Ergebnis für "fasten" in 20. Jahrhundert

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?

Uncover secrets and mystery in this evocative new novel Gujarat, 1902 Returning to her husband’s English country home from their tobacco plantation in India, Ruby’s unconventional family find themselves adrift. Where the open Indian skies were rich with jasmine and cardamom, Merriment Manor...

A magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America, full of family secrets, sacrifice, lost love, and a mysterious circus, from the author of A Witch in Time. "Fans of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus will love this page-turning story of dark magic, star-crossed love, and...

The inspiring story of Max Britsky, who grew up in the slums of New York and became one of the most powerful men in the American movie industry. Max tells the story of the rise of Max Britsky, entwined with the film industry’s beginnings near the turn of the twentieth century. When he was twelve, Max's father died, leaving him to scrape out a living in Manhattan's Lower East Side slums to provide for his mother and siblings. But Max was a natural entrepreneur, and he followed his business instincts and love of the theater to become one of the first film moguls in the history of American moviemaking.

Bruce Baron was a first rate foreign correspondent during World War II, but his association with the Communist Party plunges him into trouble with the McCarthy witch hunts. His only salvation is the passionate and feisty Molly Maguire but her own political leanings do nothing to help his cause.