Ergebnis für "The Voyage" in Historische Romane

Diana Gabaldon’s magnificent historical saga, begun with Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, continues with this New York Times bestseller. Set in the intriguing Scotland of 200 years ago, the third installment in the romantic adventures of Jamie and Claire is as compelling as the first.

Vingt années se sont écoulées depuis le périple de Claire Beauchamp-Randall dans l'Écosse du XVIIe siècle. Si l'infirmière britannique a refait sa vie depuis, le souvenir de Jamie Fraser et des années tumultueuses vécues ensemble reste intact. Aussi, lorsqu'elle apprend qu'il a survécu à la sanglante bataille de Culloden ayant marqué la défaite de l'armée écossaise, elle se trouve confrontée à un terrible dilemme.

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire...

Dante’s Inferno meets Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul—perhaps...

An AudioFile Magazine Best Audiobook of 2018! A Library Journal, Paste Magazine, and ENTROPY Best Books of 2018 pick! Washington Post ""5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018"" pick! A Bustle ""30 Best Fiction Books of 2018"" pick! “I have no doubt this will end up being the best...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWire Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty perfect for fans of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern...

USA Today Bestseller! “As brilliant as it is bizarre. From the very first page you know you are in the hands of an author at the height of their abilities. . . . This is the unhinged cannibal book of my dreams—and my nightmares.” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study...

From the author of The Frozen Lake comes an enthralling novel of love, betrayal, and idealism as three very different young women go up to Oxford in the years immediately before World War Two. Vee - the clergyman’s daughter. Boyish, alluring, she plans to use her time at Oxford to put right everything that went wrong in her loveless childhood.

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own...

Setting out from New Bedford in 1878, the crew of the Esther is confident the sea will be theirs: in addition to cruising the Pacific for whale, they intend to hunt the teeming northern grounds before the ice closes. But as they sail to their final destination in the Chukchi Sea, where their captain Arnold Lovejoy has an urgent directive of his own to attend to, their encounters with the natural world become more brutal, harrowing, ghostly, and strange.

Ninth century Iceland. Three explorers from the far future have a daunting mission: To save humanity, they must build a craft capable of reaching the stars. The Voyage of The Iron Dragon is the concluding book in The Iron Dragon trilogy. The Iron Dragon trilogy is being produced as part of the phenomenally successful saga of The Iron Dragon Kickstarter, which raised over $10,000. Meticulously researched and packed with action, The Dream of The Iron Dragon is a must for sci-fi and alternate history fans.

El apasionado romance entre James Fraser y Claire Randall tuvo lugar cuando ella emprendió un peligroso viaje a través del tiempo desde mediados del siglo xx hasta llegar al siglo xviii. Embarazada de la hija de am­bos, volvió a su tiempo creyendo que él iba a ser ejecu­tado en la cruenta batalla de Culloden en 1746. Tras veinte años y con su hija ya mayor, Claire aún llora en silencio la pérdida del hombre al que amó. Pero cuando algunos indicios la llevan a pensar que Jamie puede es­tar vivo, decide regresar al pasado para reunirse con él.

Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters. The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the...

Dans ce quatrième volet de la saga " Les Enfants de la Terre ", Ayla et son compagnon Jondalar laissent derrière eux la chaleureuse tribu des chasseurs de mammouths pour continuer leur traversée des steppes immenses du continent européen. Le couple ne manque pas de susciter l'étonnement sur son passage. En effet, Ayla et Jondalar se déplacent à cheval, en compagnie d'un loup apprivoisé. Or, les peuples qu'ils rencontrent vivent de chasse et de cueillette, et n'ont jamais vu d'animaux domestiques.

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National Book Award-winner Andrea Barrett deftly blends fact and fiction to create this magnificent epic of Victorian polar exploration. An amazing wealth of period detail, heart-racing action, and engaging characters enable you to fully experience the 19th-century‘s romance with the mystery of the Arctic. In hope of making his reputation, scholar-naturalist Erasmus Darwin Wells embarks on a perilous expedition to the North Pole.

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Mamma mia! Who would have dared to dream that ABBA would come back to us? Maybe most surprised were the members of the supergroup themselves who for years had cut short any discussion on the subject with a clear "nej". ABBA´s reunion is much more than a 70s phenomenon returning to the supertrooper limelight one last time; it hit a nerve in a sensitive world recovering from the pandemic. We somehow believe now that ABBA is back, we will be alright. Why do we love ABBA so much?

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A family torn apart. A king with an iron fist. Will their faith be strong enough to survive persecution and reunite? Jeanne is the wife of a wealthy merchant, but now she risks losing everything. Louis XIV's soldiers will stop at nothing to forcibly convert the country's Protestants to the "true" faith. The men ransack Jeanne's belongings and threaten her children. If Jeanne and Jacob can't find a way to evade the soldiers' clutches, their family will face a fate far worse than poverty and imprisonment. They may never see each other again....