Ergebnis für "Testament" in Historische Romane

Bestseller-Autorin Iny Lorentz erzählt im historischen Roman Ein verhängnisvolles Testament packend und dramatisch von einer mutigen jungen Witwe, die um ihr Erbe kämpfen muss. Der Südwesten Deutschlands, 1590. Elisabeth von Thannberg ist eben erst Witwe geworden, da droht der jungen Frau auch noch der Verlust ihres ganzen Besitzes: Der Kurfürst von Trier pocht auf die Einhaltung eines alten Vertrages. Demzufolge fällt Thannberg an den Trierer, wenn es keinen männlichen Erben mehr gibt. Dass Elisabeth schwanger ist, verschafft ihr ein wenig Zeit.

Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series. FROM THE RUINS OF BATTLE A HERO MUST RISE FOR THE GLORY OF EGYPT Years of Hyksos rule have seen the plunder of once-mighty Egypt. Though the two...

Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series. FROM THE RUINS OF BATTLE A HERO MUST RISE FOR THE GLORY OF EGYPT Years of Hyksos rule have seen the plunder of once-mighty Egypt. Though the two...

1937: Hitler sent an expedition to Tibet in search of the lost land of Thule. 1941: Himmler spent a huge fortune, and sacrificed the lives of hundreds to turn Wewelsburg Castle in Germany into a shrine to the SS. 2008: Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is astonished to discover that the gentle grandfather he thought he knew was a decorated war hero, serving in the Special Air Service in World War Two. And his grandfather has one more surprise.

Beautifully brought to life by three-time Academy Award-winner Meryl Streep. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Toibin’s The Testament of Mary is the moving story of one of the most famous mothers in history, the Virgin Mary. Years after her son’s crucifixion, Mary finds herself...

Eva finds the letter in the Blue Room. She spent the happier days of her childhood here, in her grandfather's painting studio. After his death, she is responsible for his legacy - a legacy threatened by the letter. It is from the Jewish Museum in Berlin. They have found the testimony he gave after surviving the death march across Serbia and Hungary, and they want to exhibit it. But the famous Joseph Silk - who came to England as a refugee - remade himself long ago. As Eva unravels what happened to him and to the woman he loved, she is confronted by the lies that have haunted her family....

Includes a free chapter from Christy Lefteri's heartbreaking follow up, Songbirds. Available to pre-order now. A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB CHOICE 2020 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB CHOICE 2019 WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE THE READING AGENCY'S PICK FOR NATIONAL READING GROUP DAY OVER A...

Deux soeurs, Apolline et Ursule, naissent à Bordeaux au milieu du XVIIIe siècle, dans un milieu très religieux. Apolline est mise dans un couvent, puis en sort pour retrouver sa soeur mourante et découvrir, à travers un manuscrit, le récit de ses aventures. Ursule, rebaptisée Olympe, a...

Love for war's victims keeps them apart. Will love for each other see them through? The slightest spark will ignite an explosion. And the tinderbox of broken political and racial relations in 1960s France and Algeria provides plenty of kindling. In the midst of the chaos, Gabriella Madison...

Winner - CRT Christian Book of the Year, 2023 The New Testament tells us very little about Lydia, a seller of purple cloth who was living in Philippi when she met the apostle Paul on his second missionary journey. And yet she is considered the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe. In...

The drama of the Old Testament comes to life as Judah's most notorious king ascends to the throne in this gripping novel from the award-winning author of Isaiah's Daughter. At eight years old, Shulle has known only life in a small village with her loving but peculiar father. When Uncle Shebna...

In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, a young woman taken into the prophet Isaiah's household rises to capture the heart of the future king. Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2013 "A heartfelt, powerful work." The Wall Street Journal "Lovely, understated and powerfully sad, The Testament of Mary finally gives the mother of Jesus a chance to speak." NPR In a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells...

2014 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year,Literary Fiction, and Solo Narration—Female! Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's provocative, haunting, and indelible portrait of Mary presents her as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that...

Students of biblical Greek will learn all New Testament Greek vocabulary words that occur ten times or more in the New Testament by interacting with this audio product. Jonathan Pennington speaks all New Testament Greek words in descending order of frequency. Different tracks enable students to...

Twin brothers, separated at birthOne raised Christian, one raised JewishReunited through the power of musicIdentical twins Ari and Archer grow up worlds apart in the Texas Panhandle, each unaware of the other's existence. Ari is raised by a wealthy Jewish family in the oil business, while Archer is loved by a hardscrabble Christian ranching family. Yet both boys share an inexplicable gift—music flows through their veins, inherited from their birth mother who is a renowned pianist.

Avertissement : Cet ouvrage fait immédiatement suite au tome 3, "Le marteau des sorcières", et ne devrait pas être lu indépendamment. Et si l'origine du plus grand lac de la région de Cologne avait un rapport avec une prophétie réalisée en 1341 ? Et si cette même année, le chevalier de Kosigan avait réveillé des forces qui le dépassent ? Et si le destin de sa postérité se jouait cinq siècles plus tard dans la cave voûtée d'un bistrot parisien ? Et si les secrets révélés dans ce livre étaient dangereux ? Et qu'en les découvrant, vous deveniez complice.

People often think of Job sitting on the ash heap, his life in shambles. But how did he get there? What was Job's life like before tragedy struck? What did he think as his world came crashing down around him? And what was life like after God restored his wealth, health, and family? Through painstaking research and a writer's creative mind, Mesu Andrews weaves an emotional and stirring account of this well-known story told through the eyes of the women who loved him. 

The Old Testament book of Daniel comes to life in this novel for readers of Lynn Austin's Chronicles of the Kings series or Francine Rivers' Mark of the Lion series. FINALIST FOR THE CHRISTY AWARD Survival. A Hebrew girl first tasted it when she escaped death nearly seventy years ago as the...

It is the year AD 62. The notorious Roman emperor Nero orders Marco Junio Vitalis, a seasoned military general, to assist him in a most peculiar legal proceeding. Vitalis interrogates an elderly Jewish fisherman called Peter, who many years earlier had been a close friend of a man known as...