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Hesket: A Norfolk Haunting
Unsettling things are happening in rural Norfolk. At first glance, Hesket is a blink-and-you-miss it village, a seemingly unremarkable place that belies its horrifying history. There are tales of witch trials and death, of a curse that lies dormant in the landscape where the women condemned as witches are buried, and a great flood that long ago washed Old Hesket away.In present-day Hesket, a new development is planned for this woodland. Following various different voices in which the ordinary and the peculiar converge, Hesket: A Norfolk Haunting chronicles a quiet community of hard-working people, each contending with their own losses amidst daily life. To their horror, the sacred grounds of their beloved old woods are earmarked for development. As the work commences, despite village protests, strange and unexplained events begin to occur and the lives of the villagers start to disintegrate. While each of the eight characters has their own story to tell, beautifully and heart-rendingly encapsulated within individual chapters, the narrative connects them in a broader tale of jealousy, love, bereavement and joy from beginning to end.Merging psychological realism and rural terror, Hesket: A Norfolk Haunting is a compelling, uncanny page-turner from debut novelist Sara Bayat.
Intelligence
Oxford, 1938. Ida and Medora are two brilliant young philosophers at the heart of a group who gather in storied rooms to dance, drink and debate theories of right and wrong. But as the world spins towards war, theoretical questions of life and death become all too real. While her friends are called up to do intelligence work, Ida, the irrepressible American outsider, seeks academic distraction. Then she stumbles across secret Nazi information that could radically change the direction of the war. Can she and Medora capture the attention of the spymasters and mandarins in London in time to save live? eductive, witty and page-turning, Intelligence is the unputdownable new novel from one of the UK''s best-loved writers and comedians.
Kniha ztracených vzpomínek
Jedenáctiletou Lisavet Levyovou o křišťálové noci otec ukryje před nacisty na tajemném místě nazývaném Časoprostor, což je knihovna, kde jsou uchovávány vzpomínky minulosti. Když se otec nevrátí, Lisavet zde zůstává uvězněná, prochází vzpomínkami zemřelých a snaží se je zachránit tím, že je ukládá do knihy. O řadu let později potkává Američana Ernesta Duquesnea, který ji má zastavit. V roce 1965 se Ernestova neteř Amelia dozvídá o existenci Časoprostoru a o knize, již její strýc hledal. Brzy zjistí, že minulost není tak jasná a přímočará, jak se zdá.
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Strangerland
London, 1990.
Zivoin is newly arrived in a strange country. The dependable oldest son, he works all hours of the day and night, sending every penny he can save back to his family. On the news, he watches his homeland, Yugoslavia, slowly fracturing.
Thousands of miles away, in the tropical heat of Uberlândia, Brazil, Alegria prepares to leave behind the country – and the family – she loves dearly. Bright and ambitious, she strives to give her parents the life they deserve, even if it takes her far from them.
A chance meeting throws Alegria and Zivoin together – and for a brief moment, they feel at home. But their journey is just beginning, and what follows will draw them irresistibly across countries and continents, leaving them both forever changed.
The powerful, exhilarating debut novel from an award-winning new voice in fiction, Strangerland is a heartfelt testament to the endurance that has come to define a generation of immigrants. Above all, it is a soaring, emotionally rich story about the power of love to transcend languages, borders and time.
Krvavý erb, 2. vydanie
Obľúbená autorka historických romancí Jana Pronská nám vo svojom ôsmom románe približuje dramatické obdobie našich stredovekých dejín a na jeho pozadí rozohráva strhujúci príbeh o úkladoch, pomste a neľútostnom zápase o moc, ale predovšetkým o sile pravej lásky, za ktorú sa oplatí bojovať.
Eliz Zachovej, dcére veľmoža Feliciána Zacha, život doprial milujúcu rodinu, bohatého ctiteľa, privilegované postavenie, bohatstvo. Za jeden deň však prišla o všetko. Keď v kráľovskom paláci znásilnili jej sestru, zúfalý otec s mečom v ruke zaútočil na kráľa. Feliciána, ktorého pri útoku zabili, kráľ vyhlásil za vlastizradcu a jeho zneuctenú dcéru i ostatných príbuzných dal popraviť. Pre Eliz, ktorá len vďaka šťastnej náhode zostala nažive, sa začal boj o holý život.
Dominika Omodeja stihol podobný osud. Pred rokmi sa zachránil ako jediný mužský potomok kedysi mocného rodu, ktorý sa kráľ rozhodol vyhubiť, a stal sa vyvrheľom -- zbojníkom Zoranom. Zmariť kráľovu pomstu voči Zachovcom je preňho vecou cti, no keď sa podujme Eliz zachrániť, neráta s tým, že odvážnej dievčine sa podarí obmäkčiť jeho zatvrdnuté srdce, v ktorom dovtedy nebolo miesto pre lásku...
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Josef Mengele eltűnése
A hitleri rezsim bukása után számos háborús bűnösnek sikerült elmenekülnie a felelősségre vonás elől. A vezető beosztású náci tisztviselők, SS-tisztek, tömeggyilkosok és olasz vagy horvát elvbarátaik, szövetségeseik többségének Dél-Amerika nyújtott menedéket.
Olivier Guez valós tényekre alapozott regénye az egyik leghírhedtebb háborús bűnös, Josef Mengele, az Auschwitzban "a Halál Angyalaként" emlegetett SS-orvos háború utáni sorsát követi nyomon. A koncentrációs tábor foglyain végzett szörnyű kísérleteiről elhíresült Mengele először a nácikra csodálattal tekintő Perón Argentínájában telepedett le. Ott annyira biztonságban érezte magát, hogy egy idő után már az álnevét sem használta, de miután Németországban elfogatóparancsot adtak ki ellene, kénytelen volt átköltözni Paraguayba, majd Brazíliába, ahol jó ideig egy emigráns magyar házaspár birtokán élt. Szinte hihetetlen, de bujkálása idején Mengele megfordult Svájcban és Németországban is, és ugyanilyen megdöbbentő, hogy a tömeggyilkos orvos Paraguayban az állampolgárság mellé még erkölcsi bizonyítványt is kapott.
A regény lapjain sok más Dél-Amerikába menekült háborús bűnös is felbukkan: a holokauszt fő szervezője, milliók gyilkosa, Adolf Eichmann, a százezrek haláláért felelős usztasa vezér, Ante Pavelić vagy a Mussolinit a fogságból megszöktető Otto Skorzeny ugyanazokban a nácibarát körökben forgott, mint Mengele. Eichmannt a Moszad ügynökei végül elkapták, de Josef Mengele több mint harminc éven át el tudta kerülni az elfogatását, és bűnös tetteiért soha nem kellett bíróság elé állnia.
The Muckle Flugga Hussars
“Gentlemen! What stands between us and strangling Britain’s merchantmen and bringing her to her knees, is not the fury of the sea, or the violence of her Navy, but the obstinate stubbornness of the British sailor.” Cousins Jack Lee and Emma Pickney and the attractive and charismatic Ranulph form an awkward love triangle. This explodes as they sail the Northern seas off Shetland in the summer of 1939 with the war clouds gathering. Jack, a Merchant Navy deck officer, finds himself in the front line of Hitler’s U-boat war, battling for survival in the turbulent waters of the North Atlantic, while clinging to his love for Emma. Ranulph, a salvage diver, is determined to evade the war. However, of the three, he is the first casualty, driven mad by the carnage wrought on the Battleship HMS Royal Oak, torpedoed in Scapa Flow in a daring attack by U-boat No.47. Joachim Endrass, U47’s 1st Officer and the man who fired the torpedoes that sowed the destruction Ranulph witnessed, feels destined for great things. However, instead of his own U-boat, Endrass has foisted on him the angry Lieutenant Elrich and a new commander who for him, symbolises everything that is wrong with Hitler’s Third Riech. Disgruntled, he returns to the Atlantic as Germany’s attempt to strangle Britain''s Atlantic lifelines reaches a climax, with no inkling of the dramatic and incredible events that lie ahead.
Tažení do Itálie - Meč a pergamen
Počátkem roku 1331 povolal Jan Lucemburský svého syna Karla do Itálie, aby mu pomáhal ovládat rozlehlou lucemburskou doménu v Lombardii a přilehlých oblastech. Do Itálie se na pomoc kralevici Karlovi vypravuje též nepočetný vojenský oddíl, jehož součástí jsou rytíř Blahota a kanovník Kryštof. Jenže nikdo v Čechách netuší, jaké poměry v Itálii panují. První varování přichází hned v počátečních dnech italského pobytu, kdy jsou mnozí členové Karlova dvora otráveni a sám Karel unikne smrti doslova zázrakem. Blahota s Kryštofem tak dostávají příležitost prokázat svou neochvějnou věrnost spojenou s odvahou a brilantním úsudkem...
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Prokletí katovy krve
Anika vyrůstá s otcem, městským katem Jakubem, který ji učí svému řemeslu a připravuje ji na nelehký život na okraji společnosti. Když je však před jejíma očima zákeřně zavražděn a jejich domov vypálen, ocitá se dívka sama ve světě plném předsudků a násilí. Bez ochrany, kterou jí poskytovalo otcovo prokleté postavení, se nyní musí spolehnout jen na své dovednosti a odvahu. Na cestě za odhalením vrahů Anika získává nečekané spojence z řad těch, které by dříve potkávala jen v mučírně. Stále více propadá kouzlu tajemného Darka a zároveň se vzdaluje od všeho, co kdysi znala jako katova dcera. Přesto je odhodlaná hledat spravedlnost a pomstít otcovu smrt.
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Biela Moruša
ABY NAŠLA SAMU SEBA, MUSÍ SA NAJPRV STRATIŤ.
Je rok 1928 a jedenásťročná Miyoung sníva o budúcnosti, ktorú by si mohla vybrať sama. Jej sny sú však priveľké pre malú dedinu neďaleko Pchjongjangu. Dedinu, kde ju čaká len bieda, rodičmi dohodnutá svadba a ťažká práca. Štúdium u sestry v Japonsku je pre ňu vykúpením. Zakrátko však zistí, že byť Kórejčankou v Japonsku nie je celkom bezpečné, a tak stojí pred rozhodnutím vzdať sa svojho mena a identity a stať sa niekým novým. Zatiaľ čo sa na horizonte zbierajú vojnové mraky, Miyoung cíti, ako sa svet okolo nej sťahuje a čas jej relatívnej voľnosti sa nezadržateľne kráti. Akokoľvek sa rozhodne, zmení tým život nielen sebe, ale aj svojim milovaným. Naveky.
Byzantská pouť
Když je v Konstantinopoli obviněn z vraždy a odsouzen k smrti Petr z Michalovic, vracející se z pouti do Jeruzaléma, zasáhne vlivný řád johanitů. Pomocí úplatků dosáhne toho, že císař Michael dovolí, aby zločin přešetřil zástupce českého krále. S ohledem na složitou politickou situaci si totiž nemůže dovolit pohněvat ještě Přemysla. A tak se do Byzance vydává české poselstvo, v němž samozřejmě nechybí ani Oldřich z Chlumu. Císař mu udělí pravomoci vyšetřovat, jenže ve světě postaveném na intrikách a zradě, musí královský prokurátor neustále balancovat na hraně života a smrti…
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Cleopatra
YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children. How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
The Watchman's Daughter
How much would you be willing to sacrifice for those you lov? moving saga of true love, set against the backdrop of the Second World War - perfect for fans of Josephine Cox, Rita Bradshaw and Catherine Cookson. Growing up in Preston's poorest area, Kat Shaw knows just how harsh life can be. But her family is a loving one, and she's particularly close to her younger brother. The arrival of a new baby in 1930 should be a joyous occasion - but instead the birth heralds a downturn in the family's fortunes. With her father unfit to do his night watchman rounds, Kat does all she can to help her family survive. But when Andrew Pitt comes into her life, everything changes. Kat's soon happily in love, and she and Andrew make plans to marry. Then tragedy strikes and Kat takes the only course she can to protect those who depend on her. Soon the nickname 'The Watchman's Daughter' becomes infamous in the north-west. But Kat is determined to find a way out. A way to escape - and to get back to the man she loves. What readers say about The Watchman's Daughter:'Loved every page of this book. Alexandra Connor knows how to make her characters come to life' ?'Kat was a heroine, a great character who has been through the mill. One of the best books I've read. Try it, you won't be disappointed' ?'A great story and it felt so realistic like it was happening around you. Every emotion is written in this book' ?'A cannot-put-down book . . . It shows what someone will do to protect and provide for the family' ?'Alexandra has done it again. Fantastic read, spellbound from beginning to end' ?
Celebrations at the Toffee Factory
Discover the gripping conclusion to Glenda Young's Toffee Factory trilogy, set in a WWI toffee factory in the North-East!The Great War has ended, but Jack's toffee factory struggles after years of sugar rations and its troubles are far from over. Fun, feisty Elsie longs for freedom and excitement. Hoping to meet the man of her dreams, she spurns the attention of dependable Stan. Will she realise that what she wants and what she needs are different thing? fficient Anne takes control at the factory to change its fortunes after the war. She creates a new line of toffee. However, an unwelcome blast from Mr Jack's past tries to jeopardise the factory's success. And Hetty is torn when her sweetheart Dirk prepares to leave for his hometown in Belgium. At the same time, her old boyfriend Bob returns from the Front, determined to marry her. Who will Hetty choos? s the toffee factory girls celebrate the end of the war, they are more determined than ever to face the future with courage and hope. Praise for Glenda Young:'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour'Glenda Young brings a new freshness to the genre' My Weekly'Saga fiction at its best . . . I enjoyed it immensely' Vicki Beeby'A lovely read, full of highs, lows, friendship and foes' Johanna Bell'Will resonate with saga readers everywhere . . . a wonderful, uplifting story' Nancy Revell'I really enjoyed . . . It's well researched and well written and I found myself caring about her characters' Rosie Goodwin'All the ingredients for a perfect saga' Emma HornbyReaders are hooked by Glenda's Toffee Factory trilogy!'As always Glenda Young's books hold your interest from the first to the last page. If I have one grumble it's that the books seem all too short as I never want them to end!' ?'A delightful book filled with laughter, sadness, and numerous ups and downs' ?'I loved this and didn't want it to end. The story was compelling and there were moments of happiness, sadness and joy too' ?'I couldn't put the book down and have done nothing else but read all day - thank you Glenda' ?'You can't not fall in love with the characters in this book! I absolutely loved it!' ?Love Glenda's sagas? Don't miss her cosy crime mystery series starring Helen Dexter and her trusty greyhound Suki. Murder at the Seaview Hotel, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel, Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel and Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel are all out now!
The Lotus Shoes
Love and loss. Sisterhood and betrayal. Little Flower and Linjing's fates are bound together.
China, 1800s. Little Flower is sold as a muizai to Linjing's family when they are both only children. Jealous of her new handmaiden's ladylike bound feet and talent for embroidery, Linjing ensures Little Flower can never leave her to ascend in society.
Despite their different places in the household, over the years the two must put aside their bitter rivalry to secure both their futures through Linjing's marriage . . . Until scandal strikes the family, and Linjing and Little Flower's lives are thrown into chaos.
Linjing's fall from grace could be an opportunity for Little Flower - but will their intertwined fates lead to triumph, or tragedy for them both?
The Paris Express
A woman determined to make her mark. A journey that will change everything.
Paris, 1895. Glamour hides a city on the brink. One morning, a young woman boards the Granville Express with a deadly plan.
On the journey lives intertwine in explosive ways. There are the railway crew who have everything to lose, a little boy travelling alone for the first time, an elderly statesman with his fragile wife and a lonely artist far from home.
The train speeds towards the City of Light and into a future that will change everything . . .
Life Number Nine
'A beautifully written love story that travels beyond epic' ANSTEY HARRIS, author of THE HOUSE OF LOST SECRETS 'A cosmically thwarted romance' DAILY MAIL From the critically acclaimed author of THE RULES OF SEEING and WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS For Mika and Jem, love is love; wherever, whenever and whoever they are… When they meet by chance, perfect strangers, they recognise each other – not from life, but from a shared dream. Both are wary of forming new connections, but as their dreams – or are they memories? – grow in intensity, they are forced to consider the possibility that they have known and loved each other over and over, across the centuries. Will they find happiness together this time? LIFE NUMBER NINE is an extraordinary literary achievement and a groundbreaking love story. READERS ARE SAYING… 'An epic literary achievement and a groundbreaking love story' ? ‘A love story like no other. Joe Heap writes with the soul of a poet’ ? ‘Ah hauntingly beautiful love story that transcends time’ ? ‘One of those books I want to reread the minute I finished the last page’ ? ‘So achingly beautiful that it takes your breath away’ ?
Fire Sword and Sea
"In her latest, Riley provides a fresh take on high seas adventure through the eyes of the courageous, swashbuckling, based-on-a-real-life female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye. The research Riley has done on this 1600s saga is truly remarkable, second only to her depictions of the lush Caribbean setting and the diverse, multi-faceted cast of characters. This is one to be savored." —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen QueenThe real Pirates of the Caribbean were Black, and women! From Vanessa Riley, acclaimed author of Queen of Exiles, comes a sweeping, immersive saga based on the life of the legendary seventeenth-century pirate Jacquotte Delehaye. The Caribbean Sea, 1675. Jacquotte Delahaye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of Tortuga. Instead of marriage, Jacquotte dreams of joining the seafarers and smugglers whose tall-masted ships cluster in the turquoise waters around Tortuga. She falls in love with a pirate, but when he returns to the sea, Jacquotte decides to make her own way. In Haiti she becomes Jacques, a dockworker, earning the respect of those around her while hiding her gender. Jacquotte discovers that secret identities are fairly common in the chaotic world of seafaring, which is full of outsiders and misfits. She forms a deep bond with Bahati, an African-born woman who has escaped slavery and also disguises herself as a man to navigate the world. They join forces with Dirkje De Wulf, a fearless adventurer who also lives as a man at sea. As Jacques, Jacquotte falls in love with Lizzôa d'Erville, a beautiful courtesan who deals in secrets and sex. While others see their work clothes as a disguise, Lizzôa’s true self is as a woman. For the next twenty years, Jacquotte raids the Caribbean, making enemies and amassing a fortune in stolen gold. When her fellow pirates decide to increase their profits by entering the slave trade, Jacquotte turns away from piracy and the pursuit of riches. Risking her life in one deadly skirmish after another, she instead begins to plot a war of liberation.
Book of Forbidden Words
"Devotees of rich historical fiction and contemporary social discourse alike will be enthralled.”—Booklist, starred reviewFrom bestselling author Louise Fein comes a new historical novel set in a world of banned books and censorship, in which an encrypted manuscript unleashes a chain of consequences across 400 years, perfect for fans of Weyward and The Briar Club. 1552, PARIS: The printing press is quickly spreading new ideas across Europe, threatening the power of church and state and unleashing a wave of book burning and heretic hunting. When frightened ex-nun Lysbette Angiers arrives at Charlotte Guillard’s famous printing shop with her manuscript, neither woman knows just how far the powerful elite will go to prevent the spread of Lysbette’s audacious ideas. 1952, NEW YORK: Milly Bennett is a lonely housewife struggling to find her way in her new neighborhood amidst the paranoid clamors of McCarthy’s America. She finds her life taking an unexpected turn when a relic from her past presents her with a 400-year-old manuscript to decipher, pulling her into a vortex of danger that threatens to shatter her world. From the risky backstreets of sixteenth-century Paris to the unpredictable suburbs of mid-twentieth century New York, the stakes couldn’t be higher when, 400 years apart, Milly, Lysbette, and Charlotte each face a reality where the spread of ideas are feared and every effort is made to suppress them. Dramatic and affecting, and inspired by the real-life encrypted Voynich manuscript, Book of Forbidden Words is both an engrossing story about a timeless struggle that echoes through the ages and a testament to the indomitable spirit of those who dare to let their words be heard.
Historické romány netreba dlho predstavovať. Kto by nemal rád príbehy odohrávajúce sa v časoch dávno, aj nie až tak dávno minulých. Ponorte sa do najkrajších historických príbehov pre ženy, ale aj pre mužov a nechajte sa uniesť od každodenných problémov. Nájdete tu top najnovšie historické romány od Lucindy Riley či Julie Quinn, alebo Jany Pronskej ale aj klasiku od Jane Austen alebo Ericha Maria Remarquea
