Résultats pour "Diana" dans Fiction biographique

Au retour d'un séjour marquant à Berlin, Diane Meur, fidèle à son goût pour les filiations, décide de mener l'enquête sur Abraham Mendelssohn, banquier oublié de l'histoire, qui servit de pont entre le Voltaire allemand et un compositeur romantique plus précoce encore que Mozart. Mais comment ne pas remonter d'abord à l'origine, à Moses, le petit infirme du ghetto, qui à onze ans maîtrisait Torah et Talmud, à quatorze ans partit seul sur les routes rejoindre à Berlin un professeur bien-aimé ? Comment, en pleines années 2010, ne pas se passionner pour cet apôtre de la tolérance, grand défenseur de la liberté de culte et d'opinion ?

Behind the Iron Curtain, the Truth Can Kill You. Europe, 1956. The Iron Curtain divides the Free West from the Soviet Bloc, and the battle for hearts and minds is waged with words, not bullets. Charlie Atkins, a 23-year-old California farm girl, works at Radio Free Europe in Munich, relaying Western news to millions trapped behind Soviet borders. She longs to report real stories—like her own, marked by the mysterious disappearance of her father, Captain A. J. Atkins, in the last days of World War II. Her boss dismisses her: too young, too green, too female.

Lady Diana - die Ikone ihrer Zeit. London, 1978: Die siebzehnjährige Diana Spencer ist zu Gast auf einem Polospiel. Da sie selbst einer der angesehensten Adelsfamilien des Landes entstammt, ist die Welt, in der sie sich an diesem Tag bewegt, nicht fremd. Im Gegenteil, es beginnt ein Flirt mit dem zukünftigen König Großbritanniens, der ihr Leben für immer verändern soll: Keine drei Jahre später steht sie vor 3.500 geladenen Gästen in der St. Paul's Cathedral und feiert die Hochzeit des Jahrhunderts.

Kalifornien, 1940. Für die kleine Dian steht früh fest: Sie will einmal mit Tieren arbeiten. Viele Jahre später reist Dian tatsächlich nach Afrika, um dort die bedrohten Berggorillas zu erforschen. In den Nebelwäldern gelingt ihr Bemerkenswertes: der direkte Kontakt zu den scheuen Tieren. Eine einzigartige Freundschaft entsteht, die bald die ganze Welt kennt. Aber nicht nur den Tieren gehört Dians Herz. Als sie dem Fotografen Bob begegnet, verliebt sie sich Hals über Kopf in den verheirateten Mann.

Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II. Single, six foot two, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General "Wild Bill" Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services.

Isabella is a young émigré from the USSR who discovers her artistic talent as a way to cope with culture shock and escape from her traditional criticizing Jewish mother. Lost in America, Isabella searches for a true home all over the world. She lives in Paris and Rome, ventures out to Australia, returns to Russia in search for her tribe, all the while recording these new locales and her feelings about them with her brush. It is only after losing her passion under the strains of money, romance, and indulgence that she realizes that her painting practice has always been her home base.

Rome, 1520. The Eternal City is in mourning. Raphael Sanzio, beloved painter and national hero, has died suddenly at the height of his fame. His body lies in state at the Pantheon. At the nearby convent of Sant'Apollonia, a young woman comes to the Mother Superior, seeking refuge. She is Margherita Luti, a baker's daughter from a humble neighborhood on the Tiber, now an outcast from Roman society, persecuted by enemies within the Vatican. Margherita was Raphael's beloved and appeared as the Madonna in many of his paintings. But now that Raphael is gone, the convent is her only hope.

Mary Tudor, the headstrong younger sister of the ruthless King Henry VII, has always been her brother's favorite—but now she is also an important political bargaining chip. When she is promised to the elderly, ailing King Louis of France, a heartbroken Mary accepts her fate, but not before extracting a promise from her brother: When the old king dies, her next marriage shall be solely of her choosing. For Mary has a forbidden passion, and is determined, through her own cunning, courage, and boldness, to forge her own destiny.

Unique, sad and sometimes darkly humorous, A Grave Above Ground is a beggar's tale. It is about how easily life can change, escape from persecution as a refugee, and the beauty and limits experienced with the healing power of love and care. Its about reconciliation with loss and pain, as well as awakening and closure.

In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century. When fifteen-year-old Ella...

"Readers are transported to 1961 Britain in this fascinating tale about beloved Princess Diana....What follows is an astonishing story of Diana's route to the altar and beyond."—Woman's World The whole world saw Diana Spencer step from a gilded carriage for her wedding. But before that...

"Es tut uns sehr leid, Ihnen mitteilen zu müssen..."Den restlichen Teil der Beileidsbekundung zum Tod ihres Ehemannes nimmt Nele nicht mehr wahr. Seitdem schwelgt sie immer wieder in Erinnerungen und driftet ab in eine Welt, in der Aaron noch an ihrer Seite ist. Wie lange dauert es, bis man den Verlust seines Seelenverwandten überwunden hat? Nele findet ihren ganz eigenen Weg. Eine traurig schöne Geschichte zum Eintauchen, Reinfühlen und Hoffnung schöpfen.