Resultados para "Norma Penguin" en Novela histórica

The classic novel--and hit Broadway show--about escaped convict Jean Valjean has been adapted with easy-to-read text, large type, and short chapters. This engaging adaptation of the timeless tale is ideal for reluctant readers and kids not yet ready to tackle the original...

Summer, 1953. The sun is shining on Little Green Street, the bunting is being brought out, and Britain is getting ready to crown its new Queen. Except Helen Jones doesn't feel much like celebrating. Her father passed away last year, on the very same day as King George. Life hasn't felt the same ever since. Her husband Tad has a plan. As the newly-appointed chair of the small town's Coronation Tea Party committee, he's hoping that the day will be the perfect moment to bring a spark of joy back to their little family - and to the whole community.

In 1920s Toronto, best friends Lily di Marco and Mae Thebault used to be inseparable. They lived under the same roof and cared for each other's children - in a world where men held all the power, they looked out for one another. But then the Great Depression hits, changing their relationship...

En Tokio, 1971, el maestro Yoshikawa se desangra en el piso de su mansión. En Vladivostok, 1938, Ekaterina Nikolayéva, acusada de traición contra la patria, espera su juicio y condena. También en Vladivostok, pero en 2019, Takumi recibe una llamada de emergencia desde su país natal: su hermana fue encontrada casi muerta en una barranca del Estado de México y él decide volver a casa. Tres vidas entrelazadas por un libro que viaja a través de los años y la desazón que cruza por cada uno de los personajes, pero que es, al fin y al cabo, varias historias de amor.