Résultats pour "Stoner" dans Fiction historique

"Stoner" - pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1965 - è stato per parecchio tempo uno dei grandi romanzi dimenticati della letteratura americana. John Williams racconta la vita di un uomo, Stoner appunto, che, nato in una famiglia di contadini poveri, finisce per scoprire dentro di sé una passione struggente per la letteratura e diventa professore. È la storia di un uomo che conduce una vita semplice al limite della frugalità. Una vita che lascia poche tracce.

A powerful order of warrior monks forged in the fires of the Crusades during the twelfth century, the legendary Knights Templar did not vanish entirely following their failed campaigns in the Holy Land. Having attained great power and arcane skill, they withdrew from the public eye but remained...

When Dylan Stone disappeared in 1983, he left behind a worn journal and an impossible mystery. Eighteen-year-old Dylan Stone and his best friend Bull Eastland set out on the adventure of a lifetime—a summer backpacking trip through Europe with nothing but a guitar, a journal, and Eurail passes. But a chance encounter with a desperate professor on a ferry to France changes everything. She entrusts Dylan with an envelope containing an old skeleton key and a cryptic poem —secrets tied to the long-lost Irish Crown Jewels, stolen in 1907 and never recovered.

Il est le débauché le plus célèbre de Londres ; elle, une intellectuelle qui se cache du monde. Forcés de s'unir par un odieux chantage, leurs fausses fiançailles deviennent le plus dangereux des jeux de séduction. Lord Richard Seaton, un célèbre coureur de jupons est prêt à tout pour retrouver son frère disparu. Mais le prix exigé par le criminel Thorne Blackmore en échange d'informations est impensable : épouser sa sœur, Mlle Jane Grant.

Au sein d’une Écosse gouvernée par une monarchie soutenue par les clans et le parlement, le roi Aédan Stuart Ier est à un tournant de son règne. Confronté à l’un des plus grands défis de sa vie, se marier et engendrer un héritier, Aédan cherche une distraction pour alléger le poids de ses responsabilités. C’est alors que Halley, une jeune pâtissière ambitieuse, est recrutée pour rejoindre la brigade culinaire du palais royal. Bien qu’ayant grandi à Los Angeles, ses racines écossaises sont profondes.

This sparkling box set includes all four full-length novels in Claudia Stone’s Regency Murder and Marriage series—a delightful blend of cosy mystery, romantic mischief, and sharp-tongued heroines who always find trouble… and often find love along the way.

The author presents a collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser.

A hero sworn to slay the monster. A princess determined to save it. Only one can live... They call her the cursed princess. Daughter of a tyrant king. Sister to the monster. For seven years, Ariadne watches helplessly as her ruthless father sacrifices human tributes to the Minotaur trapped within the dark maze. When the queen begs for her help, she seizes the chance to prove herself—to break the curse and rescue her monstrous brother. But is there any humanity in him left to save? Or will he kill her, too? Either way, she has to try.

After years of voyaging around the world, the Wolves of Odin are going home. Far from the green crew led by an unblooded, wily lad that departed Sigtun, they return a renowned, feared war-band, led by Jarl Halfdan Loki-Born. They have come back to hunt down the last man responsible for the death of Halfdan’s father, the wicked Christian priest Hjalmvigi.

From the Borderlands to the Highlands, Scotland's seven kingdoms are in conflict. Struggling to unite the kingdoms altogether, King David seeks an alliance with the fierce, but reclusive mountain Scot, Aidan dun Scoti. But only one woman will tempt Aidan—the accursed beauty whose father once betrayed his clan.

After her father's unexplained disappearance, the entrancingly beautiful healer Rhianwyn Albray finds herself in a perilous position. She's nineteen, living alone, and unwed—which, by the king's law, is strictly forbidden. Several men rally to claim her as their bride, but when a mysterious Irishman, Lord Broccan Mulryan, requests the king's permission to wed her, Rhianwyn immediately objects. Though he is handsome and there is an undeniable physical attraction, he's also demanding, arrogant, and not husband material.

Preston Seaton, Duke of Grandhampton, ist entschlossen, den Mann zu vernichten, der für den Tod seines Bruders verantwortlich ist. Lady Penelopes Schicksal ist besiegelt. Der Traum von einer Karriere als Malerin scheint unerreichbar. Denn ihr Vater zwingt sie zur Heirat mit dem kaltherzigen Duke. Dieser verachtet sie abgrundtief und hält sie für eine Heiratsschwindlerin. Doch jeder Blick, jede Berührung spricht eine andere Sprache, erfüllt sie mit Sehnsucht.

Una ladrona que viaja en el tiempo. Un guerrero vikingo. Ella es su enemiga. Él es su captor. Una noche de pasión podría destruirlos o acabar liberándolos.

Una viajera en el tiempo cautiva. Un jarl vikingo con una misión. ¿Será el matrimonio el precio de la libertad?

Ella es el enemigo, pero no puede dejar de desearla. Cuando una alegre viajera en el tiempo agarra a un vikingo gruñón en un mal día, ¿podrá el enfado transformarse en pasión? La instructora de yoga Cathy va a surfear para conectar con el recuerdo de su prometido, que se encuentra en estado de coma. Pero cuando una mujer desconocida le entrega un huso dorado, la yogui vegana se hunde en el mar del tiempo y emerge en una costa de Inglaterra en el año 878 d. C., en pleno auge de una batalla entre los anglosajones y los vikingos… Y uno de los guerreros es idéntico a Brad.

Una viajera en el tiempo cautiva. Un jarl vikingo con una misión. ¿Será el matrimonio el precio de la libertad? Holly, una directora ejecutiva estadounidense, viaja a Escocia en busca de sus raíces. Un fresno antiguo no es exactamente el tipo de árbol familiar que busca, pero cuando toca un huso dorado tallado en el tronco, acaba en el siglo IX y capturada en un ataque vikingo. El guerrero Einar Birgirsson rescata a la hermosa desconocida. Pero para reclamar su lugar como jarl, debe liberarse de todos los bandidos que habitan en las islas Orcadas y tomar una esposa en menos de dos meses.

Una ladrona que viaja en el tiempo. Un guerrero vikingo. Ella es su enemiga. Él es su captor. Una noche de pasión podría destruirlos o acabar liberándolos. Rachel hará lo que sea por salvar a su madre, incluso si eso implica robar el dinero que necesita para pagar por la cirugía. Por eso, cuando una anciana deja un huso dorado en el muelle de la fuerza naval de Chicago, lo toma… y acaba viajando al año 874 d. C. Al despertar cerca de una aldea noruega, encuentra cofres llenos de joyas y oro listos para que los tome... y a un hermoso guerrero vikingo al que preferiría besar que asaltar.

The Stone of Knowing Complete Set is a complete story that begins the ongoing saga of The Stone Cycle. It includes the novels The Stone of Knowing and The Cost of Knowing as well as the novelette The Seer: A Prequel to The Stone of Knowing. If you enjoy epic fantasy with gripping action, relatable characters, and clean romance in a sweeping coming of age saga, then listen to The Stone of Knowing Complete Set now!

Arvenon is controlled by a traitor. The kingdom of Castel teeters on the brink. With the unseen hand of King Agon of Rogand pulling the strings, a mantle of oppression is slowly settling over the four kingdoms. Now recovered from the assassination attempt, King Steffan of Arvenon sets out to wrest back control of his kingdom, vigorously supported by Will, Rufe, Thomas, and their allies. Unlikely influences might ultimately tip the balance.

The untroubled world of young Thomas Stablehand is changed forever when he stumbles upon an unusual stone. With the thoughts and intents of others laid bare to him, he eagerly indulges his curiosity. But seeing into other minds isn’t like Thomas expected. And troubles are only beginning. Invaders attack the kingdom of Arvenon, and Thomas has nowhere to turn except to his friend Will Prentis, a gifted and ambitious leader who has risen rapidly in the ranks of the king’s army.