Resultados para "Suche" en Histórico

How would the story of Pride and Prejudice be altered if Mr. Wickham had been a good man? Instead of becoming a scoundrel who regularly attempts to elope with teenage girls, Mr. Wickham studies the law as he originally told Mr. Darcy when he gave up the value of the living. After finishing his studies, Mr. Wickham finds work in Meryton with Mr. Phillips, a local solicitor and the Bennets's uncle.

It had never occurred to Fitzwilliam Darcy that once he had chosen a bride, her father might dare to refuse his consent. When his dearest, loveliest Elizabeth is taken from him with only a curt note of explanation, he determines that, far from accepting her father’s rejection of his suit, he must instead find her again and make his case. After all, a woman worthy of being pleased is also worth fighting for.

Amara McKirnan and Nathan Simmons share a devotion to their Catholic faith but their loyalties lie on opposite sides of the Civil War. Dedicated to the Confederate cause, Amara offers to help out at her uncle’s makeshift hospital in Atlanta. Fate brought Nathan to their doorstep and into Amara’s life. Little does Amara know that the wounded soldier she cares for harbors a secret that will not only jeopardize his life but hers as well.

Even though her father is a Union brigadier general, Josephine’s infatuation with the handsome Confederate soldier Michael McKirnan is rekindled. As captivating as Josephine is, the last thing Michael needs is to entangle that beauty into his life of intrigue. The strong-willed Josephine will not be deterred and their lives become intertwined as they embark on a journey of a lifetime, trying to stay one step ahead of the military and a madman bent on revenge.

The Civil War rages around her, yet Brigid McGinnis has her life planned out. That was, until she stumbles across an unconscious Confederate soldier on her father’s property. A blow to the head stole Dominic Warner’s memory. The beautiful Fraulein who nurses him back to health steals something even more important - his heart. Follow Brigid and Dominic from the battlefields surrounding Atlanta, along slave escape routes, to Little Rock, and eventually to the plains of Eastern Texas, as they learn to trust, forgive, love, and surrender to a plan greater than their own.

Eine Frau versucht ihre Liebe zu retten. Deutschland, 1927. Trotz vieler Warnungen hat Anna den so charmanten wie verwegenen Kapitän Brandis geheiratet. Als er von einer langen Seefahrt nach Kiel zurückkehrt, wird er noch im Hafen verhaftet. Angeblich hat Brandis seinen Bootsmann erstochen. Er bleibt zwar auf freiem Fuß, darf aber bis zum Prozess kein Schiff mehr führen. Anna weiß jedoch nicht, ob sie ihm noch trauen kann. Zudem verhärten sich die Fronten im Land immer mehr. Sozialer Unruhen drohen. Kommunisten kämpfen gegen Nationalsozialisten.

With two proposals in one day, which offer will Miss Elizabeth Bennet choose? Marriage to the first of the two men would subject her to misery of the acutest kind. Marriage to the other would be merely for the sake of avoiding a scandal. Either would serve the interests of Elizabeth's family, but what of her own wishes? Will Elizabeth reject both gentlemen's offers of marriage, especially when one of them is Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy? Will she dare to refuse such a man?

Siblings forge new paths and find love in three stories filled with the wonder of Christmas. Turn back the clock to a different time and listen to Bing Crosby sing of sleigh bells in the snow as the realities of America’s involvement in the Second World War change the lives of the Turner family in Lafayette, Indiana. The Turner family believes in God’s providence during such a tumultuous time. Can they absorb the miracle of Christ’s birth and His plan for a future?

Schon früh begehrt Simone de Beauvoir gegen die bürgerlichen Regeln auf - sie will mehr, als die Tochter aus gutem Hause und später Ehefrau und Mutter zu sein. Sie will stattdessen studieren und Lehrerin werden, um ihr Leben in Freiheit zu leben und - vor allem - um schreiben zu können. Der Wunsch nach persönlicher Weiterentwicklung treibt sie an, doch die großen Widerstände, denen sie sich als selbständige Frau ausgesetzt sieht, lassen sie immer wieder zweifeln.

Paris, 1928: Vianne träumt davon, Botanikerin zu werden - im renommierten Jardin des Plantes. Als sie sich in den aufstrebenden Maler David verliebt und mit ihm in das schillernde Bohème-Leben der französischen Avantgarde eintaucht, scheint ihr Glück perfekt. Doch dann nimmt ihr Leben eine tragische Wendung... Jahrzehnte später steht Marlène im Musée d'Orsay vor dem Bild einer Frau, die ihr zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht.