Résultats pour "Vendetta" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

"Vendetta" ist ein Roman des französischen Schriftstellers Honoré de Balzac. Es ist die achte der Scènes de la vie privée (Szenen des Privatlebens) in La Comédie humaine. Der Roman wurde erstmals 1830. "Vendetta" ist ein kurzes Werk über das tragische Schicksal von Ginevra Piombo, der Tochter korsischer Einwanderer, die das Unglück hat, sich in einen anderen Korsiker, Luigi Porta, zu verlieben.

Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy, a world of the not-too-distant future in which freedom has been surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime which rose to power by exploiting the people's worst fears and most damning weaknesses.

No one needs to push Nikki Boyd to excel on the Tennessee Missing Person Task Force. The case of her own missing sister, still unsolved after ten years, is the driving force in her work. When a Polaroid photo of a missing girl shows up at a crime scene, Nikki quickly recognizes similarities to...

La plus corse des nouvelles du plus grand romancier français ! Ginevra di Piombo et Luigi da Porta se marient bien que leurs familles se soient livrées à une vendetta. Balzac met en garde les jeunes filles contre des unions qui se font dans la désobéissance, la passion… Dans ce récit, où passe l'ombre de Napoléon, Balzac pénètre au plus profond de la société et se livre à une véritable étude de mœurs. Il inaugure alors, dans cette œuvre de jeunesse, ce qui sera plus tard l'un des monuments de la littérature française : la Comédie humaine.

Captain Sannie van Rensburg and safari guide Mia Greenaway are caught in the crossfires of a decades-old feud between five veterans of South Africa's apartheid-era Border War. Haunted by the deadly mission that shaped their lives forever, the ex-paratroopers must finally confront their demons...

Francesca Crescentini decide di bussare alla porta del Conte di Montecristo sentendosi sin dal principio una lettrice fortunatissima - ma anche in cerca di risposte. Grazie a un'idea inesauribile di stupore che le permette di destreggiarsi tra gli spigoli di un mondo non sempre cortese, l'autrice si mette sulle tracce di Alexandre Dumas e ne prende in prestito la prodigiosa energia.

Londra, XIX secolo. La contessina Elizabeth Clarendon ha preso la sua decisione: rinuncerà agli agi del suo rango per fuggire insieme all'uomo che ama, Kenneth, anche se è solo un umile stalliere. Non ha fatto però i conti con il padre, uomo egoista e meschino, che minaccia di far uccidere l'innamorato. Per salvarlo, Elizabeth è costretta ad allontanarlo da sé con l'inganno, a costo di spezzargli il cuore.

Londres, 1949. Jeune homme désargenté, Dennis Knuckleyard vit et travaille dans une librairie d’occasion. Bien qu’aspirant écrivain, il mène une existence passablement ordinaire. Jusqu’au jour où sa patronne l’envoie chercher des livres rares chez un étrange bibliophile paranoïaque. Dennis comprend que l’un des livres n’existe pas : il s’agit d’un texte imaginaire figurant dans un roman, lui, bien réel. Il provient de l’autre Londres, le Grand Quand, une version de la ville située au-delà du Temps où tous les aspects de son histoire, depuis ses origines jusqu’à sa disparition, se manifestent.

In the cholera-ridden Naples of 1884, Fabio Romani is prematurely buried and awakes to find himself in a coffin. After managing to free himself, Fabio rushes home to reassure his wife and child. While he expected to find his family deep in mourning, he instead discovers that his wife has been unfaithful to him and is having an affair with his best friend. Utilizing a disguise and adopting a new identity, Fabio slowly works his way back into the trust, and home, of those who betrayed him, culminating in a frightful finale of revenge.

Erik cerca una donna di cui ha bisogno. Il passato di lei potrebbe convincerlo a fuggire.Un thriller psicologico tra Cles, in Val di Non, e il lago di Como. Erik Fosco cerca Morgana mentre un’indagine investe la Comunità delle Mele. È abituato a valutare i rischi degli investimenti. Quelli...

Carl Hamilton er Sveriges svar på agent 007 James Bond. Carl Hamilton har en helt speciel militær uddannelse og er officer i den svenske militære efterretningstjeneste. Han kommer fra en fin gammel familie, og han er styrtende rig. Men agent Hamilton går sine egne veje, og det svenske...

Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone. Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's most experienced operatives. So why did she walk alone and virtually unarmed into a habitat with a vicious grudge against her organisation? As his colleagues pick up the pieces, Dreyfus must face his conscience. 

Captain Sannie van Rensburg and safari guide Mia Greenaway are caught in the crossfires of a decades-old feud between five veterans of South Africa's apartheid-era Border War. Haunted by the deadly mission that shaped their lives forever, the ex-paratroopers must finally confront their demons, and each other, at the funeral of a comrade in the red dunes of the Kalahari Desert. But their scars run deep, and as the truth emerges, each man must ask himself: When serving your country, what makes you a hero and what secrets are worth dying for?

Betrayal. Murder. Revenge. Just another day in medieval Italy. The year is 1377. Angelo Anchioni has served in the Hospitaller Order for fourteen years. Determination, diligence and skill have made him a squire, but he remains unaware of the evil that those closest to him have within them. Returning home after a long absence, he finds his beloved family has been savagely murdered by the fickle decree of Bernabo Visconti, the lord of Milan and one of the most powerful men in Europe.

Harmon Keyes lives by a singular motto: Family first, justice for all. It’s the creed that sustained him when he left special forces and started an ex-military motorcycle club. There, his creed drove him to put his unique skills to good use righting the wrongs left unpunished by the law. But there’s one wrong he’s been waiting years to make right and her name is Daria Sinclair. Family first. Daria’s father is Harmon’s sworn enemy—the man who destroyed his sister’s life. Justice for all. Daria is his ticket to vengeance, and her innocent nature makes her the perfect pawn in his revenge.

Under the guise of "Beto", 17-year-old Isabetta Bastian runs her father's successful shipping business. Her older brother sails their commercial galley between Venice and Lisbon, exporting luxury textiles and importing exotic spices obtained by the Portuguese. A heinous crime shatters her ideal life, and a risky attempt to save the family business ends in failure. Now, she is forced to live with the harsh consequences. 

In this captivating first novel by Tripp Mehew, you will meet Kailani Priest. He is a local legend from Hawai'i turned military special operations tour de force. This action-packed story takes you on a journey to discover just who killed Kailani's best friend Stephen. He makes a shocking discovery that unveils the deep state and just how far they are willing to go to get what they want. The desire to hunt down Stephen's killers and take down these corrupt one-world government fanatics propels Kailani out of retirement and back into the fight.

The Elves have established a glorious Imperium to stand guard against those who serve the Under Realm. Now, rumors spread to the capital city of Lorthal about an army of Rusca amassing in the Far North. The Imperium must stand strong in these trying times and elect a new High Warden to lead their armies against those who threaten their safety. Fordi, an Elf captured by the Rusca, is being escorted by his captors to a secret stronghold deep within Imperium territory. Along their way, the Rusca are ambushed by the Elven hero known as the Shadow.

When Adele's brother, Peter, gets banged up for GBH, she reluctantly agrees to run his nightclub, The Golden Bell. Strong opposition from Peter's thuggish number two, Glynn, who isn't best pleased about answering to a woman, isn't the only challenge she faces. The Manchester club scene of the 1990s is a dangerous place, at the mercy of illicit protection rackets and rampaging gangs, and, despite Adele's efforts to keep everything legal, the club is beginning to feel like a poisoned chalice.

'Edie Baylis has produced another fantastic gangland read. I loved the characters and was gripped from the first page' Caz Finlay Who can you trust? Once bitter enemies, Samantha Reynold and Seb Stoker's powerful alliance enables their firms and casinos to go from strength to strength. With the...