Historical Literary Fiction Saga

What happened to the idealism of the 1960s? This question has haunted a generation. Outside the Gates of Eden follows two men from high school to their final destination in the 21st century. Alex is torn between his father's business empire and his own artistic yearnings. Cole finds his calling at a Bob Dylan concert in 1965. From the Summer of Love in San Francisco to Woodstock, from campus protests to the SoHo loft scene, from a commune in Virginia to the outlaw country music of Austin, the novel charts the rise and fall of the counterculture - and what came after.

Prim, an aid worker in the Sudan, is contacted by her sister Dimp, who is back in Australia. She has come into possession of revealing documents concerning their ancestors: transported from Manchester, their great-grandfather was the son of a convict, while their great grandmother was not only a convict, too, but Jewish. As the story unfolds, through letters and a journal, of how John Bettany made his fortune and of Sarah's time in the notorious Female Factory, the sisters gain new perspectives on their roots.

Het eeuwige vuur is, met zijn setting in een van de meest turbulente en revolutionaire periodes in de Europese geschiedenis, een van Folletts spannendste en meest ambitieuze boeken ooit. Geknipt voor zowel nieuwe lezers als voor trouwe fans van de Kingsbridge-saga, die begon met de bestsellers Pilaren van de aarde en Brug naar de hemel.

Belgrano Rawson schuf mit diesem Roman ein literarisch vielschichtiges und politisches Werk, das durch exzellent recherchierte historische Fakten besticht. Kuba, 17. April 1961. Mit Unterstützung der CIA landen Exilkubaner in ihrer ehemaligen Heimat, um Fidel Castro zu stürzen. Im Laufe der Handlung, die durch eine Sprecherin des örtlichen Radiosenders Radio Swan begleitet wird, kommen die unterschiedlichsten Personen zu Wort, wodurch die Ereignisse fesselnd und detailliert zugleich geschildert werden.

In questa nuova avventura di Giambattista Bugatti, il boia papalino noto come Mastro Titta, la scenografia è ancora quella di una Roma ottocentesca, a pochi passi dall'annessione al nascente Regno d’Italia. Siamo nel 1859: la scomparsa di un bambino ebreo, figlio di un ufficiale francese, fa temere il suo rapimento da parte della balia, che lo avrebbe sottoposto ad un battesimo forzato per poi crescerlo nel cattolicesimo. Ma il ritrovamento dei cadaveri, sia del bambino che della nutrice, sembra complicare notevolmente la situazione.

Det är tidigt 1900-tal i Stockholm och livet i storstaden har inte blivit så som torparflickan Alva Nilsson hade tänkt sig. Efter en mindre lyckad jakt på arbete har hon dragits in i prostitutionens hårda värld. Sexton år gammal är hon nu med barn. Allt detta har föranlett den scen som utspelar sig, när hon en eftermiddag sitter gråtandes, och i desperat behov av hjälp, framför gynekologen Karolina Widerström. Hur hamnade Alva i den här situationen? Och vad kan Karolina egentligen göra för att hjälpa till?

Irish domestic worker Norah King's decision to ask her wealthy employer, Caroline Parker, for an elegant red coat that the Beacon Hill matriarch has marked for donation ignites a series of events that neither woman could have fathomed. The unlikely exchange will impact their respective daughters and families for generations to come, from the coat's original owner, marriage-minded collegian Cordelia Parker, to the determined and spirited King sisters of South Boston, Rosemary, Kay, and Rita.

När Caroline av misstag blir indragen i en härva av intriger, lögner och mord blir hon räddad av lord Vane Brecon. Hon svär för sig själv att hon någon dag ska återgälda honom och återvänder sedan till London och sitt glamorösa liv som societetsdam. Men det dröjer inte allt för länge innan hon får en chans att uppfylla sitt löfte och hon ger sig av från London för att varna lord Brecon för den livshotande faran. Men lorden bär på sina egna mörka hemligheter och nu måste Caroline göra allt hon kan för att rädda hans liv ...

England 1945: Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist beendet. Harry Clifton, der sich aus den Hafendocks Bristols hochgearbeitet hat, und sein treuer Jugendfreund Giles Barrington, Sprössling der Schifffahrt-Dynastie Barrington, haben überlebt. Endlich hat Harry zu seiner großen Liebe gefunden, zu Giles' Schwester Emma Barrington. Doch ein langer Schatten droht auf die jungen Menschen zu fallen.

En 1971 una pareja muere al pisar una vieja granada en el antiguo campo de batalla del Somme, escenario de uno los episodios más cruentos de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Su hijo de tres años es encontrado cuatro días más tarde a muchos kilómetros de distancia. Edvard crecerá con su abuelo Sverre en una granja noruega ignorando el enigmático suceso hasta que, un día, alguien entrega un ataúd destinado a su abuelo: una espléndida pieza de carpintería tallada en madera de abedul.

The war is over and so are the jobs (and freedoms) of tens of thousands of Australian women. The armaments factories are making washing machines instead of bullets and war correspondent Tilly Galloway has hung up her uniform and been forced to work on the women's pages of her newspaper—the only job available to her—where she struggles to write advice on fashion and make-up. As Sydney swells with returning servicemen and the city bustles back to post-war life, Tilly finds her world is anything but normal.

In this immersive novel, Zuravleff weaves Russian fairy tales and fables into a family saga within the storied American landscape. The challenges facing immigrants-and the fragility of citizenship-are just as unsettling and surprising today as they were 100 years ago.

In una Garfagnana investita dalla Seconda Guerra Mondiale, sembra quasi che Storia e Magia si siano fuse insieme, con l’intento di delineare una storia che ci tocchi nel profondo. Nel paese di Bosconero – ispirato a Fabbriche di Careggine – Francesco, undici anni, è il figlio di un disertore, che convive con la madre, la nonna e l’onta terribile di quanto si pensa suo padre abbia fatto. Ma i rastrellamenti nazisti sono poca cosa, se paragonati all’indicibile mistero che avvolge i circostanti boschi della Garfagnana.

Armand, lord Sheringham, får i uppdrag att resa till Frankrike som spion för att ta reda på Napoleons planer att invadera England. Han förälskar sig häftigt i grevinnan Rêve de Valmont. Men så blir han inblandad i en duell och förlorar minnet. Att undkomma alla de faror som hotar honom och Rêve blir en invecklad historia där hat, kärlek och svartkonst är svårigheter som måste övervinnas. Cartlands böcker äger rum i de finare engelska kretsarna och i exotiska miljöer.

In 1933, after Hitler and the Nazi Party consolidated power in Germany, Immanuel Birnbaum, a German Jewish journalist based in Warsaw, is forbidden from writing for newspapers in his homeland. Six years later, just months before the German invasion of Poland that ignites World War II, Immanuel escapes to Sweden with his wife and two young sons.

Niels Ruel kommer i 1930'erne til København og får arbejde i en boghandel. Han bliver han ven med Flemming, en charmerende og handlekraftig ung mand. Men samtidig bliver Niels trukket ind i en kreds af mennesker, som sympatiserer med Hitlers tanker om et nyt Europa. Situationens alvor går op for ham, da Flemming melder sig til Østfronten. Romanen følger Niels Ruel i efterkrigsårene, helt frem til 2005, hvor han som olding vurderer sit livs vendepunkter i sit sommerhus i Rørvig.

On an orange-tinted evening in September 1905, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother in the ancient city of Smyrna. At the very same moment, a dashing Indian spy arrives in the harbour with a secret mission from the British Empire. He sails in to golden-hued spires and minarets, scents of fig and sycamore and the cries of street hawkers selling their wares. When he leaves, 17 years later, it will be to the heavy smell of kerosene and smoke as the city, and its people, are engulfed in flames.

Inspired by true events, All Sorrows Can Be Borne is the story of Noriko Ito, a Japanese woman faced with unimaginable circumstances that force her to give up her son to save her husband. Set in Hiroshima, Osaka, and the badlands of eastern Montana and spanning the start of World War II to 1982, this breathtaking novel is told primarily in the voice of Noriko, a feisty aspiring actress who fails her audition to enter the Takarazuka Theater Academy.

In the tradition of Paullina Simons comes an unforgettable story of a mother and daughter from a remarkable new writer. Beginning in a small village under Japanese occupation on the Chinese-Russian border in the final days of World War II, White Gardenia tells the story of a Russian mother and daughter separated by war.

Born in rural Palestine, just before the dawn of the 20th century, Miriam adores her father and is certain his love will protect her, but she soon finds that tradition overrides love. Uprooted by war, Miriam enters a world where the old constraints slip away with thrilling and disastrous results. Miriam's rebellious daughter, Nadia, is thrilled with the opportunity for a modern life that her elite education provides. But when she falls in love with an outsider, the clan reins her back with a shocking finality.