Ergebnis für "Hard Land" in Historische Romane

Despite the title, Dickens's portrayal of early industrial society is less relentlessly grim than that in novels by contemporaries such as Elizabeth Gaskell or Charles Kingsley. Hard Times weaves the tale of Thomas Gradgrind, a hard-headed politician who raises his children Louisa and Tom without love and to have no empathy, their lives completely devoid of beauty, culture, or imagination. Only after a series of crises does their father realise that the manner in which he raised his children has ruined their lives.

The Time Police do not have problems. They have challenges. Idiots who want to change history have always proved 'challenging'. But now temporal tourism is on the rise - highly illegal but highly lucrative. If you're prepared to take the risk. To face down this threat the Time Police will despatch their toughest undercover agents. Which is fine until the unthinkable happens. Replacements are needed fast, and who better than three young officers who don't even look the part?

"Hård er mit lands lov er en stor episk roman om et vikingetogt til Afrikas indre." Året er 1010. Det norske vikingeskib, Havjærven, ligger til havn i Rom. Det var et tyndt togt på vej derned, men dem, der har bragt skind med sig tjener godt på at handle dem. En mand med øjne som is og hår som vindtørre ben - en af de norrøne nybyggere fra Grønland - går om bord på skibet. Han vil have dette skib og dets besætning med på en helt bestemt færd. Da kaptajnen nægter, kommer det til tvekamp og én må dø.