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The Propagandist
'Astounding ... A haunting tale of guilt' The Telegraph, Five Star Review'An unforgettable portrait of a singular woman and her frenzied efforts to launder her unsavoury past' Literary Review'A harrowing but elegantly constructed rot-riddled family romance' Financial Times'Devastatingly effective' The Times‘In her debut novel, a historian of Vichy France tackles her family's real-life collaboration during the Second World War’ New Yorker Best Books of the Year'Full of so many secrets that it's a wonder she managed to write it all' New York Times'Shows why historical fiction matters, how stories breathe life into forgotten moments ... Haunting' Cara Black, author of Three Hours in ParisIn a grand Paris apartment, a young girl attends gatherings regularly organised by her mother. They talk about clothes and exchange the day's gossip, but the mood grows dark when they start to talk about her past, and the great love she is said to have known during the Second World War. When the girl grows up, she looks into the enigmatic figures in and around her family. Who was the man her mother fell in love with before the war? Why did they zealously collaborate with the Nazi occupiers of France? And why did they remain for decades afterwards obsessive devotees of that lost caus? n The Propagandist, a historian of Vichy France investigates the secrets, lies and omissions in her own family in the way she has investigated those of France itself. It is a masterpiece of psychological insight, revealing how people can spend a lifetime deceiving themselves, rather than confront their own past. READER REVIEWS'A brilliant piece of fiction that unequivocally deserves five stars''Beautifully written''Nearly impossible to set down''Fascinating and complex'
She Made Herself A Monster
Yana hunts monsters. Anka might be one. They'll need each other to survive. 'This exciting, gorgeous novel reminded me why I love vampire stories... I still have chills' Kate Heartfield, author of The Embroidered BookYana, a vampire hunter, rides into Koprivci promising salvation. The village’s curse has endured for many years and rumour has it that Anka – whose parents died on the night of her birth – is to blame. But enduring the villagers’ suspicion is the least of Anka’s worries; now she has reached womanhood, she can no longer avoid the odious marriage that seems to be her only option. When animal corpses start to appear in the village square and eggs filled with blood are found in the chicken coops, panic rises. The villagers look to Yana for hope. She knows all about the monsters that stalk the night, monsters that only she can vanquish. But Yana is a liar. And monsters come in all different forms. Yana and Anka become unlikely allies in hatching a plot to save both Koprivci and Anka from their fates. But then their plan takes on a horrifying life of its own... 'Brimming with folklore, superstitions and a dark gothic backdrop, this is a fantastic read for anyone seeking a character-driven story in a moody setting' Daily Mirror'A tale of dark secrets, unnatural lusts and hidden violence' Annie Garthwaite, author of Cecily'Chilling. . . expertly blending Bulgarian folklore with very modern fears and sensibilities' Laura Shepperson, author of The Heroines'Poetic, visceral, dark... A terrifying read' Isabelle Schuler, author of Lady Macbethad'An exquisitely-written feminist vampire story. . . Mesmerising' Anna Mazzola, author of The Clockwork Girl
When We Were Divided
Expertly crafted and beautifully sensitive, with themes of family and political conflict, and pure but forbidden love, this book will stay with readers for a long time. Divided by plague, divided by war, divided by love - what will reunite two sister? orkshire,1643. Civil war divides the country. Jane mourns the departure of her last boy who goes off to fight for the king. She must find a new way to endure, facing family secrets and her own buried grief. Isabel is spurred into action, finding herself drawn into the rebel resistance - with unexpected consequences that might mean disaster for her sister Jane. Kit is left desperate and starving, taking on the identity of a murdered brother. Life in the king's army brings friendship and new hope, and even love at the most perilous moment of all. As these three lives intertwine, each of them will be altered forever.
The Puma
‘Daniel Wiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried the history we choose to ignore' Hilary Mantel1950s, Chile. Bernardo has journeyed to his childhood home, tucked deep into the Patagonian wilderness – though it seems little more than a shack to his young son, James. The place is nothing like England, where James was born. The land is harsh. Unyielding. Then Bernardo sees it. Short and lean and striking. The puma, with its huge paws on the earth. What will a father do to ensure his family’s survival? And what might he become when survival is no longer an optio? hrilling and powerfully atmospheric, The Puma is a novel about fathers and sons, and our desperate attempts to tame the wilderness of the past.
The Great Alone
'A woman has to be tough as steel up here. You can't count on anyone to save you and your children. You have to be willing to save yourselves'
Alaska, 1974. Untamed. Unforgiving. Unpredictable.
For thirteen-year-old Leni Allbright, Alaska is supposed to be a fresh start. Her father, a former POW, is desperate to leave the world behind. Her mother, Cora, will follow the man she loves anywhere, even to the edge of the earth.
But as winter descends and darkness blankets the land, the Allbrights realize they are woefully unprepared. The danger doesn't just lurk in the wilderness outside; it lives within the walls of their own cabin.
In the shadow of a volatile marriage and a landscape that wants to kill them, Leni must decide: how far will she go to survive?
This new edition comes with exciting bonus content to dig deeper into The Great Alone: a conversation with Kristin Hannah and reading group questions.
Green Ink
THE TIMES BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025'Stephen May has a nose for fascinating historical events' The Times'Very fine and fun novel' The Spectator'Skilfully orchestrates a large cast of both historical and fictional characters' Financial Times'The spry, sardonic voice of the new historical fiction' Hilary Mantel'Vivid and wholly credible recreation of post-Great War London' Robert Edric'Intrigue, betrayal, redemption' Rachel SeiffertDavid Lloyd George is at Chequers for the weekend with his mistress Frances Stevenson, fretting about the fact that his involvement in selling public honours is about to be revealed by one Victor Grayson. Victor is a bisexual hedonist and former firebrand socialist MP turned secret-service informant. Intent on rebuilding his profile as the leader of the revolutionary Left, he doesn’t know exactly how much of a hornet’s nest he’s stirred up. Doesn’t know that this is, in fact, his last day. No one really knows what happened to Victor Grayson – he vanished one night in late September 1920, having threatened to reveal all he knew about the prime minister’s involvement in selling honours. Was he murdered by the British government? By enemies in the socialist movement (who he had betrayed in the war)? Did he fall in the Thames drunk? Did he vanish to save his own life, and become an antiques dealer in Ken? hatever the truth, Green Ink imagines what might have been with brio, humour and humanity; and is a reminder that the past was once as alive as we are today.
The Mersey Queen
The first in a brand new trilogy from Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Flynn. The war to end all wars has come to an end and Nell Tanner is overjoyed to have her father home. But the harsh reality of post-war Britain soon leaves her dreams of a brighter future in tatters. And when her best friend, Alfie, is posted miles away from home, Nell’s already fractured heart breaks in two. She’s realised all too late that her feelings for him run far deeper than friendship. Believing there’s no chance for her and Alfie, Nell sets out to rebuild her life and is comforted when she meets the handsome Thomas Evans. But Thomas is burying secrets of his own. And Nell is left questioning whether her new beau played fair to win his belle. . . _____________Why readers love Katie Flynn . . . 'Takes you on a journey of heartbreak and joy''Hard to put down''Her characters are like old friends''Heartwarming romance'
Kepler
The second volume of John Banville’s Revolutions Trilogy and winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize, Kepler is a gorgeous historical novel exploring the life of Johannes Kepler, one of the world’s greatest mathematicians.Johannes Kepler, born in 1571 in south Germany, was one of the world’s greatest mathematicians and astronomers. The novel Kepler, by John Banville, brilliantly recreates his life and his incredible drive to chart the orbits of the planets and the geometry of the universe while being driven from exile to exile by religious and domestic strife. At the same time it illuminates the harsh realities of the Renaissance world; rich in imaginative daring but rooted in poverty, squalor and the tyrannical power of emperors.‘Superbly illuminates the man, the time, and the everlasting quest for knowledge’ The Observer
Dom čarodejnice
Dva osudy spojené jedným domom. Jedna žena v súčasnosti, druhá v 17. storočí. A tajomstvo, ktoré prežilo stáročia…
Keď Adrianna príde do zanedbaného domčeka pri mori na norfolskom vidieku, dúfa, že tu na čas unikne pred vlastným životom. No hneď po príchode zistí, že dom v sebe ukrýva viac, než len stopy minulosti. Pod uvoľnenou podlahou objaví tajomné zápisky a v zarastenej záhrade zvláštne vyrezávaný kameň – a netuší, že práve odomkla dvere do dávnej histórie.
Rok 1646. Ursula, pôrodná babica a bylinkárka, vedie tichý život na okraji dediny. Bez manžela, bez ochrany, a to v čase, keď jediný šepot o čarodejníctve znamená rozsudok smrti. Keď si ju všimne mocný lekár, musí sa rozhodnúť, ako prežiť – a čo všetko je ochotná obetovať.
Dva ženské hlasy, jeden dom plný spomienok a sila, ktorá pretrváva stáročia. Pútavý historický román o tajomstvách, odvahe a osudovosti, ktorá nepozná čas.
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Poslední láska císaře Karla, 2. vydání
Román Poslední láska císaře Karla pojednává o pozapomenutém osudu Guillauma, jediného historicky doloženého levobočka císaře Karla IV. Český král a římský císař se s Guillaumovou matkou seznámil patrně v roce 1365 při jedné ze svých cest do Avignonu, kam ho opakovaně zavedla snaha zasadit se o navrácení papežského stolce zpět do Říma. V nedalekém Arles zase pobýval během své korunovace arelátským králem. Karel IV. tehdy stál na vrcholu moci a dosáhl jako panovník mnohého, ne-li všeho – přednedávnem totiž uzavřel výhodný politický sňatek s Alžbětou Pomořanskou a tímto diplomatickým tahem úspěšně potlačil vzrůstající mocenskou opozici. A přesto si nyní, téměř v padesáti letech, uvědomil, že mu v životě chybí hluboký citový vztah. Ve chvíli, kdy se snu o osobním štěstí už téměř vzdal, potkal půvabnou a urozenou Margaretu z Arles. Prožil s ní idylické dny v Arles a v Avignonu a po návratu do Prahy se dozvěděl, že mu Margareta porodila syna Guillauma.
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Jelení vršek, 2. vydání
Na hrad, kde žije Jan – poslední potomek pánů ze Zhoře, přijíždí z Francie vdova po jeho mladším bratru Vilémovi. Bratři si byli od malička velmi blízcí, rozkol mezi nimi nastane až ve chvíli, kdy se Vilém rozhodne odjet do Francie, aby podpořil krále Jindřicha IV. Navarského. Ve Francii se přes bratrův nesouhlas ožení a krátce nato nachází smrt na bojišti. Jan trpí výčitkami svědomí, neboť se s bratrem rozešel ve zlém. Navíc má finanční problémy, protože výdaje na válečné tažení a nečekaný Vilémův sňatek silně zatížily rodinnou pokladnu. Příjezd vdovy, která hodlá uplatnit dědický nárok, tak ještě vyhrotí napjatou situaci.
Krajina „na konci světa“ zavátá sněhem je pro mladou Francouzku trestem sama o sobě. Doufala, že tu najde nový domov, ale naráží pouze na chlad a odmítání. I služebnictvo vycítí náladu panstva a chová se k ní nepřátelsky. Brzy po příjezdu se ji někdo pokusí otrávit. Jediným ochráncem vdovy je Vilémův právník Václav Lešický, který se snaží vypátrat viníka. Když v kraji vypukne morová nákaza, na hradě hledá azyl i početné Vilémovo příbuzenstvo. Mezi rodinnými příslušníky panují napjaté vztahy, nucené soužití pod jednou střechou přináší další problémy. V sázce není už jenom majetek, ale i život…
Miss Emily Beardsworth - Vágta a csillagokig
"A csönd vékony lepelként borította be őket. William meleg testéhez bújni olyan érzés volt Emily számára, mint amikor az ember először tapasztalja meg egy hosszú utazás végén a hazatérést."
Az epsomi rém - csak így suttognak a fátyol mögött rejtőző Emily Beardsworthről, akinek gondos kezei alól gyönyörű, díjnyertes versenylovak kerülnek ki. Birtokuk magányában a fiatal hölgy minden idejét az állatoknak szenteli, és kerüli a kíváncsi tekinteteket, rejtegeti torz arcát.
Egy nap azonban a szomszédos Ewell-házba beköltöznek a Maxwell fivérek. Lovel jóképű, megnyerő - és sajnos örökölte apjuk szerencsejáték-szenvedélyét. Az ő bohémságával szöges ellentétben áll bátyja, William, aki egy csöndes és magának való csillagász.
Vajon milyen jövőt tartogat számukra a sors?
Andrea O'Lacy XIX. századi Angliában játszódó regénye egy élő, pulzáló és érzelemdús történet, egy hiteles korrajz keretében. Izgalmas sorsok, ármány, barátság és egy óvatosan bontakozó szerelem elevenedik meg a lapokon.
A Sultan in Palermo
The fourth novel in Tariq Ali's 'Islam Quintet' charts the life and loves of the medieval cartographer Muhammed al-Idrisi. Torn between his close friendship with the sultan and his friends who are leaving the island or plotting a resistance to Norman rule, Idrisi finds temporary solace in the harem; but his conscience is troubled... A Sultan in Palermo is a mythic novel in which pride, greed, and lust intermingle with resistance and greatness. Debunking myths about Oriental exoticism, it echoes a past that can still be heard today.
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. Ali is particularly deft at evoking what life must have been like for those doomed inhabitants, besieged on all sides by intolerant Christendom. "This is a novel that have something to say, and says it well."-The Guardian
Fireflies in Winter
Selected by the New York Times as a 'Dazzling, Immersive New Historical Fiction' Title. A mesmerising novel of two young women who fight for love, survival and a spark of hope on the edge of the wilderness. From the acclaimed author of the Good Morning America Book Club pick River Sing Me Home. 'Simply luminous. A book to treasure' KATE QUINN, author of The Huntress'Captivating... A memorable tale of two young women yearning for home and love' CHARMAINE WILKERSON, author of Black Cake'Eleanor Shearer has a compelling way of taking a chamber in history we think we know already, then leading us through hidden doors' PATRICK GALE, author of A Place Called Winter'Truly a book for these times; a testament to love, and the indomitable human spirit' CHIKODILI EMELUMADU, author of Dazzling'Haunting, atmospheric and compelling' JESSICA MOOR, author of Hold Back the Night------------Nova Scotia 1796. Cora, an orphan newly arrived from Jamaica, has never felt cold like this. In the depths of winter, everyone in her community huddles together in their homes to keep warm. So when she sees a shadow slipping through the trees, Cora thinks her eyes are deceiving her. Until she creeps out into the moonlight and finds the tracks in the snow. Agnes is in hiding. On the run from her former life, she has learned what it takes to survive alone in the wilderness. But she can afford no mistakes. When she first spies the young woman in the woods, she is afraid. Yet Cora is fearless, and their paths are destined to cross. Deep among the cedars, Cora and Agnes find a fragile place of safety. But when Agnes's past closes in, they are confronted with the dangerous price of freedom - and of love... With evocative prose and immersive storytelling, a powerful novel about love - love for the wilderness in all its unforgiving beauty, and love between two women who risk everything to be together. Praise for River Sing Me Home:'A strong and beautiful novel that stares into the face of brutality and the heart of love' Jeanette Winterson'An intense and absorbing debut' The Sunday Times'Magnificent... Epic and lyrical, a story about love and the power it brings us' Frank Cottrell-Boyce'Moving and dynamic' Guardian
The Stone Woman
Istanbul, 1899. The last great Islamic empire is in serious trouble. The family of Iskender Pasha, an Ottoman notable, has retired to its summer palace. Then a former tutor poses a question which the family has been refusing to confront for almost a century: 'Your Ottoman Empire is like a drunken prostitute, neither knowing nor caring who will take her next. Do I exaggerate, Memed?' This passionate story of jealousies, betrayals and vendettas charts the decay of the Empire and the rise of a new generation which is deeply hostile to the myths of the 'golden days.' The power of the 'Islam Quintet' lies both in the story-telling and its challenge against stereotyped images of life under Islam.
The Book of Saladin
The Book of Saladin is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem, as dictated to a Jewish scribe, Ibn Yakub. Saladin grants Ibn Yakub permission to talk to his wife and retainers so that he might present a full portrait in the Sultan's memoirs. A series of interconnected stories follows, tales brimming over with warmth, earthy humor and passions in which ideals clash with realities and dreams are confounded by desires. The novel charts the rise of Saladin as Sultan of Egypt and Syria and follows him as he prepares to take Jerusalem back from the Crusaders. This is a medieval story, but it uncannily points to contemporary events in Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad.
Night of the Golden Butterfly
Night of the Golden Butterfly concludes the Islam Quintet-Tariq Ali's much lauded series of historical novels, over twenty years in the writing, which has been translated into a dozen languages Completing an epic panorama that began in fifteenth-century Moorish Spain, the concluding novel moves between the cities of the twenty-first century, from Lahore to London, from Paris to Beijing. The narrator is rung one morning and reminded that he owes a debt of honour. The creditor is Mohammed Aflatun-known as Plato-an irascible but gifted painter living in a Pakistan where "human dignity has become a wreckage." Plato, who once specialized in stepping back from the limelight, now wants his life story written. As the tale unravels we meet Plato's London friend Alice Stepford, now a leading music critic in New York; Mrs. "Naughty" Latif, the Islamabad housewife whose fondness for generals forces her to flee to the salons of intellectually fashionable Paris, where she becomes an overnight celebrity, hailed as the Diderot of the Islamic world; and there's Jindie, the Golden Butterfly of the title, the narrator's first love. The daughter of a Chinese family long settled in Lahore, Jindie is now married to his best friend, a Republican heart surgeon in DC, whose children cannot forgive him for saving the life of a much-despised politician. Interwoven with this chronicle of contemporary life is the turbulent history of Jindie's family. Her great forebear, Du Wénxiu, led a Muslim rebellion in Yunnan in the nineteenth century and ruled the region from his capital Dali for almost a decade as Sultan Suleiman. Night of the Golden Butterfly shows Ali in full flight, at once imaginative and intelligent, satirical and stimulating.
Aristokrat
Británie, 1841: mladý zamilovaný baron a malíř Roger Legran je falešně obviněn z podvodu a deportován do Austrálie. V nelítostných podmínkách trestanecké kolonie narazí na učence, od kterého se učí nejenom filozofii a historii, ale i obchodní praktiky. Roger vše podřídí touze uprchnout z vězení a vrátit se domů, aby očistil své jméno a opět získal lásku své životní i umělecké múzy Julie.
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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
