Titres dans XXe siècle

1918 ist der Frieden mit Russland in greifbarer Nähe. Nach einem Mordanschlag ist es fraglich, ob Konstantin das noch erleben wird. Immerhin pflegte die Dorflehrerin Rebecca ihn aufopferungsvoll. Graf Adolphis indes ist verzweifelt. Durch den Kauf von Kriegsanleihen ist das Gut hoch verschuldet.

Der Weltbestseller aus den USA, basierend auf einer wahren Geschichte. "Unter blutrotem Himmel" ist die wahre Geschichte eines vergessenen Helden und zugleich die unfassbare Erzählung über einen jungen Mann und seine Tapferkeit in einem der dunkelsten Kapitel der Geschichte. Pino Lella will eigentlich nichts mit dem Krieg oder den Nazis zu tun haben - er ist ein normaler italienischer Jugendlicher, der sich für Musik, Essen und Mädchen interessiert. Dann schafft ein Bombenangriff in seiner Heimatstadt Mailand eine Wirklichkeit, die den jungen Mann über Nacht erwachsen werden lässt.

Marta Ribas tenía un futuro prometedor cuando conoció a Antonio, pero una lealtad mal entendida trastocará sus vidas. Cuando Antonio cae enfermo, Marta se ve obligada a ponerse a trabajar, exponiéndose a las murmuraciones del vecindario y a la indignación del esposo, humillado en su...

The Number One Kindle best seller guaranteed to break your heart. Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover the Number One best seller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide.... Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home.

From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple who have lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner.

Au centre, l'héroïne, jeune sarde étrange "aux longs cheveux noirs et aux yeux immenses". Toujours en décalage, toujours à contretemps, toujours à côté de sa propre vie... À l'arrière-plan, les personnages secondaires, peints avec une touche d'une extraordinaire finesse : le mari, épousé par raison pendant la Seconde Guerre, sensuel taciturne ; le Rescapé, à l'empreinte indélébile ; enfin, la petite-fille, narratrice de cette histoire, la seule qui permettra à l'héroïne de se révéler dans sa vérité. Mais sait-on jamais tout de quelqu'un, aussi proche soit-il.

Trois destins de femmes de l’air, trois générations, de la pionnière convoyeuse des airs à ses descendantes, hôtesses de l’air. Des vies romanesques marquées par des fêlures intimes, la passion d’un métier. Et un secret... Élisa est une pionnière. Sa volonté, son courage, son sens des autres, elle les a mis toute jeune au service d’un métier naissant et rude : convoyeuse de l’air. Loin d’Étretat, sa terre natale, elle s’envole dans des avions sans confort et veille sur des passagers malades. En 1945, quand elle doit ramener les déportés en France, elle découvre la tragédie des camps.

1950, Stretton Village, Cambridgeshire. Emily's troubles continue as she tries to manage the Vanbrough estate, which has been left in trust for her son. Is there hope she can find new love and happiness? Frances has survived a fate worse than death but can she find a new life in Cornwall? Daniel is home with his family. Can he make a go of things and what will happen when the past comes back to haunt him? Connor is all grown up. A chance meeting could lead to love, fame and fortune. But opportunities don’t come without peril…

1937: Hals über Kopf folgt die Engländerin Alice ihrem Verlobten Bennett nach Amerika. Doch anstatt im Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten findet sie sich in Baileyville wieder, einem Nest in den Bergen Kentuckys. Mächtigster Mann dort ist der tyrannische Minenbesitzer Geoffrey Van Cleve, ihr Schwiegervater. Neuen Lebensmut schöpft Alice erst, als sie gemeinsam mit vier anderen Frauen für die mobile Bücherei zu arbeiten beginnt - eine der Bibliotheken auf dem Lande, die auf Initiative der Präsidentengattin Eleanor Roosevelt gegründet wurden.

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival. The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita...

Summer, 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister's wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family's decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other. When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate's garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamt.

Dr. Ainsley Graham is cultivating a reputation as an eccentric. Two years ago, he catastrophically ended his academic career by publicly claiming to talk to ghosts. When Joachim Cockburn, a WWI veteran studying the power of delusional thinking, arrives at his door, Ainsley quickly catalogs him as yet another tiresome Englishman determined to mock his life's work. But Joachim is tenacious and openhearted, and Ainsley's intrigued despite himself. 

Paullina Simons's internationally bestselling blockbuster The Bronze Horseman told the heart-soaring tale of a young Russian woman's transcendent love affair with a Red Army soldier during the siege of Leningrad in the dark days of World War Two. The epic story continues in Tatiana and Alexander—a novel of the enduring power of love and commitment against the devastating forces of war and the equally dangerous forces of keeping the peace. A sweeping, intensely compelling romantic historical saga, Tatiana and Alexander is a Russian Thorn Birds and a truly unforgettable listening experience.

Ethan Frome is a luckless farmer trapped in a loveless marriage to his domineering wife Zeena. When her cousin Mattie comes to stay with them, she brings much more into their home than just her suitcase. Will Ethan’s newfound spark cause him to set his world afire or will his marital devotion squelch the flames of his desire?

Paris, 1939. Torn apart by war, Saffron Courtney and Gerhard von Meerbach are thousands of miles apart, both struggling for their lives. Gerhard - despite his objections to the Nazi regime - is fighting for the Fatherland, hoping to one day have the opportunity to rid Germany of Hitler and his cronies. But as his unit is thrown into the hellish attrition of the Battle of Stalingrad, he knows his chances of survival are dwindling by the day....

When Andy Fleming turns up in the newsroom of the New York Chronicle to learn the business Nick Russo is determined to dislike him. Nick has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighbourhood to reporter the hard way. Andy is heir to a publishing fortune: he can’t type, he loses his keys and has never done a day’s work in his life…and one day he’ll be Nick’s boss. Except, Nick keeps rescuing Andy: showing him the ropes, tracking down his keys, freeing his tie when it gets stuck in the filing cabinets. Opposites in every way, an unlikely friendship soon turns into feelings neither want to deny.

Montréal, janvier 1941. Edith et Edward Reeves sont à Montréal depuis cinq mois. Après une période d'adaptation assombrie par la mort soudaine d'Eleonore, une douloureuse vérité fait son chemin : comme ils ne pourront retourner en Angleterre qu'une fois la guerre terminée, il est impossible de prédire la durée de leur séjour au Canada...

Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge, and finds herself being groomed for the intelligence services. The year is 1972. Britain, confronting economic disaster, is being torn apart by industrial unrest and terrorism and faces its fifth state of emergency.

It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician. When the local doctor's daughter's letters to her fiancé go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable.

Monte Carlo, 1982. The odds of a man like Marco de Noli falling for a girl like me were a million to one. He's old money, a classic European jet set, a master of the universe. When we met, I was a shy girl from Oklahoma, pretty enough but nowhere near his league. One year later, after he stands me up on our first anniversary, I have to face facts. Our marriage was a mistake. My in-laws think I'm a gold digger, Marco lives at the office, and nights of passion aren't enough. There's nothing keeping me in Monte Carlo.