Resultados para "La plume" en Novela histórica

Londres, 1930. Desde que abrió una agencia de investigación privada en Londres, ha habido muchos cambios en la vida de Maisie Dobbs: tiene la oficina en Fitzroy Square, Billy Beale se ha convertido en su asistente y conduce un coche rojo. Ha demostrado su valía como investigadora, e incluso se ha ganado el respeto del inspector Stratton de Scotland Yard, todo un logro para una mujer que pasó de sirvienta a detective. En la primavera de 1930, Maisie recibe un encargo de Joseph Waite, un hombre rico hecho a sí mismo, para que encuentre a su hija, Charlotte, una heredera fugitiva.

"Bloom where you're planted," is the advice Christine Bolz receives from her beloved Oma. But 17-year-old domestic Christine knows there is a whole world waiting beyond her small German village. It's a world she's begun to glimpse through music, books - and through Isaac Bauerman, the cultured son of the wealthy Jewish family she works for.

Yet the future she and Isaac dream of sharing faces greater challenges than their difference in stations. In the fall of 1938, Germany is changing rapidly under Hitler's regime....

1926: Harriet Stone, a liberated, educated Black woman, and Lovey, the orphaned, biracial, 12-year-old she is bound to protect are Harlem-bound, embarking on a new, hopefully less traumatic, chapter in their lives. They have been invited to move from Connecticut by Harriet’s cousin, Junetta Plum, who runs a boarding house for independent-minded single women. It’s a bold move since Harriet has never met Junetta, but the fatalities of the Spanish flu and other tragedies have already forced her and Lovey to face their worst fears.

இந்தத் தொகுப்பில் இருக்கும் 'ப்ளம் மரங்கள் பூத்து விட்டன' நான் இந்திய வட கிழக்குப் பிரதேசங்களில் இருந்தபோது எனக்கு ஏற்பட்ட அனுபவங்களினால் பிறந்தவை.

In Tokyo, Angelica Navarro, a Filipina nurse who has been working in Japan for the last five years, is the caretaker for Sayoko Itou, an intensely private woman about to turn 100 years old. Angelica is a dedicated nurse, working night and day to keep her paperwork in order, obey the strict labor laws for foreign nationals, study for her ongoing proficiency exams, and most of all keep her demanding client happy.  

As the beloved stepdaughter of the Earl of Castleton, Lady Mariah Lyons cherishes her home at Plumford Manor, but her idyllic world will be threatened when the estate passes to Cyril Lightbourne, a childhood friend she hasn’t seen or heard from in years. Once, Mariah dreamed their friendship would kindle into something more, but that was before she heard Cyril was courting the cruelhearted Lady Pearl. Now Mariah is willing to welcome him as a friend and pray he will be the heir her stepfather needs, but she’ll keep her heart locked safely away from anyone with such poor taste.

Murder is so theatrical… Lady Ginger Gold and her husband Basil head to the countryside for a weekend of elegance and art at the estate of Lady Horatia Zouch-Nettleby. But beneath the glamour of a masked ball and private auction swirl whispers of blackmail, betrayal —and a scandal from Ginger’s own family past. When a provocative artist is found gruesomely murdered, Ginger must unmask a killer before the next secret turns deadly. Murder in the Painted Mask is a classic locked-room mystery brimming with 1920s glamour, sharp wit, and deadly secrets.

1607. Dans l'Alger des corsaires barbaresques, une mission de rédemption des esclaves chrétiens veut à tout prix faire libérer Alexander, l'homme sans lequel Maria ne rentrera pas en Espagne. Son père, don Miguel, sollicite Mansour, le turjman personnel du Pacha d'Alger afin de hâter les choses. Simple transaction à conclure ? Pas du tout ! Pas dans cette cité où l'amour et la guerre ne sauraient vivre l'un sans l'autre.

Plongez dans l’univers fascinant des Lais de Marie de France ! Découvrez une collection de récits médiévaux captivants, où se mêlent amour courtois, aventures chevaleresques et mystères enchantés. Une plongée dans l’imaginaire médiéval. Marie de France, considérée comme la première femme écrivain de la langue française, nous transporte dans un Moyen Âge empreint de féerie et de passion. À travers ces lais, elle tisse des histoires riches en symbolisme et en poésie, qui continuent d'inspirer et de fasciner encore aujourd'hui.

Chaque année, à la mi-carême, se tient, à la Salpêtrière, le très mondain Bal des folles. Le temps d'une soirée, le Tout-Paris s'encanaille en compagnie de femmes déguisées en colombines, gitanes, zouaves et autres mousquetaires. Ce bal "costumé et dansant" n'est rien d'autre qu'une des dernières expérimentations du docteur Charcot, adepte de l'exposition des fous.

《金瓶梅》借《水浒传》中武松杀嫂一段故事为引子，通过对兼有官僚、恶霸、富商三种身份的封建时代市侩势力的代表人物西门庆及其家庭罪恶生活的描述，揭露了明代中叶社会的黑暗和腐败…… 《金瓶梅》借《水滸傳》中武松殺嫂一段故事為引子，通過對兼有官僚、惡霸、富商三種身份的封建時代市儈勢力的代表人物西門慶及其家庭罪惡生活的描述，揭露了明代中葉社會的黑暗和腐敗……

《金瓶梅》借《水浒传》中武松杀嫂一段故事为引子，通过对兼有官僚、恶霸、富商三种身份的封建时代市侩势力的代表人物西门庆及其家庭罪恶生活的描述，揭露了明代中叶社会的黑暗和腐败…… 《金瓶梅》借《水滸傳》中武松殺嫂一段故事為引子，通過對兼有官僚、惡霸、富商三種身份的封建時代市儈勢力的代表人物西門慶及其家庭罪惡生活的描述，揭露了明代中葉社會的黑暗和腐敗……

《金瓶梅》借《水浒传》中武松杀嫂一段故事为引子，通过对兼有官僚、恶霸、富商三种身份的封建时代市侩势力的代表人物西门庆及其家庭罪恶生活的描述，揭露了明代中叶社会的黑暗和腐败…… 《金瓶梅》借《水滸傳》中武松殺嫂一段故事為引子，通過對兼有官僚、惡霸、富商三種身份的封建時代市儈勢力的代表人物西門慶及其家庭罪惡生活的描述，揭露了明代中葉社會的黑暗和腐敗……

1942. Pilot Dave Delham revels at the success of his historic Japanese bombing mission. Until he's caught and endures years of torture at the hands of cruel captors. Despairing that he'll survive, Dave vows if he escapes, he'll answer God's call on his life. Osaka, Japan, 1948. Miyako Matsuura longs to restore her family's shattered honor. After watching her little brother die in a horrific American air raid, she was reduced to selling her body to survive.

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED! Lauren Willig’s Pink Carnation novels have been hailed as “sheer fun”* and “charming.”** Now she takes readers on an adventure filled with hidden treasure and a devilishly handsome English colonel.... Colonel William Reid has returned home from India to retire...

When the long-cherished statue of the Santo Nino de Atocha disappears, village leaders decide to keep the news from the Church hierarchy for fear of reprisal. They suspect the culprits are among local hippies, Protestants, drug dealers, Anglos and other outsiders. But when the statue mysteriously reappears and their beloved chapel sacristan is attacked, favorite son Jay Sierra and his pal, Ernie Lucero, team up to investigate.

Dernier roman de Victor Hugo, Quatrevingt-treize est un roman d’aventure épique et une fresque historique magistrale, qui plonge au cœur de la Révolution française et de ses déchirements. 1793, La France vacille, prise dans la tourmente de la Terreur. Dans l’Ouest, les troupes républicaines affrontent les royalistes insurgés dans une guerre civile féroce.

The 1928 Amsterdam Olympics set the stage for Ginger's latest adventure. Excited yet conflicted, Ginger faces a historic moment: women's debut in the games amid a British boycott. The plot thickens when an English sprinter is found dead. Was it a protest against the boycott, or is something darker at play? Ginger and Basil race to assist Dutch police, unraveling a mystery where the stakes are life or death, and the finish line means survival.

For fans of Ginger Gold and Basil Reed — this is the wedding you’ve been waiting for! The bride and groom prepare for their big day, but of course, things don’t go exactly as planned. Told from the alternating points of view of many of the beloved characters in the world of Ginger Gold, you’ll find yourself holding your breath, anticipating that happily ever after.

Clive Pippins, Lady Ginger Gold’s beloved, elderly butler is apparently Christmas shopping when a body is found. To the shock of everyone in Ginger’s household, the victim is the spinster cousin Pippins worked for during the years surrounding the Great War.