Ergebnis für "BLACKOUT" in Historische Romane

As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, as the bleak winter sun sets. When a young woman is found brutally murdered, Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke is under immense pressure to solve the case, swiftly. Treated with suspicion by his superiors for his failure to join the Nazi Party, Schenke walks a perilous line—for disloyalty is a death sentence.

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Endlich – Frank Schätzings Bestseller als Lesung. Köln, im Jahre 1260. Jakob der Fuchs, ein charmanter Dieb und Vagabund, wird Zeuge, wie der Dombaumeister vom Gerüst in den Tod gestoßen wird. Doch alle, denen Jakob von dem Mord erzählt, sind kurz darauf ebenfalls tot. Als er begreift, wer die Intrige gesponnen hat, muss er den Verbrecher so rasch wie möglich überführen. Doch der ist ein eiskalter Auftragsmörder, und als nächstes hat er Jakob im Visier.

A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects there's more to life than earning a living off other people's misfortunes. A self-professed poet, Ludwig soon senses a growing change in his fatherland, a brutality brought upon it by inflation.

Auch Frauen können Helden sein – für die junge Krankenschwesterschülerin Frances McGrath gleichen diese Worte einer Offenbarung. In der sich wandelnden Welt des Jahres 1965 wagt sie es, von dem ihr vorherbestimmten Pfad abzuweichen, und folgt ihrem Bruder nach Vietnam. Und während sie inmitten der Grausamkeit des Krieges über sich hinauswächst, erwartet sie die wahre Herausforderung bei ihrer Rückkehr. Wie schon in Die Nachtigall lässt Weltbestsellerautorin Kristin Hannah einen besonderen Moment der Geschichte aus der Sicht von Frauen lebendig werden, deren Mut und Tatkraft allzu oft vergessen werden.

England, 1941. The tranquil village of Crofter’s Green seems like a haven from the chaos of wartime. But when a local air raid warden is found dead in the village churchyard, five villagers--some getting on in years and none of them policemen--decide they need to uncover the truth.

Berlino, dicembre 1939. Mentre la Germania entra in guerra, i nazisti stringono la loro morsa sulla popolazione. La paranoia nella capitale è intensificata da un rigido blackout che ogni notte, al tramonto del cupo sole invernale, fa sprofondare la città in un'oscurità opprimente. Quando una giovane donna viene trovata brutalmente assassinata, l'ispettore Horst Schenke riceve subito pressioni per risolvere il caso. Trattato con sospetto dai suoi stessi superiori per la mancata adesione al partito nazista, Schenke cammina su una lastra di ghiaccio molto sottile.

In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. The women she convinces to attend the first meeting couldn't be more different—a wealthy spinster determined to aid the war effort, an exhausted mother looking for a fresh start, and a determined young war worker.

England, 1941. Reunited briefly with her husband-to-be before he returns to fighting, Lily Baker now finds her mundane army office work dreary. But when her boss asks her to keep watch on the happenings at the depot, she quickly suspects a new weapons supplier of fraud. As she trains her sharp eye on the potential cheat, she agrees to help an unmarried colleague with an unexpected pregnancy. But when, without evidence, she is accused of being the one with child, she faces hard decisions.

Londres 1942 : profitant du couvre-feu, un tueur hante les rues de la ville. En quelques jours, il assassine et mutile quatre femmes. Son modus operandi interpelle Scotland Yard et la presse, qui le surnomme aussitôt le Blackout Ripper. Les messages qu'il laisse sur les scènes de crime, conçus comme des indices codés, imposent bientôt aux enquêteurs une piste inquiétante : le criminel semble s'inspirer des leçons du mage noir Aleister Crowley et de son manuscrit démoniaque, "Le Livre de la Loi".

거대 악으로부터 세상을 구하기 위해 자신의 몫을 했던 모든 사람들에 관한 이야기 2060년의 옥스퍼드는 시간 여행을 하는 수십 명의 역사학자가 과거로 보내지면서 혼란스럽다. 마이클 데이비스는 진주만으로 갈 준비를 하고 있다. 메로피 워드는 1940년에 일어난 피난민 아이들을 상대하고 있으며, 이 임무가 끝나면 종전 기념행사에 가려고 던워디 교수를 설득하는 중이다. 폴리 처칠의 다음 임무는 런던의 옥스퍼드 스트리트 한가운데 있는 백화점에서 점원 역할이다. 하지만 돌연 실험실은 갑자기 모든 임무를 취소하거나 모든 역사가의 일정을 바꾸었다.