Résultats pour "Ella" dans Fiction historique

Once upon a time, there was a king who passed. He left behind two sons, one beloved and one outcast. The older of the two was set to take the throne, but before he could, he had to find a queen to call his own. The younger one was known to be unruly and unhinged. The chosen queen was warned to keep far away from him. Beautiful and cunning, in the light is where she stayed. But late at night, it was the shadowed lands in which she played. Mistakes were made and secrets forged; forgetting duty and her sense. And while the new king had her hand, her heart belonged to the scarred prince.

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...

Over three parts, Ellen van Neerven takes traditional storytelling and gives it a unique, contemporary twist. In ‘Heat’, we meet several generations of the Kresinger family and the legacy left by the mysterious Pearl. In ‘Water’, a futuristic world is imagined and the fate of a people threatened. In ‘Light’, familial ties are challenged and characters are caught between a desire for freedom and a sense of belonging.

Lady Ella Barrington is a romantic who has always dreamed she would marry for love. When loyalties are questioned, she must sacrifice her dream to save her father. Her handsome betrothed seems to be the hero she's always hoped for and awakens a yearning she never imagined. But her belief in fairytale love crumbles as the truth comes to light and danger lurks.

New York City, 1899. When it comes to show business, Gilded Age opera singer Ella Shane wears the pants. The unconventional diva breaks the mold by assuming "trouser roles"-male characters played by women - and captivating audiences far and wide with her travelling theater company. But Ella's flair for the dramatic takes a terrifying turn when an overacting Juliet to her Romeo drinks real poison during the final act of Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi.

Nicholas Nicastro revisits a haunting mystery that still fascinates a nation a century later. His masterly re-imagining of these tragic events sees beyond the prejudices that destroys families and taints small communities but corrodes civilization itself. Nicastro’s simple storytelling style with its kaleidoscopic perspectives is moving, beautiful, and profound.

It’s 1943 on the American home front, and Ella’s pent-up, common-law husband finally decides to leave their farm and enlist. Ella must either depart their seafaring town in coastal Delaware to pursue other dreams inland or try to save their farm. Their grade-school son, Reese, won’t budge, and Ella sees that farmers have a patriotic duty to stay on the land.

Den internationale bestsellerforfatter Ella Carey er tilbage med en gribende fortælling om tab og sorg, om store drømme, high fashion og overvældende kærlighed. Året er 1918 i Paris og Vianne drømmer om den dag, hvor hun ikke længere er nødt til at sy uniformer, og i stedet kan begynde at skabe de fantastiske kjoler, hun drømmer om. Men netop som krigens afslutning synes inden for rækkevidde, bliver Viannes mor og søster dræbt i et luftangreb, og hendes bror stiller hende et ultimatum: opgiv drømmen om at blive designer, eller forlad deres fælles barndomshjem.

Mens krigen raser i Europa, er Lily Rose taknemmelig for sit perfekte liv i en velhavende familie, som elsker hende, og for sit drømmejob som kok på en af de mest historiske restauranter i byen; Valentino's. Tiderne har ændret sig for kvinder, og Lily er fast besluttet på at styre sit eget køkken en dag. Men da hendes mor hører om Tom, bliver hun rasende. Når krigen slutter, er det Lilys pligt at gifte sig med den mand, som hendes mor har valgt til hende. Lily er i en umulig situation. Skal hun vælge sin familie og fortsætte med at leve det sikre liv, hun altid har kendt til?

I en mandsdomineret verden har Kate Mancini fået en chance som reporter i efterkrigstidens Tyskland. Cheferne og befolkningen hjemme i USA vil høre sejrshistorier, men den virkelighed, Kate oplever, er en helt anden. Berlin plages af sult og elendighed, mens uskyldige familier prøver at genopbygge et liv i ruinerne af deres hjem. En stum, forældreløs pige kommer til at symbolisere al krigens ulyksalighed for Kate, og hun ved, at hun må redde dette barn. Med hjælp fra hendes flotte kollega, Rick Shearer, finder de et sikkert hjem til barnet, før de selv kan vende tilbage til New York.

New York, 1938: Die schüchterne Martha und die neugierige Charlotte Belmont könnten als Zwillinge kaum gegensätzlicher sein. Doch als der Krieg ausbricht, werden sie gezwungen, über sich hinauszuwachsen. Charlotte riskiert ihr Leben im Widerstand in Paris, während Martha in New York verzweifelt versucht, jüdische Flüchtlinge vor den Nazis zu retten. Als Charlotte ein gefährliches Familiengeheimnis entdeckt, das ihr Leben bedroht, muss sie sich fragen, ob sie die Kraft hat, ihre Liebsten zu retten - bevor es zu spät ist.

Devastated after both my fiancée and best friend betrayed me, I traveled to a distant isle in the Pacific Northwest, clinging to a job as an artist's assistant to escape my broken heart. Little did I know that I would find something else entirely when I met Briggs Tutheridge. His kindness and sensitivity were not at all what I expected. Still, his reputation was well-known and notorious, with bevies of admirers who wanted nothing more than a brief affair. That wasn't me. I was a wallflower destined to live in the shadows, and no amount of wishing could change that.

Paris, 1940. Isabelle de Florian lever livet farligt i Paris. I flere måneder har hun spillet nazisterne et puds i forsøget på at beskytte de mennesker, hun elsker. Men hun ved, at hun er nødt til at forlade byen, hvis hun vil overleve. Endelig pakker hun sine bedste smykker i en lille kuffert og træder ud i den forræderiske nat. New York, 2015. Fotografen Cat Jordan bliver meget overrasket, da hun modtager et brev, der informerer hende om, at hun er enearving til Isabelle de Florians bo.

Since the loss of my husband, matchmaking has been my solace and mission as I pair souls meant for each other. However, letters from a sensitive and insightful bachelor from across the country have me wondering about my own destiny. Together, Matthew and I successfully paired the Tutheridge siblings, but as our shared project ends, can a new story begin? With some trepidation, I agree to travel from Boston to Whale Island. Will I find love again in the arms of Matthew Goodwell?

Toscane, 1944. Als de nazi's Italië binnenvallen, doet prinses Evelina Messina er alles aan om ze een warm welkom te geven in haar landhuis Villa Rosa. Tientallen jaren later bezoekt de Amerikaanse Annie Reynolds het in verval geraakte landgoed. Als Annie het dagboek vindt van de beruchte prinses Evelina Messina, waar veel pagina's zorgvuldig uit zijn weggesneden, begint ze te twijfelen aan het negatieve beeld van Evelina dat de dorpelingen schetsen.

Texas, 1943. Eva har altid drømt om at flyve, og med nazisternes hærgen i Europa, får de kvindelige piloter endelig en chance. Kvinderne danner stærke bånd, og med luft under vingerne og en mand, hun elsker, at vende tilbage til, er hver tur i luften en drøm, indtil det hele styrter i grus – og Evas fly styrter ned. Eva vågner, men hendes minder om uheldet er borte. Los Angeles, 1977. Eva er en helt almindelig husmor, gift med sit livs kærlighed og med en familie at være stolt af. Alligevel hjemsøges hun stadig af den nat for over 30 år siden, og en ulykke, hun ikke kan huske.

Leo, Duke of Chandos, can't quite believe it. After many mistresses, and much mischief and merriment, he's fallen head-over-heels for his best friend's sister, Lady Theo Vivers. Now that she's come out, Leo is ready to give up his wild bachelorhood for wedded bliss. Yet despite his attentions, Theo regards him at best as a friend—at worst, as a brother. Determined to persuade her otherwise, he perseveres through the Season's most grueling social events....

Handsome, charming, and heir to a powerful viscount, Christopher "Kit" Featherton is everything a woman could want—except interested in marriage. So when he hears that someone on his estate near the Scottish border is claiming to be his wife, Kit sets off to investigate. Since her parents' death, Lady Mary Tolliver has been hounded by her cousin, a fortune-hunting fool after her inheritance. Refusing to settle for anything less than love, Mary escapes to the isolated estate of rakish bachelor Kit Featherton.

Charlie, Earl of Stanwood, is at his gentleman's club when he overhears from a nearby card game that the Viscount Ognon plans to gamble away a property in which some of his family live. Charlie takes a dim view of those who mistreat their dependents, and though he rarely gambles, he always wins. This time is no different. Triumphant, Charlie is determined to sign the property over to the appropriate family member.

“A breezy retro novel with bite.” —L.A. Times “A 1970s-Laurel Canyon version of My Brilliant Friend.”—The Atlantic An electrifying novel about the complicated friendship between two ambitious writers and the ultimate artistic betrayal: one writes a book based upon the other's life...