Historical Trees

From the rolling hills of Tuscany to the bustling streets of America, Giovanni Olivi’s journey is one of heartache, sacrifice, and unwavering love. As the second son of a poor farming family, Giovanni is bound by tradition and forced to leave behind his beloved Ersilia Innocenti to seek fortune abroad. But what begins as a promise of a better life soon becomes a harrowing tale of the immigrant experience, defined by grueling labor, poverty, and separation.

From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a haunting new novel of spies and artists, passion and danger, hope in the face of despair Paris, 1939. The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs-Élysées. A young, unknown writer—Samuel Beckett—recently...

A queen with a desire and a quench for life. A kingdom each with citizens that have their own agenda. A counselor and consort who is loyal to the point of treason. A warlord determined to control the uncontrollable who has a life-long secret that even He is unaware of. And a mystical food that has the ability to turn back the ravages of time and restore the youth of whoever knows the secret of using it.

Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine shares a story of family, prejudice, faith, and unlikely friendship in medieval England, for every child who is more perceptive than they seem, and braver than they know. Chera, Lummie, and Joan are unusual in medieval Winchester, England. Two...

One freezing winter morning a dead body is found in the backyard of the Dharma family’s house. It’s the body of Anu Krishnan. For Anu, a writer seeking a secluded retreat from the city, the Dharmas’ “back-house” in the sleepy mountain town of Merrit’s Point was the ideal spot to...

Ahora, además de las habituales sagas familiares ambientadas en un país exótico, Lark nos habla de las pioneras de las conquistas sociales femeninas: primero el sufragio, después el acceso a la universidad y, por último, la posibilidad de volar, volar, volar.

Self-taught artist Rose O'Neill leaves the Midwest for New York in 1893, determined to become an illustrator in a field dominated by males. Mindful of her duty to the impoverished family she left behind, Rose’s obligations require her to yield to the men who hold the reins of her career, as well as the men she grows to love.

When her father, chief of the Gypsies, died, headstrong Etti lost her status but none of her spirit. She's the first woman to race her horse in Marseilles. She survives attacks by her drunken brothers, the very men who should have protected her, and she's turned the head of Rafa, a delicious Gitano Gypsy from Spain with a tantalizing sense of adventure and breathtaking passion. She dares to break all the rules to pursue Rafa - and the exciting life she craves.

In 1897, newly married Beryl and Edward Massart travel more than one thousand miles from Quebec to farm a plot of land in Wisconsin that they bought sight-unseen. An almost magical grove of maples on their property inspires them to dream of a real home built within the grove, not the tiny log cabin they’ve come to live in.

تتناول الرواية قصة شجرة الدر كأول امرأة ملكة تتولي الحكم في تاريخ مصر الإسلامية، حيث قدرت لها الأقدار أن تتوج ملكة على مصر بعد مقتل الملك «طوران شاه» آخر سلاطين الدولة الأيوبية.

Raef Skallagrim wants to take the sea road. His ship is fast and sleek, his crew skilled and eager, and they will seek out new lands and win fame in the eyes of the gods. But Raef’s father refuses to allow the journey and when a stranger brings word that the king is dead and a gathering has been called to choose a successor, Raef must set aside his dream for his duty to his ancestral lands and his father. When factions split at the gathering, Raef finds himself mired in bloodshed and treachery.

In the Fall of 1918, eleven year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen year-old brother, Daniel, find themselves suddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic. Their grieving uncle takes them from their home in Portland, Maine to be raised in the Shaker community, where they are separated since males and females are not permitted to live together. Lydia, a fiercely independent girl, is forced to adjust to her new life and the restrictions placed upon her all on her own.

It’s 1975 in Lobito, Angola, where Rosa, Leo, and their children are trapped in their home as militants battle for power. After 13 years Portugal lost the War of Independence. Now civil war rages on. The Carvalho family has given up hope for peace in their beloved homeland.

An anonymous telegram introduces Carl Brooke to both his future wife and her conflicted brother, who harbors a dark secret from the Civil War. The discovery of a deliberately cut tree reveals the presence of a mysterious one-legged man and the possible reemergence of Carl's nemesis, Thomas Drake.

Straßburg, im glühend heißen Sommer 1518: Mitten in der Stadt beginnt eine Frau zu tanzen. Tagelang, ohne Unterbrechung. Hunderte folgen ihrem Beispiel und die Obrigkeit ruft verzweifelt den Notstand aus. Außerhalb der Stadtgrenze spürt die schwangere Lisbet noch nichts von dem Aufruhr. Doch als ihre Schwägerin Nethe aus der Verbannung auf den Hof zurückkehrt, beginnt auch unter Lisbets Füßen der Boden zu beben. Was verbirgt Nethe? Welche Sünde hat sie begangen, für die sie sieben Jahre lang Buße tat?

Irlanda, 1846. Kathleen y Michael se aman y planean en secreto abandonar su tierra natal, la humilde y hambrienta Irlanda, en busca de una vida mejor en el Nuevo Mundo. Pero todos sus sueños se ven truncados cuando Michael es condenado como rebelde y desterrado a Australia.

The Kentucky wilderness in the 1770s was filled with terrors and dangers, and no one knew this better than 16-year-old Remember Warren. Her village burned and her family and friends violently murdered by savages, the girl found herself a slave of a renegade trapper and his Shawnee squaw. Though she doesn’t believe it, God has not forsaken her. Will she look beyond the hardship and listen to God’s higher purpose for all her suffering? The story reaches its climax as Ember is forced to make a desperate run for her life that will put her new faith to the extreme test.

Set in the present day, with flashes back to the 17th Century, Trace is a story of seemingly unrelated people from around the world who take part in DNA testing for a variety of reasons with unexpected results. Finding family where it isn’t expected and demonstrating just how small of a world we live in, this fictional tale demonstrates the power of genetic genealogy in bringing people together, while also guiding aspiring genealogists to make the most of their ethnicity testing results.

Santander 1930.Inés Calleja se ve obligada a huir de su casa después que su novio la abandonase para casarse con otra. Humillada y rechazada por la sociedad, conoce durante el viaje a Lucía Madrazo, que también ha abandonado su pueblo dejando atrás un doloroso pasado. Juntas abrirán un negocio en Sevilla, donde triunfarán.Pancho Madrazo, hermano de Lucía, regresa a España desde México, donde ha hecho fortuna.

While great battles for independence were being fought in the East, the Western frontier was in the middle of its own dangerous conflicts. One of these encounters began innocently as three friends searched the forest for medicinal herbs. On their way home, they discovered a party of ghostlike figures doing a strange dance among the trees. When word got back to Larkinboro, scouts were sent out to identify what threats these white warriors might pose to the safety of the settlers. But the more that is discovered, the more ominous the danger becomes.