Résultats pour "Elias" dans Fiction historique

Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three eras—Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson explores the human cost of war, the mixed blessings of survival, and the enduring strength of family bonds.

From the New York Times bestselling and National Jewish Book Award winning author: a dramatic and hopeful story of escape and survival in WWII Europe. It is October 1944, and Hitler has dispatched Adolf Eichmann and his death squads to Hungary to annihilate the Jewish population. Julia Powers...

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A global soccer star’s epic ride to the 1950 World Cup places him in shooting distance of his dreams and his own death. Gilbert Chevalier’s life is a mid-century miracle: wealthy, handsome, beloved by every woman he meets, and blessed with incomparable talents on the soccer field. And it’s...

The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Emerson, and their wild and precocious eight-year-old son, Ramses. The much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid in Dahshoor is theirs for the digging. But there is a great evil in the wind that roils the hot sands sweeping through the bustling streets and marketplaces of Cairo.

Der junge Sam Greven, 23, ist ein Draufgänger. Als Kopf einer Sprayer-Gang ist er in der Szene im Kreis Bergheim bei Köln bekannt und hat neben seinen Graffiti-Künsten, wegen denen er immer wieder mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt tritt, eine sehr hohe kriminelle Energie. Als er die 19-jährige Leonie Hammerschmidt zufällig in einer Bar kennen lernt, verstehen sich die Beiden auf Anhieb.

Cuando a Sandra Valdés, joven historiadora en paro, le encargan que escriba la biografía de Ofelia Arráez -la gran empresaria y constructora, referente obligado en el mundo de la moda del calzado femenino-, ella acepta el reto sin imaginar los secretos que se ocultan en los noventa años de esa mujer contradictoria y poderosa, sin saber que lo que va a descubrir cambiará también su vida.

Manchmal muss man über den Horizont hinausblicken, um die Dinge zu sehen, auf die man seit Langem vergeblich gewartet hat. Benjamin Foster ist Ende 30, trockener Alkoholiker und sehr zurückgezogen. Sein einziger Kontakt ist seine erwachsene Patentochter Crystal–aber ausgerechnet diese familiäre Bindung gerät ins Wanken, nachdem Benjamin erneut einen schweren Rückfall erleidet.

Svantje ist elf Jahre alt und mit ihrer allein erziehenden Mutter neu in die Wohnsiedlung Brookstraße in Frechen eingezogen. Das Mädchen ist sehr still, zurückhaltend und spricht mit niemandem. Eines Tages, während Svantje allein auf einer Bank am Spielplatz sitzt, nähert sich ihr ein zwölfjähriger Junge, der sich ihr als Daryl vorstellt.

Town marshal Elias Faust thinks that he can make any problem go away if he throws enough lead at it. The living’s easy for a lawman. Bloody, but easy - that is, until Magnate Gregdon arrives with his undead syndicate to tear the town of Blackpeak, Texas apart. When a shootout with a pair of outlaws goes sideways, Elias Faust accidentally draws the Magnate’s attention. As if dealing with arcane sorcery, reanimated corpses, and the Magnate’s personal vendetta aren’t enough, Faust finds himself at the center of a power-struggle for Blackpeak’s eldritch secrets.

Before the foundation of the Now (the realm of existence for us biological life) Gaia formed titans to assist in the creation of the physical world. is the story of the titans before the human race based on Hesiod and other early Greek myths. How did Cronus take power from his father and lose it to his son? How did Zeus become the supreme Olympian? Why so many wives? What role does Eros play? The lusty experimental animated musical comedy drama will be captured in albums, videos, graphic novels, and audiobooks.

Written with cinematic flair, this historical novel brings in key figures such as Shakespeare and Descartes as it recreates the drama and intrigue of 17th-century England and the Continent. Elizabeth’s children included Rupert of the Rhine and Sophia of Hanover, from whom the Hanoverian line descended to the present Queen Elizabeth II.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER All will be revealed in this no-holds-barred finale of the Edgar Award–nominated Maggie Hope series as the intrepid spy teams up with fashion designer—and possible double agent—Coco Chanel to bring down the physicist behind Nazi Germany’s nuclear program...

A series of child abductions in Peru leads an FBI agent and an archaeologist to uncover the ultimate secret of the Inca Empire. On a Peruvian Andes mountaintop, archaeology professor Nina Ramirez and her students make two stunning discoveries: The five-hundred-year-old mummy of an Inca girl, the victim of ritual sacrifice, and in another grave, the corpse of a recently kidnapped boy wearing the same ancient costume. Child abductions are being reported throughout Peru, and when an American boy is snatched in Lima, FBI agent Adam Palma is assigned to the case.

As the king of Sippar, Ahsan-Sin is surrounded by unparalleled luxury, fawning attendants, and a gorgeous wife. It’s the life he’s always dreamed of, except for three small problems. One, the palace oracle foretells of a threat that could leave the king dead and the city in ruins. Two, his marriage to the sharp-tongued priestess Nirah is already in trouble–and they aren’t even really married. Three, Ahsan is not the real king, but a criminal condemned to die in his place.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this riveting mystery from Susan Elia MacNeal, England’s most daring spy, Maggie Hope, travels across the pond to America, where a looming scandal poses a grave threat to the White House and the Allied cause. December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl...

World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air raids to rattle intrepid spy and expert code breaker Maggie Hope. After serving as a secret agent to protect Princess Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, Maggie is now an elite member of the Special Operations Executive–a black ops organization designed to aid the British effort abroad–and her first assignment sends her straight into Nazi-controlled Berlin, the very heart of the German war machine. Relying on her quick wit and keen instincts, Maggie infiltrates the highest level of Berlin society, gathering information to pass on to London headquarters. But the secrets she unveils will expose a darker, more dangerous side of the war–and of her own past.

For Ahsan and the beast hiding under his skin, the safest place to hide is behind enemy lines. These days, the trick is knowing where that is. When the Blight Hunt comes to Sippar, it's all he can do to escape scrutiny. Yet when his plans go awry and his deadly secret risks being exposed, he finds he's not the only one harboring dark truths—nor the only one in peril.

As queen of the Underworld, Kigal’s life has at last fallen into place. Her worship has spread, she has the respect of the heavens, and she is married to a god she loves - when she finds evidence of an atrocity. When the culprit is identified as the long-dead Anzu, the hosts of Heaven balk, saying they slew its kind along with the ancient goddess Tiamat - until Kigal discovers treachery deep within their ranks.

A monarch. A sacrificial lamb. A traitor. As Goddess of the Dead, Kigal’s world is looking brighter. Her cult has spread, her kingdom is finally safe, and a possible romance begins to bloom. Yet when she angers the mighty god Enlil, a terrible secret comes to light, one that shocks and horrifies her - the truth of what Nergal did to her mother.