Résultats pour "Das Echo" dans Historique

Tandis que la guerre d'Indépendance bat son plein dans les colonies sécessionnistes américaines, Jamie Fraser et Claire, sa femme infirmière, parviennent enfin à rentrer en Écosse où ils souhaitent récupérer leur presse d'imprimerie. Mais, retenu par des problèmes familiaux, Jamie doit à regret laisser Claire repartir dans les colonies, où ses patients ont besoin d'elle. Séparés par les circonstances, Jamie et Claire réussiront-ils à se retrouver dans un pays où la guerre fait rage ? Pendant ce temps-là, au XXe siècle, leur fille Brianna et son mari Roger ont racheté et retapé le manoir de Lallybroch, propriété des Fraser.

"Wir leben noch..." 1777: Die Zeichen stehen schlecht für einen Sieg der Kolonien im Unabhängigkeitskrieg gegen die Briten. Nur Claire Randall, die Zeitreisende aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, und ihr geliebter Mann, der schottische Rebell Jamie Fraser, wissen, wie der Krieg ausgehen wird... Jamie weigert sich, zur Waffe zu greifen, stattdessen will er mit dem gedruckten Wort in die revolutionären Kämpfe eingreifen. Dazu braucht er seine Druckerpresse, und die steht noch immer in Edinburgh. Während es in den Straßen der amerikanischen Kolonien schon nach Pulverdampf riecht, macht sich Jamie bereit für eine Rückkehr in die schottischen Highlands, mit Claire an seiner Seite.

When actress Camelee Pendrey is hurled back in time a thousand years and finds herself caught under the nets of deadly-looking men on horseback, she's sure of one thing: she will never survive. Eleventh century Britain is nothing as she imagined. To begin with, there is a Dane on the throne! Worse, there's one in her bed. They are everywhere. Conquering, capturing, enslaving the Saxons acre by acre. But Camelee isn't a Saxon, and she's nobody's servant. Not even the deadly Viking who claims to own her and then promises to own her heart as well.

NYC Detective Michael Pendridge doesn't have to think about all he's lost since the day he put on the uniform eleven years ago. The ghosts are always there, fresh in his mind. It has taken everyone he's allowed himself to care about. It has wrenched compassion from his heart and replaced it with the hard shell of apathy. But justice is in his blood. Even after rubbing a brooch and being sent back to eighteenth century England, one of the first things he witnesses is a beautiful pickpocket who will lead him on a journey where he will find himself again.

Ariana Caldwell has grown up in the shadow of a secret family tragedy, at the heart of which lay Trenton Kingsley. Forced to marry a man she had been led to hate-and fear-Ariana is helplessly caught in the renewed fury of an ancient feud. But despite the danger, her husband's unaccountable torment only draws Ariana closer, and her instincts will not allow her to retreat. Caught between Trenton's brooding desire and her brother's imperious demands, Ariana is on an odyssey for the truth . . . consumed by the promise of a passionate, overwhelming love.

For Kipling Summerfield, the glamour of Hollywood is becoming a distant memory. After losing the role of a lifetime, he’s forced to take a lesser job as a historical reenactor on England’s Guilford Island. But a sudden storm changes everything, casting him into the ocean—and into the care of a mysterious lighthouse keeper. Kip assumes everyone he meets and the island’s historical setting are just an elaborate performance—until he meets the captivating Amelia Archibald, whose quiet strength feels too real, making him question everything about Guilford.

The May Day celebrations are underway and offer some light relief from the daily hardships and a glimmer of hope for a brighter future for the folk of Norton Dene. Conscientious Sister Edith Harrison has her fortune told and a handsome, tall dark stranger is predicted to be on the horizon for her affections. Imagine her surprise when a mysterious stranger arrives in town with a hidden agenda that will upset those at Orchard Manor House. It seems like there are some ghosts from the past that need to be put to rest.

Anne Brandon has always understood the power of a king’s patronage and, though the court of Henry VIII is a dangerous place for women, as the daughter of the king’s best friend, Anne feels safer than most. But Anne’s husband Lord Powis is tiring of her childlessness and when Henry VIII begins plotting to rid himself of a queen in his quest for an heir, suddenly Anne’s life is in danger. And as whispers of the name of her friend Anne Boleyn’s get ever louder, there is peril in every loose word, every forbidden conversation.

Brought to you by Penguin. In the dead of night, with blood on her hands, she made her escape. Accused of murder, Alejandra flees her home, escaping to the southern edge of Spain, where she faces a life of poverty and destitution. Seduced by the power of the rich and the anonymity that waits...

Occupied Italy, 1944. In the mountain regions south of Bologna, Liliana Nicoletti’s family finds escaped POW James Foley behind German lines. Committed to the anti-Fascist cause, they deliver him to a powerful band of local partisans. But when the SS launches a brutal attack against the Resistance, Liliana’s community is destroyed. Forging an unbreakable bond, James and Liliana's only hope of survival is to make it to the Allied lines. Twelve years later, fate reunites Liliana, newly widowed, and James, now a journalist for a New York magazine.

Eilidh Lathan is bound to the Aerie by the echo in her blood of her mother's healing talent and her love for one man. If only she had the courage to tell him—and he felt the same.

How will Sofia Carter choose between two handsome men? Ranch foreman Travis Desmond and army captain Zeb Rawlins compete for her affections. Which man will win in a game of love played during a dangerous time in Echo?