Resultados para "Novelle" en Novela histórica

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...

PREMI PRUDENCI BERTRANA Un relat apassionant sobre la resistència i la perseverança dels nostres avantpassats. Al segle XIII, en una època de conquestes i fervor religiós, Cornèlius Papapoulus, nascut a la noble ciutat de Famagusta, veu la seva vida marcada per una sèrie de renaixements...

Return to the epic fantasy realm of Rokugan's samurai and magic in the collected Legend of the Five Rings novellas, featuring an all-new story of the Lion Clan. A shamed Lion Clan warrior finds a chance for redemption when she discovers a foundling with magical ancestry, whose secrets could change everything. A young monk with a mysterious tattoo must learn to embrace her destiny and become a superhuman hero of the Dragon Clan. The quest for a lost relic leads a team of bold Crab Clan samurai into a dangerous expedition through the monster-haunted depths of Shinomen forest.

At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.

With a promise to her youngest sister, Sarah Summers declares that this year's Christmas at Sea View will exceed all expectations. But an upcoming trip to Scotland—and the prospect of becoming reacquainted with dashing widower Callum Henshall—blows a flurry of doubts into her mind. Sarah had discouraged his attentions before yet soon finds herself once again torn between attraction and duty as alluring thoughts of a second chance at love weave their way into her practical heart.

In this tale of adventure, murder, snakes, revenge, and zombies, the Royal Governor of Jamaica sends an S.O.S. to London, asking urgently for help in putting down a burgeoning slave rebellion. London replies by sending Lieutenant-Colonel Lord John Grey, with half a battalion of infantry, a company of artillery, and his trusty valet, Tom Byrd.

 The granddaughter of a duke and darling of the ton, Lady Georgiana's life was one glittering soiree after another...until her husband did her the grave disservice of dying. Recently returned to London after a year spent rusticating in the country, she's eager to resume her social life. One thing she doesn't plan on doing? Crossing paths with Sebastian Northcliff, the arrogant cad who stole her first kiss and broke her heart. There are whispers about the duke of Warwick. Whispers that he killed his first wife. Whispers that he is incapable of love.  

La insurrecció de dos mil homes a la Bisbal el 1869 contra la Corona espanyola. Amb dos protagonistes històrics: el revolucionari Pere Caimó i la primera sindicalista catalana, Isabel Vilà. El 6 d'octubre de 1869, a la població empordanesa de la Bisbal, va esclatar un combat entre prop de...

The Ancient Ones are coming to consume our world, and only the bold investigators of Arkham Horror stand in their way in this chilling collection of eldritch novellas.

Una raccolta di tre libri di novelle: Novelle selvagge, Novelle agrodolci e Novelle toscane che vi riporteranno alla vita della Toscana di un tempo. Riporta con affetto e sorriso all’atmosfera della vecchia Toscana. Le descrizioni della natura hanno la stessa vivezza dei quadri dei macchiaioli. Musica di Ivan Genesio arrangiata su musiche dell'epoca.

En dag, när Sveriges kung var ute och åkte i sin vagn, stötte han på en liten by. Han bestämde sig för att stanna ett tag, och besökte byns kyrka. Han bad om att få träffa prästen, men kunde aldrig ana att den enkelt klädda man som tog emot honom var något annat än en simpel bonde. Prästen, som valde att inte avslöja sin identitet för kungen, berättade i stället en historia om en gång då folket i byn hittade ett berg av det renaste silver...

Nothing should be sweeter than going home for Christmas—yet Arabella Drake, Countess of March, dreads the journey every December. This year’s trip threatens to be the worst yet. From broken carriage wheels to a sudden snowstorm, overcrowded inns to a run-in with thieves, everything is...

The legendary speculative dialogue novellas return! Five-star reviews only for these two amazing pieces of fact-based fiction. In The Trial of Davy Crockett, the Alamo defender must go up against the Mexican generalissimo, Santa Anna, in a battle of wits to judge the events of the Texan Revolution. In Last Tango with Marlon, Hollywood legend Marlon Brando envisions a visit from his late friend, Underdog's Wally Cox, in a wild and intense dialogue which captures the events of both men's lives...and our own!

Delve deeper into the world of the Earthsinger Chronicles with these prequel novellas full of magic, adventure, destiny, and love.

When a corpse found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor is not quite as dead as it seems, Temple sorcerer Penric and his chaos demon Desdemona are drawn into the uncanny investigation. Pen’s keen questions will take him across the city of Vilnoc, and into far more profound mysteries, as his search for truths interlaces with tragedy.

Bastard’s Eve is a night of celebration for most residents in the canal city of Lodi - but not for sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona, who find themselves caught up in the affairs of a shiplost madman, a dangerous ascendant demon, and a very unexpected saint of the fifth god.

The year is 1901, and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is descending on New York's Fifth Avenue. For the first time in her privileged life, Adelaide Forsythe couldn’t be happier about the prospect of a quiet Christmas. That’s not to say her transition from Missto Mrs. has been without challenge. Though she doesn’t regret marrying for love instead of wealth, she feels woefully unprepared to run her own household. Then, on the first Sunday of Advent, winter winds bring surprising change, first through a young orphan boy and then a seasoned housekeeper who seems too good to be true.

On the day that Minister Peters boards a train from South Carolina heading north, he has nothing left but ghosts: the ghost of his murdered wife, the ghost of his drowned daughter, the ghosts of his father, and his grandmother, and the people who disappeared from his town without trace or explanation. In the cramped car, Minister finds himself in close quarters with three passengers also joining the exodus from the South - people seeking a new life, whose motives, declared or otherwise, will change Minister's life with devastating consequences. 

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.

Maren Kelly and her friend Penny may be lost in the Scottish Highlands, yes. They may be caught in the blizzard of the century, sure. But despite their dire straits, Maren is going to honor her ailing mother’s wish for them to experience all the magic, mystery, and whimsy Scotland has to offer, even if she freezes to death trying. When they’re rescued by the dashing Duncan Campbell, who seems like he walked straight out of the seventeenth century, Maren is more than a wee bit bewildered.