Showing results by publisher "SAGA Egmont" in Historical Fiction

Anfang der 1980er Jahre, Polen: Vor dem Hintergrund des gewaltsamen Niedergangs des Kommunismus entwickelt sich eine zarte und leidenschaftliche Liebesgeschichte zwischen zwei jungen Männern, die sich schließlich auf entgegengesetzten Seiten der politischen Kluft wiederfinden - ein erstaunlich poetisches und herzergreifendes literarisches Debüt! Als der Universitätsstudent Ludwik in einem landwirtschaftlichen Sommercamp auf den gutaussehenden Janusz trifft, ist er fasziniert von diesem unbekümmerten Fremden.

The narrative follows the stylishly controversial Dodo, a young woman from the British upper-middle-class. She is very confident she is about to make a most advantageous match which should position her perfectly for the social status and money she so deeply craves. This makes for a work replete with sardonic and romantic and paranormal melodrama. In an atmosphere so full of extreme snobbery that it is a riot of hilarity.

"I promessi sposi" è ambientato nella Lombardia del '600 sotto la dominazione spagnola. Il romanzo racconta la storia di due giovani innamorati, Renzo e Lucia, che desiderano sposarsi, ma a causa della tirannia del signore locale Don Rodrigo, che innamoratosi di Lucia intimidisce la popolazione e il clero locale, devono intraprendere una lunga serie di avventure per riuscire a coronare il loro sogno d'amore. Il libro contiene fedeli ricostruzioni storiche e temi quali la divina provvidenza, la peste, la dominazione straniera e la povertà.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution.

Marco Malvaldi torna al giallo storico con un protagonista d'eccezione: il padre della scienza moderna, Galileo Galilei. L’Europa è in guerra, le risorse scarseggiano ed è in corso una pandemia. A Firenze la peste infuria e Galileo riesce a dare alle stampe il suo ultimo manoscritto lontano dagli occhi indiscreti dell'Inquisizione grazie all'aiuto di sua figlia Virginia.

A woman appears on the streets of Shanghai. She has thousands of cuts - and is screaming for Inspector Danilov... Days later, the woman is dead. But another body is left waiting for the Inspector. Someone is playing with Danilov... someone prepared to kill, just to get their message across. At first, the victims seem unconnected. But with each body bringing a new message for Danilov, he knows this is a riddle especially designed for him. As more bodies start appearing, time is running out to solve the deadly puzzle.

Zu Beginn des 15. Jahrhunderts in der Mark Brandenburg: Während des Kampfes um die Burg ihres Vaters geht die kleine Tochter des Raubritters Dietrich von Quitzow im Wald verloren, wird dort zuerst von Köhlern aufgenommen, dann von einem geächteten Adligen aufgezogen. Jahre später macht sie sich allein auf den Weg, um ein Versprechen einzulösen, das sie ihrem sterbenden Ziehvater Richard gegeben hat.

Un romanzo sull'amore, la perdita e la forza del destino. Un libro imperdibile per chi ha amato Mille splendidi soli e Le pagine della nostra vita. Roya e Bahman si incontrano in una piccola libreria di Teheran. Giovani e pieni di ideali, decidono di sposarsi. Ma la Storia ha altri piani: è il 1953, l'anno del colpo di Stato che cambiò l'Iran per sempre e Bahman scompare durante i tumulti cittadini. Roya, distrutta dal dolore, si trasferisce negli Stati Uniti per ricominciare da zero. Dopo oltre sessant'anni, ritrova Bahman e – con lui – tutte le risposte che cercava da una vita intera.

Als der Apotheker Theodor Rapps nach einem Überfall blutüberströmt in seine Apotheke eilt, entdeckt er dort eine Gestalt: sich selbst! Hat der Doppelgänger es etwa auf seine wertvolle Naturaliensammlung abgesehen? Theodor Rapps muss diesem Geheimnis auf die Spur gehen! Wolf Serno führt seine Leser*innen in diesem Roman ins Hamburg des 18. Jahrhunderts und beweist sein Talent für Historie, Spannung und Mysterien.

Styrkar the warrior sails to dangerous lands in this thrilling new adventure from Richard Cullen. Following William of Normandy's invasion of England, the remnants of King Harold Godwinson's family have fled to Ireland. Styrkar, Harold's most loyal housecarl, seeks the dead king's older sons there, but finds himself in the midst of a plot to kill Harold's widow and her baby son. Still loyal to his dead master, Styrkar flees to England with the dowager and her baby, but soon finds his loyalties at breaking point.

Tutte le avventure di Don Camillo – e del suo amico-nemico Peppone – in un'unica raccolta che non potrà che strappare il sorriso a chi l'ascolta! Tante storie argute e senza tempo che vanno a comporre il grande affresco sonoro del celebre Piccolo Mondo Borghese della Bassa, durante il fermento sociale degli anni che seguono alla Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Giovannino Guareschi (1908-1968) è stato uno scrittore e giornalista italiano, noto principalmente per essere l’ideatore di don Camillo e Peppone, la coppia di amici/nemici più famosi della narrativa italiana.

Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second World War, Estoril is a delightful and poignant novel about exile, divided loyalties, fear and survival. The hotel's guests include spies, fallen kings, refugees from the Balkans, Nazis, American diplomats and stateless Jews. The Portuguese secret police broodingly observe the visitors, terrified that their country's neutrality will be compromised. The novel seamlessly fuses the stories of its invented characters with appearances by historical figures.

When Rena's father dies she is alone in the world, forced out of the vicarage that has been her home, with nowhere to go and no money. She seeks help at the large wooden cross standing in the nearby grounds of "The Grange". And there in the earth she finds three golden coins, which she hands over to the new young Earl of Lansdale. They form a friendship, the sweetest one of her life. But her new happiness is threatened by Mr. Wyngate, a wealthy man determined to force the Earl to marry his daughter.

London, 1798. Late one night, a junior naval officer at the Admiralty intercepts a coded despatch, marked with blood: Napoleon Bonaparte is about to launch the largest invasion fleet in history. Target: unknown.

Lady Lolita Vernon, daughter of the late Earl of Walcott and Vernon, has run away. Her stepfather, Ralph Piran, is forcing her to accept the attentions and perhaps an offer of marriage from his business partner, Murdock Tanner, who is very rich but old and repulsive. While she is trying to cover her tracks in London she bumps into a small boy, Simon, who is weeping because he has been beaten cruelly by his stepmother.

Shana, the beautiful daughter of Lord Hallam has not yet been a debutante as she has been helping her father write his autobiography. Although retired from the Foreign Office, Lord Hallam agrees to go abroad leaving his daughter alone in the country. Before he leaves, he asks Shana to run an errand to the landlord of the village inn known as the Rose and Crown, where she finds there is a crisis in the kitchen and offers to cook luncheon for the Marquis of Kilbrooke and his shooting party.

After the death of her great-uncle, orphan Lady Rosanna Donnington was overwhelmed to learn he had left her his vast fortune. It was then her life changed and she became the target of unscrupulous fortune hunters. But she was determined to marry only for love. When the loutish Sir Walter Fenwick insisted she marry him, Rosanna decided enough was enough. She fled London and journeyed to Donnington Hall, her new country estate.

Wer war sie wirklich? Alice Schwarzers hervorragendes Porträt bringt uns den Weltstar und vor allem den Menschen Romy Schneider nahe und zeigt, warum ausgerechnet sie zum Idol für Millionen Menschen werden konnte. Die authentische und sehr ergreifende Lebensbeschreibung, gelesen von hervorragenden Schauspielern.

1903 London is bustling and glamorous. With troubling secrets simmering and worrying signs of war Flora Maguire must solve a deadly mystery which leads right to the heart of the corridors of power. Flora Maguire has escaped the country to enjoy some time in fashionable Knightsbridge, London. Extravagant shops, exuberant theatres and decadent restaurants mean 1903's London is a thrilling adventure, but there are dark secrets threatening from the continent.

Wann ist ein Mensch schön? Auf den ersten Blick ist Victoria das Ebenbild ihrer Schwester Sam, Star der gefeierten Regency-Soap Silver Lines.  Auf den zweiten Blick haben die Zwillinge nichts gemeinsam: Denn Vic, die mit Make-up-Tutorials im Internet Tausende begeistert, würde ihr Gesicht nie vor einer Kamera zeigen. Eine Kooperation mit einem Kosmetikkonzern könnte Vics langersehnten Durchbruch bedeuten, doch dafür muss sie ausgerechnet ans Set von Silver Lines reisen. Dort trifft sie neben Sam auch auf Lex, den männlichen Hauptdarsteller der Serie.