Historical Sagas

A family secret. A century of heartache . . . The Girl on the Cliff is an evocative, moving story of family, loss and hope, from Lucinda Riley, the international bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series. After a devastating loss, Grania Ryan flees her life as an artist in New York and...

In Clea, the concluding part of the Alexandria Quartet, Darley returns to Alexandria now caught by war-fever. The conflagration has its effect on his circle - on Nessim and Justine, Balthazar and Clea, Mountolive and Pombal - and a clarity of purpose emerges as the story moves toward its cadence.

In un’Italia che cerca di ritrovare sé stessa tra le macerie della guerra, il commissario Gianfranco Maugeri — ex comandante partigiano e uomo di profonda umanità — affronta delitti che affondano le radici nel passato recente, tra vendette, silenzi e memorie rimosse. Milano, 1946-1949. Dai quartieri di Città Studi ai Navigli, passando per salotti borghesi e circoli ferroviari, ogni indagine è un viaggio nella coscienza di una città ferita ma viva. Maugeri osserva, ascolta e collega frammenti di verità, guidato da un senso del dovere che si intreccia con il dubbio e la compassione…

All is not well at Castle's Café. Since the fatal shooting, customers have been staying away, and now Nellie finds herself in debt to the sinister Terence Carter. But when a deadly attack strikes close to home, these troubles pale into insignificance. Meanwhile, Jimmy Castle's relationship with family friend Reenie Turner has deepened, and in the aftermath of the attack that could so easily have killed them, they decide to get married. But the return of an old friend threatens to expose a long-held secret, leaving the wedding teetering on the brink of disaster.

There are too many secrets in the Paris Opera House and Christine Daaé knows them all, for her lover, Erik, the infamous Phantom of the Opera, is at their center.

A compelling drama and a merciless scrutiny of a newly monied upper-middle-class family at the turn of the 20th century, The Forsyte Saga has a sumptuous range of characters. If you have enjoyed The Forsyte Saga on television in the past, you will be familiar with this engrossing story; if not, prepare to be completely captivated and engaged by one of the best tales ever told.

El pájaro espino, también conocido como El pájaro canta hasta morir, es, sin duda, uno de los grandes clásicos de la literatura contemporánea. Adaptada a la pantalla con enorme éxito, esta novela ha cautivado a millones de audiolectores en todo el mundo a lo largo de generaciones. En esta inolvidable novela, McCullough narra una historia que comienza en 1915 y está llena de sueños, secretos, pasiones oscuras y amor prohibido en el interior de Australia.

John Blackthorne, in dienst van koningin Elizabeth I, lijdt na maanden zwerven schipbreuk voor de kust van Japan. Als gevangene van de machtige Toranaga wordt Blackthorne een pion en een onbewuste troef in een bloederige strijd om de macht. Door zijn relatie met de raadselachtige vertaalster Mariko past Blackthorne zich langzaam aan de vreemde Japanse cultuur aan. Terwijl een oorlog om de heerschappij over Japan dreigt, raakt Blackthorne verscheurd in zijn loyaliteit, en zijn leven onlosmakelijk verbonden met het land en zijn mensen.

Wakefield 1870. On the banks of the River Calder, Meg Taylor struggles to care for her younger siblings and sick mother whilst her father is away working as a boatman on the canals. The slums where they live are rife with disease, and Meg longs for a different life, away from the grinding poverty, but she'll never leave her family. But with the canals slowly dying as trade moves to the railways, and with Meg’s father stubbornly holding onto the past, Meg fears her family’s future is going to get even bleaker. If only there was a way she could save them.

Left suddenly penniless, the Honorable Sophia Grafton, a viscount's orphaned daughter, sails to the New World to claim the only property left to her name: a tobacco plantation in the remote wilds of colonial Virginia. Enlisting the reluctant assistance of a handsome young French spy - at gunpoint - she gathers an unlikely group of escaped slaves and indentured servants, each seeking their own safe haven in the untamed New World.

It is the year 871, when England was Angle-Land. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. No trait is more valued than loyalty, and no possession more precious than one's steel. Across this war-torn landscape travels 15-year-old Ceridwen, now thrust into the lives of the conquerors.

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From Garth Stein, author of the beloved bestseller The Art of Racing in the Rain—now a major motion picture! The New York Times bestselling “witty, atmospheric” (People) story of a once powerful American family, and the price that must be paid by the heirs as they struggle for redemption...

In To the Far Blue Mountains, Louis L’Amour weaves the unforgettable tale of a man who, after returning to his homeland, discovers that finding his way back to America may be impossible. As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials!...

Valentina had been admired, married, widowed, yet had never known love.... Not even at the illustrious court of Queen Elizabeth, where her innocent, violet-eyed beauty fired the hearts of England's most gallant gentry, especially the roguish earl of Kempe and the irrepressible Lord Padraic Burke. But her innocence shattered when a deathbed confession revealed that her true father might not have been Lord Bliss, but the lustful Sultan Murad of Istanbul. Determined to find the truth, Valentina sets sail for the East, a voyage of unsurpassed danger...and sensual discovery.

Un royaume déchiré entre deux religions, un amour sans limites, un homme face à son destin... 1568. Royaume de Grenade. Écrasés par l'Inquisition, humiliés par des années d'oppression, les Maures prennent les armes et font couler le sang dans les villages blancs de la Sierra Nevada. Né d'une Mauresque violée par un prêtre catholique, Hernando dit "le nazaréen", en raison de ses yeux bleus, est entraîné dans ce combat qu'il fera sien.

Sidroc the Dane has been in Angle-land for 12 years. The first nine were all hard fighting. He has won treasure beyond counting, and now peace for his men. But there is one thing he still desires: Ceridwen as his wife. Now Fate conspires to tear Ceridwen and Sidroc away from Angle-land. Thrust together amidst great danger and hardship they fight to survive - and fight each other.

1868. La jeune Ismay n'a qu'une envie : quitter l'Irlande pour aller rejoindre son frère Bram à Swan Hill, en Australie, là où il s'est installé avec l'ambition de faire fortune. Mais son père veut la contraindre d'épouser un voisin, le sournois Rory Flynn, malgré l'antipathie qu'Ismay éprouve à son égard. Un jour que Rory l'a violemment agressée, elle décide de s'enfuir. À bord du bateau qui la conduit à l'autre bout du monde, la jeune femme se fait passer pour une veuve désargentée et se lie d'amitié avec Adam Treagar.

Vengeance en terre viking. Norvège, IXe siècle après J.-C. Depuis que son père est mort, Ragnvald n'a qu'une hâte : pouvoir enfin gouverner les terres qui lui reviennent, placées sous l'égide de son beau-père, le cruel Olaf. Mais obtenir justice n'est pas chose aisée en pays viking, où des centaines de petits rois se disputent un lambeau de territoire. Mais Ragnvald est courageux et déterminé. Quant à sa petite sœur, l'impétueuse Svanhild, elle serait capable de prendre les armes pour lui venir en aide. Jusqu'au jour où elle croise le chemin du beau Solvi, l'ennemi juré de son frère.

En el año 1933, Berlín es un foco de agitación política y social. Lady Maud, ahora la esposa de Walter von Ulrich y madre de dos hijos, publica en una revista semanal artículos que ridiculizan al Partido Nazi, mientras que Walter manifiesta su oposición en el Parlamento. Sin embargo, parece que nada podrá frenar el poder ascendente del canciller Adolf Hitler.