Résultats pour "Isola" dans Roman féminin

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In sixteenth-century France, as the heiress to an aristocratic fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of privilege. Then she is orphaned, and her enigmatic and volatile guardian squanders her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to the new French colonies of North America. Isolated and afraid, Marguerite befriends her guardian’s servant and the two develop an intense attraction. But when their relationship is discovered, they are brutally punished, abandoned on a small island with no hope for rescue.

From the bestselling author of Broken for You, an exhilarating new novel about a child born into the world of the British Raj and raised largely in seclusion, until an act of violence catapults her into the world—a wartime love triangle, a literary puzzle, and a moving exploration of the power...

Zarité ha nove anni quando il giovane francese Toulouse Valmorain la compra perché si occupi delle faccende di casa. Intorno, campi di canna da zucchero, la calura dell'isola, il lavoro degli schiavi. La storia di una donna che lotta per emanciparsi dalla sua condizione di schiava nella Haiti di fine '700. Un'eroina modernissima che arriva da lontano per ricordarci la fede nella libertà e la dignità delle passioni.

Pare che l’espressione “piantare in asso” si debba a Teseo che, uscito dal labirinto grazie all’aiuto di Arianna, anziché riportarla con sé da Creta ad Atene, la lascia sull’isola di Naxos. In Naxos: in asso, appunto. Proprio sull’isola di Naxos, l’inquieta e misteriosa protagonista di questo romanzo sente l’urgenza di tornare.

Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller “Compulsively readable...a gothic thriller laced with arsenic.” ––EW One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021: CNN Newsweek Vulture PopSugar Parade BuzzFeed E!Online TimeOut Woman's Day Goodreads She...

Longlisted for the Wingate Prize Financial Times Best Debuts Guardian's Best Fiction of the Year Once home to the country's most illustrious families, Waitsfield, Massachusetts, is now an unforgiving place awash with secrets. Forged in this frigid landscape, Ruthie learns how the town's prim...