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A family secret. A century of heartache . . . The Girl on the Cliff is an evocative, moving story of family, loss and hope, from Lucinda Riley, the international bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series.

تغوص رواية «جنتلمان في موسكو» للكاتب الأمريكي آمور تولز، في رحلة غنية بالمشاعر والأحداث، إذ تدور حول حياة الكونت ألكسندر إليتش روستوف، أحد أفراد الطبقة الأرستقراطية الروسية، بعد ثورة 1917، والذي يمر بتجربةٍ قاسية، حيث يُقتاد في 21 يونيو عام 1922 من الكرملين إلى فندق المتروبول ليُفرض عليه الإقامة الجبرية في غرفةٍ فوق السطح. يُجبر الكونت، الذي كان رمزًا للأرستقراطية الروسية، على التخلي عن حياته المترفة والتعايش مع واقعٍ جديدٍ فرضته الثورة.

A World War 1 infantry rifle calls itself The Rifle and narrates its life story. It reads the mind of the human holding it and senses the human’s emotions. The Rifle’s first owner is “FC,” and it reveals his emotional experiences fighting in WW1 in muddy trenches. After the war, The Rifle and FC go hunting in Africa, where FC befriends a Bushman living his historical 100,000-year-old hunter-gatherer lifestyle. The two humans become mutually respected friends for a lifetime and each learns the other's native language.

Ein packendes Panorama mit einer glühenden Heldin. Sommer 1928: Anita Berber liegt geschwächt in einem Berliner Krankenhaus. Gerade noch war sie ein Star, verkörperte die neue Zeit, auf der Bühne, in Dutzenden Filmen, lebte und liebte exzessiv. Bis zu den Anfeindungen in Wien, in denen eine dunkle Zukunft aufschien ... Anita Berber denkt zurück an ihre geliebte Großmutter Lu, bei der sie aufwuchs.

May, 1915. Nineteen-year-old Isle Marie Stahl experiences tragedy travelling on board the RMS Lusitania with her parents from New York to a new life in England, when the ship is sunk by a German U-boat. Isle survives but is all alone. She distracts herself from the pain by becoming a nurse tending to the casualties on the front line at Ypres.

In a world where love and duty collide, Florence finds herself wedded young to a stern man, her life a silent testament to obedience and sacrifice. Cast out into the cold from seeking solace in forbidden arms, she faces her exile with the weight of a shattered family—one son by her side, the other left behind in the grip of her unforgiving husband. With doors shut firmly by those she once called family and the church that promised sanctuary, Florence embarks on a humble journey as a nurse.