Resultaat voor "Audio Movie" in Historische romantiek

'Full of kindness, even tenderness... He is a brilliant writer: opulently gossipy as few are these days, but also truthful, witty, wise and stoical' Rachel Cooke, Observer 'Everett is a brilliant writer - funny, waspish, warm and seductive' Camilla Long, The Times Richly imagined and...

New York City, 1883. Keira O'Day has spent her life scraping by in the tenements, haunted by the mystery of her parents' abandonment. When wealthy widow and social climber, Maude Hill, offers her a daring proposition—to be adopted, polished, and presented as a society bride for an English...

The classic novelization of one of Broadway’s most enduring and beloved musicals, updated with a beautiful new cover. Maria is young and innocent and has never known love—until Tony. And Tony, searching for life beyond the savagery of the streets, has discovered love for the first time with...

A sharp comedy of manners, and a fiendishly funny treat for Jane Austen and Whit Stillman fans alike. Impossibly beautiful, disarmingly witty, and completely self-absorbed: Meet Lady Susan Vernon, both the heart and the thorn of Love & Friendship. Recently widowed with a daughter who's coming of...

‘Graceful, moving and powerful . . . a wonderful story that seems to have been waiting, all this time, for Kline to come along and tell it’ MICHAEL CHABON For decades, Christina Olson’s whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to...

In the next installment of the swoon-worthy Princes of London series, Christy Carlyle takes readers on a heart-pounding hunt through Norfolk where a legendary treasure hunter and a fierce local woman battle over a Viking hoard, each determined to claim it for their own—and neither willing to...

London, 1939. 'Downton with dance, perfect' Santa Montefiore As war is declared once more, a shadow falls over Britain. The staff at the luxurious Buckingham hotel must do all that they can to keep their important guests happy, but behind the scenes they are scared. Away from the glitz and the...

Glamorous silent film star Eula Hartwin and her makeup artist Winnie had a devoted partnership through the roaring twenties. So how did Winnie end up on trial for stealing from Eula a decade later? London, 1923. The silent film industry is booming, and the picture houses are packed. Makeup...

Writing his master’s thesis, Wilson hears of the movie about America’s defense of South Korea against the Communists. He knows people who fought in that war. It’s more than history to him—it’s personal. He must go. As an extra, he’ll have a real view of what happened, experience it for himself. Sandra, a fellow Texan, meets Wilson on the flight from Dallas to Seoul. With her good looks and academic interests, she becomes a good friend immediately, and romance develops as they angle for bit parts in the movie. But when the shoot is over, can they go their separate ways?

‘An astonishing novel’ The Independent ‘A terrific tribute to the Brontë’s' Guardian * * * * * I am William Lee: brute; liar, and graveside thief. But you will know me by another name. Heathcliff has left Wuthering Heights, and is travelling across the moors to Liverpool in search of...

L'AMOUR NE CONNAÎT PAS DE FRONTIÈRES Olena, qui vient d'Ukraine, a 27 ans et le rêve d'une vie meilleure. En 1992, sans papiers, elle travaille à La Moisson, une maison de retraite où règne une douce fantaisie. Parmi les pensionnaires de la maison, nous rencontrons des personnages hauts en...

Now a major motion picture from Amelie's director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and featuring Audrey Tautou and Jodie Foster comes a very different love story: A Very Long Engagement based on the acclaimed novel by Sébastien Japrisot A runaway bestseller in France and winner of the 1991 Prix Interallié...