Resultados para "La bruja" en Histórico

Bearnard Sinclair está atrapado en un compromiso con Isobel Sutherland, una indeseable solterona que vive recluida en su viejo castillo. Pero cuidado, ¡ella es una bruja malvada y deformada que adora a Satanás y lanza maldiciones sobre cualquiera que se cruce en su camino! Acompaña a Bearnard Sinclair, el mayor de los hermanos, en su viaje a través de los paisajes más impresionantes de Escocia mientras descubre el verdadero amor en esta historia llena de acción y romance.

Esta obra cuenta la tragicomedia de un burgués que para superar su existencia anodina se lanza a una aventura amorosa tan dulzona como torpe. En esta última novela de Arlt se manifiestan las debilidades y los rencores y destellan esas «imágenes inapelables y delatadoras» que nos ponen frente a nosotros mismos y nuestras vergonzosas flaquezas.

Lasher es un espíritu demoníaco que se aprovecha de las Mayfair femeninas en su intento de procrear. Rowan Mayfair, reina del clan, ha dado a luz al hijo de Lasher y después ha desaparecido...

Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire that kills her father, Aila and her mother, Janet, move to the remote parish of Loth, north-west of Inverness. Blending in does not come easily to the women: Aila was badly burned in the fire and left with visible injuries, while her mother struggles to maintain her grip on reality. When a temporary minister is appointed in the area, rather than welcome the two women, he develops a strange curiosity for them that sets them even further apart from the community.

Humble Kai aspires to become more than the petite, inconsequential young woman her community sees. Persistence pays off when the village holy leaders reveal a prophecy—Kai might actualize her dream of being a hero if she completes three seemingly impossible tasks. Princess Solveig, descendant of the famous shieldmaiden Sigrid the Valiant, believes she was born to accomplish great things, but her poor eyesight, weak constitution, and lack of physical expertise hold her back. Convinced she can never realize her ambitions, Solveig settles for living vicariously through her warrior girlfriend.