Ergebnis für "Simon Hall" in Historische Romane

England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need, comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor.

Die Tochter eines Schokoladenfabrikanten und ein junger Salzwirker zwischen Aufbruch und Hoffnung. Halle an der Saale, 1950: Als Tochter des Schokoladenfabrikanten Friedrich Mendel wuchs Irene mit dem Duft von Schokolade auf und es gab für sie nichts Schöneres, als ihren Vater zu beobachten, wie er Pralinen anfertigt. Doch seit dem Krieg ist alles anders. Irenes Bruder ist in russischer Kriegsgefangenschaft und ihre Mutter hat sich in ihre eigene Welt zurückgezogen.

Halle, 1905. Der Besitzer der Schokoladenfabrik, Ernst David, hat es nicht leicht. Das Traditionsunternehmen steht am Wendepunkt: Schafft es den Wandel zu einer effizienten Schokoladenmanufaktur, oder verbleibt es eine kleine lokale Handwerksstube? Zudem interessieren sich seine zwei Töchter immer für die falschen Männer. Die Ältere der beiden, Cäcilie, soll eine Verbindung mit Julius eingehen, dem Sohn des mächtigen Kakaoimporteurs Leopold Mendel, der Anteile am Unternehmen gekauft hat. Doch der Chocolatier Julius hat nur Augen für Ida, Tochter einer alteingesessenen Hallorenfamilie.

By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church. In Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn.

‘I absolutely loved The Lost Passenger. I adored the writing style, the characterization and the gripping storyline. Bliss!’ Jill Mansell In the chaos of that terrible night, her secret went down with the Titanic. But secrets have a way of floating to the surface… Trapped in an unhappy...

Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down.

It was a wonderful summer, a great memory, the kind of love everybody ought to have. It changed my life -- or almost did -- and I think about it more than I should, but that was a long time ago. In the summer of 1955, Madison Lee "Bobo" Murphy was a waiter at the Catskills' Pine hill inn, where...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Library of Light and Shadow crafts “an enchanting glimpse of Jazz Age New York” (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train) about a young painter whose traumatic past threatens to derail her career at a...