Ergebnis für "man" in Historische Romane

Zu Hause ist da, wo sie dich reinlassen müssen, wenn du klopfst. Mit Mitte fünfzig zieht der Erzähler zu seiner Mitte achtzigjährigen Mutter aufs Land, um dort an einem Roman über das Theater mit dem Titel "Scham und Bühne" zu schreiben. Es werden unvergleichliche, ereignisreiche Wochen, in denen er durch die Hilfe seiner Mutter aus einer tiefen Lebenskrise findet. Nachdem er in Wien von einem Schlaganfall aus der Bahn geworfen wurde, hofft Joachim Meyerhoff, durch einen Neuanfang in Berlin wieder Fuß zu fassen. Doch alles kommt anders als gedacht.

München in den frühen 1950er Jahren: Die junge Margot ist stolz, als eine der wenigen Frauen einen Studienplatz für Mathematik an der LMU bekommen zu haben. Bei einer Vorlesung fällt sie durch außergewöhnlich kluge Fragen auf und erregt damit die Aufmerksamkeit eines Gasthörers, der für die Operation Gehlen, den Vorläufer des Bundesnachrichtendienstes, arbeitet. Aufgrund ihrer Begabung bietet er Margot eine Stelle in der Decodierungsabteilung an, welche sie voller Aufregung annimmt.

Dieser authentische Roman aus der Sicht eines Jungen beschwört unsentimental, aber voller Anteilnahme eine Idylle, die 1945 in Schutt und Asche versank. Es ist die Geschichte einer Landschaft und einer Zeit, vor allem aber ist es die Geschichte von Hermann Steputat, der geboren wurde, als Paul Hindenburg starb, und der elf Jahre später zu den wenigen Dorfbewohnern gehörte, die den Krieg überlebten.

Manuel Kaminski ist ein Maler von Weltrang, seit Langem zurückgezogen lebend, es heißt, er sei erblindet. Der Kunsthistoriker Sebastian Zöllner will nun eine Biografie über den großen Mann schreiben, für die eigene Karriere verspricht er sich davon einiges. Doch ist Eile geboten, denn wer weiß, wie viele Jahre dem betagten Künstler in seinem Domizil in den Alpen noch gegeben sind.

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A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies that wonderfully capture the vanishing idylls of Edwardian England and the brutal realities of war. In this first novel of the semiautobiographical George Sherston trilogy, Sassoon wonderfully captures the vanishing idylls of the Edwardian English countryside.

The first prequel in Larry McMurtry’s beloved Lonesome Dove series features the early adventures of Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction. As young Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call ("Gus" and "Call" for short)...

Britain, March, 1944. After a desperate aerial battle over Somerset, a German bomber goes down in flames. When Joan discovers the Luftwaffe pilot hiding in her barn, her first instinct is to turn him in – against her better judgment, she offers him shelter instead. As they work side by side in the fields, a forbidden love begins to flourish. As the walls close in on their unlikely affair, Dieter and Joan's lives become fraught with danger, until passion and patriotism finally collide.

"The First Man in Rome was not the best man: he was the First among other men who were his equals...To be the First Man in Rome was something far better than kingship..." In the first century B.C. at the height of the Roman Republic, two men set their sights on becoming the First Man - the Roman...

When the Chinese premier visits Harvard, international student Pei Lulu encounters a lone woman protesting who will drastically change her understanding of the People's Republic and her own place in the world. For the first time, Lulu learns of the 1989 protest movement and the government’s violent response. Determined to find out more, she seeks answers from her family, who share surprising stories of their involvement. A formative university course prompts Lulu to pursue a line of PHD research focused on the protest movement.

981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions for her son – and herself – but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend not to stay kings for long. Gormflaith also has a secret. She is one of the Fomorians, an immortal race who can do fire-magic. She has kept her powers hidden at all costs, for there are other immortals in this world – like the Tuatha DE Danann, a race of warriors who are sworn to kill Fomorians.

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#1 New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Book of 2020 The thrilling and addictive prequel to The Pillars of the Earth--set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages "Just as transporting as [The Pillars of the Earth] . . . A most welcome addition to the Kingsbridge series." --The...

Writing in England at the turn of the 20th century, G.K. Chesterton was dubbed the "prince of paradox" for addressing serious questions with his light, whimsical style. In this classic allegory, which has captivated generations since it was first published in 1908, Chesterton tackles such profound concepts as honor, truth, and God with insightful humor and colorful enigma.

FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE “[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . exposes the fragility of human life.”—The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE ONE OF...

'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K. MCDONNELL The nail-bitingly tense, rib-crackingly funny new TIME POLICE mission from the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. The Time Police don't think twice about jumping to the past. But, this time, the past has...

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...

Acclaimed as Jane Gardams masterpiece, Old Filth is a lyrical series that recalls the fully lived life of Sir Edward Feathers. The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself. They met in Hong Kong after the war. Betty had spent the duration in a Japanese internment camp. Filth was already a successful barrister, handsome, fast becoming rich, in need of a wife but unaccustomed to romance. A perfect English couple of the late 1940s.

Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat, three disturbing events take place: a clique of city leaders is poisoned, a white gangster is found mutilated and a famous heiress vanishes without a trace. Detectives Michael Talbot and Ida Davis are hired to find the missing heiress, but it proves harder than expected, and so Ida must elicit the help of her friend Louis Armstrong. But will any of them find the answers they need in the capital of jazz, booze and corruption?

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE EPIC NEW EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON SCARROW The city of Rome. The most dangerous place in the Empire. The fates of military heroes Macro and Cato lie in Emperor Nero's bloody hands . . . AD 62. Under the reckless and...