Ergebnis für "The Streets" in Historische Romane

From New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas—a sweeping, richly layered Victorian novel about a trailblazing female economist who’s determined to build Britain’s first women’s bank, but she must fight both financial corruption and a system intent on destroying the newly found...

Ein Toter im U-Bahn-Tunnel der legendären Baker Street hinterlässt magische Spuren und ruft damit Peter und seine Kollegen von der Drei-Mann-Spezialeinheit für Übernatürliches auf den Plan. Als wären Ermittlungen in Abwasserkanälen nicht schon schrecklich genug, bekommt das Team Verstärkung durch FBI-Agentin Kimberley Reynolds. Als sich herausstellt, dass der Vater des ermordeten Kunststudenten ein hohes Tier im US-Senat ist, werden mit amerikanischer Autorität sämtliche Register gezogen.

Bloomsbury presents The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley, read by Thomas Judd. WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016 FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016 An International Bestseller / A Guardian Summer Read / An...

Charlotte Ellison ist intelligent, selbstbewusst und emanzipiert. Sie lebt im puritanischviktorianischen England des 19. Jahrhunderts, in einer Zeit, in der diese Eigenschaften bei Frauen gar nicht gern gesehen werden. Doch Charlottes Eltern machen sich aus einem weiteren Grund Sorgen um ihre Tochter. Ein offenbar geistesgestörter Mörder stranguliert auf der Cater Street junge Frauen. Als Charlotte merkt, dass auch sie sich in Gefahr befindet, ist es fast zu spät.

“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 bestselling Canadian author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist's harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women's prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later. Toronto, 1961: Emily Radcliffe works...

Gail Tsukiyama's The Street of a Thousand Blossoms is a powerfully moving masterpiece about tradition and change, loss and renewal, and love and family from a glorious storyteller at the height of her powers. It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream...

A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK NATIONAL BESTSELLER A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2025...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali, this perfect book club read is “evocative...and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran. In 1950s Tehran...

Wartime London. The air-raid sirens may scream across the sky, but for Vera, the real terror waits behind closed doors. On War Street, every family hides something — and Vera’s secret could destroy everything she holds dear. This powerful saga follows one woman’s fight to survive: battling not only the bombs raining from above, but the fury of an abusive husband whose temper blazes as fiercely as the fires lighting the night. When he’s sent overseas to serve, Vera finally dares to breathe again — until a handsome fireman arrives to battle the flames consuming London.

The acclaimed sequel to Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic Lonesome Dove, and the culmination of the legendary western saga, follows the further adventures of these beloved characters as they reckon with their past choices and uncertain futures in the rapidly changing American...

London, Oktober 1883. Eines Abends kehrt Thaniel Steepleton, ein einfacher Angestellter im Innenministerium, in seine winzige Londoner Mietwohnung heim. Da findet er auf seinem Kopfkissen eine goldene Taschenuhr. Es ist ihm ein Rätsel, was es mit ihr auf sich hat. Sechs Monate später explodiert im Gebäude von Scotland Yard eine Bombe. Steepleton wurde gerade rechtzeitig gewarnt, weil seine Uhr ein Alarmsignal gab. Nun macht er sich auf die Suche nach dem Uhrmacher und findet Keita Mori, einen freundlichen, aber einsamen Mann aus Japan.

When Emma Vane breaks into The Sentinel’s offices at midnight, pistol in hand, she has one demand: force Mr Stanton to print a retraction. It sounded simple enough at home. It doesn’t help that the man is like brandy, sharp at first, then smooth enough to make her forget he’s dangerous. No wonder he’s called the Devil of Fleet Street. Hugh built The Sentinel on one principle: print the truth. He did not build it to be held at gunpoint by a bluestocking with a signed confession and an impossible demand. But her evidence is compelling. Almost as compelling as she is. He’s a man she should avoid.

Brought to you by Penguin. A page-turning and evocative novel set in 1950s London from the author of That Green Eyed Girl. West London, 1958. 73 Dove Street is a shabby house in a shabby street. But this boarding house’s attic room suits newcomer Edie Budd very well. It’s somewhere to hide...

An unforgettable story set in Victorian London, from the author of Channel 4 TV Book Club selection Half of the Human Race In 1882, David Wildeblood, a 21-year-old from rural Norfolk, arrives in London to start work at the offices of a famous man. His job is to investigate the notorious slum of...

'Campbell Road was home to the most notorious criminals: thieves, prostitutes, fraudsters – every sort of rogue and vagabond drifted through this slum.’Life was tough … but so were theyAlice Keiver is a sensitive girl, growing up in one of the roughest parts of North London. As the daughter of an alcoholic mother, and niece of an abusive uncle, she dreams that one day she and her baby sister will escape their rotten surroundings.Alice’s father, Jack Keiver, works day and night to provide for his family.

A clever and complex woman builds an ice cream empire after immigrating from Russia in this stunning novel of power, Prohibition, and performance set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America. In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and...

“This is historical fiction at its best.” --Book Reporter Based on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone—and no one—seemed to know. At the start of a new...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist’s harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women’s prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later. “Heather Marshall’s latest is dynamite . . . A tale...

A BRAND NEW utterly gripping and heart-wrenching Liverpool saga of love, betrayal and the power of a community standing together from the bestselling BEAMER STREET series! Perfect for the fans of Katie Flynn and Jean Fullerton. As the clouds of war gather, the residents of Beamer Street need to...