Resultados para "Queen Charlotte" en Literatura y ficción

Een splinternieuwe Bridgerton-roman over het geliefde personage koningin Charlotte! Geschreven door Julia Quinn & Shonda Rhimes, producente van de Netflix-serie Bridgerton, verschijnt gelijktijdig met de gelijknamige nieuwe Netflix-serie, met de cast van Bridgerton "We zijn één kroon. Zijn last is de mijne, de mijne die van hem..." In ­1761, op een zonnige dag in september, ontmoeten een koning en een koningin elkaar voor het eerst. Enkele uren later zijn ze getrouwd. Charlotte van Mecklenburg-Strelitz, geboren als Duitse prinses, is mooi, koppig en buitengewoon intelligent.

An einem sonnigen Septembertag im Jahr 1761 begegnen sie sich zum ersten Mal. Innerhalb weniger Stunden heiraten sie, und sie werden Geschichte schreiben. Die als deutsche Prinzessin geborene Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz ist schön, eigensinnig und äußerst intelligent – nicht gerade das, was der britische Hof für den jungen König gesucht hat. Ihr wird es nicht leicht gemacht, sich in der komplizierten Politik des Hofs zurechtzufinden. Und sie muss ihr Herz hüten, denn sie verliebt sich in George, auch wenn er sie wegstößt und erschütternde Geheimnisse verbirgt.

Go beyond the original Shondaland series on Netflix, Queen Charlotte, with this lushly romantic Bridgerton prequel novel written by New York Times bestselling authors Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes as the marriage of Queen Charlotte and King George of England leads to an unexpected love story and...

All her life, Fiona has dreamed of becoming a dancer, but she was always told dancing was not for “fat girls” like her. Now, at age 35, Fiona is again confronted with her weight issues when the HR department kindly encourages her and a coworker, Stu, to attend a support group for people with “health” issues. When quilting is suggested as a hobby to help with their totally opposite eating disorders (Fiona loves everything related to calories, Stu tries to avoid any), Stu insanely suggests they enter a local version of Dancing with the Stars instead....

O lorde-tenente Henry Evesham é um homem religioso que está investigando as “transações carnais” em Londres. Suas visitas a casas de má reputação o deixam ávido por ajudar as pessoas que perderam a inocência para o vício. Ao mesmo tempo, circular nesse ambiente é um desafio à sua promessa de se manter longe das tentações.

Depois que lady Constance Stonewell sem querer arruína o futuro de Julian Haywood, o conde de Apthorp, com sua coluna de fofocas, ela faz a única coisa que resta a uma dama honrada: se oferece para casar com ele. Ou, pelo menos, para encenar um noivado às pressas e, assim, salvar a reputação do coitado. Mesmo que isso signifique passar um mês inteiro na companhia do sujeito mais sem graça da Inglaterra, um homem que condena todos os prazeres que ela mais adora.

Depois de superar a ruína financeira, redimir o nome de sua família e se tornar o mais lendário investidor de Londres, o Duque de Westmead precisa garantir a continuidade de seu título e de sua fortuna. A única forma de fazer isso é gerar um herdeiro. Para isso ele tem que arranjar uma esposa que não interfira nos anseios sombrios que ele satisfaz na calada da noite, nem faça exigências ao seu coração trancado para o amor.

England, 1897. In London bereitet man sich auf das Diamantene Thronjubiläum Queen Victorias vor. Zur selben Zeit wird die Schriftstellerin (und gelegentliche Detektivin) Margaret Harkness von ihrem Freund Professor Joseph Bell, dem realen Vorbild für Sherlock Holmes, aufgesucht, der ihre Unterstützung braucht. Bell soll einen anarchistischen Spion entlarven und bittet um ihre Hilfe.

A powerful debut novel, praised by The New York Times, Bustle, and Hypable, that pulses with humor and empathy as it explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness.... Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious...

“A witty, charming, delight of a book!” —Evie Dunmore, USA TODAY bestselling author A tart young woman and an arrogant lord collide in this flirty, sexy, and remarkably modern historical romance, perfect for fans of Bridgerton. Anna didn’t intend to ride in a high-stakes horse race or...

As Marie Antoinette took her last breath as Queen of France in Paris, another formidable monarch—Antoinette’s dearly beloved sister, Charlotte—was hundreds of miles away, in Naples, fighting desperately to secure her release from the revolutionaries who would take her life. Little did...

A crew of outcasts tries to find a legendary ship before it falls into the hands of those who would use it as a weapon in this science fiction adventure series for fans of The Expanse and Firefly. A washed-up treasure hunter, a hotshot racer, and a deadly secret society. They're all on a race...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon was one of the most important and influential female novelists of the 19th Century, and the founder (alongside Wilkie Collins) of the popular 'sensation fiction' genre. This collection features her best-known novel, Lady Audley's Secret, a thrilling tale of bigamy, murder and arson that outraged Victorian society on its first release—and was an instant bestseller. Also included are two atmospheric short stories and an edition of Sensational Women exploring her life and work.