Sara Sheridanová

Men would kill for this treasure. The McKenzie women will guard it with their lives. London, 1837. When 25-year-old Araminta McKenzie-Moore is summoned from Richmond to her great aunt's deathbed in Edinburgh, it's the first time she's met her extended family. The McKenzie women, however, have been keeping a close eye on her. For they have a long, secret and dangerous history as Jewel Keepers to the Scottish Crown and they need Araminta to play her part to solve a puzzle which stretches back generations. But the McKenzies are not alone in this high-stakes treasure hunt though history. They're being pursued. The last of her line, if Araminta succeeds, she will uncover something more valuable than mere jewels - a secret that will change the lives of all women living on this, the cusp of the Queen Victoria's rule. Featuring real historical events and places amid its fiction, The Jewel Keepers is an immersive, evocative story tinged with romance and brimming with intrigue. Readers LOVE Sara Sheridan: ? 'This book is a thing of beauty. I wanted to climb inside it' ? 'Clever and extremely entertaining' ? 'An absolute delight' ? 'A story that evokes all of the senses' ? 'Riveting'

Readers love Sara Sheridan''s evocative historical novels . . .''I loved this book from start to finish. So interesting to read about women back in the 1800s being independent and finding their own way in what was mostly a man''s domain!'' ?????''Did not want to put this down but did not want it to end. Another fabulous read transporting you back in time, bring on the next one quickly please!'' ?????''I was totally floored by this! SO interesting at every point!'' ?????Celebrated writer and historian Maria Graham must make the treacherous voyage from Brazil to London to deliver her latest book to her publisher. Having come to terms with the loss of her beloved husband, Maria is now determined to live her life as she pleases, free from the smothering constraints of Georgian society.For a woman travelling alone it''s a journey fraught with danger, and as civil war rages around her, the only ship prepared to take Maria belongs to roguish smuggler Captain James Henderson. Onboard, all is well until Maria makes two shocking discoveries - the first a deadly secret, the second an irresistible attraction to the enigmatic captain.With Henderson on a journey of his own and determined to finally put his life of crime behind him, he and Maria grow ever closer. But can Henderson escape his illicit past or will the scandalous secret he''s hiding ruin them both?

For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time to look unflinchingly at our heritage and bring those women who have been ignored to light. Where Are The Women? They’ve been here all along… Can you imagine a different Scotland, a Scotland where women are commemorated in statues and streets and buildings – even in the hills and valleys? This is a guidebook to that alternative nation, where the cave on Staffa is named after Malvina rather than Fingal, and Arthur’s Seat isn’t Arthur’s, it belongs to St Triduana. You arrive into Dundee at Slessor Station and the Victorian monument on Stirling’s Abbey Hill interprets national identity through the women who ran hospitals during the First World War. The West Highland Way ends at Fort Mary. The Old Lady of Hoy is a prominent Orkney landmark. And the plinths in central Glasgow proudly display statues of the suffragettes who fought until they won. In this guide, streets, buildings, statues and monuments are dedicated to real women, telling their often unknown stories.

Tajný mandarín je to, čo Truman Capote nazval „faction“ – zmes reality a fikcie. Bez mučenia priznávam, že som dbala hlavne na to, aby som vymyslela dobrý príbeh, ale vždy keď to bolo možné, zachovala som historickú presnosť. Fortune uskutočnil niekoľko dobre zdokumentovaných výprav do Ázie a všetko si dôkladne zapisoval, sústredil sa však hlavne na botanické objavy. Sara Sheridanová Herečka Mary Penneyová uvrhla hanbu na svoju rodinu. Jej švagor, ambiciózny botanik Robert Fortune, v snahe vyhnúť sa škandálu ju donúti, aby ho sprevádzala na výprave do Číny, kde má pre Východoindickú spoločnosť ukradnúť čajové semená. Robert pred ňou tají skutočnosť, že je špiónom Veľkej Británie, ktorá krátko predtým zvíťazila v ópiovej vojne s Čínou. Je to nebezpečná úloha – Číňania stále považujú Britov za nepriateľov, a keby zistili, že chce vyviezť čajové semená, čakal by ho trest smrti. Mary v ťažkých podmienkach smúti za londýnskym životom a svojím synom, ktorého musela nechať u sestry. Tisícky kilometrov od domova Mary objavuje pocit slobody, ktorý získala prezlečená za muža. Nezabudnuteľný príbeh o láske, vnútornej sile a nezlomnom odhodlaní – o silnej žene, ktorá sa rozhodne presadiť vo svete mužov, a o mužovi, ktorý sa nezastaví pred ničím, aby splnil svoje túžby. Z anglického originálu The Secret Mandarin (Avon, HarperCollins Publishers, London) preložila Tamara Chovanová.