Ergebnis für "Heroine" in Historische Romane

Brought to you by Penguin. As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best . . . Perfect for fans of ARIADNE and THE SONG OF ACHILLES, this is the extraordinary retelling of history's most infamous heroine. Mother. Monarch. Murderer. Magnificent...

The Other Bennet Sister presents Mary Bennet in a whole new light as she becomes Austen's newest leading lady. Now a major BBC One TV series, starring Richard E. Grant, Ruth Jones and Ella Bruccoleri. Read by the amazing Kristen Atherton. One by one, the Bennet sisters have found their place...

The heroic story of the only female Argonaut, told by Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ELEKTRA and ARIADNE. When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment. Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta, is left to the mercy of a passing...

À la vie, à la mort... La vie d'Audrey Parker change à jamais quand son frère est tué lors de l'attaque de Pearl Harbor. Fraîchement sorties de l'école d'infirmière, la jeune femme et son amie Lizzie s'engagent dans l'armée américaine pour contribuer à l'effort de guerre. Elles y font la connaissance d'Alex, fille d'un grand banquier new-yorkais, et de Louise, qui se bat depuis toujours contre les préjugés raciaux. Bientôt envoyées en Angleterre, où elles rapatrient par avion les soldats alliés blessés sur le front, ces héroïnes de l'ombre risquent leur vie à chaque mission.

Good Housekeeping GOOD BOOKS winner Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is...

*** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *** 'A deft and clever retelling full of intrigue, rage and pathos' JENNIFER SAINT, author of Ariadne 'An intelligent, highly crafted and necessary book' CLAIRE NORTH, author of Ithaca 'Urgent and furious' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan...

When the Marquess of Campbell inherits a fiery, red-headed Scottish beauty as his ward, it's his job to marry her off. No problem. She comes with a fortune. Lady Bridget MacDuff will have suitors falling all over themselves to wed her. Not so fast. Lady Bridget has plans for that fortune, and they involve helping unfortunate women. And she has no intention of helping her devastatingly handsome guardian in his quest to get her off his hands. He doesn't plan to marry, either. Why should she?

The first casualty of war is truth . . . Guns of the Dawn is a gripping story of war, set in a fantastical, alternate-historical Europe – with a touch of sorcery. From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author, Adrian Tchaikovsky. ‘One of the best books I've ever read’ – Peter Newman, author...

A BRAND NEW gripping and heartwarming wartime saga of courage, friendship and love. Based on the true story of inspirational women who worked Britain's waterways during WW2. Perfect for fans of May Ellis, Rosie Clarke and Donna Douglas! 1942. War is raging across Europe, and the women of Britain...

A sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesome and - according to her - much-maligned youngest Bennet sister, Lydia. Miss Lydia Bennet may be the youngest, but what she lacks in maturity and responsibility, she more than makes up for in...

A stolen child. A terrible wartime secret. Norway, 1940. Seduced by Nazi propaganda, Liv offers herself to the German High Command as war reaches rural Norway. She has something very special that they want in Berlin - but the personal cost will be terrible. Can she survive what she did as a...

A true story. A forgotten heroine. In a time when women were told to stay silent, could she become the saviour her people need? 12th-century England. Nicola de la Haye wants to do her duty. But though she’s taught a female cannot lead alone, the young noblewoman bristles at the marriage her father has arranged to secure her inheritance. And when an unexpected death leaves her unguided, the impetuous girl shuns the king’s blessing and weds a handsome-but-landless knight.

The Kingdom of Lyonesse is absent of magic but not of rain. Magic is outlawed in the kingdom of Lyonesse. So when Niamh's forbidden witchcraft is exposed, she flees her village disguised as a man. But she never meant to end up on a battlefield. Mistakenly conscripted into a brutal war between a...

There's a new governess at Fairmont House, and she's going to be nothing but trouble. Emily Laurence is a liar. She is not polite, she's not polished, and she has never taught a child in her life. This position was meant to be her sister's - brilliant, kind Amy, who isn't perpetually angry...

London, 1815. If love is war, then London’s marriage mart is a battlefield—and Helena Weston is its most cunning general. As the diamond of the season, Helena has never struggled to collect suitors. But when her father’s fortune collapses, she faces the unthinkable: marriage not as a conquest, but as survival. Using Sun Tzu’s The Art of War as her courtship playbook, Helena has only two months to secure a husband rich enough to save her family from destitution.

Dear Lady Truelove . . . My twin brother and I need a new mother, though Papa insists he’ll never marry again. Must be nice, brainy, and fond of cats . . . Lady Truelove may be London’s most famous advice columnist, but James St. Clair, the Earl of Kenyon, knows his wild young sons need a...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SET AGAINST CHARLES DICKENS' HOME FOR FALLEN WOMEN 'Absorbing . . . Halls weaves together the elements of her story with great skill' Sunday Times 'Acutely observed and beautifully written' Daily Mail 'Compelling and richly detailed' Good Housekeeping...

After returning home from adventures in the Orient, James Lindford, Viscount Farley, causes quite a stir in London society. The viscount’s womanizing past has caught up with him, and he decides he must take his illegitimate children into his household to raise. Doing the right thing...

New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston transports readers to the windswept mountains of Wales inThe Winter Witch, an enthralling tale of love and magic. In her small early nineteenth century Welsh town, there is no one quite like Morgana. She is small and quick and pretty enough to...

'Perfect for fans of Richard Osman' Guardian 'Slough's answer to Miss Marple’ S.J. Bennett 'A dollop of cosy crime goodness' Vaseem Khan 'I found myself turning page after page after page' J. M. Hall 'Loveable characters, runaway plot and laughs galore' Orlando Murrin 'Pannu balances comedy...