Resultados Editorial "Saga Egmont" en Histórico

Lorena Conway has devoted most of her life to being a secretary to her father, a noted historian. Sir Arthur suddenly dies and leaves Lorena with too little money to maintain her childhood home. Wondering how she will survive, the beautiful Lorena overhears a friend of her neighbour plotting to kill the Earl of Bramfield, who has recently and unexpectedly inherited from his father and whose vast estates lie near her home. Realising that she has no option but to try and convince the Earl of the peril he is in, Lorena sets out to confront him.

The beautiful Alvita who had lost both her parents, was living quietly in her family home in Southern Russia. Her father had been Russian and her mother had been English. Alvita was pleased to receive a visit from her brother, Ivor, but shocked when he told her that they must leave Russia immediately, as a Revolution was inevitable and would start very soon. He had brought with him his friend, Nicholas, who said that he would help them pack up as many of their treasures as they could and make their way to England. Alvita felt a little unsure of Nicholas, but thought that perhaps she might be mistaken.

The lovely red-haired eighteen year old Lady Viola Francis is orphaned. She and her fortune are in the power of her stepfather, the sinister Sir Rudolph Vane. Violas late father, the Earl of Galhampton, was passionately interested in motor cars and from an early age Viola worked with him on his engines. Now she wants to fulfil his ambition to build one that can be sold to the growing numbers of people keen to acquire this new and expensive form of transport. Sir Rudolph, however, has other plans for her and her fortune and wants her to marry the ineffectual Lord Carncross.

Lucy Nolan was charged with taking care of the invalid daughter of the cold and distant Sir John, whom Lucy names Tiberius. She is very fond of the daughter, Miranda, and thus Lucy cannot help but feel distressed when Sir John introduces a difficult and temperamental ballerina into the household. Or is it something else than concern for Miranda – are her emerging feelings for Sir John himself getting in the way? The dramatic love story dates back to the 20th century and was written under one of Ida Pollock’s pseudonyms, Susan Barrie.

The beautiful Princess Vasila, an orphan, who has been looked after by Baroness von Bergstein in a Grace and Favour house, is astonished when an Equerry arrives to take her to Windsor Castle to see the Queen. She is not told until she arrives that Prince Gadelov of Saralovia, which is a small Balkan State, has appealed to Queen Victoria to give him a Royal British wife so that he can be protected from the grasping Russians. When the Queen tells Vasila that she is to marry Prince Gadelov immediately, she is horrified and very frightened.

Victoria survives a car accident along with her employers son and begins to care for the boy, who is now fatherless. Sir Peter kindly enough provides the two with a place to stay. Yet Sir Peters fiance who also inhabits the place is far from kind towards Victoria, whose feelings for the man of the house slowly begin to deepen. How can Victoria maintain this new-found stability in her life and the affections of Sir Peter over this vicious other woman? The romantic novel mapping out a dramatic love tale dates back to the 20th century and was written under one of Ida Pollocks pseudonyms, Susan Barrie.

Richard Trenchard was a man used to having his way, so when he wants his sister to pass over her secretary Melanie Brooks as a companion to his young niece, she has to succumb to his will. When Melanie turns up late to their first meeting, he is not happy. Yet things slowly begin to kindle between the two, and she has to acknowledge the romantic surroundings that Richard keeps placing them in the English countryside and the Australian Alps are the perfect setting for a budding love affair. A must-read for fans of literary romance and surprising twists of fate.

Amy had it all money, brains and beauty. And then the accident happened. The Present Day: Left blind and without her family, Amy feels she needs to escape. On a trip along the Camino de Santiago - the Way of St James - she is accompanied by the mysterious and troubled Luke. Having been set up to help Amy by a mutual friend, Luke finds he is running from his past... 1314: A Templar Knight, Luc, is also running. He meets the wife of a former comrade, now blinded in a terrifying attack: Aimee.

Minella Clinton har nästan lämnats utfattig på grund av sin fars skulder. Hon vågar bege sig till London för att be sin barndomsvän Connie om hjälp att hitta en anständig anställning. Connie är en av de berömda Gaiety Girls, och när en av gruppens medlemmar blir sjuk övertalas Minella att ersätta henne och spendera helgen på Lord Wynterbornes slott. Greven och Minella förbluffar och förvirrar varandra. Ett hastig äktenskap har gjort honom cynisk, och hon är alltför oerfaren för att förstå vad det är som han egentligen förväntar sig av henne.

Hertigen av Ravenstocks bröllopsdag är redan bestämd när han upptäcker att hans fästmö har en älskare. Desillusionerad beslutar han sig for att ta en gruvlig hämnd. Han finner Anoushka, vars mystiska bakgrund är en hemlighet. Anoushka går med på att gifta sig med hertigen, men hennes skönhet och oskuldsfullhet blir en större utmaning än han någonsin kunnat föreställa sig... Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer.

Aletha är enda dotter till hertigen av Buclington. Hon är van att få som hon vill och när hennes önskningar går emot omgivningens beslutar hon att ta saker och ting i egna händer. Hennes äventyrslystnad driver henne att rymma. Att otaliga faror hotar en ensam, ung, bedårande flicka i 1800-talets Europa är hon helt omedveten om. Efter åtskilliga strapatser hamnar hon på ett slott i det vackra Ungern där hon finner sin drömprins. Men drömmar tål inte alltid mötet med verkligheten.

Nerita vägrar att bli beroende av sina släktingars välgörenhet då hennes far, runierad av misslyckade spekulationer, begår självmord. Genom att utge sig för att vara guvernant får hon anställning i markisen av Wychbolds hushåll. Snart märker hon emellertid att det magnifika huset ruvar på en hemlighet - en hemlighet som kanske kan förklara varför markisen visar större intresse för den nya guvernanten än för sin son. Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer.

Drottning Victoria önskar att kertigen av Tynemouth gifter sig med en av prins Alberts tyska släktingar. I ett desperat försök att undgå detta öde, går hertigen med på att gifta sig med sin älskarinnas brordotter, Honora, som just återvänt till England efter två år på en flickpension i Florens. Både Honora och hertigen avskyr tanken på äktenskap, men ingen av dem har något alternativ. Men när Honora blir kidnappad på deras bröllopsnatt, går det upp för hertigen hur mycket hon betyder för honom.

En spännande berättelse om sju kvinnors liv, från 1700-tal till 1900-tal, sammanbundna av samma pärlhalsband, skriven av oslagbara Anna Sparre! I tvåhundra år har pärlorna vandrat, från hand till hand. Vackra kvinnor har burit dem, några har ansett dem vara världslig lyx. Tre gånger har pärlhalsbandet sålts inom släkten. Från att först skimra kring grevinnan Augusta Löwenhielm hals fortsätter pärlorna genom sju kvinnors liv: hovdamen, husfrun, bruden, husmodern, herrgårdsfrun, botanisten och diplomatfrun. Pärlornas liv bjuder på en svindlande resa genom historien och sju skilda kvinnoöden.

In 1156, the sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar brings a mysterious object from Jerusalem to his homeland in the South of France. "The Head of Wisdom", as the strange artifact is called, ensures that the Order achieves unprecedented wealth. But in October 1307, the French king fights against the Templars. All commanderies of the Templars are closed, all members arrested. Templar Commander Lieutenant Gero of Breydenbach is to flee to Germany with the "Head of Wisdom" to keep their secret. A truly fantastic journey begins. Suddenly he finds himself in 2004 - dependent on a fascinating young woman, who might help him to fulfill his mission.

Tania, the lovely daughter of the late Lord Amesly, leaves her school in Paris and is travelling by train to Boulogne when her train crashes into another one. She is helped and befriended by a charming young Englishman - Captain Rupert More - and with him she reaches the ferry and unexpectedly meets two friends of her parents, Charles and Selina Bracebridge. Rupert becomes captivated by Tania, but since he is a soldier he may be sent away to war at any moment and cannot declare his hand.

The beautiful Aurora Hartnell has just left her Finishing School in Paris and returns home to Hadleigh Hall. It is Christmas Eve and she hears that an eligible bachelor, Lord Moreton, has moved into nearby Elton Hall. Aurora dreams that he is handsome, tall and exciting - until she meets him and finds that he is none of them. In no time Aurora has received an unwelcome proposal of marriage from Lord Moreton, but he appears to be strangely close to her intimidating stepmother, Lady Hartnell.

Narina Kenwin is the only daughter of the Bishop of St. Albans and since her mother's death she has been living with her father. She is very beautiful and is happy, but when riding in the woods she wishes she had someone special with her. Narina receives a letter from her great school friend, Louise, who is married to Prince Rudolf, the Ruler of the small Principality of Alexanderburg in the Balkans. Louise begs Narina to come to stay with her immediately and is sending a Battleship to take her to Alexanderburg.

Valeria Montford is beautiful, proud and romantic. When she meets the reticent Lord Waterford in France, everything goes wrong and she hates him for making her feel humiliated. Then she meets Sir Peter Cousins - devastatingly handsome, he is much more exciting and appears strongly attracted to her. Back in England, Valeria's beloved father tells her that a cad has defrauded him of his fortune and that she is his only chance of escaping penury. The rich Lord Waterford has offered to marry her and free him from his debts.

Shenda, the beautiful daughter of Lord Linbury, finds herself all alone when he dies. She finds a letter he has written to his friend, the Duke of Wellington, asking him to look after and protect her. The Duke is in Paris having just won the Battle of Waterloo and Shenda travels nervously to Paris to meet him and he quickly realises that as she is young and innocent, he cannot have her to stay in his own house. He, therefore, takes Shenda to nurse one of his young Officers who has been badly wounded at Waterloo. Captain Ivan Worth, as he calls himself, is really the Marquis of Kenworth.