Resultados Editorial "audible originals" en Novela histórica

The redcoat forces of King George II have defeated the Highland rebels led by Bonnie Prince Charlie. Now Government troops are free to plunder and punish the locals. To avoid court martial, Captain Shawwood is ordered to lead a band of troops and map-makers to chart the most isolated and mysterious landscape of the Highlands – the mighty Rannoch Moor. But the Moor is home to more than just bog and heather, it's a place of shadows and secrets. Before long, their expedition comes face to face with uncanny forces far greater than anything they have fought before.

1916: Die Zeppeline des Deutschen Kaiserreichs erreichen während des Ersten Weltkriegs mit ihren Bomben auch die britische Insel. Benisha und Mathilda haben den Verdacht, dass die Dämonensprösslinge in London Sabotage betreiben, um das Empire zu stürzen. Und das Böse plant Großes! Gegenwart: In Leipzig wähnen Ella, die letzten Nachfahrinnen, Butler Benson und weitere Verbündete sich auf der Siegesstraße. Endlich können sie rasche Erfolge bei der Jagd auf die Dämonensprösse erzielen.

Toby never meant to be a highway robber, but needs must. He didn’t plan to impersonate a top London valet either, but when the chance comes to present himself as the earl of Arvon’s new gentleman's gentleman, he grabs it. Unfortunately, the earl is the man he seduced and robbed on the road to get here. Oops.

Jon Hamm leads an all-star cast that includes Kate Mara, Ana de la Reguera, John Slattery, and Bradley Whitford in the riveting true story behind the making of the one American movie the FBI never wanted you to see.

1812. In Bath and London, Jane Austen's characters are attending balls, and the Bridgerton family are making waves in Regency high society. But these are the grimy streets of Liverpool: a city where the extreme wealth of international commerce meets brothels and brawls, smugglers and secrecy; where both high and low society operate amidst revolutionary rumblings from France and the shadow of the recently abolished slave trade.

A moving story of an old woman reckoning with memories - both cherished and heartbreaking - of her past, from French Rwandan author Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, winner of the 2020 Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie.

In una notte tempestosa dell'inverno dell'anno 1789, il diavolo irrompe nella vita del giovane Niccolò Paganini. Suo malgrado Niccolò sarà condizionato per sempre dal legame con il Maligno: nell'arte e nell'amore, nel trionfo e nella disperazione, in un'alternanza continua tra bene e male. E' stato un musicista celebrato e invidiato, e un amante appassionato e conteso dalle donne più belle e potenti di quel tempo. Ha frequentato le corti più prestigiose e gli uomini più potenti, il suo famoso violino Guarneri Del Gesù ha originato melodie eterne.

Il podcast "Dedicato ai Cattivi" nasce con la volontà di far crollare la barriera che ci allontana dai testi classici. La cultura, come accezione sociologica, purtroppo - inutile negarlo - è diventato spesso sinonimo di noia. Quindi respingiamo tutti quei titoli più o meno conosciuti che incontriamo durante la nostra crescita, li rispettiamo se veniamo interpellati in merito, ma il più delle volte non li indaghiamo mai veramente a fondo. Per il suo lavoro, l'attore Francesco Montanari è obbligato a conoscerli e scardinarli fino al midollo.

Electrodomésticos is an elegant yet powerful depiction of the post Spanish Civil War era, where class divisions lay bare those who can afford to eat a decent meal and those who can not. Josu is an inexperienced electrician, tasked with installing an oven in the home of an upper-class Basque couple. He’s completely captivated. But the couple, though they seem to have it all, are in a prison of their own. Mesmerizing in its subtlety and sinister intimations, Electrodomésticos reveals the poverty and loneliness of this era.

An entertaining drama based on Nye Bevan’s race to create the new NHS by 5 July 1948. Getting Better is a roller coaster period drama based on real political events alongside the fictional story of front-line tears, trauma and triumph at The Park Hospital in Manchester. As Bevan faces up to the establishment in Parliament, Dr Eva Callaway faces the same challenges – facing poverty, sexism and homophobia in a system stuck in the past.

The 1935 Labor Day hurricane annihilated between four hundred and six hundred lives in the middle of the Florida Keys, and like all disasters, both exposed long-standing social and economic inequities and reminded us of the bonds that enable us to provide what rescue we can for those we cherish. In this fictional account of the storm, rooted in the record but brought to life with Shepard’s unparalleled command of interpersonal impact, Village of Islands follows a handful of residents of a small beachside town in the moments leading up to, during and after this event.

A spirited new version of Virgina Woolf’s Orlando adapted with a distinctly queer point of view. This adaptation revels in the origin of the story as a love letter from Woolf to Vita Sackville West. Beginning the story as a young 16th century nobleman, Orlando’s life spans centuries, continents, lovers and genders in a sumptuous celebration of what it means to explore one’s own identity.

Dame Edith Sitwell is on the final leg of a sell-out Recital Tour of America. Eccentric, old, aristocratic and extremely English, she has taken the States by storm. Nevertheless she is annoyed that her sponsors, Life Magazine, are holding her to her contract getting her to write an article interviewing a relatively unknown film actress, about to hit the big time.

Goldengrove’s towers and twisted chimneys rose at the very edge of the peaceful Weald, a stone’s throw from the poisonous marshes and merciless waters of Rye Bay. Young Tabby Palethorp had been running wild there, ever since her mother grew too ill to leave her room. I was the perfect choice to give Tabby a good English education: thoroughly respectable and far too plain to tempt her lonely father, Sir Kit, to indiscretion. I knew better than to trust my new employer with the truth about my past. But knowing better couldn’t stop me from yearning for impossible things.

Recruited as a codebreaker of enemy ciphers, ex-debutante Osla Kendall spends her days translating Axis military messages and her nights reading mystery novels. When Osla gets her hands on Agatha Christie's most recent work, N or M?, a mysterious signal within its pages catches her eye, and she and her eccentric book club get in touch with the famous but reclusive writer. Osla's outreach is a welcome distraction for Agatha, who feels restless and underestimated toiling away in a London pharmacy.

A look inside the mind of Detective William Murdoch, Canada’s most popular detective.

It’s 1929 in New York City. In an apartment high above Lexington Avenue, the painter Georgia O’Keeffe feels stuck. At 42, she should be at the apex of her powers as an artist, and yet something is missing. Her husband - the gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, who helped build her reputation in the art world - has grown needy and insecure, not to mention unfaithful. More than this, her work has lost its fire, and she knows it. The calla lilies and poppies for which she is revered now seem careful, predictable.

Homeless Bodies and Other Stories is an original fiction podcast featuring audio-exclusive short stories from award-winning authors and Sunday Times best-sellers, inspired by objects & artefacts from Wellcome Collection's permanent exhibition, 'Medicine Man', in London.

In una notte tempestosa dell'inverno dell'anno 1789, il diavolo irrompe nella vita del giovane Niccolò Paganini. Suo malgrado Niccolò sarà condizionato per sempre dal legame con il Maligno: nell'arte e nell'amore, nel trionfo e nella disperazione, in un'alternanza continua tra bene e male. E' stato un musicista celebrato e invidiato, e un amante appassionato e conteso dalle donne più belle e potenti di quel tempo. Ha frequentato le corti più prestigiose e gli uomini più potenti, il suo famoso violino Guarneri Del Gesù ha originato melodie eterne.

In una notte tempestosa dell'inverno dell'anno 1789, il diavolo irrompe nella vita del giovane Niccolò Paganini. Suo malgrado Niccolò sarà condizionato per sempre dal legame con il Maligno: nell'arte e nell'amore, nel trionfo e nella disperazione, in un'alternanza continua tra bene e male. E' stato un musicista celebrato e invidiato, e un amante appassionato e conteso dalle donne più belle e potenti di quel tempo. Ha frequentato le corti più prestigiose e gli uomini più potenti, il suo famoso violino Guarneri Del Gesù ha originato melodie eterne.