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Barbara Cartland a conquis des millions de lecteurs à travers le monde et écrit plus de 700 romans où l’amour triomphe toujours. Orpheline, Elvina Carrisford a passé une enfance solitaire auprès d’une vieille tante revêche. Aussi est-elle ravie lorsque son oncle la prie de tenir compagnie à sa cousine Delphine, qui doit bientôt faire la connaissance de son fiancé, le prince de Clairvallon. Arrivée au château de Baseheart, Elvina déchante.

Nápoles, 1900. Fabio, el dueño del teatro Dellanotte, parte de viaje por un año, y encarga a sus dos hijos: Adriano, violonchelista ciego, y Carlo, la responsabilidad de regentar el teatro de la ópera. Pero tras su partida, todo va a cambiar. Sus hijos, aunque Carlo está casado, se enamoran de la misma misteriosa mujer. Su esposa desarrolla aficiones que no imaginaría. Y un sanguinario asesino en serie se dedica a matar en el teatro, siguiendo las pautas de un antiguo manuscrito que narra la vida de Diane, la criada muda de la envenenadora marquesa de Brinvilliers, en el París del Rey Sol.

Netta Musketts romaner för läsaren tillbaka till efterkrigstidens England och är fyllda med kärlek, intriger och passion. Den första kärleken fylla en person med både extas och smärta. För Gail Redding medförde hennes första kärlek en kombination av de två och det verkade som om hon aldrig skulle kunna kasta av sig det förflutnas bojor. Till slut bestämmer hon sig för att lämna England och besöka vänner i Västafrika. Hon blir förälskad för andra gången i sitt liv, den här gången i en man med integritet, en säkerhetsofficer. Men hon bär på en hemlighet, som hennes man aldrig skulle kunna förlåta.

Candidato al Premio Strega 2023, "Cassandra a Mogadiscio" è uno struggente memoir dove affiorano e si intrecciano insieme la travagliata storia del popolo somalo e la storia familiare e autobiografica dell'autrice. Il risultato è un vero e proprio racconto intergenerazionale che parla di identità e colonialismo; dell'Italia e della Somalia e di un possibile, per quanto difficile, perdono.

La splendida Sona McCarron e suo padre tornano nella loro amata Scozia come ospiti del Duca di Invercarron, il capo del clan. L'occasione è il matrimonio del figlio ed erede del clan, il Marchese di Inver, con la figlia di un vicino capoclan. Mentre cerca di evitare le attenzioni indesiderate dell'avido Torquil McCarron, Sona incontra il marchese. In poco tempo e contro le proprie migliori intenzioni, si ritroverà perdutamente innamorata di un uomo promesso a un'altra donna.

Scotland, 1750, just four years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Rising of the Clans, it’s hard to know who’s loyal to the English and who is faithful to the Stuarts. And it’s beautiful seventeen-year-old Iona’s perilous mission to ascertain whether the Duke of Arkrae, head of Scotland’s most powerful clan, is a traitor or is he in cahoots with the English. Iona’s mission is to gain the trust of the Duke and his clan by claiming to be the sister he thought to have died as a child. As all around her doubt her claim and call her a "pretender", Iona struggles to hold her nerve.

When the Duke of Barningforde was told by his second son, Alastair, that he had married an actress in Paris without his approval, he exiled Alastair from England with only a very small allowance. His wife, Grace, actually came from a good Scottish family and was not an actress, but had a very fine soprano voice and sang with a famous French orchestra. But the Duke would not listen and Alastair and Grace never again set foot in their homeland.

Princess Zelda of Brienz in Switzerland is being harassed by her father to marry a King or Prince of one of the small countries of Europe. Zelda is very beautiful and determined when she does marry it will be for love and only love and she cannot possibly fall in love with any of her father’s suitors. She runs away from her home to her cousin, Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein, who has always been very fond of her. She tells him that she is determined to find out the truth about a scandal that has been repeated ever since she was born.

The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend, Sir Thomas Babbington, and a helpful Policeman. At the same time the beautiful Temia Brandon is returning home from her Finishing School in France and is longing to see her horse, Lightning, again. Temia discovers that her father has been hiding a dark secret for many years and is now being blackmailed by the odious Lord Alphonse who threatens to reveal the secret and ruin the family’s reputation.

On a hot summer’s day in 1880 the beautiful Lady Rosella is cutting a basket of blooms in her beloved Rose Garden at her aunt’s house in Hampshire. It is her seventeenth birthday and no one remembers it except for Thomas, the gardener’s boy. Later she is driven to Winchester and has an unpleasant encounter with two raucous gentlemen in the local tavern before going on to fit her first ball gown that her aunt has given her the money for just before she died. But who is the lovely masked woman she glimpses in the mirror at the dressmakers, a glorious vision clad in rose-pink silk?

Beautiful Lady Lucilla Welton is all alone in the world, having lost both her parents in a tragic accident. She has nowhere to go and so she stays with her cruel and distant Aunt Maud, who wants to marry her off as soon as possible. An ardent suitor is at hand – the rich Texan, Harkness Jackson – but his proposal is not one Lucilla could ever contemplate. She has already met the only man who will ever find the key to her heart – but the handsome Marquis of Castlebury is enthralled by another and for him, Lucilla seems to be no more than a casual friend.

After the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent Army of Occupation in France, the Earl of Monthurst returns to his ancestral home in England to find it in a very bad condition. Because labour had not been available during the war, The Hall, which goes back to Tudor times, was badly in need of repair, while the farms on his extensive estate were untenanted and the fields unploughed. The Earl had unwisely brought back with him a French Comtesse who was very beautiful and possessive and was obviously determined that he should marry her.

Queen Victoria sends for the Duke of Sherbourne and asks him to undertake a very secret mission on her behalf. It is so secret that only his loyal valet is told. The Duke agrees and it takes him to Greece. He visits King George who is the same age as he is and whom he has known in the past. He has been a great success as King, although he was only eighteen when he took over the throne and he is married to Princess Olga of Russia and they are extremely happy. The Duke envies them and, although he has been pursued by a great number of beautiful women in London, he has never yet fallen in love.

Lord Waincliffe breaks his horse’s bridle out one day and calls at the nearest house for help so that he can ride home in safety. It belongs to Terence Stourton, a Professor of Literature, and he meets his daughter, Rosetta, who repairs the bridle for him. Not only does he think that Rosetta is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, but he feels there is something unusual about her. Only when he returns home, does he realise that she bears an extraordinary resemblance to his sister, Dolina.

Dalma Wickham, having been in Athens to learn Greek, arrives at a British Steamer to return to London to find that they will not allow her dog, Twi-Twi, on board. Because she is turned away from the British ship, she walks round the quay and sees a most magnificent yacht. While she is admiring it, a bomb goes off at the end of the quay and the seamen leave the yacht to see what has happened. On an impulse, because she realises it is her last chance of getting Twi-Twi to England, she slips aboard the yacht and hides in one of the empty cabins.

Loyalty to your people. Loyalty to Rome. Only one can remain... Centurion Faustus Valerianus has already proven his bravery and skill, marching alongside Julius Agricola for six gruelling years to conquer the north of Britain. But that was just the beginning... With Agricola back in Rome, Faustus is given a new mission: to journey to Hibernia with exiled Irish prince Tuathal Techtmar and help him reclaim his rightful throne.

In the twilight of the Wars of the Roses, one knight carries out a final mission for his fallen king... August 1485. Grizzled knight Sir John Hawker carries a heavy burden on his shoulders, but a chance for atonement beckons when his liege lord, King Richard III, charges Hawker with two secret missions. However, when Richard falls at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Hawker hastens to fulfil his final duty to the king. But the usurping Tudors have discovered Hawker’s quest, and are hot on his heels.

Massacres, invasions, plots. An Emperor on the edge. An Empire in peril. Caracalla is on the warpath. Time, he has decided, to put his enemies in their place. To invade the Parthians at the edge of the Empire. To destroy everything in his way. For Imperial Assassin Silus, this is a time of crisis. Forced to guard the Emperor as part of his elite bodyguard, Silus knows that the situation is untenable. As everything threatens to crumble, Silus must make the ultimate choice... and face the ultimate sacrifice.

Die junge Lizzie hat ihre Heimat auf dem Land verlassen, um im quirligen London der 1960er Jahre eine Ausbildung als Köchin zu beginnen. Sie ist entschlossen, ihre neue Freiheit zu genießen, auch wenn sie weiß, dass ihre Mutter bereits nach geeigneten Heiratskandidaten sucht und Pläne für Lizzies Hochzeit schmiedet. Bald trägt Lizzie ihr Haar modisch kurz und ist mit ihren Freundinnen Alexandra und Meg in ein prächtiges, wenn auch heruntergekommenes Haus im mondänen Belgravia gezogen.

Jamais encore n'avait été relaté le long et périlleux voyage qu'Aliénor d'Aquitaine fit, au couchant de sa vie, avec sa petite-fille Blanca, choisie pour être la future reine de France. Voyage qui bouleversera leur vie et leur destin, transmission d'âme à âme, véritable initiation, pour la très jeune infante, au métier de femme et à celui de reine. Janvier 1200. Aliénor d'Aquitaine, deux fois reine et mère de deux rois, fait son entrée dans la cité de Palencia.