Titres dans Fiction historique

Abigail Walker, a young woman from rural South Carolina, is on the cusp of womanhood, aching to be able to run wild as the younger children do, yet yearning for things she has yet to understand. Awkward and unsure of herself, Abby is flustered when she meets Harvey Nicholas, a cadet from Clemson College. As summer begins, Abby finds herself constantly in the company of Harvey and falling quickly in love with him. But as rumors of war begin to reach the States, Abby begins to fear what may come for her older brother and Harvey.

It is the summer of 1960, and Wendy and her friends have just left school and are looking forward to life in the outside world - a world of exciting new jobs and, perhaps, the thrill of romance. Their favorite night out is going to their local Palais, meeting the boys there, and dancing the night away to the latest music.

Pearl and Ginevra grow up in the era known as the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. One lives above the stairs, the other below. Surrounded by Astors and Vanderbilts, Pearl fills her days with teatime and shallow friendships, yearning for something more. A chance meeting with Mary Cassatt sparks her secret desire to be an artist. Meanwhile, Ginevra, fresh off the boat from Italy, finds her own dreams out of reach as she joins the unwelcoming household as a servant and seamstress.

Do you believe that a drought of the land which causes many people to die of famine or a drought of the human soul that affects the lives of those nearest to him/her is more devastating? Can droughts of the soul can be more damaging than those of the soil? The analogy buried in the book Drought uncovers the dichotomy (or juxtaposition) of both.

It is 17th-century New England, and for the people of Salem Village, all is seemingly well in God’s land. Except for Verity. One of the last orphans of the ministry, she soon finds her Puritan obedience overthrown by her detest of the church and the lure of emerging desires. The most tempting one of all being the desire to investigate the elusive evil that has been haunting from within the woods of the village. After dark findings begin to stir a devilish panic in the people, Verity finds herself in witness of a terrible event meant to preserve even more terrible secrets.

As a princess of the Romanov Empire, Elizabeth has enjoyed a life of luxury and privilege. But the sudden deaths of her parents leaves her unprotected, awash in the dangerous tide of her family’s political rivals. When the supreme council crowns her half-nephew Peter II in her place, Elizabeth is left with no title, no power, and no allies. Now little more than a bastard in the eyes of the world, she is sent to serve in the palatial home of Prince Menshikov - the real power behind the boy king.

Amsterdam ist von den Nazis besetzt. Hanneke verbringt ihre Tage damit, Schwarzmarktgüter zu beschaffen, ihre Abende damit, ihren besorgten Eltern genau das zu verheimlichen, und jede wache Minute damit, um ihren Freund zu trauern, der an der Front gefallen ist. Ihre illegalen Geschäfte betrachtet sie als kleinen Akt der Rebellion. Aber eines Tages erhält sie einen sehr ungewöhnlichen Auftrag. Eine ihrer Kundinnen bittet sie, ein Mädchen zu finden. Ein jüdisches Mädchen, das aus dem Geheimversteck in ihrem Haus verschwunden ist.

The family saga begins in Debutante, a prequel to the best-selling Davenport House series. A life of luxury for the Davenports means drudgery for the servants on the grand country estate. This is their story in 1909 America, six years prior to the events of book one. While her father is away on business, 16-year-old Mary Davenport feels confined and alone, despite her privileged life at the family's mansion. As the day of Mary's debutante ball draws near, the servants are conflicted by instructions from Mary's mother to starve her until she fits into a gown that was made too small.

Mil años atrás una historia de amor quedó truncada por la desgracia y una maldición. Un poder tan maligno que había conseguido retener a sus espíritus generación tras generación. Y mientras tanto, los amantes esperan, condenados a reencontrarse y a perderse por culpa de los celos y el odio. El caballero y la dama. El guerrero y la doncella. Hasta que tal vez un día, tal vez en nuestra época, siglos después, un poder superior y benigno consiga romper el maleficio.

Experience the thrilling adventures of a young man seeking justice for himself and his family in 15th-century England. With his father unfairly outlawed by King Henry IV, Myles Falworth faces enormous odds before he can become a knight and champion his family's cause against powerful foes. With the help of loyal friends, Myles demonstrates courage and persistence as he confronts his opponents one-by-one, winning self-understanding and love along the way.

Julia and Charley may come from two completely different worlds, but they’ve been called the same names all their lives. Psycho. Liar. Witch. It’s the price of being a supernaturally gifted female in sexist, narrow-minded 1971. Until they’re invited to join the Stanford Research Institute. There, a team of scientists are conducting experiments on people like them - people with the ability to tell the future, read minds, move objects without lifting a finger. At first, the institute seems like a safe haven.

Дмитрий Емец - популярный современный российский автор, который в 22 года стал самым молодым членом Союза писателей. Дмитрий пишет романы, повести и рассказы для детей и подростков. Особое место среди его книг занимает цикл исторических портретов русских князей под названием "Заступники земли Русской".

In 1968, J.P. Hudson and his best friend Joey Glaseman are looking forward to a carefree summer of jumping off the tower at the millpond, shooting pool with the “old guys” at Edgar’s Billiards, and chasing pigs out at Dirty Mouth Henry’s. However, when they break a window in the only mansion in town, they stumble onto local secrets that have been hidden for decades and find themselves swept up into Bent Creek’s simmering turmoil surrounding the war in Vietnam.

It's 1881, and 15-year-old Brody Martin has taken refuge in Indian territory from the Miller clan. The Millers are accusing him of horse-thieving and murder, and they don't care who they hurt to find him. Brody is hired on by Joseph, a Cherokee Indian, to help run his trap lines in the wilderness. Just as he starts to feel safe, he stumbles across a dying man and finds out there are worse things than being separated from his family and wanted for murder.

Indian Territory, 1881. Brody Martin, at 15, has survived a gunpowder explosion, a bear attack, a panther attack, and more than one attempt on his life. But now, he is wanted in Fort Smith for a crime he did not (exactly) commit, and bounty hunters are on his trail. In an effort to elude them, he finds a crack in the face of a ridge and slips into a cavern known as the Devil's Den, trapped by the men who would like to redeem the price on his head - dead or alive.

It's 1957 in Oregon, where prejudice runs rampant. As if finding out that her best friend's dad was thrown in jail for being a Pinko Commie isn't enough, Jessie learns the identity of her own father whom she never knew existed. Even though their lives are in a turmoil, Jessie and her friend Deboyce risk life, limb, and their own freedom to try and save a trapped girl and the lives of 20 other barefoot, enslaved girls who are being worked to near starvation by a tyrant.

Ireland, 1817 - Allen Hamilton crosses the Atlantic alone to find a way to save his family from imminent financial and social ruin before it’s too late. Instead he is met with prejudice, sickness, and starvation. Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2018 - A gifted young artist struggles with debilitating grief after a sudden death in her family. When she unearths Allen Hamilton’s noble rise from rags to riches in antebellum America, their shared connection inspires her own healing and renewed inspiration.

Unbeknown to Dawn, her grandfather has shot an old swan out of mercy. In their coastal Alaskan town, her father buys the swan pelt, preventing her Uncle Alex, a fur trader, from selling it for export. Dawn’s father surprises her part-Aleut mother with a hat she helped to make and also with an idea to catch poachers. Shooting swans has become illegal but Alaska is a territory and prohibition occupies the Sheriff. Dawn and her mother become involved with suspicious inquiries about the swan bonnet besides its haunting effect.

Bobbie doesn’t believe the Southern attitude toward people of color applies to her Northern world. Phillis lived in Mississippi and endured the worst effects of racial hatred, generating a mind filled with fear, distrust, bitterness, and anger. Friends when they were five years old, the two reunite in a late 1950s Long Island high school.

Stained Glass Myths is a collection of 28 award-winning stories by young adults. These stories encompass a wide range of genres, inviting listeners to explore a wealth of important themes passionately crafted by these young writers - from a teenager going down memory lane after a tragic event at her school to a Jewish boy who writes letters to his older sister who’s been taken to Auschwitz.