Ergebnis für "The Republic" in Historische Liebesromane

The Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea (Spanish: Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), known in Spain as La Celestina, is a work entirely in dialogue published in 1499. It is attributed to Fernando de Rojas, a descendant of converted Jews, who practiced law and, later in life, served as an alderman of Talavera de la Reina, an important commercial center near Toledo.

Raison et Sentiments: À la suite du décès de leur père, les soeurs Dashwood et leur mère, injustement privées de leur héritage, sont contraintes de réduire drastiquement leur train de vie et de quitter leur propriété pour s’installer dans le Devonshire, à Barton Cottage. Orgueil et Préjugés: Dans un petit village d'Angleterre, Mrs Bennet ne songe qu'à marier ces cinq filles. La nouvelle de l'installation à Netherfield, le domaine voisin, de Mr Bingley, célibataire et beau parti, suscite une agitation toute particulière chez toutes les jeunes filles des alentours.

Arguably Jane Austen's most popular novel, Emma is a vivid, captivating, and irresistibly witty classic about love and marriage.

An ordinary girl from the north, Dora experiences loss with the death of her first husband, and then the passing of her second husband, who was a rich landowner. Although she is now wealthy, she is still unfulfilled until she meets her school friend Abel whilst on holiday in Capri. After much hardship and heartbreak, she finds what her heart has been searching for, but will these feelings last, or will her happiness be taken from her once again?

From Your Heart: The Shilling Can is a story that opens in the Clerkenwell District, London, 1860. It chronicles 20-year-old, Penelope Berry, alias, Pennie, who lives in the poorest part of London. She attends the Field Lane Ragged School. Her desire is to become a schoolteacher. Industrious, Pennie studies, passes the exam, earning her certificate as Novice Teacher.

Only Charlotte unwinds a tale of entanglements, both amorous and murderous, in post-Civil War New Orleans. Lenore James, a discerning woman of independent means who has outlived three husbands, suspects that her brother, Dr. Gilbert Crew, has been beguiled by the lovely and married Charlotte Eden. Lenore knows that Charlotte’s husband is enmeshed in the re-enslavement schemes of a powerful, unscrupulous judge, and she sees Gilbert’s adoration of Charlotte leading to disaster.

This is a romantic, historical adventure novel, based in Central Asia and Northern India in the 1800s. The story is revealed through the journals of the central character and his family, seen through the eyes of descendants from the point of view of 1938.

How does a man - in the face of adversity and loss - drive forward powerful actions that carve the future for himself, his family, and his country? Jacob Monroe lives during the infant stages of our Republic. Without the benefit of hindsight to see the power of his actions and the repercussions of his journey ahead, he starts out as an innocent bystander. He hopes to be a part of something bigger than even his own expansive imaginings. As he forges his way through twists and turns, he follows the path set up by our founding fathers.

Esta versión de Orgullo y prejuicio contiene el texto original que escribió la autora Jane Austen. La historia enfoca en la vida aristocrática de los ingleses en el siglo 19. El libro enfoca en la protagonista Elizabeth Bennet y su vida amorosa. Un tema grande del libro es relación entre el amor y el dinero en la época de la historia. En el audiolibro, la narración es clara. No hay variación en el volumen de la narración. No lee demasiado rápido ni tampoco es lento para disfrutar cada momento.

On a farm in Jutland, Fredrik Gregersen struggles to keep his children fed, supplementing his income by smuggling refugees through Denmark into Sweden. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, Polina, a young Polish Jew, has been forced into prostitution by the Nazis. When Fredrik steals an heirloom necklace from a helpless Jewish family, his fate becomes intertwined with Polina's, entrapping them both in a complex web that takes decades to unravel.

The Hawk Hunters, a novel set in 18th century Punjab, features the Sikhs’ resistance against Aurangzeb’s torrent of terror and torture. While a Sikh farmer-soldier is inexorably drawn into the fierce fight for freedom, he falls headlong in love with a Muslim noblewoman. Can their overwhelming love survive the tumultuous war?

Are you interested in knowing the truth about our past? The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Love Story explains the holy science, the basis for all religions illustrated allegorically in ancient scriptures, myths, and fairy tales. For those searching for answers, this endearing love story supplies wonderful antidotes and examples of how religions were crafted to provide not only hope for those struggling to understand their purpose, but also why they were needed in the first place.

An epic urban fantasy novella inspired by ancient Roman festivals, Parisian cabaret theater, and the Roaring '20s. Saturnalia in Aufleur is a time of topsy-turvy revels, of the world turned upside down and transformed before your eyes. The city’s theaters produce an annual display of reversals, surprises, and transformations. In Aufleur, flappers can transform into wolves. Even the rats are not what they seem.

Catherine Avalon is bright, confident, inquisitive, and ready for adventure. On a visit to Applewood Court in the year 1790, she encounters intrigue, ancient love stories, witches, and anti-government plots. Cathy is determined to discover the mystery of the missing document that holds state secrets. Her brother wants her to marry his oldest friend, but Cathy is determined not to have an arranged marriage. She meets the handsome rake Charles Varney and instantly falls for his charms.

Call of the Seagull is a love story set in the time of the French revolution. The adventure begins as the heroine finds herself pursued by a government agent with evil intent. She meets a young English man who is involved with an anti-revolutionary group, and he tries to help her escape the blood-lust frenzy and dark shadow of la guillotine. She falls in love with him, but is already engaged to a friend of her father's....

August 1939. Roger Miller and Jack O’Brien have been close since childhood. By the time they realize there’s more between them than friendship, Jack is leaving their sleepy Iowa town for college. But they console themselves knowing he’ll be home for Christmas. Right? It is Christmas before they see each other again, but that Christmas comes six years and a world war later. Aged, beaten, and shaken by combat, they’re not the boys they were back then, but their feelings for each other are stronger than ever.