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Een spannend verhaal vol mysteries en geheimen, liefde en verraad, oorlog en avontuur, samenzweringen en verbroken beloftes... Carcassonne, 1562. De negentienjarige Minou Joubert -ontvangt een anonieme brief in de boekhandel van haar vader. De brief is verzegeld met een opvallend -familiewapen, en bevat slechts zeven woorden: Zij weet dat jij in leven bent. Maar voordat Minou de geheimzinnige boodschap kan ont-cijferen verandert haar lot voor altijd door een ontmoeting met de jonge hugenoot Piet Reydon.

France, 1942: While war blazes at the front lines of Europe, in the walled southern city of Carcassonne, nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women is engaged in an equally lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought northern invaders 700 years before, these members of the French Resistance - code-named Citadel - fight to liberate their home from the Nazis. Led by a daring 18-year-old, Sandrine Vidal, and her elder sister, Marianne, the women of Citadel work quickly to sabotage their German occupiers, safeguard their neighbors and smuggle refugees over the mountains into neutral territory.

In a remote village near the English coast, residents gather in a misty churchyard. More than a decade into the 20th century, superstition still holds sway: It is St. Mark's Eve, the night when the shimmering ghosts of those fated to die in the coming year are said to materialize and amble through the church doors. Alone in the crowd is Constantia Gifford, the taxidermist's daughter. Twenty-two and unmarried, she lives with her father on the fringes of town, in a decaying mansion.

France, 1562. Les tensions entre catholiques et protestants montent, le royaume se déchire. Le prince de Condé et le duc de Guise se livrent un combat sans merci. Les huguenots sont persécutés, les massacres se succèdent. À Carcassonne, Marguerite Joubert, une jeune libraire catholique, fait la connaissance de Piet, un protestant converti dont la vie est en danger.

Inspirada en la abrumadora respuesta que tuvo la campaña mundial que inició Mosse en las redes sociales bajo el hashtag #WomanInHistory, que se lanzó en 2021, esta importante obra de no ficción recopila, de manera rica y detallada, más de 1.000 voces de mujeres no escuchadas y poco escuchadas.

Une famille plongée dans l'enfer de la Saint-Barthélemy : l'Histoire de France comme vous ne l'avez jamais lue ! 1572. Depuis dix ans, les guerres de Religion ravagent la France. Aujourd'hui, enfin, un fragile espoir de paix renaît : Catherine de Médicis a manœuvré dans l'ombre et le royaume s'apprête à célébrer le mariage de la future reine Margot et d'Henri, le roi protestant de Navarre.

A deeply moving story of what it means to care for those we love by best-selling author Kate Mosse, a celebration of older people and ageing, and of finding joy in the smallest acts of everyday caregiving. As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.

Sixteen modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy. Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love.

Welcome to Goodness Grief POD1A conversation surrounding grief put together by Kate Moss in conversation with the incredible Calum Best, Ryan Moss, Nick Ede, Aimee Buchler.This first episode is one that focuses on loss of loved ones and how each guest speaker has gone through and transformed in their own personal way.It is okay not to be okay... GOODNESS GRIEF is a safe space to feel connected with yourself and others.Stay Tuned.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is May 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years, and no one believes it is a threat. One day, Ana notices that the air feels strange and heavy, that the birds have stopped singing. Tending the family vineyard, a sudden strange tremor in the earth frightens her.