Títulos en Ficción biográfica

From the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay Penman comes the story of the reign of King Baldwin IV and the Kingdom of Jerusalem's defense against Saladin's famous army. The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is the land far beyond the sea. Baptized in...

This is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His loves: the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici; the...

Laura Baldinis fesselnder Roman über die junge Emmi Pikler (1902–1984), die unter den Nazis um ihr Leben fürchtete und von den Eltern ihrer Schützlinge gerettet wurde Emmi Pikler war eine ungarische Jüdin, die in Wien Medizin studierte und eine herausragende Kinderärztin wurde, die Eltern bis heute inspiriert. Wien, 1930er Jahre: Die frisch promovierte Emmi ist begeistert von den modernen Ansätzen der Kindermedizin, denn Ärzte, Analytiker und Pädagogen arbeiten zum Wohle der Kleinsten zusammen.

Der sprachgewaltige Erzähler Feridun Zaimoglu über Martin Luther. Anno Domini 1521: Martin Luther ist auf die Wartburg gebracht worden und in die Mönchszelle zurückgekehrt. Ausgerechnet ein katholischer Landsknecht soll ihn, den Geächteten, auf Befehl des Kurfürsten vor Anschlägen auf Leib und Leben schützen. Doch die Anfechtungen des alten Feindes, des Satans, stellen eine noch größere Gefahr dar. Mit klingender Sprache, erstaunlichem Kenntnisreichtum und dramatischer Zuspitzung erzählt Feridun Zaimoglu von einem großen Deutschen, einer Zeit im Umbruch und der Macht und Ohnmacht des Glaubens.

Je voulais dire à mon grand-père que je l'aimais, mais je n'y suis pas parvenu. J'ai si souvent été en retard sur les mots que j'aurais voulu dire. Je ne pourrai jamais faire marche arrière vers cette tendresse. Sauf peut-être avec l'écrit, maintenant. Je peux le lui dire, là.

In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald’s odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When “history” presents itself in the form...

Before there was Meghan Markle, there was Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American Duchess. Karen Harper tells the tale of Consuelo Vanderbilt, her “The Wedding of the Century” to the Duke of Marlborough, and her quest to find meaning behind “the glitter and the gold.” On a cold...

"[Narrator Euan Morton's] British-accented narration is pure delight...This imaginative story is so charming that listeners will be convinced it is fact, not fiction. A heartwarming addition to the holiday audiobook collection." — Booklist Laced with humor, rich historical detail from Charles...

In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced us to Kinsey Millhone. Thirty years later, Kinsey is an established international icon and Sue, a number-one bestselling author. To mark this anniversary year, Sue has given us stories that reveal Kinsey’s origins and Sue’s past. “I've come to believe that...

لعل الخليفة «هارون الرشيد» هو أكثر خلفاء العصر العباسي شهرة ومعرفة بين الناس وذلك لِمَا تَحَقق في عصره من نهضة عِلْمية وأدبية، حيث قَرَّب من مجالسه الشعراء والأدباء وأهل العلم كما ازدهرت حركة التجارة الخارجية ونَمَت العلاقات السياسية بين دولة الخلافة وممالك أوروبا فأهدى الرشيدُ الهدايا النفيسة والطريفة للإمبراطور «شارمان» التي عَكَسَت ما وَصَلَت له الحضارة العربية مِنْ تَقَدُّم آنذاك. أيضًا طار صيت الرشيد إلى أن بَلَغ الغربَ بسبب ما حَكَتْه روايات «ألف ليلة وليلة» عن الحياة الباذخة التي كانت عليها قصور الخليفة. كما يسرد المؤلف في هذا الكتاب الكثيرَ من

My character has been shaped by two opposing forces; the pressure to conform to social norms, and the pressure to be true to myself. To be honest with you, these forces have really torn me apart. They’ve pulled me one way and then the other. At times, they’ve left me questioning my whole entire existence. But please don’t think that I’m angry or morose. I’m not. Because through adversity comes knowledge. I’ve suffered, it’s true. But I’ve learnt from my pain. I’ve become a better person.

If you have found this booklet, I am hopefully already dead, buried next to my father and mother, within spitting distance of Thomas, Elsie, and Sally Somers. And, though it is called the Gilley Burying Ground, my father would be irked (when was he not?) to lie for eternity next to the neighbors he so despised. Though I wanted to understand his feelings, I wanted even more to understand the Somers, whose exploits in Southwest Harbor were the subject of so much scrutiny and conjecture, but whose daily lives were full of earnest hard work.

Occupied France, 1942: Psychiatrist Dr. Adélaïde Hautval is arrested for defending a Jewish family. When she’s deported to Auschwitz and assigned to the women’s infirmary, she’s ordered to assist with sterilization experiments under SS doctors—including the infamous Josef Mengele. As the line between healing and harm blurs, Adélaïde makes a choice that could cost her everything.

Beginning in 1930s Germany and based on their real lives, four cousins as close as siblings—Bettina, Trudi, Gustav, and Gertrud—share the experiences of the young, including first loves, marriages, and children. Bettina, the oldest, struggles to help her parents with their failing business. Trudi dresses in the latest fashions and tries to make everything look beautiful. Gustav is an artist at heart and hopes to one day open a tailoring shop. Gertrud, the youngest, is forced by her parents to keep secrets, but that doesn’t stop her from chasing boys.

In seiner Biografie erzählt der Autor nicht nur von seinen eigenen Erlebnissen in der HKC-Gruppe, sondern auch die von anderen Mitgliedern in dieser Zeit. Er erzählt sehr plastisch den Umgang in der Gruppe untereinander und in der Szene generell, die nicht nur geprägt von Freundschaften, Emotionen, Erfolgen, Misserfolgen und musikalischen Experimenten, sondern vor allem auch von einer unkonventionellen, von Hass, Gewalt, Drogen und Kriminalität geprägten Lebensweise, in der auch Enttäuschung, Trauer und Tod eine nicht unbedeutende Rolle spielt.

Uscire dall'austero palazzo Leopardi, lasciarsi alle spalle Recanati e la sua gente pettegola: questo è il desiderio più grande di Paolina, ma anche il più difficile da realizzare. Vive in obbedienza alle rigide regole del padre Monaldo, moralista e conservatore, e della madre Adelaide, ossessionata più dalla religione e dal benessere economico che da quello dei propri figli. Se il fratello può andarsene per seguire il suo destino di scrittore e poeta, lei è costretta a restare, docile prigioniera tra le mura domestiche.

In the gritty underbelly of Milan, a successful car salesman's life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters a mysterious homeless musician beneath the Corvetto overpass. Drawn to the stranger's haunting melodies, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind the musician's fall from grace. As their worlds collide, both men must confront the dreams they've abandoned and the choices that have led them to this moment. Through richly layered prose, Buzzi explores the delicate balance between artistic passion and practical survival.

Non è facile avere un padre sedentario, distante, a volte ostile, raccolto in se stesso, un impiegato che sembra calamitare in sé i tratti di una provincia ottusa e democristiana. Eppure quello stesso padre, scampato a un cancro alla parotide, improvvisamente comincia a correre, e quando comincia sembra non smettere più. In città lo chiamano "quello che corre" e dalle imprese sulle strade marchigiane si avvia a diventare un protagonista della "marcialonga", prima nazionale poi internazionale, della maratona, delle marce di resistenza.

Nineteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, is thrilled and triumphant at the birth of a healthy baby boy, destined to reign as King of Scotland and, possibly, England. But Anne's enjoyment of maternal glory quickly fades as her husband King James, fearing his son will be politically manipulated against him as he was against his mother, the deceased Mary Queen of Scots, removes the child permanently from her care. Outraged, Anne tries to regain control of her son, initiating a bitter marital struggle which sours what had been a loving and harmonious marriage.

Ningún soberano gobernó en España tanto tiempo como él, ninguno ganó tantas batallas, ninguno conquistó tantos reinos como Jaime I el Conquistador, rey de Aragón, de Valencia y de Mallorca, conde de Barcelona y de Urgel, señor de Montpellier. Esta es su prodigiosa historia, su asombrosa vida de novela, su apasionante leyenda en el tiempo más brillante de la Edad Media.