Historical Letters

A mysterious stone of black obsidian holds a magical grip over a rural French clan ripped apart by an ancient curse. The Nazis covet the relic as a weapon of immense power that will lead their armies to victory in the West. The Allies fear rumors of the stone mask a deadly weapon that threatens the invasion of Fortress Europe. The resistance risks annihilation to recover it. The French police and the Gestapo will destroy all in their path to possess it.

As Nazi-occupied France collapsed under the Allied onslaught in 1944, Gela Pientka defiantly kept a bloody truth that could topple governments and destabilize world currencies. To protect her family, she took the frightening secret to her grave. Gala's journal, however, exposes a stunning discovery - a corrupt "money train," supported by murder and slavery, fueled by the foul stench of greed. Powerful international forces seek to destroy the last evidence of their treason by silencing everyone who discovers the secret.

A storm explodes on German streets in November, 1938 - The Night of Broken Glass. The Holocaust has begun - and the world has changed forever. The little girls Rabbi Shalev calls his "Three Angels" flee their burning orphanage in terror, fearing for their lives. Hunted by an obsessed Gestapo captain, the best friends are torn apart and cast in the violent maelstrom of occupied Europe. No government can help them. No army will come to their rescue. Corruption and greed stalk them at every turn

Two men fighting for their country. Two women dealing with tragedy alone. Two different stories, two different eras, one common thread. Sophia Philips, a wife and mom, finds herself missing the two most important people in her life. One ripped from her because of war, the other by death. Sophia's grandmother, Lucia Snell, gives her an early inheritance; letters written to her by her husband while stationed in China during World War II. Lucia believes these letters will help her granddaughter heal from the heart-wrenching tragedy she faces.

A young sailor in bootcamp unexpectedly meets a young woman as he goes off to war. Their brief encounter in the per-electronic age was the inspiration for a lifelong relationship set in the backdrop of the World War II and the US Naval Campaign in the Pacific. Submarines and sailors came and went during this thirty month assignment. A few funny moments happened during the war. The Letters written from Pearl Harbor gives a quick look into the effects of the war, on the home front and in the battlegrounds.

Beatrice Richards was 39 years old on her last birthday. That may have been accurate, it might not have been. It mattered not to her friends—of which she had only a few—and it certainly didn’t matter to her husband, in large part because he simply didn’t care. Beatrice was wealthy, entitled, snobbish, unhappy and bored. That is until “it” came.

Über seine Mutter Gertrud schrieb der Künstler Einar Schleef einen Roman. Er nannte ihn "Gertrud" und versuchte darin, ihre ostdeutsche Gedankenwelt nachzuempfinden, von der er seit seiner Flucht in den Westen getrennt war. Mit ihr schrieb er sich auch Briefe. Die Angst der Mutter, die Unbedenklichkeit des Sohnes, die Anhänglichkeit und die Unabhängigkeit - es sind Kräfte, die sich anziehen und gleichzeitig abstoßen.

Separated by a great distance in the 1890's, can a widower and a schoolteacher overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of their love and commitment? John Feist unfolds a true-love story, old-fashioned letter style, in his historical romance novel, The Color of Rain.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation. “When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War...

The continuing secret correspondence between Miss Lizzy Bennet, and Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, during the second quarantine lockdown of 1812. Amid public unrest, lockdown has been lifted for just two days, then re-imposed with greater restrictions than ever. Trapped once more within Hunsford Parsonage and Rosings Park respectively, our esteemed couple-to-be unleash themselves with greater familiarity as tensions rise, old antipathies come to a head and emotions can no longer be restrained.

Flesh and Blood paints a stark portrait of a southern family torn apart during the Civil War and reunited by the bonds of blood and sacrifice as Jack and his sister Abigail in an salacious tale of forbidden love, loyalty and survival struggle to save their farm and keep a buried treasure out of the hands of the crumbling Confederacy.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables . The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.

Oración es de aquellos libros que transforman nuestra sensibilidad al pensar la tragedia humana. Con la investigación del asalto del Ejército a la casa donde a fines de 1976 muere Vicki Walsh, el libro propone una nueva tradición fundada en las cartas que Rodolfo Walsh dedica a su hija y a sus amigos.

The City of Angels has played a distinct role in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of millions of people, who see it as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream. David Kipen, a cultural historian and avid scholar of Los Angeles, has scoured libraries, archives, and private estates to assemble a kaleidoscopic view of a truly unique city. From the Spanish missionary expeditions in the early 1500s to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the strange new world of social media, this collection is a slice of life in L.A. through the years.

La giovane eroina di questo romanzo, condannata per adulterio nella Boston dei Puritani, dovrà portare per sempre, cucita sul vestito, una lettera scarlatta. Una vicenda dai risvolti imprevedibili, il risveglio della coscienza femminile per l'affermazione dei diritti delle donne. Musica di Kevin Mac Leod

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) är en av de stora amerikanska författarna. Han har skrivit ett flertal romaner, noveller och biografier. Hawthorne växte upp i Nya England i USA och bodde senare i Massachusetts. Berättelsen handlar om Hester Prynne, en ung kvinna som begår ett av de värsta möjliga brotten i 1600-talets Nya England: äktenskapsbrott. Som straff tvingas hon bära ett stort rött A (= adultress, äktenskapsbryterska) på bröstet på sin klänning.

Giulia Farnese, une femme qui traverse le temps pour trouver, dans ce roman, son rachat. Sa véritable histoire raconte l’histoire d’une femme qui va bien au-delà de la figure de Sponsa Christi avec qui elle est connue dans le monde entier. L’auteur esquisse le profil d’une femme forte qui, libérée des chaînes d’une famille qui l’a élevée à l’obéissance, renaît de ses cendres et de la damnatio memoriæ pour devenir la mater et la domina du fief de Carbognano.

This is a troubling story of crime, sin, guilt, punishment and expiation, set in the rigid moral climate of 17th-century New England. The young mother of an illegitimate child confronts her Puritan judges. However, it is not so much her harsh sentence, but the cruelties of slowly exposed guilt as her lover is revealed, that hold the reader enthralled all the way to the book's poignant climax.

The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature. Set in the harsh Puritan environment of the 17th century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society.

Anglo-Saxon England. Having built a rich empire and keen to win the favor of the royal court, Hilda and AEligard have little time for their daughter, Catheryn. But one man, Selwyn, is intrigued by the intelligent and high-spirited girl.