Resultados para "Thor" en Novela histórica

Descubre los misterios ocultos trás las obras de Miguel Ángel, uno delos más grandes artistas de la historia. Adéntrate en la vida del divino Miguel Ángel a través de las claves arcanas y los insondables misterios que surcan los pliegues de La Pietà , en la turbadora mirada de Moisés...

After the bloody Battle of Jelling, Denmark’s throne lies empty and chaos reigns as Jarls jostle for power. Sven survives the bloodshed only to return home to find Ribe sacked by those he trusted and Charles, a pawn in a much bigger political game, kidnapped. Consumed by the loss of Charles, Sven is shocked by the arrival of the Abbess Hildegard, daughter of his nemesis King Louis of East Francia, who seeks the whereabouts of Charles, her son, and also the cross of Charlemagne.

Niels Aage Barfoeds biografiske roman "Spurveskjul" fortæller historien om Thora Esches (1850-1920) spændende liv og omfattende arbejde som forstanderinde på blandt andet Magdalenehjemmet i København, der tog sig af unge kvinder, der ønskede at komme ud af prostitution. Thora Esche var en del af Indre Mission og ledede hjemmet ud fra kristne værdier. Hendes filantropiske arbejde udvidede sig med tiden til også at omfatte unge mødre, der ikke var i stand til at tage vare på deres børn alene.

Twenty-year-old Lilja is in love. As a young university student, she is quickly smitten with the intelligent, beautiful young man from school who quotes Derrida and reads Latin and cooks balanced vegetarian meals. Before she even realizes, she's moved in with him, living in his cramped apartment, surrounded by sour towels and flat Diet Cokes. As the newfound intimacy of sharing a shower and a bed fuels her desire to please her partner, his acts of nearly imperceptible abuse continue to mount undetected. 

Five friends. One deadly obsession. The salt-scented quadrangles of St Andrews University greet misfit first-year student Finn Nethercott with indifference. It is a place where privilege counts, and those from the right backgrounds can get away with murder. Finn is quickly seduced into a new circle of friends – four history scholars obsessed with the deepest roots of ancient Scotland – who sweep him away on wild adventures to forgotten castles and faerie lochs.

'Got under my skin in the way the best writing can' SHEILA HETI A fearless and savagely funny examination of masculinity under late capitalism, from an electrifying new voice Set in Philly one year into Trump's presidency, Sean Thor Conroe's audacious, freewheeling debut follows our eponymous...

Wien, 1910: Ein sechzehnjähriges rothaariges Mädchen wird von zu Hause verstoßen und auf die Straße gesetzt. Sie muss einen Weg finden, um zu überleben. Auf der Straße kann sie nicht bleiben, denn die Polizei verbietet es allen, dort in der Nacht zu schlafen. Auf ihrer verzweifelten Suche gelingt es ihr, einen Platz in einem Frauenwohnheim zu ergattern. Doch sehr schnell bemerkt sie, dass dieses Wohnheim nur eine Fassade ist und die Mädchen ausgebeutet werden. Sie müssen die zu Besuch kommenden Herren unterhalten. Ihr wird klar, dass sie fliehen muss.

28. dubna 1947 vyplul z Peruánského Callaa balzový vor se šesti muži a papouškem. Jeho kapitánem byl tehdy třiatřicetiletý Thor Heyerdahl a jejich cílem byla Polynésie. Thor Heyerdahl patří k nejznámějším objevitelům všech dob. Jeho pozoruhodný život a výpravy představují nevyčerpatelný pramen inspirace. Nikdo mu nevěřil, ve vědeckém světě se mu smáli. Jak by mohli Inkové doplout z Peru do Polynésie a osídlit ji? A jak se jim to podařilo, když neměli plavidla, která by byla schopná tu dálku překonat.

Brought to you by Penguin. Who will cast the first stone? 1915, the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. An isolated Scottish community is disturbed by a strange discovery: a body in a peat bog, perfectly preserved. Two people haul the body from the ground: Lizzie, the wife of a wealthy local landowner, and...