Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Novela histórica

When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and to seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her cousin Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. Thomas Hardy’s timeless masterpiece is brought to life in this new recording by Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless, His Dark Materials).

Aos 14 anos, Tully Hart era linda, alegre e popular. O que ninguém imaginava era o sofrimento que ela vivia: nunca conhecera o pai, e a mãe, viciada em drogas, costumava desaparecer por longos períodos. Mas sua vida se transformou quando ela se mudou para a alameda dos Vaga-lumes e conheceu Kate Mularkey. A garota era inteligente, compreensiva e tão amorosa que logo fez Tully se sentir parte de sua família.

Mentre l'architetto Deotisalvi inizia a costruire la Torre di Pisa, viene rubato l'oro che anticamente rivestiva l'antico arco di trionfo della città: la porta Aurea. Inoltre la città è funestata da una serie di strani omicidi, su cui è chiamato a indagare il giovane perito legale Lanfranco, pupillo di Deotisalvi. Giorni nostri. Yasser Martani, autore di saggi storici, è convinto, grazie a una serie di ricerche, che il ladro che sottrasse l'oro fosse un notabile di Pisa e che quell'immensa fortuna sia ancora nascosta in città.

Suecia, 1855. El ministro de Justicia recibe un mensaje aterrador: ha habido una masacre en una montaña de Laponia. Uno de los nómadas sami, los nativos de la región, aparentemente ha asesinado a sangre fría a un sacerdote, a un oficial, y a un colono en la rectoría. El ministro envía a la zona a Magnus, un geólogo, con la tarea de investigar lo acontecido. Pero hay otros motivos por los cuales visitar Blackåsen, un lugar que esconde demasiados secretos. Magnus no viajará solo.

Muitos anos após ser exilado de seu reino, o príncipe Theodoric St. George reconstruiu a vida no degradante submundo londrino. Agora, vivendo como um mercenário impiedoso, ele está disposto a fazer qualquer serviço desde que seja bem pago. No entanto, ao aceitar a posição de guarda-costas do duque de Ridgely, ele se depara com um oponente desafiador: a irmã do nobre, conhecida na alta sociedade como a Viúva de Gelo.

Beginning with the fateful meeting of a 19th-century Yankee sailor and the runaway daughter of a Tahitian chief, and sweeping over a century and a half of passionate, turbulent Hawaiian history, Shark Dialogues takes its place as the first novel to do justice to the rich heritage and cruel conflicts of the beautiful and beleaguered islands and their people.

Al segle XIV, Barcelona és una ciutat plena d’oportunitats, el centre comercial de la Corona d’Aragó, capaç d’il·lusionar els qui hi arriben per primera vegada. Jaume Miravall, un home hàbil i carismàtic, arriba a la ciutat procedent de Reus per convertir-se en mercader i travessar els mars a la recerca de nous mercats, aventures i coneixements.

Madrid, 1906. Un Maharajá se enamora locamente de una joven bailarina malagueña. La muchacha se llama Anita Delgado. El riquísimo personaje es el monarca de un principado del Punjab. En 1908, Anita Delgado se convierte en la Princesa de Kapurthala. Ésta es la sorprendente narración de la vida de la única Maharaní española en la fascinante India de los Maharajás.

In this rich new audio production, acclaimed British American actress Rebecca Hall brings one of E. M. Forster's most admired works to life in this classic tale of human struggle. A charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, is wooed by both free-spirited George Emerson and wealthy Cecil Vyse while vacationing in Italy. Though attracted to George, Lucy becomes engaged to Cecil despite twice turning down his proposals. On hearing of the news, George confesses his love, leaving Lucy torn between marrying the more socially acceptable Cecil or George, the man she knows would bring her true happiness. Should Lucy choose social acceptance or true love?

Alguien heló tus labios es una alfombra mágica que nos permite viajar a través de tres siglos de nuestra historia. El audiolibro describe la lepra del poder, las revueltas territoriales, el miedo a la Inquisición, la corrupción de los gobernantes y los anhelos de reforma, sin olvidar el amor con su doble cara de salvación y condena. Otoño de 1814. Napoleón ha sido derrotado, y entre los restos de un Madrid harapiento sobrevive el antiguo palacio familiar que un embajador de Carlos V hizo construir a mediados del siglo XVI.

Publicada en la primavera de 2011 y traducida desde entonces a los idiomas italiano, alemán, francés y holandés, El ciclista de Chernóbil mezcla el documental y la ficción a partir de algunos episodios de la vida del físico nuclear Vasili B. Nesterenko en una novela sobre la desolación, la soledad, el heroísmo anónimo, la solidaridad, el amor y la obstinación de la vida por perdurar en las circunstancias más adversas.

Taita is a humble slave, an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering as well as keeping important secrets. He is the most treasured possession of Lord Intef. Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter, Lostris, is married to the Pharaoh, Taita is commanded to follow her and swiftly finds himself deeper than he ever could have imagined in a world of deception and treachery. But outside the palace, the great kingdom of Egypt is divided and in even greater danger. Enemies threaten on all sides, and only Taita holds the power to save them all....

With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers - a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village - will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future.

Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey-Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship’s surgeon and an intelligence agent. It displays the qualities which have put O’Brian far ahead of any of his competitors.

The unapologetic intensity with which Emily Brontë wrote this story ensures that it will forever be considered one of the greatest works of English literature. A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights transcends your average romance and, with its Gothic undertones, takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge.

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.

It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.

Theodoros è la saga epica di un uomo che ha sfidato se stesso e Dio in nome del suo destino: comandare o morire. Il romanzo di un antieroe che, per vivere all’altezza delle proprie ambizioni, si costringe a bruciare come una cometa, dal Mediterraneo al Corno d'Africa, fino alla fine, fino al Giorno del Giudizio. Se è vero che quando si muore angeli e demoni si contendono l’anima dei defunti, per Theodoros non c’è stata battaglia più accanita.

Peligro, pasión y una carrera contra el tiempo. ¡Para los fanáticos de Forastera! Bryanna Fitzpatrick, que tiene diabetes, ha visto su propia muerte: su cuerpo sin vida en los brazos de un highlander. A pesar de eso, no puede rechazar la invitación de su madre a viajar a Escocia. Cuando termina en una caverna subterránea en el castillo de Eilean Donan, toca una piedra mágica que la transporta al año 1310. Como cree que está soñando, Bryanna accede a casarse con Raghnall Mackenzie. El pícaro highlander necesita una novia para reclamar sus tierras, pero nunca le ofrecerá su corazón.

Martín Alonso Pinzón fue un español que compartió e hizo posible el sueño de Colón, aquel extranjero de cultura superficial y secretas informaciones con la ambición de romper el límite del non plus ultra. Pero desde el mismo anhelo compartido, los caracteres contrapuestos de los protagonistas en un escenario nuevo de improvisadas exigencias favorecerán finalmente la incomunicación.