Ergebnis für "Sensible" in Historische Romane

Marty Dandridge Olson is a widow looking for a way out of Texas. Widower Jake Wythe has secured a job as a bank manager in Denver, only to discover that the bank board wants him to be a married man. With Texas in his roots, he advertises for a Lone Star bride, and Marty answers the call. They both agree they are done with romance and love and will make this nothing more than a marriage of convenience. Marty works to carve out a new life in high-society Denver as Jake works to guide the bank through a collapsing economy.

" J’avais vingt ans et j’avais écrit le plus beau roman du monde. C’est Clara qui le disait. Je croyais tout ce que disait Clara. " Au début des années 1990 à Paris, Jean Foscolani, dit Fosco, s’apprête à publier son premier roman, Des gens sensibles. Saisie par la force de son texte, l’attachée de presse de la maison d’édition, Clara, remue ciel et terre pour que le talent du jeune auteur soit reconnu. Grâce à elle, Fosco rencontre Saïd, un écrivain algérien adulé dans son pays, qui dénonce les atrocités commises par les fanatiques religieux. La vie de Saïd est en permanence menacée.

Emily Frasier has lived as the ward of Duke Ellings since her father died when she was 15. She also knows that soon it will be time to leave his household and make her way on her own. When she discovers a cottage while visiting her aunt and uncle, she knows this is where she wants to live and become a teacher, as her father once was.