Ergebnis für "fasten" in Historische Romane

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Conclave and Dictator, a gripping tale of ancient Rome’s descent into dictatorship He was born feet first, a dangerous way to enter the world. His mother did not survive, and the nickname, Agrippa—mother killer—stuck. But the schoolyard...

Drei Heldinnen der Geschichte und ihr Traum vom Laufen als Weg zur Freiheit. 1936 - trotz aller Vorbehalte gegen die Teilnahme von Frauen gelingt es drei jungen Amerikanerinnen, mit dem Olympischen Team nach Berlin zu reisen: Betty Robinson muss sich nach einem schweren Unfall an die Spitze zurückkämpfen. Die burschikose Außenseiterin Helen Stephens träumt davon, sich als Sprinterin zu beweisen. Und die Schwarze Louise Stokes sieht im Laufen ihre Chance, trotz ihrer Hautfarbe endlich Anerkennung zu finden.

Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 BC, is well known today because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally published in 1951 by Fast himself, after being turned down by every mainstream publisher of the day because of Fast's blacklisting for his Communist Party sympathies. The story of Spartacus, born a slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a slave revolt that was eventually put down by Crassus, was immensely popular and went on to sell millions of copies.

Alles ist genauso passiert, soweit ich mich erinnere... Ihre Wege kreuzen sich schon, laufen nebeneinander, lange, bevor Alexander Osang beschließt, Uwes Geschichte aufzuschreiben. Und mit ihm aufbricht auf einem Schiff in die Vergangenheit. Die weißen Nächte über der Ostsee - sie sind fast hell, verheißungsvoll und trügerisch, so wie die Nachwendejahre, die beide geprägt haben.

1922, London. Evelyn Bloom lies dying in her Mayfair flat. A decade earlier, she had the world at her feet - a dazzling celebrity who socialised with royalty, ignited scandalous love affairs, and filled headlines with her daring exploits. Now, surrounded by the faded mementoes of a brilliant life cut short, Evelyn is left to wonder: How did it all go so wrong? And why, when she had everything, has she been left to die alone?

Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran fresh out of prison, returns in this riveting new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. The 1950s are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire need of a fresh start after a nearly fatal detour in Poca City. So...

Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los...

In this fast-paced historical thriller, a #1 New York Times bestselling author introduces Archer, a WWII veteran forced to investigate a small-town murder—or risk returning to prison. It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on...

Drei Frauen, drei Generationen, ein Schicksal? 1898. Die siebenjährige Minna muss schon früh erfahren, wie hart das Leben sein kann. Nach dem Verlust der Eltern und der Trennung vom Bruder vertraut sie niemandem mehr. Jahre später glaubt sie, in Otto einen liebevollen Ehemann und Familienvater gefunden zu haben. Doch die Realität belehrt sie eines Besseren... Minnas persönliche Erfahrungen sowie die Kriegsjahre prägen nicht nur ihr eigenes Schicksal, sondern auch das ihrer Kinder - insbesondere ihrer Tochter Eleonore und ihrer Enkelin Franka.

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Everlasting and StarlingHouse comes a new collection of stories about tricksters and ghosts, ordinary magic and mundane spectacle. Alix E. Harrow spins tales never-told and seen just outside the periphery of reality–in the...

My Glorious Brothers is the epic story of perhaps the most breathtaking chapter in the history of Israel, a stirring tale of courage for those who like to find meaning for today's world in the great events of history. After witnessing a ransacked and desecrated Jerusalem, Simon and his four brothers - soon to be known and revered as the Maccabees - rise to lead an earthshaking rebellion. Their tale has almost no parallel in human history.

Growing up in the mill slums of Pittsburgh, Daniel Robinson was a punching bag for his drunken father, ignored by his mentally ill mother, and trapped in the grip of poverty. He’s finally freed from the torture of that home only to crash land in another hell when he’s abused by the pastor who takes him in. Daniel escapes once again, spending the next decade wandering homeless throughout the country during the turbulent 1960s.

In 1935 Betsy Throckmorton’s father lures her from a New York job with Time magazine back to Claybelle, Texas, with the promise that she can be the editor of his Claybelle Standard-Times. Betsy brings along her husband, Ted Winton, an easterner and Yale graduate to whom she is constantly explaining Texas. Ted will run Ben Throckmorton’s radio station, KVAT, where Booty and Them Others sing in rivalry with the better known WBAP Light Crust Doughboys. Betsy is a serious journalist though, and she sets out to change the paper....

“Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian in pre-war America...Brava to Elise Hooper for bringing these inspiring heroines to the wide audience they so richly deserve.”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and The...

Bristol, 1980. In the tight-knit neighbourhood of St. Pauls, 14-year-old Jabari is proud of his position as the only son of revered community leader Ras Levi. Raised in a world of sus laws and council neglect, Jabari finds hope in his Rastafari faith, which offers the comforting vision that one day he and his fellow believers will repatriate to the motherland, where they will at last be free from oppression and prejudice. But in St Pauls a local firebrand activist has been arrested, and violence soon overflows, pulling both father and son into its maelstrom.

En esta afamada obra, calificada como la mejor novela histórica del siglo XX, editada por el mismo Howard Fast y distribuida desde su garaje debido a la censura política, se narra la historia del hombre que se convirtió en mito y terror para Roma. Espartaco fue un esclavo que, tras haber sido comprado para la famosa escuela de gladiadores de Léntulo Batiato, decide organizar su escape y el de sus compañeros, para terminar liderando una inusitada rebelión contra el ejército y la tiranía del Imperio romano en el 73 a. C.

This is a love story of great beauty and great tenderness, the kind of love story that entangles the listener in the lives of the characters, so that after the story is over, one continues to live with those characters. And fortunately, the listener will not have to say farewell to these characters, since it is the first in a series that will tell the story of three Californian families over the course of the 20th century.

1900. Pour les enfants Courchesne, ce nouveau siècle s’amorce avec un bien triste événement : le décès de leur mère Élise. Après le deuil, la vie reprend doucement pour Georgiana, Guillaume, Denise, Francesca et Vianney, désormais mariés et presque tous en famille. La jeune Victoire, elle, demeure tourmentée par son passé et les circonstances de son adoption alors qu’elle n’avait que sept ans.

There are two sides to Captain Tom Skinner. One follows orders. One follows his gut. To keep the wild, untamed Arizona Territory safe, he’s going with his gut. Damnable news has reached Fort Verde. Outlaw Jessup Henry and his gang of thugs are raising hell north of Santa Fe, one homestead massacre after another. Now they’re on the run in Arizona Territory evading the law. Cavalryman Tom Skinner’s command: charge south with his patrol and wipe them out. But Skinner knows the land. Military decree be damned, he’s deserting the wayward route—against orders—for the right one

East Texas wasn’t much of a home for Cullen Baker. Few liked him, and some even tried to kill him. Yet after three hard years of wandering, he’s come back to farm the land that’s rightfully his. Only Cullen’s in for an unwelcome homecoming: his neighbors have long memories, the...