From the number one bestselling author of Miss Austen, a powerful and moving novel featuring Jane Austen's closest friend and confidante ... 'Displays a keen sense of wit and rich characterisation ... a thoroughly enjoyable book' Observer'So envious of anyone yet to read this.A triumph!' Nigella Lawson'A ...
From the inimitable bestselling author, Kate Atkinson, a mesmerising novel set in the glittering world of Soho in the 1920s - a place of gangsters and showgirls, Bright Young Things and one remarkable woman. 'Atkinson on her finest form. A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow, a peak performance ...
'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph'The most daring history book of the year. Unforgettable' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times___Venice, 1522.Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to ...
**A HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES AND THE SUNDAY TIMES**___________________________'A moving story' SUNDAY TIMES, Best historical fiction books of 2022'A must read!' GILL PAUL'Intriguing ... A fascinating read' HAZEL GAYNOR'Remarkable' ESSIE FOX'An astonishing tour de force' REBECCA ...
***A RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK***'Glorious and tender . . .I finished it with tears in my eyes' JENNIFER SAINT'A stunning achievement' CHRISTY LEFTERI'An immersive, expertly plotted and elegantly written novel ' SHARLENE TEOWith every misfortune there is a blessing and within every blessing, the seeds of ...
Shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Prize. Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins of life, forging a connection that will last forever. 'Emma Donoghue is a genius ...
Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Great Circle, Autoři : Maggie Shipstead, Rok vydania : 2022,.
1830. After a violent storm, a woman is found alone, naked, near death on the Northumberland moors. She has no memory of who she is or how she got there. But she can remember how to help a woman in labour, how to expertly dress a wound and can speak fluent French. With the odds against her - a penniless ...
A hugely powerful chronicle of lives lived on the edge' - Sunday Times, Books of the YearIn the tradition of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, an immensely powerful historical novel about the first encounters between Danish colonists and Greenlanders in the early eighteenth century, of brutal clashes between ...
Nenechajte si ujsť prvý ženský román z vydavateľstva TV LUX o jednej z najznámejších starozákonných postáv Betsabe. Autorka bestsellerov Angela Hunt (čítaj Endžela Hant) prináša pohnutý príbeh nádhernej ženy, do ktorej sa zahľadí kráľ Dávid a zmocní sa jej. Dá zabiť jej manžela a ju vezme do paláca ako ...
Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Ramses Paní z Abú Simbelu, Autoři : Christian Jacq, Rok vydania : 2022,.
