Ergebnis für "Frost" in Historische Romane

Evelyn is many things - servant of a countess, soldier for Lockmire’s army, and survivor of childhood abuse. But most importantly, she is the girl with the golden hair, always learning and never, ever giving up.

The East Riding of Yorkshire 1709. The tiny village of North Burton. It’s March. In years to come they will call it The Great Frost. Meg and Nana know the cold will get worse – because everything always does. Meg’s husband is away at war, the roof is about to fall in and Carrick, the big rector up at St Michael’s, says the cold is a punishment for their sins. When a wounded highwayman bangs on their door in the night, and they take him in, they don’t realise just how much worse it will get.

A love unchanged by time, and a man determined to be worthy of it. Elizabeth Bennet is enjoying an unexpected season of happiness at Ramsgate. A chance meeting with Mr. Darcy blossoms into a steadfast love, until his sudden death shatters that fragile joy and leaves behind questions no one can answer. Now, Elizabeth must navigate a world without him, where the expectations of those around her jeopardize not only her future happiness, but her chance of ever discovering what has truly become of the man she loves.

"FROST" er en beretning fra vikingetidens Norden. Som bare 13-årig blvier den lille Torgæst Torhalleson fredløs efter at have hævnet sin far og dræbt en af Islands mægtigste høvdinger. Med vildmanden Teit som følgesvend flygter han til Norge. Bestandig hænger truslen om blodhævn over ham. Men Gæst er intelligent, rådsnar og han har en fabelagtig hukommelse. Snart bliver han hvirvlet ind i de politiske og religiøse intriger omkring kristendommens indtog i Norden. Han bliver rådgiver for den norske leder Erik Jarl og deltager i Eriks og danerkongen Knud den Stores erobring af England i 1016.

Chicago, 1881. The idea of a female detective is virtually unheard of. But when famed crime buster Allan Pinkerton opens his agency's doors to a handful of women, one intrepid actress with her own troubled past is driven to defy convention and take on a new and dangerous role. Since the age of 11, when her mother was murdered, the life of the theater is all Lilly Long has known. Now 22, she has blossomed into an accomplished Shakespearean actress.

Elizabeth Bennet has just experienced one of the most difficult years of her entire life. The loss of a beloved sister, a failed harvest, and the threat of freezing to death from a bitterly cold winter cause the inhabitants of Longbourn to do the unthinkable. Meanwhile, Fitzwilliam Darcy is desperate to keep his family and his tenants alive. The scarcity of food due to a freezing summer has him taking extreme measures. His radical idea takes him, along with his friend Charles Bingley, to Netherfield, where his drastic experiment has the potential to save them all - or ruin his life forever.

New Hampshire is a collection of poems by Robert Frost first published in 1923 by Henry Holt. It contains a number of his best known poems, including "Fire and Ice", "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", "Nothing Gold Can Stay", and “For Once, Then, Something”. The collection is organized into three sections: the poem “New Hampshire”, a group of poems labeled “Notes”, and a second group labeled “Grace Notes”.  

THE WORLD TEETERS ON THE EDGE OF ETERNAL SLUMBER . . . Marisha's time is running out. She's already lost her family to the sleeping plague, and she fears she'll be next. Penniless and desperate for protection, Marisha is forced to accept a job as apprentice to the notorious koldunya, Baba Zima...

Was macht eine moderne Hexe, die Verletzungen und Krankheiten heilen kann? Sie studiert Medizin und rettet als Ärztin in einer renommierten Bostoner Klinik Menschenleben. Als sie Teil eines diagnostischen Teams wird, spitzt sich die Lage zu. Anastasia deckt die schmutzigen Machenschaften einer Organhandel-Mafia auf, in die auch ihr charismatischer Vorgesetzter, Dr. Sutton Riggs, verwickelt zu sein scheint.

Ridmark Arban is the Gray Knight, questing to stop the return of the terrible Frostborn to the High King's realm. Yet the soulstone, the instrument of the return of the Frostborn, has been stolen by a ruthless cult and secured within the grim fortress of the Iron Tower. And Ridmark must risk everything to retrieve it. Mara wishes only to live peacefully. Yet her father was a dark elven wizard of power, and his shadow-tainted blood flows through her veins, threatening to transform her into a monster.

Ridmark Arban is the Gray Knight, outcast and exiled from the High King's realm. Yet he alone sees the danger of the terrible Frostborn, the creatures that will sheathe the world in ice and quench all life. But none of the lords of the realm believe his warnings. And his enemies want him dead...and the secret allies of the Frostborn wish to silence him forever. As old foes and new enemies close around him, Ridmark must fight for his life. Or else the Frostborn will return, bringing eternal ice and darkness with them.

Fesselnd, düster, gewaltig: Die Fortsetzung der großen Vampir-Saga „Vampyria” aus Frankreich Entgegen ihren Plänen und vor den Augen des ganzen Hofstaats hat die Sterbliche Jeanne den König der Vampire vor der Vernichtung bewahrt und wurde dafür in sein Gefolge aufgenommen. Nun muss sie...

After losing his wife and his honor, Ridmark Arban the Gray Knight set out to stop the return of the malevolent Frostborn. He failed. Now, the gates of ruin have been thrown open, and the Frostborn and their armies threaten to overthrow the High Kingdom. Only Ridmark stands in their way. Distrusted by his countrymen and broken by grief and loss, he will nonetheless show the Frostborn why the Gray Knight is the most feared warrior of the age...or die trying....

When Thomas Bennet's childless aunt and uncle ask that one of his five daughters come to live with them, he knows which girl would most benefit. Years later, Elizabeth Bennet Russell returns to Longbourn having had an unconventional upbringing. She is in possession of an important name, a good fortune, and an artist's eye.

When Colonel Fitzwilliam arrives at Netherfield to recover from a battlefield injury, he expects only rest, quiet, and a respite from his mother's persistent fussing. But his return places him squarely in the midst of a far more delicate conflict—one involving his cousin, Mr. Darcy, and Miss...

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Ridmark Arban is the Gray Knight. Outcast and exile, he seeks to stop the return of the terrible Frostborn to the realm of Andomhaim. At last he knows how the Frostborn shall return. A weapon of great magical power waits in a ruined dwarven city, a weapon with the power to stop the return of the Frostborn. Assuming the ruined city's guardians do not kill Ridmark first....

For nearly three years, Thorgrim Night Wolf has fought his way across Ireland, Engla-land, and Frisia, seeking riches and battling to keep him and his men alive. Through all that hardship, his foremost thought has been to return to his farm in Norway and to give up the life of a raider. With...

Ridmark Arban is the Gray Knight, and he quests for the ruined citadel of Urd Morlemoch, seeking a way to stop the return of the dreaded Frostborn. For if he does not find a way to stop them, the Frostborn shall entomb the world in ice forever. Morigna is the cunning Witch of the Hills, feared and mistrusted by the townsmen of Moraime. Yet darker things stir in the hills. A trap that might devour both her and the Gray Knight...

After battling and defeating the Unliving Empress, the trio travel across the continent to master their final element: Frost. Zephyr, Vincent, and Nella soon learn that their time in the Frost School will be unlike anything they’ve done before. Blight titans of immense power, infected by the Shadow’s taint, have arisen. They bear the forms of Ostar the Beast God: tortoise, cat, bird, and serpent.