Ergebnis für "Kidnapped Book 1 The Abduction" in Historische Romane

"Kidnapped" is a historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Written as a "boys' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886, the novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Seamus Heaney. A sequel, "Catriona", was published in 1893.

After her brother’s dramatic fall from power and banishment for treason, Lady Margaret’s husband threw her out to save himself. Now her ambitious brother is back in Scotland with the support of Henry VIII - and a plan to again marry off his beautiful, compliant sister to forge an alliance. But Margaret refuses to ever wed again, and she’s desperate to escape.

Die spektakulärste Entführung der siebziger Jahre! Die Geschichte hinter Ridley Scotts Film "Alles Geld der Welt". 10. Juli 1973, Piazza Farnese, Rom: Der junge John Paul Getty III, Enkel des damals reichsten Mannes der Welt, wird von der Mafia entführt. "Bitte lass sie mich nicht umbringen" hat er auf einen Zettel gekritzelt, der seiner Familie zusammen mit einer Lösegeldforderung in Höhe von 17 Millionen Dollar zugespielt wird. Womit niemand rechnet: Das Familienoberhaupt, der Ölbaron Jean Paul Getty, weigert sich zu zahlen.