Resultados para "Charlotte Penguin" en Novela histórica

Charlotte Salomon, pintora alemana de origen judío, abandona Berlín tras una relación amorosa que dejará en ella una huella definitiva. Huyendo de los nazis, se refugia en el sur de Francia junto a sus abuelos, quienes custodian un secreto que Charlotte no debe conocer.

Prusia 1914. Felicia ha crecido muy protegida en Lulinn, la finca familiar en Prusia Oriental. Le encanta montar a caballo, vivir rodeada de naturaleza y pasar todo el tiempo que puede con Maksim, su compañero de juegos de infancia de quien está enamorada. Pero tiempos nuevos y convulsos llegan hasta su paraíso privado y Maksim, impresionado por las ideas revolucionarias procedentes de Rusia, decide marcharse a ese país.

Alemania, mayo de 1938. El fantasma del nazismo amenaza Europa pero Felicia, fuerte e inconformista, maneja con decisión el timón de su familia y su empresa. A su hija Belle no le importa la política, solo piensa en su carrera en el cine y en el hombre de sus sueños, con quien espera casarse muy pronto.

Felicia Lavergne sigue dirigiendo su próspero negocio pero sabe que su tiempo se acaba y que tendrá que dejar el mando a los jóvenes. Sus hijas no están preparadas para asumir su legado. Belle vive en Estados Unidos desde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial pero nunca se ha adaptado a ese país. Siempre está deprimida y ahoga sus penas en alcohol. Susanne, por su parte, vive distanciada de sus hijas con quienes ha sido incapaz de afrontar el trauma de un esposo y padre criminal de guerra nazi.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of...

In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young Scottish woman, goes to occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman called Peter Gregory, who has gone missing in action.

Penguin Classics presents Charlotte Brontë's Shirley, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Juliet Stevenson. 'Alas, Experience! No other mentor has so wasted and frozen a face as yours: none wears a robe so...

Lady Emma, la menor de los Milford, no es como las demás señoritas de la alta sociedad londinense. A ella no le interesan los bailes, el cortejo ni contraer matrimonio con un hombre adecuado pero seguramente aburrido. Lo que Emma quiere es permanecer soltera para tener el control absoluto de su vida y disfrutar de ella en todos los sentidos.

Todo el mundo sabe que a una joven soltera que posea una cierta fortuna le hace falta un esposo, y lady Jane Milford no es una excepción. Por eso acaba de ser presentada como debutante para cumplir con el deber que marca la sociedad: casarse con el pretendiente más adecuado.

Brought to you by Penguin. The Mermaid Collection A classic from beloved national treasure Fay Weldon sees four women break the shackles of patriarchy and domesticity in 1950s London, from the author of The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil With a foreword by Jenny Colgan ‘Down among the women...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Mermaid Collection A gorgeously rich coming of age novel that sees young English governess Ellen fall head over heels for Tuscany after taking a job as a governess in 1933, even in the face of unrequited love and political tension. With a foreword by Jennie Godfrey...

Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë were detectors in this charming historical mystery... Yorkshire, 1845. A young wife and mother has gone missing from her home, leaving behind two small children and a large pool of blood. Just a few...

Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling...

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER RECIPIENT OF THE WOMEN’S PRIZE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD Welcome to a world turned upside down. One minute, Doris, from England, is playing hide-and-seek with her sisters in the fields behind their...

A voyage of discovery, two remarkable women, and an extraordinary time and place enrich this New York Times bestselling novel by Tracy Chevalier, author of At the Edge of the Orchard and Girl With a Pearl Earring. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by acclaimed actress Adjoa Andoh, known for her extensive film, television and stage roles, including lead roles with the RSC, The National Theatre and The Almeida. She is also an Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator. This definitive...

“I cannot recommend this series enough.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood AS SEEN ON THE TODAY SHOW Solving crimes as Sherlock Holmes gets entirely too personal for Charlotte Holmes in this enthralling Victorian mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of A Study...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the first novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted...

Nominated for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel The reimagining of Jane Eyre as a gutsy, heroic serial killer that The New York Times Book Review calls “wonderfully entertaining” and USA Today describes as “sheer mayhem meets Victorian propriety.” “A thrill ride of a novel. A must...