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Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN's debut novel, Nineteen Steps, is a moving tale of love, longing, and loss, inspired by the true events of her family's experience during World War II. ""My inner history-loving teenage geek clapped her hands in ecstasy at the thought of a...

1843: the early years of Queen Victoria's reign witness much high-level debate at the Palace of Westminster, but nothing can interfere with Society's enjoyment of the Season. When Charlotte Meldon's father dies, she believes herself to be destitute, but a lawyer's letter reveals that she is not only part of the great Morland family, but wealthy and a countess in her own right. She is expected to make a great marriage, and with her vivacious cousin Fanny by her side, she is launched into her first Season.

New York, Herbst 1907: Die ehemalige Privatdetektivin Molly Murphy Sullivan ist zufrieden mit dem gemeinsamen Leben mit ihrem Polizisten Ehemann Daniel umgeben von Familie und Freunden. Und sie dachte, er wäre genauso glücklich damit – doch als er ihr erzählt, dass sie in ein schickes Haus an der Fifth Avenue ziehen werden und dass er für das Amt des Sheriffs von New York kandidiert, ist Molly völlig fassungslos. Daniel bittet Molly, ihm zu vertrauen, aber warum sollte er ausgerechnet für die Tammany-Partei als Sheriff kandidieren?

I sitt brev till Even beslutar Solfrid att inte avslöja sina känslor för honom. Istället sätter hon punkt för hans förhoppningar. Det har varit en lång resa för Emilie och Susan. När de äntligen anländer till St. Paul hör de unga kvinnorna en bekant röst ropa efter dem. Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga.

Ben the tramp’s uncanny knack of running into trouble is unsurpassed in the final crime thriller written for him by J. Jefferson Farjeon. On a grey afternoon he was destined never to forget, Ben sat down on a park seat and proceeded to think, not of cabbages and kings, but of numbers, lucky...

From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century—Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown—and the fascinating women who made it. “Millions will welcome this joyous event as...

正月二日。義経が待ちに待った吉報であった。「この身へも、鎌倉どのより、軍に出よとの御令書が降ったぞ。」そしてまさに二月二十日。つづく大暴風雨に押し流され泥に埋まった屋島の平家陣屋の望楼で声があがった。「や、や、あの火光は？」悪天候を衝いて源氏の兵が寄せてきたのである。放たれた火に追われて、主上、女院、そのほか数多女子どもも将士も、屋島の崖を転がりおりて船へ、船へ――（全19/24巻）（毎月第3水曜配信予定）

The gripping and action-packed new Roman army adventure in the Eagles of the Empire series by Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Scarrow. The perfect read for readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro, hardened veterans of the Roman army, have faced the...

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London, 1877: Nachdem Maryanne Landerton gezwungen ist, ihre Stelle als Gouvernante bei der Familie Grey aufzugeben, übernimmt sie die Leitung der Teestube ihres verstorbenen Vaters. Jedoch läuft das Geschäft schlecht und der einstige Treffpunkt des Londoner Tons steht kurz vor dem Aus. Um die Familie vor dem Ruin zu retten, muss Maryanne nicht nur einflussreiche Gäste, sondern auch als eigenständige Frau Anerkennung gewinnen. Als plötzlich Edward Grey, der Neffe und Erbe ihrer früheren Arbeitgeberin, auftaucht, erkennt sie eine einmalige Chance dem Teehaus zu helfen.

A seemingly idyllic picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen years earlier in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Cries for the Lost.

Toulouse, verano de 1939. Carmen de Pedro, responsable en Francia de los diezmados comunistas españoles, se cruza con Jesús Monzón, un cargo menor del partido que, sin ella intuirlo, alberga un ambicioso plan. Unos años después, en 1944, Monzón, convertido en su pareja, ha organizado el grupo más disciplinado de la Resistencia contra la ocupación alemana, prepara la plataforma de la Unión Nacional Española y cuenta con un ejército de hombres dispuestos a invadir España.

New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for themselves in Greenwich Village, in their modest-yet-beautiful home in Patchin Place, filled with family, friends, and laughter. Molly and Daniel have a good marriage, a true partnership where they value each other’s opinions in all things. So when he tells her they’re moving to a fancy home on Fifth Avenue—and that he’s running for the sheriff of New York—Molly is left reeling.

It is 1946, and with the war at last at an end, members of the Adams family who had been serving with the forces begin to come home. Boots is reunited with Polly and their twins, his son, Tim, returns to the welcoming arms of Felicity, and with so many others coming back, Chinese Lady finds herself once more the watchful matriarch of the family. But grandson Daniel is still serving in an army unit out in Palestine, where he is caught up in life-threatening circumstances, and his American fiancee, Patsy, counts the days until his return.

Buck Wallace was determined to make his home by the Pecos River. He vowed to live alongside the Kwahadies and carve his own private paradise out of the wilderness. But the trail to peace was long, hard and stained with the blood of the few who went before him. He would have to brave the challenge of the legendary warrior Goyah...learn the perils and pleasures of love from the beautiful Kiowa woman Asa...and test his will to survive in a land of infinite promise...and intense danger.

A DCI Charlie Woodend Mystery - A charred body is discovered in an abandoned cotton mill, and the crime scene presents DCI Woodend and his team with many questions, but very few answers. As Woodend attempts to solve a murder with no clues, he must also battle against a police authority blocking him at every turn. And worse is to follow, because Elizabeth Driver, Inspector Bob Rutters lover, has almost finished the book which could destroy everything he has ever worked for.

Napoleón, escapado de Elba, persigue a sus enemigos por Toda Europa como un fénix vengativo. Si puede acorralar a los británicos y prusianos antes de que lleguen sus aliados rusos y austriacos, su genio llevará a los ejércitos franceses a triunfar en Waterloo. En los Balcanes, preparando un empuje hacia el norte hacia Europa Central para bloquear a los rusos y austríacos, se está reuniendo una horda de mercenarios musulmanes.

A dead body in the trunk of a car. It's the Kansas City mob's signature. So why is a member of Ellison's circle found shot to death in a sedan at the country club? Did Baxter Phelps have ties to the mafia? Did they make him an offer he couldn't refuse? Is Baxter's widow Helen in danger? As Ellison is drawn into a dangerous investigation, she can't help but think maybe this time Mother is right. She should mind her own business.

Den nittende bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme. Jon Fisher og Harry Ryan tager del i en blodig krig mellem den britiske side og zuluerne i Sydafrika. Jon Fisher står over for at skulle i krig i Sydafrika. Zuluerne har bevist at de er en magtfuld fjende, mod det britiske militær. Efter han har mistet sine mænd i slaget, beslutter Jon Fisher sig for at tage hjem til Australien. Harry Ryan har arrangeret at de kan få pladser på et handelsskib. Der begynder deres rejse, hvor de må krydse havet for at komme hjem.

The nineteenth book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country made of blood, passion, and dreams. Jon Fisher and Harry Ryan take part in a bloody war between the British and the Zulu in South Africa. Jon Fisher faces war in South Africa. The Zulus have proven themselves a surprisingly powerful enemy to the British Army. After losing his men during battle, Jon Fisher decides to go home to Australia. Harry Ryan has arranged passage for them on a merchant ship. And there starts their travels across the ocean to get back home.