Ergebnis für "The Paris Secret" in Freundschaft

In the heart of Paris, one library refuses to close its doors … 1941. As the city’s shopfronts go dark and war rages across Europe, Frances Reed is determined to keep her library open. Delivering books to those who need them most, she knows stories are more than just words – they can save...

An instant New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY bestseller—based on the true story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II—The Paris Library is a moving and unforgettable “ode to the importance of libraries, books, and the human connections...

Brought to you by Penguin. She knew he was asking whether they would do it again. Share a secret hour behind closed doors. Whether this would start to mean something, or end here and now, in Room 32 of the Hotel Langlois, Paris. From the outside, respected behavioural biologist Claire is happily...

‘A powerful, beautifully crafted story that ratchets up the tension with every page and packs a huge emotional punch’ T. M. Logan ***** Knowing the truth will destroy her. Keeping it secret will destroy him. It’s Livia’s 40th birthday and she’s having the party of a lifetime to make up...

Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her - and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison.

Bloomsbury presents The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner, read by Amy Noble. 'A sumptuous and gripping read... [Nicola] writes with humour, heart and humanity' - Kate Thompson *** A heart-wrenching and unforgettable story of courage, friendship and resistance, inspired by the incredible true story...

'I enjoyed it SO much!' MARIAN KEYES 'With glorious characters and a dreamy setting, I couldn't have loved this book more' THE SUN, ***** 5 STARS Back to the city of dreams . . . Jess Bright, single mum and journalist, feels her life has stalled. So when she's offered a writing job in Paris for...

Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong meets Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale in this moving and powerful novel about love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit. Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved...

Paris 1930s. Childhood companions Fleur and Colette make a vow, under the trailing ivy of their secret garden, that they will be secret sisters forever. But as they grow up, the promises of childhood are put to the ultimate test. For Colette is the daughter of the house, and her life is all jazz clubs, silk dresses and chilled champagne, while Fleur is the orphan niece of the housekeeper and doesn’t feel like she belongs anywhere. Years later, in 1939, life as they know it will never be the same.