Résultats pour "The Covenant" dans Fiction historique

James A. Michener's masterly chronicle of South Africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels, and ministers, the best and worst of two continents, who carve an empire out of a vast wilderness. From the Java-born Van Doorn family tree springs two great branches: one nurtures lush vineyards, the other settles the interior to become the first Trekboers and Afrikaners.

When Persephone Lancaster receives a marriage proposal from the ill-tempered Duke of Kielder, she refuses - and then reconsiders. The obscene sum of money he's offering Persephone would save her family from ruin. With her characteristic optimism, she travels to the far reaches of Northumberland to wed a greatly feared stranger. Lodged deep in a thick forest infested with wild dogs, the Duke's castle is as cold and forbidding as the Duke himself, a man with terrible scars on his body and his soul.

Set in the mid-1600s, in the backdrop of a small village on the west coast of Scotland famous for its ancient abbey, we meet Aradia, the youngest member of her coven and one of the few remaining covens left in Scotland. Following the introduction of the Scottish Witchcraft Act of 1649, Aradia and her coven sisters must remain hidden and out of reach of the Parish Ministers of the Reformed Church, who seek to root out and eradicate witchcraft and the very last of her kind.

Bloomsbury Presents The Coven by Graham Masterton, read by Emma Gregory. They say the girls were witches. But Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, is sure they were innocent victims... London, 1758: Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, has found a position at St Mary Magdalene's...

Harry Windover adores blonde, green-eyed Athena Lancaster, but alas, a penniless man like himself has no hope of winning a young noblewoman’s hand. To add insult to injury, Athena’s brother-in-law and guardian, the Duke of Kielder, has asked Harry to assist Athena in finding the gentleman of her dreams. But the lovesick Harry is cunning as well: as the weeks pass, he introduces Athena to suitors who are horrifically boring, alarmingly attached to their mothers, downright rude, astoundingly self-absorbed, and utterly ridiculous.

Immortality and Magic. A curse or a gift? She would have many lifetimes to wield them and find out. Aella and the coven had fled. Their only solace was each other. Was their destination another viper’s nest of hate? Or would Cagliasaro be a place where their kind was accepted? The magic of the...

In 1847, Nauvoo, Illinois is the fastest growing city in the United States. Finally, the Mormons have found a safe place to put down roots and grow. Their numbers expand as flocks of people migrate to be baptized into the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The temple is built and dedicated.

Scotland, 1618. The Triquetra Coven stands at the height of its power—respected, feared, and hidden in plain sight along the windswept coast of Irvine. At its helm, Margaret Barclay, a fierce and visionary leader, pushes her members to master their gifts and protect their legacy. But when she is slighted by her husband’s family, Margaret’s thirst for justice awakens a storm that could destroy everything she has built.

As her first London Season looms before her, the thought of the impending social whirl fills Daphne Lancaster's timid heart with dread. She hasn't her sisters' beauty nor their talent for conversing easily. Even her family's enviable connections may not be enough to prevent disaster. But Daphne's misery turns to surprised delight when the first event of her Season brings an unexpected visitor to her door - James Tilburn, whose tender kindness stole her heart in her youth.

Orphaned as a child, Arabella Hampton was the unwanted and unloved charge of a cruel aunt and neglectful uncle. The only light in her young life was the kindness of the Jonquil family, and she clung to the childish dream of someday living with them at Lampton Park. Now, years later, that opportunity is presented to Arabella in a most unexpected way: She is to be the lady’s companion to the dowager countess. As she takes up residence at the estate, the young woman soon finds that life at the Park is far more complicated than she imagined.

Hannah Kent and Oliver Jennings pledged their hearts to each other as children. Now, years later, Hannah is thrilled to receive an invitation to spend the summer at Oliver’s family’s country estate. The path to wedded bliss is clear - so long as Oliver’s highbrow older brother, Damon, has ceased his juvenile antics, Hannah’s future looks bright indeed. But from the moment Hannah arrives at Summerhaven, nothing is as she expected. Oliver seems disinterested in renewing their acquaintance, and Damon is not the brutish boy she remembers but a man intent on avoiding marriage.

After five years of tracking and capturing spies on English soil, Philip Jonquil, Earl of Lampton, is in pursuit of his last quarry. But at a traveler’s inn, he encounters an unexpected and far more maddening foe: Sorrel Kendrick, a young lady who is strikingly pretty, shockingly outspoken, and entirely unimpressed with him. Indeed, Sorrel cannot believe the nerve of this gentleman, who rudely accuses her of theft and insults her feminine dignity. Doubly annoyed when they both end up at a party hosted by mutual friends, Philip and Sorrel privately declare war on one another.

Sasha, a Tigris of Eden, can't get over the battle with the poachers, during which her paws and claws glowed with an eerie light. It was a sign of her coming into her mystical inheritance. This discovery also connected her to an ancient legend. The Legend of the Covenant Prophecy.

Sasha, a Tigris of Eden, can't get over the battle with the poachers, during which her paws and claws glowed with an eerie light. It was a sign of her coming into her mystical inheritance. This discovery also connected her to an ancient legend. The Legend of the Covenant Prophecy. According to the prophecy, Sasha must recover five enchanted relics guarded by a mystical being in the caves of Borneo. With whom shall she share this prophecy?

When her father dies and leaves her completely destitute, Marion can think of only one thing to do - make a new life for herself. Commencing a life of duplicity, Marion transforms herself into Mary Wood - governess. In possession of a forged letter of recommendation and cloaked in the anonymity of her new identity, she enters a life of self-imposed servitude as teacher and caretaker of young Miss Caroline Jonquil of Farland Meadows.

They joined for their country. They fought for each other. When war breaks out in 1914, Mark Fenner and his Sheffield friends immediately flock to Kitchener's call. Amid waving flags and boozy celebration, the three men - Fen, his best friend Locky and self-assured Frank, rival for the woman Fen loves - enlist as volunteers to take on the Germans and win glory.

From the first rumblings of unrest and secession in the South, this dramatic saga follows the Rocklins as they experience the intense emotions and spiritual struggles of the Civil War. Even as the nation is ripped apart only to grow stronger, so also is the Rocklin family.

A horse breeder by trade, Corbin Jonquil is more at home in the stables than in the ballroom of his sprawling estate. Corbin is the quietest of the Jonquil brothers and has always faded into the background, contentedly unnoticed. When a mysterious young widow, Mrs. Clara Bentford, moves into the neighborhood, however, Corbin quickly comes to realize that being noticed has its advantages. But how to catch the eye of the lady? According to his brothers, Corbin need only make a few simple changes.

Newton Hughes has long dreamed of pursuing a career in law, an acceptable choice for a gentleman of status and wealth. His parents, however, disapprove of his ambition, urging him instead to take his rightful place as a gentleman of leisure - with a suitable wife of their choosing, of course. Ellie Napper would like nothing more than for her parents to abandon their incessant efforts to marry her off to the greatest possible advantage. Her lack of matrimonial enthusiasm drives her family mad.

After years of crippling civil war, the northern tribes ask David, king of Judah, to make a covenant of protection with them. But near the Great Sea, the Philistine empire has raised a massive army to strike while Israel is divided and weak. David's army is scattered, drought is ravaging the land, and whispers of betrayal haunt David’s own camp. Eleazar, son of Dodai, has been a loyal follower of David for years, and has shed much blood in the protection of their people.