Résultats pour "The Manor" dans Fiction historique

Sur une plage bretonne, Jocelyne et Goulvon, les enfants du commandant Orguin, trouvent un jeune garçon inanimé, démuni de toute pièce d'identité. Adopté par les Orguin, l'inconnu recevra le nom de Gonzague. Les années passent. Après la mort de leurs parents, Jocelyne et Goulven, ainsi que Gonzague, doivent gagner leur vie. Jocelyne accepte un emploi d'institutrice en Angleterre, à Rudsay-Manor, où elle devra veiller à l'éducation d'une fillette, Amy Marcill.

Bedfordshire, England, 1820: Ruined by the sins of her father, Juliet Finch is cast into a life of self-reliance. Survival is a harsh taskmaster, but she is a quick learner and excels at tracking and snaring wild game to feed herself. Juliet embraces her new identity until the day Henry Russell catches her poaching on his land—a crime punishable by death. Henry, however, has other offenses on his mind: namely, the troublesome stalker who's making a misery of his sister's life.

At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.

For Huntress Isabeau Agarwal, the countryside inn is the last stop in a deadly hunt. Armed with a gaslamp and guns, she tracks an insidious beast that wears the skin of its victims, mimicking them perfectly. Ten guests reside within Spindle Manor tonight, and the creature could be any one of them. Confined by a torrential thunderstorm and running out of time, Isabeau has until morning to discover the liar, or none of them—including her—will make it out alive. But her inhuman quarry isn't the only threat residing in Spindle Manor.

A debut novel for fans of Sarah Perry and Kate Morton: when a young woman is tasked with safeguarding a natural history collection as it is spirited out of London during World War II, she discovers her new manor home is a place of secrets and terror instead of protection. In August 1939...

Brought to you by Penguin. A page-turning historical fiction novel of family, loss and survival. Perfect for fans of Evie Woods, Rachel Burton, and Daisy Wood. A hidden past. A devastating choice. A heartbreaking truth. After a terrible injustice forces Mary Tanswell from her position in service...

Lord Farnsworth would rather rot in debtor’s prison than sell the one place that feels like home to him—his mother’s manor. That is, until he meets the woman who wants to buy it. Sally Duncan is beautiful, intelligent, and as rich as a baron—a rich baron, not a cash-strapped one like Lord Farnsworth. She’s the solution to every one of his financial problems and is bewitching to boot. All he needs to do is sell her his beloved manor and then charm her to the altar, and the manor will be his again. Simple, right?

When a body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, is summoned to investigate. The manner of the young man's death is a matter of some dispute - but, as Sir John soon discovers, it was no accident. The victim did not drown, as the manor reeve alleges, but was strangled. In the ensuing investigation, Sir John is frustrated by what appears to be a conspiracy of silence among the seamen and townsfolk. Just what is the local population trying to hide?

Lady of the Manor is an historical saga with drama, intrigue and boundless love starting in Stockholm's fashionable salons and moving out to the Swedish countryside. Lovisa Broman is the cherished daughter of a government minister who, unusually, nurtured and educated her to succeed him. When...

Ein Liebesroman für alle, die gerne in die Zeit der Regency eintauchen und der Magie nicht abgeschworen haben! Ein Geheimnis, verborgen in einer Seele...

When death cuts Remi’s marriage to Edgar Leone short, she is forced to confront his only living son…and their romantic past. Forced to return to Leone Manor after years of exile, Ben quickly lets her know he is uninterested in making amends. Forced to deal with his temper, her overbearing family, and the discovery of unsettling love letters written for her with no signature, Remi is lost.

The descendant of adventuring-dead-aristocrats, Clarissa Knightley supplements a modest inheritance by penning gothic novels that cost more than they earn. Upon learning that she has mysteriously inherited a share of an earl's estate, she rashly packs up her household. In remote Gravesyde Priory, she hopes to find a safe haven and family who will welcome her and her young nephew. Instead, she discovers a drunken American army captain, his African servant, and ancient, surly caretakers.

When Lady Emma Grace Hastings receives a much-coveted invitation to the most auspicious Christmas party of the season—one that comes with a 10,000 pound prize for the winner of a mysterious game—she cannot believe her good fortune. But as the guests are assembled at Mistlethwaite Manor, the chilling intent of the game is revealed. Each guest has cause for alarm, because all of them have secrets, and to win the prize money, those secrets must be exposed.

A destitute man comes looking for help from his cousin, and uncovers some mysteries. Phyllida Beasley is 40 years old, a mousy spinster who devotes her life to caring for her brother, and doing good works in the parish. She’s in a rut, but too timid to set herself free from her domineering friends and her own sense of duty. When a newcomer to the village draws her into his schemes, he challenges her to take a new direction. Can she summon the courage to step out of the shadows, when it means facing up to her terrible secret?

Rose arriva a Heartgrove Manor, un elegante palazzo dove inizia a lavorare come educatrice della piccola Madelyn, figlia del duca e della duchessa. Qui si trova coinvolta in un triangolo amoroso tra i due figli del duca: Albert, il primogenito gentile, e Joseph, il secondogenito carismatico. Mentre i sentimenti di Rose crescono, anche la tensione tra i fratelli aumenta. Rose è combattuta tra i suoi desideri e le aspettative sociali, costretta a scegliere tra i due. Il suo destino si intreccerà per sempre con quello dei fratelli in una storia di amore e passione.

In the quaint village of Birdswing, the winter of 1939 is bitterly cold. Still haunted by his ex-wife’s murder and eager to contact the Fenton House ghost, Ben enlists Lady Juliet in an amateur séance. But the surprise return of Juliet’s rogue husband, Ethan, upends her life, setting tongues wagging. While she fights to make him sign divorce papers, a bloodless, naked corpse confronts Ben. The murdered man, handsome but uneducated and known to make passes at all things female, is discovered in an oh-so-proper estate.

Mord in der Bibliothek - Sally und Johnny ermitteln. Zwischen den sonnenverbrannten Hügeln der englischen Countryside erstreckt sich das Landgut der Familie Thaxton. Kaum ist das Buchhändlerpaar Sally und Johnny auf Westwater Manor angekommen, entpuppen sich die seltenen Erstausgaben, die die Bibliothek der Thaxtons auszeichnen, als fragwürdige Fälschungen. Zudem wird der Gutsherr Sir Mark vor den Augen der Gäste in hitzige Debatten verwickelt. Denn zum Leidwesen seiner Nachbarn hat er eine große Farm errichtet und den nebenliegenden Fluss durch einen Damm aufgestaut.

Der ruinierte Ruf des Duke of Ailesbury ist zusammen mit seinem entstellten Gesicht ein sicherer Garant dafür, keine Ehefrau zu finden. Seine letzte Hoffnung erscheint in Form eines Baronets, der ihm aus Geldgier seine Tochter verspricht. Dieses Unterfangen führt ihn jedoch nur in einen weiteren Salon Englands, in dem er von dem verstörten Schluchzen einer Heiratskandidatin gedemütigt wird. Erneut scheint seine Lage aussichtslos, bis das Mündel des Baronets ihm anbietet, an die Stelle ihrer Cousine zu treten und ihn zu heiraten.

1952: Bella is a young French Jew in post-war London, having lost everything in WWII. When she meets Adebayo, a doctor from Nigeria, Archibald's Café is the only place they feel like they belong. 1977: With London tense with anger, Amara decides to take action. 2010: Gina is a daydreaming artist whose efforts crumble into disaster. Her hopes for a career are over as she finds herself making lattes at the café where her grandparents went on their first date.

1882 England: The grand estate of Summerfield needs an influx of cash. Will a marriage to a rich American save the Weston family's legacy--or destroy it? American heiress Genevieve Farrow travels to Summerfield to marry Morgan Weston, the heir to the earldom--a man she's only met in letters. In need of confidence, and under the thumb of an ambitious mother, she struggles to win the heart of the man she's come to love.