Resultados para "The Street" en Histórica

London, Oktober 1883. Eines Abends kehrt Thaniel Steepleton, ein einfacher Angestellter im Innenministerium, in seine winzige Londoner Mietwohnung heim. Da findet er auf seinem Kopfkissen eine goldene Taschenuhr. Es ist ihm ein Rätsel, was es mit ihr auf sich hat. Sechs Monate später explodiert im Gebäude von Scotland Yard eine Bombe. Steepleton wurde gerade rechtzeitig gewarnt, weil seine Uhr ein Alarmsignal gab. Nun macht er sich auf die Suche nach dem Uhrmacher und findet Keita Mori, einen freundlichen, aber einsamen Mann aus Japan.

Two halves, one soul… Can Seven find it within her battered heart and fractured soul to trust in love once more? After working her life as a servant in her abusive mother’s cathouse, Seven Ponds dares to dream of a future with the local farmer who stole her heart. But when her home is engulfed in flames, and the fire claims the life of her first love, she struggles against the grief consuming her. When a strange mechanical device in the sky and terrifying shadow creatures appear, her town is thrust into an unnatural winter signaling the end of the world.

Deep in the heart of Australia's high country, along an ancient, hidden track, live Molly Johnson and her children. Husband Joe is away droving, leaving his family in the bush to fend for itself. Molly's children are her world, and life is hard with only their dog, Alligator, and a shotgun for...

Ringo Devereux knows far too much for a man of his times. There's no simple explanation for it that doesn't involve improbable conversations about the future, and Ringo's advanced understanding of three-phase generators and the secret histories of his city are not things he can discuss with the Victorian Londoners around him. Even his origins as an orphaned street thief are far too dangerous for a young gentleman of means to reveal. An encounter with a 10-year-old pickpocket, and a luncheon with Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle draw Ringo back into the shadows of his criminal past.