Kommandant of Erstein. With her son enlisted in the Hitler Youth and her dreams of music silenced by the clamor of conflict, she grapples with the harsh realities of her new existence in a place where she is neither welcome nor trusted. Haunted by loss and loneliness and disillusioned by her husband’s transformation, she yearns for an end to the war so she can go back to her beloved homeland before her daughter is recruited into the Nazi regime.

As Hitler’s troops sweep into Vienna, Austrian Max Dornbach promises to help his Jewish friends hide their most valuable possessions from the Nazis, smuggling them to his family’s summer estate near the picturesque village of Hallstatt. He enlists the help of Annika Knopf, his childhood friend and the caretaker’s daughter. Eighty years later, Callie Randall is mostly content with her quiet life, running a bookstore with her sister and reaching out into the world through her blog. Then she finds a cryptic list in an old edition of Bambi that connects her to Annika’s story.