Résultats pour "John" dans Historique

1758. Lord John Grey est victime d'un infâme chantage : un inconnu menace de raviver un douloureux scandale en rendant publiques les pages du journal intime de son défunt père, le duc de Pardloe. Dix-sept ans auparavant, ce dernier s'est en effet suicidé, accusé d'être impliqué dans un complot jacobite. Envoyé combattre sur le front rhénan et pris dans les rets d'une sulfureuse liaison, Lord John devra débrouiller l'écheveau du passé tout en affrontant le présent.

The Forsyte Saga chronicles the ebbing social power of the upper-middle-class Forsyte family through three generations, beginning in Victorian London during the 1880s and ending in the early 1920s. The saga begins with Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor who buys land at Robin Hill on which...

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In this first book of "The Forsyte Saga", Galsworthy paints a vivid portrait of a wealthy and ambitious London family at the turn of the century. Interwoven with this is the ill-fated romance of Irene and Bossiny.

Keiko Yoshida is a beautiful, young Japanese-American in pre-World War II San Francisco. Jesse Sommers is a native San Franciscan, who walks into Keiko's life just months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Neither has any way of knowing what is coming, nor the impact events will have on their lives, but they are determined to hold on to a love being Torn by the Sun.

Like father, like son . . . April 1777 Alexei McKesson is a man caught between two worlds: the son of the disgraced former Duke of McKesson, and an adopted warrior of the Standing Stone. For the past two years, Alexei has been pirating ships on the St. Lawrence, and he’s never been caught...

Heir to a crumbling Bronze Age kingdom, where power and conquest define a man's worth, a young man struggles to forge his own path against the grim destiny scripted for him. A girl born in jail, but raised in a world where tranquility and duty reign, hesitates to abandon her sheltered life for a future filled with uncertainty.

Der Roman über John Lennons erste Liebe und die Geburtsstunde der Beatles. Liverpool, 1957: Der durch den Unfalltod seiner Mutter traumatisierte junge John Lennon rebelliert gegen alles - und will doch nur Musik machen. Dann begegnet er der schönen, stillen Cynthia, die von seinem düsteren Charisma sofort in den Bann gezogen wird. An ihrer Seite erlebt John jene Beständigkeit und Liebe, die er in seiner Familie nie erfahren hat. Gemeinsam mit Paul McCartney schreibt er nun die ersten eigenen Songs, und schon bald sind die Bühnenauftritte von The Silver Beatles legendär.

Supernatural Secret Service agents Owen Sharps and Calvin Springfield meet on the train to their new assignment in St. Louis, and sparks fly between them. But it's 1897, and they need to be very careful—falling in love can be dangerous for men like them.

Discover a BRAND NEW emotional saga from bestselling author Elaine Johns! Perfect for fans of Rosie Clarke and Fenella J Miller Two strangers. One unforgettable night. A lifetime promise to find each other... Proud Leading Wren Sally Gordon is travelling to a new posting in Cornwall when an air...

This epic novel by master writer James Clavell, loosely based on the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War that took place in the late 1800s, is a richly researched, panoramic view of Japan’s budding relationship with the Western powers, its sweeping societal changes, and the political upheaval that followed.

Like "Wuthering Heights", the center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has always "done her duty." However, when she falls in love and her beloved is in love with another woman, the malice of her heart is released in full view. In this dramatic tale, the vivid description of the country is also important- as if nature has a part in it. Unlike many novels, nobody gets what they deserve at the end. Or do they? Read and decide for yourself.

John Buchan published his second most famous novel, John MacNab. Three high-flying men—a barrister, a cabinet minister, and a banker—are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to cure it. They inform three Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon in a given time. They sign collectively as "John McNab" and await the responses. This novel is a light interlude within the Leithen Stories series—an evocative look at the hunting, shooting, and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland.

Sei's power isn't truly his. As a grail, his role is to serve a mage by augmenting their magic. He's equally nervous and excited about his arranged betrothal. After a life without intimacy, Sei will finally fulfill his true purpose as a treasured, valuable grail. There's only one problem: Sei's new betrothed is the legendary Marek Dire.

Año 1760. La "tranquila" existencia de Jamie Fraser—jacobita escocés—está a punto de desmoronarse debido a la aparición de Tobias Quinn, un antiguo camarada del Levantamiento. Quinn sigue viviendo por la causa jacobita. Su último plan gira en torno a una antigua reliquia que podría fortalecer el espíritu de los irlandeses. Pero Jamie está tan harto de la política como de la guerra, y no quiere saber nada de todo eso hasta que reaparece lord John Grey con una citación judicial que lo alejará, una vez más, de todo cuanto ama....

Corre el año 1758. En plena guerra de los Siete Años, Gran Bretaña lucha junto a sus aliados en las tierras del Rin. Para lord John Grey y su hermano Hal, el campo de batalla supone una agradable tregua en la complicada situación que vive la familia y que amenaza con arruinar su honor.

Rudyard Kipling’s taut, tender two-part tale unfolds amid a searing South Indian famine. Wilhelmina “William” Martyn—a fearless, whip-smart Englishwoman—refuses the safety of the hills and rides straight into the crisis. Beside her works Scott, a driven irrigation engineer seconded to...

All Cherine Cadet has ever known is desperate circumstances—crushing poverty, cruel servitude, and no hope of escape. When a band of Vikings attacks the estate where she lives, her old life goes up in flames. On the verge of death, she's rescued by an unexpected savior—Erik the Axe, second...

The Jilted Rancher by John E. Johnson transports listeners to the rugged plains of Colorado during the Great Depression, where Gene Johnson, a talented violinist and rancher, faces heartbreak and betrayal. After being abandoned at the altar, Gene's life unravels, but his determination to rebuild leads him to an unexpected new romance.

Vana Dire can't show weakness if he wants to survive the Draskoran court. The only man he can be vulnerable with is Daromir—Vana's magic-bound bodyguard. The binding lets them share each other's pain, and Vana depends on Daromir's comfort as much as his services as a guard. Vana could never risk their friendship—even if he craves far more than Daromir's loyalty. Daromir Azri sees a side of Vana nobody else sees. Behind closed doors, the cold, elegant prince is kindhearted and vulnerable. He needs Daromir. If Daromir's devotion sometimes feels like something else? Daromir must be mistaken.