Ergebnis für "Lovers" in 20. Jahrhundert

The instant Sunday Times #1 bestseller THE ULTIMATE TALE OF COURAGE AND SACRIFICE FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting...

Der Roman über John Lennons erste Liebe und die Geburtsstunde der Beatles. Liverpool, 1957: Der durch den Unfalltod seiner Mutter traumatisierte junge John Lennon rebelliert gegen alles - und will doch nur Musik machen. Dann begegnet er der schönen, stillen Cynthia, die von seinem düsteren Charisma sofort in den Bann gezogen wird. An ihrer Seite erlebt John jene Beständigkeit und Liebe, die er in seiner Familie nie erfahren hat. Gemeinsam mit Paul McCartney schreibt er nun die ersten eigenen Songs, und schon bald sind die Bühnenauftritte von The Silver Beatles legendär.

Set amongst the British royal family, and read by the incredible Kristin Atherton, The Love Letter is a story of secrets, lies and unforgettable twists from Lucinda Riley, the beloved author of the Seven Sisters series. ‘An extraordinary cast of unreliable characters, a right royal mystery and...

Zwischen Pferderennen und Debütantinnenbällen trifft ein Lord auf seine Jugendliebe. Flammen, die er längst verloschen glaubte, werden neu entfacht. Belinda Dudley hat ihre unglückliche erste Liebe nie vergessen. Eine Vernunftehe hat sie neun Jahre lang von dem Mann ferngehalten, der ihr Herz gebrochen hat. Als sie frisch verwitwet ihre junge Nichte in die Londoner Gesellschaft einführen soll, kann sie ein erneutes Aufeinandertreffen nicht verhindern. Was soll nach so langer Zeit schon passieren? Baron Quentin Trent ist einer der begehrtesten Lords der Londoner Damenwelt.

Narrated by actress Catriona Balfe. 'She lifted me high, high up into another world, and then let me fall . . . Daphne du Maurier stole my life.' A dramatic story of forbidden love, from enduring bestseller Rose Tremain Mrs Danowski – known as Danni – is the housekeeper of a grand mansion on...

Now a major new Channel 4 series starring Brenda Blethyn (Vera) and Jessica Reynolds (Outlander) from OBE‑honoured, award‑winning author Barbara Taylor Bradford One girl. One secret. One unstoppable ascent. In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and...

Brought to you by Penguin. The uplifting and escapist new romcom and perfect holiday read for summer from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Island in the Sun and One Enchanted Evening. In a city full of dreams, will she find her own…? It’s 1968 and it’s cold when Felicity arrives in...

From the author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley's Hothouse Flower is a moving story of love, heartbreak and, above all, hope. Read by Stephanie Racine (Daisy Darker) Georgian mansion Wharton Park was a place of childhood solace for Julia Forrester, spending summers in the...

Als Henry Digbys langjährige Freunde von den Fortuna's Lovers plötzlich Heirat und Familie planen, statt sich den von ihm erdachten skandalösen Wetten zu widmen, ist er mehr als verärgert. Er will seine Aufgabe unbedingt lösen, um es den Lords zu zeigen. Doch dazu ist er auf Hilfe angewiesen. Hilfe, die er nur bei Winifred Masterson, einer verzweifelten jungen Frau aus der Mittelschicht, findet. Ohne über die Konsequenzen nachzudenken, macht Henry ihr ein Angebot, das sie nicht ablehnen kann.

An utterly heartbreaking historical saga of love, loyalty and one orphan girl’s fight to belong from bestseller Chrissie Walsh. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Emma Hornby! Born in a gypsy caravan and left behind by a mother fleeing for her life, young Rosie knows only the...

A heartbreaking Yorkshire saga of love across the class divide, courage and devotion through the Great War from bestselling author Chrissie Walsh. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn! Yorkshire, 1912. A shared love of books brings Amy and Jude together, but family...

Ein vertauschtes Erbe. Eine gefährliche Entdeckung. Eine verbotene Liebe. Nach dem Mord an ihrer Cousine Elvira und dem Verrat durch ihre Mutter ist Inez Olivera am Boden zerstört. Als ihr Onkel Ricardo ihr ein Ultimatum bezüglich ihres Erbes stellt, bleibt ihr nur noch ein Ausweg: Whitford Hayes zu heiraten. Doch der Assistent ihres Onkels hat seine eigenen mysteriösen Gründe, in Ägypten zu bleiben.

Told with exceptional grace and read beatifully by Indira Varma, The Light Years is a modern classic of twentieth-century English life and is the first novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s extraordinary, bestselling family saga, The Cazalet Chronicles. Includes a new introduction, written and read...

Wartime London. The air-raid sirens may scream across the sky, but for Vera, the real terror waits behind closed doors. On War Street, every family hides something — and Vera’s secret could destroy everything she holds dear. This powerful saga follows one woman’s fight to survive: battling not only the bombs raining from above, but the fury of an abusive husband whose temper blazes as fiercely as the fires lighting the night. When he’s sent overseas to serve, Vera finally dares to breathe again — until a handsome fireman arrives to battle the flames consuming London.

Set in mid-century Rome and England, this forbidden slow-burn love story will take your breath away SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘If I had to pick a favourite from the year so far, it would be this’ - Pandora Sykes ‘Lush...

La historia de amor entre la joven Alma Velasco y el jardinero japonés Ichimei conduce al lector por un recorrido a través de diversos escenarios que van desde la Polonia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta el San Francisco de nuestros días.

Brought to you by Penguin. The sea stole him from her. Could it bring him back? Winter, 1900. A little boy washes up on the beach of a small fishing village in Scotland, barely alive. He bears an uncanny resemblance to teacher Dorothy's son, lost to the sea many years before. When the village is...

“Scott Spencer writes about love’s tenacity with passionate intensity….From his remarkable opening sentence he had me in thrall.” —Newsweek First published three decades ago, and hailed as “one of the best books of the year” by the New York Times, here is the classic novel that...

Transporting you to 1930 and the beautiful, remote island of St Kilda, The Lost Lover is a sweeping historical romance from bestselling author Karen Swan. 'A novel you’ll simultaneously want to savour and race through' - Jill Mansell, author of An Almost Perfect Summer An epic first love. A...

Brought to you by Penguin. From Tessa Hadley, bestselling author of Late in the Day and The Past, comes a compulsive new novel about one woman's sexual and intellectual awakening in 1960s London 1967. While London comes alive with the new youth revolution, the suburban Fischer family seems to...