Résultats pour "Vera" dans Historique

Fra le torri e i castelli dell’Italia medievale si consuma una delle più grandi storie d’amore di tutti i tempi, quella fra Paolo Malatesta e Francesca da Rimini. Francesca ama i libri e le avventure di maghi e cavalieri, sogna un Lancillotto che le faccia battere il cuore. Nel suo destino, però, c’è un matrimonio combinato con il rozzo Giovanni Malatesta, guerriero spietato e conquistatore sanguinario. La sua sorte sembra già scritta, almeno fino a che Francesca non incontra Paolo, il fratello di Giovanni venuto a sposarla per procura.

Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died; aged twenty-two she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss. This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself - body and soul.

Lichterfelde, 1943. Vera erlebt den Zweiten Weltkrieg in Berlin in der Villa am Karlsplatz. Ihr Mann Wilhelm, ein überzeugter Nationalsozialist, ist bei der Luftwaffe. Immer öfter kommen Vera Zweifel, auf welcher Seite sie steht. Da findet sie in der Gartenlaube einen fremden Mann auf der Flucht. Es ist der jüdische Künstler David, der in die Illegalität abtauchen musste und sich seitdem versteckt hält. Vera trifft eine weitreichende Entscheidung, von der sie weiß, dass sie ihre Familie zerreißen und alles in Frage stellen wird, was sie bisher für richtig gehalten hat.

A late morning mining accident casts gloom over the town of Blessings Valley. Over 20 souls were lost in an excavating explosion. Recently widowed laundress Vera Baldwin is pregnant and terrified of how she will provide for her unborn child. She has no family to turn to, neither her’s nor her late husband’s. Assigned to investigate the mining accident that killed several men in Blessings Valley, undercover agent Jack Daniels is torn between duty and family when he learns Vera Baldwin is carrying his estranged brother’s child. 

Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss, both recovering from recent unhappiness, meet and quickly fall in love. However, over their new-found bliss looms the spectre of Vera, Wemyss’s first wife who died in mysterious circumstances. After their wedding the couple return home and Lucy really does begin to be troubled by what happened to Vera. Considered a high-water mark by the author, the story is an extraordinarily black vision of a young wife who gradually begins to understand that her husband will accept nothing less than total intellectual and emotional servitude.

Un cavaliere, "divo" dei tornei, con un passato di idolo ambito dal gentil sesso e di tombeur de femmes, si innamora alfine di vero amore per una dama, sposata, che in pratica egli neppure conosce. Si reca da lei per corteggiarla, ma parlare di vero amore non è così semplice come quando si tenta un'effimera avventura galante. La dama non gli crede, le parole da sole non bastano. Sarà un gesto arguto e gentile del cavaliere, ormai quasi rassegnato, a risolvere la situazione e a ottenere l'amore della dama.

El horror de la guerra irrumpe en las vidas de las primas Isabela y Madeline Eiserman. Cuando el ejército nazi comienza a perseguir a su familia, los juegos, la música, las costumbres y los sueños se vuelven imposibles. Mientras tanto, en Buenos Aires los hermanos Francisco, Santiago, Rosario y Pedro Navarro Soler intentan, como pueden, superar una tragedia y salir adelante.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a hungry firedrake is an irritating beast. In Regency England, the small, fire-breathing dragons called draca are kept by gentry as pampered status symbols. But Elizabeth Bennet has no time to pamper the Bennets’ firedrake. With an ailing father, she must manage Longbourn and dodge disastrous marriage proposals while concealing a dangerous secret: she can speak to draca. When a beloved sister falls ill, marriage and money no longer matter. Aided by her brilliant sister Mary, Elizabeth hunts for a cure in the lost lore of dragons.

Ela und ihre Oma Lisa hatten schon immer eine besondere Verbindung. Als Ela eine Postkarte von ihrem verstorbenen Opa aus einem Gefangenenlager entdeckt, kommen Fragen auf: Weshalb hat Lisa bei all ihren Erzählungen die Kriegsjahre eigentlich immer ausgelassen?

Der Kalte Krieg zieht auf, und Worte werden zu Waffen. Olga Iwinskaja, Geliebte des großen Boris Pasternak, wird verhaftet. In Moskau will man verhindern, dass Pasternaks Roman Doktor Shiwago erscheint, doch Olga hält an ihrer Liebe zu Boris fest. Zugleich will die CIA mit einer einzigartigen Waffe den Widerstand in der Sowjetunion wecken - mit Literatur, mit Doktor Shiwago. Für die Mission wird die junge Irina angeworben und von der Agentin Sally ausgebildet. Es beginnt eine gefährliche Hetzjagd auf ein Buch, das den Lauf der Welt verändern soll.