Resultados para "Intrige" en Literatura y ficción

No vuelve con un detective chiflado, sino con nueve. No vuelve con un caso, sino con tres.Vuelve el mejor Eduardo Mendoza. Barcelona, primavera de 2022. Los miembros de una organización gubernamental secreta se enfrentan a la peligrosísima investigación de tres casos que tal vez estén relacionados entre sí, o tal vez no: la aparición de un cuerpo sin vida en un hotel de Las Ramblas, la desaparición de un millonario británico en su yate y las singulares finanzas de Conservas Fernández.

Candela guarda secretos que, veinticinco años más tarde, se ve obligada a desvelar. Nadie imagina que esa mujer de 1970 tiene un pasado turbulento. Debe dar respuestas a sus hijos. En 1934 dejó su Málaga natal rumbo a Nueva York. Una niña que maduró de golpe, con cualidades que la hacían especial y unas amistades que marcaron su destino y la llevaron a cometer errores. Después de la Guerra Civil, la Segunda Guerra Mundial la trajo de vuelta como agente de los servicios secretos norteamericanos, pero una incontrolable relación pasional puso en peligro su misión.

¿Qué haces para enamorar a una mujer si eres parte de un cuerpo de élite militar? Fácil, te la llevas a una misión en tu país natal, Cuba, y le enseñas lo maravilloso que sería estar contigo. Y todo sería perfecto si no tuvieras que casarte con ella para protegerla, tu madre y tu abuela se empeñaran en que no sea solo un matrimonio falso y que además tengas que ayudar en un golpe de estado por parte de disidentes.

A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths. The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. And the second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves. The Endless War between Maridrina and Valcotta has raged for generations, leaving thousands of Zarrah’s people dead and countless more orphaned. So when she’s given command of the contested city of Nerastis, Zarrah is prepared to do whatever it takes to destroy the Maridrinian forces who oppose her. And to kill the Veliant prince who leads them.

Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind. But she's a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window. She's young. She's alone. And she's covered in blood.

A queen now in exile as a traitor, Lara has watched Ithicana be conquered by her own father, helpless to do anything to stop the destruction. But when she learns her husband, Aren, has been captured in battle, Lara knows there is only one reason her father is keeping him alive: as bait for his traitorous daughter. And it is bait she fully intends to take. Risking her life to the Tempest Seas, Lara returns to Ithicana with a plan not only to free its king, but for liberating the Bridge Kingdom from her father’s clutches using his own weapons: the sisters whose lives she spared.

En el año 1869 la capital de Cuba se agita en una tensa contradicción: tras el lujo y la frivolidad se ocultan conspiradores y grupos paramilitares; mansiones y palacetes se alzan junto a peligrosas barriadas marginales, y, entre los rescoldos de unos tiempos dorados, crece el fantasma de la guerra. Desde que hace diecinueve años lo encontraran en la calle, perdido y conmocionado, siendo todavía un niño, un extraño pintor ha vivido recluido en una humilde pensión, asomándose al mundo únicamente para plasmarlo sobre el lienzo.

Lara has only one thought for her husband on their wedding day: I will bring your kingdom to its knees. A princess trained from childhood to be a lethal spy, Lara knows that the Bridge Kingdom represents both legendary evil - and legendary promise. The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom controls all trade and travel between lands, allowing its ruler to enrich himself and deprive his enemies, including Lara’s homeland. So when she is sent as a bride under the guise of fulfilling a treaty of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes....

Morgana kennt nur die Dunkelheit der Höhle, in der sie gefangen gehalten wurde – bis sie endlich entkommt. Doch auch in Freiheit lassen sie Ängste und düstere Träume nicht los. Plötzlich erkrankt der Baum, unter dem das Herz ihrer Mutter, der Göttin Terrent, schlägt. Nun liegt es allein an Morgana, die sterbende Insel zu retten. Gemeinsam mit dem Wolfsprinzen Lycan begibt sie sich auf eine gefährliche Reise durch verwunschene Wälder, um ein Heilmittel für den Baum zu suchen.

Thirty-year-old Black woman Sidney Taylor is a talented early American history professor, working in fast-paced Washington DC, with her eyes on promotion. She's also currently persona non grata. Who knew that making an inconvenient historical discovery would see her stuck at her desk, shuffling paper? So when she receives an anonymous and very cryptic invitation to visit historic small-town Robbinsville, North Carolina and hunt for a missing archaeological treasure—with a million-dollar payout at stake—it's one she can't refuse.

Set during the reign of Louis XIII (1610-43) and based on actual events, The Three Musketeers is perhaps the greatest "cloak and sword" story ever written. Three Musketeers, loyal servants of the King, are joined by the dashing D'Artagnan, a veritable Byronic hero. These four are pitted against the master of intrigue, Cardinal Richelieu, and the quintessential wicked woman, Lady de Winter. Dumas was quite expert in pacing and varying action while weaving historical fact with purest fiction.

A venticinque anni, Prudence Merryweather sa bene quali rischi corre una donna andando a trovare un gentiluomo nel cuore della notte. Ma affrontare il famigerato conte di Angelstone nella sua stanza è l’unico modo per impedirgli di coinvolgere in un duello quella testa calda di suo fratello. Ed è così che, alle tre del mattino, viene ricevuta dalla presenza proibita di Sebastian, che la bacia, con passione, prima dell’alba. Una ragazza di campagna, ingenua e innocente, nient’altro che un’esperienza intrigante per un uomo abituato a vivere nell’ombra.

José María Blanco y Crespo, llamado Blanco White, nació en Sevilla el 11 de julio de 1775, hijo de Guillermo Blanco, vicecónsul inglés en Sevilla durante el reinado de Fernando VI.

Am 22. Dezember 1894 wird der französische Hauptmann Alfred Dreyfus von einem Kriegsgericht wegen Landesverrat zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt und auf die Teufelsinsel vor Französisch-Guayana verbannt. In den Wirren der Affäre, die ganz Frankreich erschüttert, gibt es nur wenige, die zu ihm halten. Oberstleutnant Marie-Georges Picquart, der neue Geheimdienstchef, ist zunehmend von Dreyfus' Unschuld überzeugt und rollt den Fall neu auf.

They stole my throne and stood by while I was taken captive. To reclaim my crown, I must trust my worst enemy. When I wake up in a coffin after the worst Clan wedding in Malhaven’s history, vengeance is the only thing keeping me alive. But the world I claw back into is colder than death. My father, the leader of the Protectorate Clan, is dead. My uncle sits on the throne meant for me. I’ve been taken to a brutal, frozen land ruled by the ruthless Commander, a man as terrifying as he is magnetic.

The neighborhood of the Little East is a collision of cultures, languages, and traditions, hidden away in the city of Maradaine. A set of streets to be avoided or ignored. When a foreign dignitary is murdered, solving the crime falls to the most unpopular inspectors in the Maradaine Constabulary: exposed fraud Satrine Rainey, and Uncircled mage Minox Welling.

Brighton, 1813. The upper class departs London's bustling streets for the serene seaside elegance of the Royal Pavilion. A summer of relaxation and romance beckons, especially for Lord Roland Percy and Lady Grace Tilbury. Yet, tranquillity is shattered when a key military advisor is found murdered and his secret military codes stolen, plunging the Prince Regent into a frenzy. Under royal edict, the Pavilion is locked down, leaving Roland and Grace with a daunting ultimatum: recover the missing codes or forfeit the royal favor on their budding courtship.

Håkan Nessers große Kino-Trilogie. "In Liebe Agnes": Agnes und Henny sind alte Schulfreundinnen, die sich seit Jahrzehnten nicht mehr gesehen haben. Auf der Beerdigung von Agnes' Mann treffen sie sich wieder. Zögerlich beginnen sie sich erneut anzunähern, schreiben sich Briefe, vertrauen sich Geheimnisse an. Doch eine von beiden spielt falsch... "Die Wildorchidee aus Samaria": Ein Sprachlehrer in besten Verhälntissen erhält die handgeschriebene Notiz einer Frau, die eigentlich seit dreißig Jahren tot ist. Darin bittet sie ihn, dorthin zurückzukommen, wo alles begann - in seine alte Heimatstadt.

Mags was an orphan and slave of ‘bad blood’ who toiled in a gem mine all his young life. He would have died before adulthood, had he not been Chosen and taken to Haven to be trained in the new Herald Collegium. Now, Mags was never hungry and never cold. He slept in a real bed in his own room and, most importantly, he had Dallen, who was like another part of himself. And yet, aside from Lena and Bear, both loners like he was, he couldn’t relate to most of the trainees.

During 1958, with a predominantly male workforce, societal norms dictate women should be compliant, fashionable housewives. To Ariadne Winter, the sole tradition she aims to embrace is that of being fashionable. Amidst the ambiance of Ivy Tree Inn, where she's been dispatched as a writer for Ladies' Lifestyle magazine, her focus wavers as she grapples with an interview assignment concerning a Hollywood starlet on the cusp of royal matrimony—an event hailed as the "Wedding of the Century."