Résultats pour "Julia" dans XXe siècle

Eleanor Lyndon was minding her own business when a lord of the realm fell—quite literally—into her life. When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie's feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage. But Charles must find a bride before his thirtieth birthday or he'll lose his fortune. And Ellie needs a husband or her father's odious fiancée will choose one for her. And so they agree to wed.

Jack Audley has been a highwayman. A soldier. And he has always been a rogue. What he is not, and never wanted to be, is a peer of the realm, responsible for an ancient heritage and the livelihood of hundreds. But when he is recognized as the long-lost son of the House of Wyndham, his carefree...

Un periodista recibe la propuesta de investigar la vida de su bisabuela, Amelia Garayoa, una mujer de la que sólo sabe que huyó abandonando a su marido y a su hijo poco antes de que estallara la guerra civil española. Para rescatarla del olvido deberá reconstruir su historia desde los cimientos encajando, una a una, todas las piezas del inmenso y extraordinario puzle de su vida.

From the author of the international bestsellers The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes an enchanting novel that is “historical fiction at its very best” (Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author) as it follows five women living across three different times whose lives...

Chloe Brandt relishes her freedom. Bobbing her hair and donning the latest fashions, she’s been dancing her way through a flapper lifestyle after fleeing her alcoholic dad’s violence. But when tragedy pulls her and an orphaned nephew back to her hometown, the nurse confronts the handsome man she left behind. Reese Lloyd is grieving. Devastated over his brother’s murder, he struggles with the return of the beautiful girl who broke his heart. And torn when he and the love of his life are both named guardians of her young relative, the steadfast farmer finds it hard to lower his protective walls.

She witnessed a murder - and now her life is in danger. Fifteen year-old Belle, though raised in a London brothel, is an innocent. But when she witnesses one of the girls brutally strangled by a client, she is cast into a cruel, heartless world. Snatched from the streets and sold into prostitution, she is made a courtesan in New Orleans.

A USA TODAY bestselling novel! As Paris rebuilds in the aftermath of World War II, Kat Fontaine never expected the skills she learned in a French chateau kitchen to be the key that unlocks the secrets swirling in her new post-war life. "Balancing action-packed scenes with entertaining...

1956. Die zwanzigjährige Leni aus dem ländlichen Hebertshausen träumt von einem Leben in der Großstadt - von eleganten Geschäften, Kinobesuchen und grenzenloser Freiheit. Als die junge Friseurin die Chance bekommt, sich bei dem vornehmen Münchner Salon Keller vorzustellen, scheint der Traum zum Greifen nah. Unterdessen hadert ihr Bruder Hans mit seinem Medizinstudium. Seine Leidenschaft gilt der Jazzmusik und einer Frau, die für ihn unerreichbar ist.

Die neue Reihe der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin und Historikerin Julia Kröhn. Frankfurt, 1965: Zwanzig Jahre hat Ella erfolgreich das "Bücherreich" geführt, doch nun herrscht Zwist: Ihre deutlich jüngere Schwester Luise hat die schnulzigen Bücher satt. Ihr Kopf ist voller neuer, unerhörter Ideen, zu denen sie der charismatische und politisch aktive Student Thilo anstiftet. Zunächst steht Ella diesen ablehnend gegenüber. Doch dann bringt Luise sie dazu, ein dunkles Kapitel ihrer Vergangenheit aufzuschlagen.

Princes have pomp and glory—not crushes on commoners Nothing gets the tongues of London’s high society wagging like a good scandal. And when the personal secretary of the visiting Prince Sebastian of Alucia is found murdered, it’s all anyone can talk about, including Eliza Tricklebank. Her...

Abandoned outside an orphanage as a newborn baby, spirited Maddie March has had to fight her way through life. So when she finds a home at Few Farm with Frank Brackenbury and his household, she welcomes the chance for a fresh start. Work on the farm is hard, but believing herself truly loved for the first time in her young life by the farmer's son, Michael, even the animosity of the housekeeper Mrs Trowbridge cannot mar Maddie's newfound happiness.

Weil die Liebe uns gehört! Berlin, 1925: Als Vicky von ihrem Mann verlassen wird, denkt sie gar nicht daran, sich einen neuen Gatten und Ernährer zu suchen. Stattdessen erfüllt sie sich lieber einen Traum und eröffnet gemeinsam mit ihrer besten Freundin eine Buchhandlung - nur für Frauen. Der kleine Laden am Savignyplatz sorgt von Anfang an für Aufsehen. Schon bald werden sie zu Ikonen der aufkeimenden Emanzipation, aber auch Ziel konservativer Anfeindungen. Doch dann wirft Vicky plötzlich alle guten Vorsätze über Bord und das ausgerechnet wegen eines Mannes.

Alice Lee, middle-aged and unmarried, is the only volunteer when the minister asks his congregation to help young Zebediah Bailey. Zeb is in prison for a ghastly crime, and the townspeople would rather forget than forgive this local lad who lost his way. But Alice dutifully writes to him every week, sending him sweets from the little shop that is her livelihood: Alice Lee's Confectionary. She won't admit she's lonely, but since her parents' deaths, making and selling sweets has become her whole world.

Manchester, 1922. Molly Watson has had enough. Engaged for the last three years to a penny-pinching pedant, she finally decides she'd rather be a surplus girl than marry a man she doesn't truly love. Aware of the need to support herself if she is to remain single all her life, she joins a secretarial class to learn new skills and a whole world opens up to her.

Künzelsau, 1932: Der Holzhandel der Familie Hermann ist insolvent. Luise Hermann, die ihre Kinder Erika und Rolf zu ernähren hat, steht vor dem Nichts. Neue Hoffnung schöpft sie erst, als sie eine Näherei eröffnet. Doch dann kommen die Nazis an die Macht. Erikas Jugendliebe muss fliehen, und ihre beste Freundin Lia zieht es in das kriegsgebeutelte Berlin. Als Erika den jungen Offizier Albert Sefranek kennenlernt, ahnt sie weder, dass er ihre große Liebe wird, noch, dass ihnen eines Tages ein blauer Stoff in die Hände fällt, der die Mode in Deutschland revolutionieren wird.

Belinda Layton is a surplus girl. One of the many women whose dreams of marriage perished in the Great War, with the death of her beloved fiancé, Ben. After four years of mourning, she finally feels ready to face whatever her future holds without him. But Ben's family can't countenance her putting him to rest, while all her own family care about is getting hold of her meagre factory wages. When Belinda joins a secretarial class to try to better herself, little does she imagine that it will open up a whole new world to her.

A Winter Love Song is a heartwarming and moving story of survival and love from bestselling author Rita Bradshaw. Bonnie Lindsay is born into a travelling fair community in the north-east in 1918, and when her mother dies just months later Bonnie’s beloved father becomes everything to her...

Kiev, 1941: Watching the Red Army withdraw from Ukraine in the face of Hitler’s relentless advance, sisters Natasha and Lisa Smirnova realise their lives are about to change forever. As the German army occupies their beloved city, the sisters are tested in ways they never thought possible. Lisa’s fiancé Alexei is taken by the invading army, whilst Natasha falls in love with Mark – a Hungarian soldier, enlisted against all his principles on the side of the Nazis. 

San Francisco, 1904: Sarah ist nach dem Schiffsunglück wieder in ihrer Heimatstadt angekommen. Zum Entsetzen ihrer Mutter in Begleitung ihrer großen Liebe, des Seemanns Peer. Gemeinsam wollen sie sich in San Francisco eine Zukunft aufbauen. Doch Sarah merkt, dass es ihr schwer fällt, sich wieder in ihr altes Leben einzufinden, dafür hat sie in den letzten Monaten zu viel erlebt. Und auch Peer muss kämpfen, denn die Gesellschaft, in der Sarah und ihre Familie sich bewegen, ist nicht bereit, den Seemann in ihren Reihen zu akzeptieren.

Bristol 1941. Having left her abusive husband for very good reasons, Mary Anne Randall finds herself judged harshly by her friends and neighbours, after courageously risking everything for a second chance at happiness with Michael. With Michael away fighting, Mary Anne is less concerned by her tarnished reputation and focusses on keeping her beloved children safe. But with the bombs beginning to fall on Bristol, danger is all too close to home.