Resultados para "Just" en Novela histórica

A finales del siglo XIX, Barcelona vive una época de esplendor. Acaba de celebrarse con gran éxito la Exposición Universal y una burguesía próspera y culta, que busca inspiración en los salones parisinos, exhibe su elegancia en fiestas y veladas musicales. Pero al otro lado de la ciudad, donde las calles se estrechan y huelen a pobreza, el rencor y la injusticia están fraguando una revolución capaz de recurrir a la violencia más descarnada.

En 1898, tras la guerra de Cuba, Bonaventura Giner regresa a la masía familiar del Penedès, decidido a convertir la finca familiar en una gran heredad y a crear una familia numerosa. A través de las vidas de tres generaciones de Giner, amores clandestinos, odios fraternales y crímenes sin...

Dick and Mary met in the summer of 1958. They were introduced to each other by a mutual friend, Suzanne, on the corner of 172nd Street and Ogden Avenue. Dick was on his way to see his present girlfriend at the time. A year later, early summer 1959, at the same corner, he met Mary once again. This time, Dick was on his way home for his 5: 00 p.m. dinner with his family. Mary said, "I have to go home too. "Dick said, "I'll walk with you." Mary lived one block south of Dick. Dick and Mary exchanged phone numbers.

La protagonista es Berta. Por decisión propia, y que sorprende, acepta casarse con Julio Mitchell. Éste no sólo es más mayor que ella sino que, además, tan sólo lo ha visto una vez. Su decisión hará que abandone Barcelona para marchar a Argentina e iniciar una nueva vida. Berta...

En 'El hospital de los pobres' transcurren la vida, el amor y la pasión por la medicina y el arte gracias a una serie de personajes vinculados al Hospital de Sant Pau: médicos, artistas y mujeres pioneras que tratan de construir su felicidad al mismo tiempo que se elevan los muros de los...

La història darrera de la construcció de l'hospital Sant Pau en la Barcelona modernista. En una ciutat en plena expansió, amb el nou segle a les portes, l'edifici medieval de l'hospital de la Santa Creu agonitza. L'afany modernista mou a metges, artistes i arquitectes a crear un nou hospital per a gent pobre, un que estigui a l'altura de la nova Barcelona. Una novel·la coral que segueix els passos de metges i aspirants, de dones pioneres i artistes, que, pedra a pedra, aixecaran el nou hospital de Sant Pau.

Lorsqu'en 342 avant Jésus-Christ, Aristote devient précepteur d'Alexandre le Grand, futur roi de Macédoine, la relation qui s'établit est aussi enrichissante pour l'un que pour l'autre. Par ses démonstrations concrètes sur une table de dissection comme par ses réflexions éthiques et...

Un viatge a un món nou que compartiran dues dones, unides per la seva amistat i pel seu destí. Corre l'any 1918 i el transatlàntic Reina Victoria Eugenia està a punt de salpar. La Berta Casals, nerviosa pel seu futur, contempla la ciutat de Barcelona perdre's a l'horitzó. A Argentina es casarà amb un home que no coneix i començarà una nova vida. Al vaixell coincideix amb l'Abel, un amic de la infància, i amb la Irina Alexandrovna, la filla d'una ballarina russa. Les dues noies es tornen inseparables i els secrets compartits a alta mar segellaran el seu destí.

Una magnífica novel·la que reivindica «l'altra guerra» en què van lluitar les dones en les ciutats i pobles de Catalunya durant la Guerra Civil quan els seus homes eren al front. La família Molina, formada pel pare, la mare i cinc filles, abandona la seva València natal per anar a...

Here is the complete and unabridged collection of Rudyard Kipling's delightful Just So Stories, which he first told to his own children before setting them down on paper: How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots, How the Elephant Got His Trunk, The Butterfly that Stamped, and many others.

Love covers a multitude of sin. A stolen kiss ignites a fire that burns all the way from Texas to New York City. Torn apart by war, rejection, and a letter with news she never wanted, Lacey Rose takes her shredded heart and runs. Charley figures something isn't right, but is duty-bound to the Confederacy until a deathbed order sets in motion a series of events that test his love, honor, and commitment to the breaking point. Can the two lifelong friends see past the pain to finally realize God's plan for them to be more than just kin?

From slave to ranchman - a historical western based on true events. In return for his freedom, a slave is tasked with the job of delivering a valuable stallion to a horse farm in Tennessee. The Civil War is dying down, and the roads are dangerous, but with some help, the horse is delivered, and the slave sees freedom. Wishing to be freed from any remembrance of the slave farm, John has a last name that he refuses to use.

"How the Whale Got His Throat", "The Elephant's Child", "How the Leopard Got His Spots", "How the Alphabet Was Made" and "The Butterfly That Stamped" are just a few of these enchanting tales of the dawn of the world.

When Charlotte Lucas’s twin brother returns to Meryton after four years in the navy, he rivals even Mrs. Bennet as a meddling matchmaker. Captain Oliver Lucas introduces his two dearest friends, Elizabeth Bennet and Captain Fitzwilliam Darcy, and their discreet courtship begins on the very same night that Elizabeth discovers her childhood friend harbors a secret which will later alter the course of their lives. As Elizabeth’s romance blooms, Jane faces an ultimatum from her mother, and takes drastic measures to secure her engagement to Mr. Bingley.

Taylor Sparks is sick of swiping left or right. Online dating, where a casual glance at a profile forms your opinion of a person, has no sparkle. She has a business idea to make dating special—the Regency Romance Club. Guests fall in love in the regency style, with grand balls and regency pursuits, while enjoying some of Britain’s most magnificent stately homes.

Flanna Brodie, heiress to Brae, is as vibrant and beautiful as the Scottish countryside, and just as wild. She wants no man—only her freedom. But the passions Patrick awakens in her run deeper than those of the flesh. The independent Flanna is determined to champion the royal Stuarts' cause, and restore Charles II to his throne despite her husband's objections. Patrick knows the dangers of such political intrigues; that the Stuarts have always brought misfortune to the Leslies of Glenkirk, and that a roguish king will ask far more of the naïve duchess than a simple vow of fealty.

This novella was previously published in the Happily Ever After Fairytale Anthology. A London Season might be more than she can handle unless she doesn’t have to handle it alone. Honora Pemberton’s life has changed, and not for the better. Over the six months, nearly all her hair has fallen...

Everett Jewel is the hottest star the London stage has seen in a generation. He is brash, sensual, and sure of himself. Men and women throw themselves at his feet, and he laps up the attention. But all of Everett’s glittering star power hides his wounded heart. He has adoration, but he longs for a love that he doesn’t think he’s worthy of, due to his dark past. Metropolitan Police officer Patrick Wrexham has never been wanted by anyone.

Lord Alistair Bevan, Viscount Farnham, has the weight of the world on his shoulders. With his father’s health ailing, the time has come for him to find a wife, produce an heir, and do his duty. But Alistair knows a traditional life is not for him, especially when a chance meeting with valet Joseph Logan turns his world upside down.

Conner Kingsley, the son of the bank's owner, comes to Tucker Mills to investigate and soon releases Reese from obligation and hires her to keep house for him. Reese is grateful for freedom but unsure of her other feelings for Conner. Yet, as her emotional hurts heal, and her faith blossoms, Reese allows herself to trust someone for the first time. But will Conner do the same?