Resultados para "Diana" en Ficción biográfica

Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II. Single, six foot two, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General "Wild Bill" Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services.

The essence of an addict is as unique and personal as one’s fingerprints. After years of hopping on and off the train of destruction, Luke’s life comes to a screeching halt. Thrust into sobriety by a ten-year jail sentence for running guns across a state line, reality and illusionary realms become blurred. Luke, once known as the boy who shot his brother, delves into his past through a series of dreams. Travel the twisted road of addiction as Luke navigates his way through fixation, love, self-awareness, forgiveness, and faith.

Born into poverty and raised in a brothel, Nell Gwynne sells oranges in the pit at London's King's Theater, newly reopened after the plague and the Great Fire devastated the city. Soon, her quick sense of humor and natural charm get her noticed by those who have the means to make her life easier. But the street-smart Nell knows a woman doesn't get ahead by selling her body. Through talent, charm, intelligence, and sheer determination, Nell works her way out of the pit and onto the stage to become the leading comedic actress of the day.

Rome, 1520. The Eternal City is in mourning. Raphael Sanzio, beloved painter and national hero, has died suddenly at the height of his fame. His body lies in state at the Pantheon. At the nearby convent of Sant'Apollonia, a young woman comes to the Mother Superior, seeking refuge. She is Margherita Luti, a baker's daughter from a humble neighborhood on the Tiber, now an outcast from Roman society, persecuted by enemies within the Vatican. Margherita was Raphael's beloved and appeared as the Madonna in many of his paintings. But now that Raphael is gone, the convent is her only hope.

As the beautiful daughter of courtiers, Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount is overjoyed when she secures a position as maid of honor to Katherine of Aragon. But when she captures the attention of the king himself, there are whispers that the queen ought to be worried for her throne. When Bess gives birth to a healthy son the whispers become a roar. But soon the infamous Boleyn girls come to court and Henry's love for her begins to fade.

Annie Fox will stop at nothing to serve her country. But what happens when her country fails her? In November 1941, Annie Fox, an Army nurse, is transferred to Hickam Field, an air force base in Honolulu. The others on her transport plane are thrilled to work in paradise, but Annie sees her new duty station as the Army's way of holding the door open to her retirement. But serving her country is her calling and she will go wherever she is told.

Mary Tudor, the headstrong younger sister of the ruthless King Henry VII, has always been her brother's favorite—but now she is also an important political bargaining chip. When she is promised to the elderly, ailing King Louis of France, a heartbroken Mary accepts her fate, but not before extracting a promise from her brother: When the old king dies, her next marriage shall be solely of her choosing. For Mary has a forbidden passion, and is determined, through her own cunning, courage, and boldness, to forge her own destiny.

Diana: A Spencer in Love is a novel that spans the first extraordinary year of Princess Diana’s royal life. As a novel, it tells the story from Diana’s own point of view - this is her voice telling us what happened in the early ’80s. Everyone knows the bare facts about Lady Diana Spencer, but no one has told the story of what this remarkable young woman was thinking, feeling, and experiencing during this incredible time.

Obligada a ocultarse en una cueva, como fiera perseguida, una mujer embarazada delira entre la fiebre y los dolores de su inminente parto. Las llagas en la cara, la oscuridad del cubil y la suciedad del cuerpo, ocultan el esplendor de una vida llena de lujos, luces y libros. Este es sólo uno de los apasionantes pasajes en los que Celia del Palacio nos sumerge en Leona. Apoyada en una documentación acuciosa, la autora recrea el convulso tiempo en que vivió uno de los personajes fundamentales de la Independencia de México: Leona Vicario.

It's a journey that most deem an insane impossibility. Yet on October 20th, 1811, Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt—daughter of one of the architects of the United States Capitol—fearlessly boards the steamship New Orleans in Pittsburgh. Eight months pregnant and with a toddler in tow, Lydia is fiercely independent despite her youth. She's also accustomed to defying convention. Against her father's wishes, she married his much older business colleague, inventor Nicholas Roosevelt—builder of the New Orleans—and spent her honeymoon on a primitive flatboat. But the stakes for this trip are higher.

Nelle sue molte vite, Diana Karenne è stata qualsiasi cosa: straniera misteriosa, femme fatale, zingara, cantante, imprenditrice cinematografica, spia, suora strappata al convento, santa, contessa, regina, zarina. Prima che il tempo ne cancellasse ogni ricordo, fra il 1916 e il 1919 è stata soprattutto la più affascinante diva del cinema muto italiano. Diana si destreggia fra aristocratici, diplomatici, produttori dalla fama di banditi, attori a caccia di conquiste, sempre inseguita dal sospetto di essere una spia. Si sposta da Roma a Torino, da Milano a Napoli e Genova.

"Es tut uns sehr leid, Ihnen mitteilen zu müssen..."Den restlichen Teil der Beileidsbekundung zum Tod ihres Ehemannes nimmt Nele nicht mehr wahr. Seitdem schwelgt sie immer wieder in Erinnerungen und driftet ab in eine Welt, in der Aaron noch an ihrer Seite ist. Wie lange dauert es, bis man den Verlust seines Seelenverwandten überwunden hat? Nele findet ihren ganz eigenen Weg. Eine traurig schöne Geschichte zum Eintauchen, Reinfühlen und Hoffnung schöpfen.

Based on the true story of Diane Sutton, 28, the former model and heiress who died after apparent suicide by train at Surbiton station, leaving behind a five-year-old son. The story of Diane Sutton and her son, Byron, is narrated by journalist Mathew Taylor, who was commissioned to write a 2,000-piece for a national daily, focusing on winter suicides.

Kalifornien, 1940. Für die kleine Dian steht früh fest: Sie will einmal mit Tieren arbeiten. Viele Jahre später reist Dian tatsächlich nach Afrika, um dort die bedrohten Berggorillas zu erforschen. In den Nebelwäldern gelingt ihr Bemerkenswertes: der direkte Kontakt zu den scheuen Tieren. Eine einzigartige Freundschaft entsteht, die bald die ganze Welt kennt. Aber nicht nur den Tieren gehört Dians Herz. Als sie dem Fotografen Bob begegnet, verliebt sie sich Hals über Kopf in den verheirateten Mann.

Lady Diana - die Ikone ihrer Zeit. London, 1978: Die siebzehnjährige Diana Spencer ist zu Gast auf einem Polospiel. Da sie selbst einer der angesehensten Adelsfamilien des Landes entstammt, ist die Welt, in der sie sich an diesem Tag bewegt, nicht fremd. Im Gegenteil, es beginnt ein Flirt mit dem zukünftigen König Großbritanniens, der ihr Leben für immer verändern soll: Keine drei Jahre später steht sie vor 3.500 geladenen Gästen in der St. Paul's Cathedral und feiert die Hochzeit des Jahrhunderts.

Behind the Iron Curtain, the Truth Can Kill You. Europe, 1956. The Iron Curtain divides the Free West from the Soviet Bloc, and the battle for hearts and minds is waged with words, not bullets. Charlie Atkins, a 23-year-old California farm girl, works at Radio Free Europe in Munich, relaying Western news to millions trapped behind Soviet borders. She longs to report real stories—like her own, marked by the mysterious disappearance of her father, Captain A. J. Atkins, in the last days of World War II. Her boss dismisses her: too young, too green, too female.

An unwanted pregnancy leads a bright young woman into a life she could never have imagined. Unique, sad, and sometimes darkly humorous, A Grave above Ground is a beggar's tale. It is about how easily life can change–like escaping persecution and living as a refugee and homeless person–but also the beauty and limits experienced with the healing power of love and care. Its about reconciliation with loss and pain, as well as awakening and closure.

In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century. When fifteen-year-old Ella...

Welcome to the mostly true memoir of Quincy, an Irish soft-coated wheaten terrier. Learn about Quincy's life as he describes his time with his dog mom and his puppy siblings and feel the mixture of concern and excitement as they all go to their forever homes with their new pet parents. Quincy tells us his thoughts as he moved to New Jersey with his new parents, Diane and John, and then describes the adventures he experiences with his humans until his parents bring home a tiny wheaten terrier puppy named Duffy.

Au retour d'un séjour marquant à Berlin, Diane Meur, fidèle à son goût pour les filiations, décide de mener l'enquête sur Abraham Mendelssohn, banquier oublié de l'histoire, qui servit de pont entre le Voltaire allemand et un compositeur romantique plus précoce encore que Mozart. Mais comment ne pas remonter d'abord à l'origine, à Moses, le petit infirme du ghetto, qui à onze ans maîtrisait Torah et Talmud, à quatorze ans partit seul sur les routes rejoindre à Berlin un professeur bien-aimé ? Comment, en pleines années 2010, ne pas se passionner pour cet apôtre de la tolérance, grand défenseur de la liberté de culte et d'opinion ?