Resultados para "Rose" en Ficción biográfica

Una apasionada defensa del valor de ser diferente. Partiendo de su experiencia personal y de la lectura de numerosos libros de psicología, neurociencia, literatura y memorias de grandes autores de distintas disciplinas creativas, Rosa Montero nos ofrece un estudio apasionante sobre los...

«Éste es un libro sobre la vida... apasionado y alegre, sentimental y burlón.» ROSA MONTERO Cuando Rosa Montero leyó el maravilloso diario que Marie Curie comenzó tras la muerte de su esposo, y que se incluye al final de este libro, sintió que la historia de esa mujer fascinante que se...

La vida de Coro Egurrola, una empresaria vasca de éxito, a punto de casarse, da un vuelco total cuando recibe un requerimiento notarial de una desconocida para la venta de una casa en una aldea castellana de la que jamás ha oído hablar. De esta manera tan sorprendente, Coro descubrirá la existencia de su verdadera abuela, Magdalena, y las tragedias que sufrió durante la guerra civil.

La casa cuna de Fraisoro, en Guipúzcoa, es un lugar oculto a los ojos de una sociedad puritana, dominada por el nacionalcatolicismo. Allí recalan madres solteras y bebés abandonados. Así se conocerán Alejandra, Luciana y Jimena, de estratos sociales muy distintos pero a las que unen situaciones similares. Su paso por el orfanato condicionará sus vidas para siempre. Cuando las tres abandonan la inclusa, comienzan una nueva vida marcada por ese hijo que nació en un hospicio donde las hermanas de la caridad tratan de gestionar un futuro para los bebés que se quedan allí.

En enero de 1939, las tropas de Franco entran triunfantes en Barcelona. Con ellas va Mauricio Casasnovas, guapo como un artista de cine. Es el heredero de una empresa textil, al que espera una mujer sumisa y un futuro dorado de noches en el Liceo, los mejores sastres y fulanas de lujo. Pero la...

Born an indentured servant and bound by slavery for the first twenty-one years of her life, Dinah Clark ultimately earned her freedom, married, had children, bought a house, and mastered the arduous work of a sawyer. Her profession—unusual for a woman at the time—sustained her following the early death of her husband. Her outgoing nature and skill as a woodcutter made her one of the most famous African American women in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the 19th century.

Leonor de Habsburgo tuvo que renunciar dos veces al amor de su vida y apartarse de su hija para no volver a verla nunca más por orden del emperador a quien le debía obediencia. Leonor de Habsburgo nos despliega la vida de una mujer que tuvo que someterse a las fuertes obligaciones que imponía la Casa de Habsburgo y que convertía a las mujeres en moneda de cambio política.

Los emigrados es una meditación sobre la memoria y la pérdida: un relato melancólico, nada épico, sobre el desarraigo, la desesperación y la muerte. Sebald recrea las vidas de cuatro exiliados –o cinco, si se incluye su propio autorretrato indirecto– a través de lo que narran ellos mismos, de recuerdos ajenos, fotografías y objetos encontrados.

Este libro es una novela, un ensayo, una autobiografía. La autora emprende en él un viaje al interior en un juego narrativo lleno de sorpresas. En La loca de la casa se mezclan literatura y vida en un cóctel afrodisíaco de biografías ajenas y autobiografía novelada. Y, así, descubrimos que el gran Goethe adulaba a los poderosos hasta extremos ridículos, que Tolstoi era un energúmeno, que Montero, de niña, fue una enana, y que, con veintitrés años, mantuvo un estrafalario y desternillante romance con un famoso actor.

1236. Beautiful Ailenor of Provence, cultured and intelligent, is only thirteen when she marries Henry III. Aware of the desperate importance of providing heirs to secure the throne from those who would snatch it away, she is ruthless in her dealings with Henry's barons. As conflict escalates...

Mary Tudor has done the impossible. She has taken back her throne in a bloodless coup, becoming the first woman to rule England in her own right. Now, as Mary navigates this uncharted path, she embarks on a mission to restore Catholicism in a country that has been torn apart by religious strife and become increasingly more Protestant.

The myth of an epic, public life—its triumphs and tragedies—is a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of such a life and attendant fame of an extraordinary, and completely made up, man.

Un diagnóstico lo cambia todo. Una hija acompaña a su padre en el tramo final de su vida mientras enfrenta el amor, la pérdida y la despedida. Esta memoria íntima explora cómo la vida continúa, e incluso encuentra belleza y sentido, cuando el mundo parece detenerse.

The Little House books, which chronicled the pioneer adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are among the most beloved books in the American literary canon. Lesser known is the secret, concealed for decades, of how they came to be. Now, best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert reimagines the fascinating story of Laura's daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, an intrepid world traveler and writer who returned to her parents' Ozark farm, Rocky Ridge, in 1928.

This is the story of a passionate romance and a secret marriage which gave its name to the most famous royal dynasty in the history of Great Britain: the Tudors. When King Henry V and his bride, Catherine de Valois, are blessed with the birth of a son, their happiness is short-lived. Henry's unexpected death leaves Catherine a widow at the age of 21. Then her father, King Charles of France, also dies, and her son inherits both crowns.

In una Rimini mai dimenticata, un po' felliniana e un po' rock, si incrociano le vite di quattro ragazzi uniti da un'amicizia nata sui banchi di scuola: Giulio, l'incorreggibile vitellone, Giacomo l'avvocato, Lorenzo, figlio del proprietario del Grand Hotel e l'inquieto ingegnere Simone. È l'estate del 1967, e nulla sembra impossibile. Nemmeno costruire una piattaforma in acque extraterritoriali per accogliere una comunità di giovani artisti, poeti, musicisti, dove la ricerca del bello sia l'unico scopo da perseguire.

After publishing many books, and after many failed TV opportunities, Bette Roseman finally signs a network contract for a TV series based on her novel The Viagra Diaries and dreams of a hit show. But when WC Network changes her protagonist's age from 60 to 20-something, Bette angrily confronts network CEO Joshua Bitterman. She demands that her protagonist maintain her original age, but he insists the public "wants young". After betrayal, intrigue, and bartering with the network, the impassioned Bette finds herself in the middle of a high-stakes Hollywood legal court battle.  

England, 1787. Mary Wollstonecraft is an avowed spinster. At 28, she moves to London to live independently as a writer. With her publication of A Vindication for the Rights of Woman a few short years later, she emerges as a leading figure for women's equality. But when a humiliating faux pas threatens her reputation, Mary travels to Paris to write about the French Revolution, where she unexpectedly falls in love with American adventurer Gilbert Imlay.

When dreams collide with war, survival becomes the ultimate performance. In October 1916, eighteen-year-old Josephine Therese Marzynski leaves Boston for Berlin to pursue her dream of studying opera at Germany's most prestigious music conservatory. Living with family friends and immersing herself in German culture, she finds unexpected beauty and friendship in the heart of enemy territory. But when America enters the Great War in April 1917, Josephine's world transforms overnight-from welcomed student to enemy of the state.

Set against the sprawling backdrop of 1930s Australia, Anna May Shahan is a wild child raised on a lush farm by the sea, always barefoot and playing in her neighbor’s secret garden. Her Aboriginal nanny teaches her the ways of the land, and she grows up to be a quirky, eccentric, and sweet woman. But she is not without her demons, as she struggles with bizarre behaviors and a haunting, dark side. Soon after marriage, Anna inherits Sugar Alexandria, her family’s sheep station, and she and her Irish husband James lead a simple, hardworking life.