Ergebnis für "De ware" in Saga

Eva, Iris und Jan sind Erben der ehemals prächtigen Spielzeugfabrik Langbein in Sonneberg. In der Kaiserzeit gegründet, befand sie sich in der Weimarer Republik auf ihrem Höhepunkt, überstand zwei Kriege, deutsche Teilung und Verstaatlichung, nur um nach der Wiedervereinigung kläglich unterzugehen. Nun ist von der ehrbaren Langbein-Tradition nichts mehr übrig. Streit und Verbitterung haben sich auf die Hinterbliebenen übertragen.

1. Januar 1950: In Hamburg, Köln und San Remo begrüßt man das neue Jahrzehnt. Gerda und Heinrich Aldenhovens Haus in Köln platzt aus allen Nähten. Heinrichs Kunstgalerie wirft längst nicht genug ab, um all die hungrigen Mäuler zu stopfen. In Hamburg bei Gerdas Freundin Elisabeth und ihrem Mann Kurt macht man sich dagegen weniger Sorgen um Geld. Schwiegersohn Joachim jedoch ist noch immer nicht aus dem Krieg zurückgekehrt. Margarethe, geborene Aldenhoven, hat es von Köln nach San Remo verschlagen.

November 1989. "Willkommen in Westberlin", dröhnt es aus einem Lautsprecher, als die Ostberliner Studentin Alexandra von der Menschenmenge in die Arme eines jungen Mannes gedrängt wird. Liebe auf den ersten Blick! Berlin vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Die junge und mutige Paula setzt sich leidenschaftlich für Frauen- und Arbeiterrechte ein. Ihre Träume von einer neuen, gerechteren Welt teilt sie mit dem charismatischen Studentenführer Clemens, mit dem sie Seite an Seite kämpft.

Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is clearly seen in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle, all of them fully realized and equally memorable.

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

In diesem zweiten Band ihrer Saga um den ostfriesischen Nordseehof erzählt Regine Kölpin – spannend, bewegend und voller norddeutscher Atmosphäre – eine dramatische Emanzipationsgeschichte um drei Frauen aus drei Generationen.

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

The saga of the legendary Courtney family continues in this fourteenth installment in Wilbur Smith’s bestselling series—the sequel to 2009’s Assegai—a thrilling tale of espionage, adventure, and danger, set in Africa and spanning from the Great War’s end to the dark days of World War...

The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters. Revolution is in the air 1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire...

The fortunes of the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys, of Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, are intimately connected with the national history that is played out in parallel with their lives. Balls and soirées alternate with councils of war and the machinations of statesmen and generals, scenes of violent battles with everyday human passions in a work whose extraordinary imaginative power has never been surpassed. The prodigious cast of characters, both great and small, seem to act and move as if connected by threads of destiny as the novel relentlessly questions ideas of free will, fate, and providence.

West Cork, Ireland, 1900. The year marks the start of a new century, and the birth of three very different women: Kitty Deverill, the flame-haired Anglo-Irish daughter of the castle, Bridie Doyle, the daughter of the Irish cook and Celia Deverill, Kitty's flamboyant English cousin. Together they...

The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas...

Wilbur Smith returns to his legendary Courtney Series with a brand new World War II thriller. 1943. The tide of the Second World War is turning. The Russian victory at Stalingrad - the bloodiest battle in history - has opened the door for the Allies. Now, they must strike decisively at the heart...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I gulped it right down. Excellent, as always. . . . Cornwell brings battles to life like no one else.” –George R.R. Martin, Author of Game of Thrones The final installment in Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales series, chronicling the epic story of the...

1. Januar 1950: In Hamburg, Köln und San Remo begrüßt man das neue Jahrzehnt. Gerda und Heinrich Aldenhovens Haus in Köln platzt aus allen Nähten. Heinrichs Kunstgalerie wirft längst nicht genug ab, um all die hungrigen Mäuler zu stopfen. In Hamburg bei Gerdas Freundin Elisabeth und ihrem Mann Kurt macht man sich dagegen weniger Sorgen um Geld. Schwiegersohn Joachim jedoch ist noch immer nicht aus dem Krieg zurückgekehrt. Margarethe, geborene Aldenhoven, hat es von Köln nach San Remo verschlagen. Ihr Leben scheint sorgenfrei, doch die Abhängigkeit von der Schwiegermutter quält Margarethe.

As the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country... Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies, but, determined to help the war effort, she goes back to work at the Nightingale Hospital. More used to nights out in the West End, Jennifer and Cissy volunteer in the hope of tending to handsome soldiers. They soon find out that nursing isn’t quite what they were expecting.

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Spain, June 1812 In the beautiful city of Salamanca, Captain Richard Sharpe must hunt down and safeguard Britain’s most valuable spy, ‘El Mirador’, before he’s silenced by France’s...

The war is over; Hitler is dead - and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband, Gerhard, only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi-supporting brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power. As a dangerous game of cat and mouse develops, a plot against the couple begins to stir. One that will have ramifications throughout Europe....

Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series. A RUTHLESS ENEMY. A CIVILISATION IN RUINS. A QUEST FOR SALVATION. For over fifty years Egypt has known nothing but war and devastation at the hands...

In her hands, the young wit'ch Elena holds the awesome energies of blood magick - and more. For the fate of all Alasea hinges on her recovery of the Blood Diary, a potent talisman forged five hundred years ago, then locked away behind wards too strong for any mage to break. But only with the secrets recorded in its pages can Elena defeat the evil magicks of the Dark Lord.