Titres dans Fiction biographique

One of the foremost writers of her generation explores the strength and pain of being young As winter approaches in Norway and the daylight dwindles, a chance encounter prompts a novelist to reexamine her past. The seismic events following her sixteenth birthday return with haunting vividness...

»Ich existiere dank einer riesigen grünen Raupe.« Als Tochter von Wissenschaftler:innen verbrachte Atwood den Großteil ihrer Kindheit in der kanadischen Wildnis – der Start in ein Ausnahme-Leben. Es folgen die Jahre, in denen sie erst Teil der literarischen Bohème und dann zu jener...

The throne is never safe...especially in Rome AD 60. Rome stands at the height of its power – glittering with wealth, drowning in intrigue. On Palatine Hill, Nero Claudius Caesar rules as Emperor, a young man adored for his beauty and brilliance, feared for his temper, intoxicated by his own...

"Metafísica de los tubos" cuenta los primeros tres años de vida de un ser obsesionado por el agua que, disconforme con su entorno, adopta la inerte forma de tubo como condición existencial. Con la crueldad, el realismo y el peculiar humor al que nos tiene acostumbrados, Amélie Nothomb rememora, a través de una narración que combina filosofía y fontanería, episodios de su infancia japonesa, transcurrida en Osaka.

Brought to you by Penguin. By the author of Stoner, the surprise international bestseller After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power...

"Come for the banter, stay for the intrigue, and enjoy this fascinating tale of the American Revolution.”—Christian Science Monitor A riveting reimagining of the young woman who almost ended the American Revolution. Philadelphia in the 1770s. Peggy Shippen longs for the war she’s living...

Through the eyes of Bahirji Naik, the legendary 17th-century spy, unfolds the epic life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, a warrior-king unlike any other. Revered for his justice, compassion, and unyielding fight for Swarajya, he inspired loyalty beyond measure. From daring escapes and masterful strategies to the forging of the Maratha Empire, this first-person account blends loyalty, intrigue, and the spirit of freedom into a vivid portrait of an immortal leader.

Brought to you by Penguin. February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome. Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as ‘The Choir’. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to safety and help Allied soldiers, all...

'כמו תמיד אחרי שאני מספרת את הסיפור הזה על הילדות שלי, אני מרגישה שקרנית. זה אולי סיפור טוב, אבל זה לא הסיפור שלי. כי מי שזה קרה לה, אותה אני לא זוכרת. אני כן זוכרת את...

זוכה פרס ספיר בשנת 2000. עשרים וחמש שנים לאחר שחזר לביתו מן המלחמה ביום הכיפורים, אומר היום מי שהיה אז טנקיסט צעיר ברמת הגולן: אמת, פעמים שעושה הקדוש ברוך הוא חנינה...

Nordamerika, 1784. Die Vereinigten Staaten sind noch jung. Der Revolutionskrieg ist gerade zu Ende gegangen, die Verfassung noch längst nicht in Stein gemeißelt. Einer der Gründer dieser neuen Nation ist Alexander Hamilton: Patriot, rechte Hand George Washingtons und erster Schatzminister des Landes.

Young Vincent offers a sweeping and intimate exploration of the life and loves of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, tracing her journey from a latchkey child to a defiant Vassar graduate and literary icon. In this compelling work, Hood masterfully blends fact with imagination to present a uniquely personal portrayal of Millay’s creative process, gritty personal struggles, extraordinary strokes of luck, and her complex bisexual romantic life.

Es sind kleine Dramen, skurrile, phantastische und dunkle Geschichten, die in SCHWARZ.WALD. erzählt werden. Scheinbar Altbekanntes erhält eine neue, ungeahnte Wendung. Ein bisschen Spuk, viel Gefühl, Zeitgeschichte und Heimat mit dem feinen Geschmack einer Schwarzwälder Torte.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! A thrilling exploration of the nature of power through the inner workings of Putin's regime. Known as the "Wizard of the Kremlin," the enigmatic Vadim Baranov was a TV producer before becoming a political advisor to Putin, aka "The Czar." After his resignation from...

Deb Willet takes a position as companion to Elisabeth Pepys, Samuel’s wife. Deb believes it will give her the respectability she craves but it proves far more complicated than she could ever have imagined. Samuel Pepys’ influence in Restoration London means that the Dutch are keen to get...

Anne Neville and her sister Isabel are daughters of the most powerful magnate in 15th century England. Ever ruthless, always plotting, in the absence of a son and heir, Warwick sets about using his daughters as pawns in his political games. Anne grows from a delightful child brought up at the...

At the time of her death in 1815, twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Hutchins had catalogued over a thousand species of seaweed and plants from her native Bantry Bay. Ireland’s first female botanist, Ellen was a major contributor to nineteenth-century scientific discovery. And yet, like so many brilliant women lost in history, it is her personal story that will resonate today. In her remarkable debut novel, Marianne Lee fuses fact with fiction to imagine Ellen’s rich but tormented inner life, repressed by the gender and class confines of her time.

For nineteen-year-old Estelle Thompson, going to the cinema is more than a way to pass the time...it's a way out. In 1931 in Calcutta, Anglo-Indian girls like Estelle are considered half-breeds, shunned by both English and Indian society. Her only escape is through the silver screen, where she can forget the world around her. When Estelle catches the eye of a dashing American heir with connections to a major motion-picture studio, he also captures her heart. Soon, Estelle has a one-way ticket to London and a recommendation for a screen test.

Claire Louisa Rose Bonne de Coëtnempren de Kersaint, duquesa de Duras, nació el 23 de marzo de 1777 en Brest (Francia). Durante la revolución, su padre, el contraalmirante Armand de Kersaint, fue guillotinado; entonces Claire partió para la Martinica de donde era originaria su madre; después emigró a los Estados Unidos, más tarde a Suiza y, finalmente, a Londres, donde se casa con Amédée-Bretagne-Malo de Durfort, duque de Duras en 1797.

Neuf femmes - neuf muses - font l'objet d'un portrait dans la galerie privée, intime, de Jean-Paul Enthoven. Huit femmes célèbres... et une rencontre amoureuse, relation intime qui vient clore une série de mythes au féminin. Quel homme, enfin ne serait pas effrayé à l'idée de rencontrer sa dernière femme ? "Les quelques femmes que je rassemble ici n'ont eu, pour l'essentiel, qu'une existence imaginaire dans ma vie."