Libros de Novela histórica, página 83 de 398

El destí d"Ederek està lligat a les històries dels seus anells i no és més que la fortuna dels foners balears, llançadors, com es diuen entre ells. Duen una vida sempre molt dura per sobreviure en el

El destino de Ederek está ligado a las historias de sus anillos, y no es más que la suerte de los honderos baleares, lanzadores, como se llaman entre ellos. Llevan una vida siempre dura para sobrevivir en el crisol de culturas y lenguas que los rodea. Despues de La Cova de lUltim Gimneta, nos adent...

EN FEMENINO es el primer libro de poesía que Carmen Bada publica, aunque poemas suyos han sido incluidos antes en antologías. En este libro, Carmen nos ofrece su particular mirada de mujer a unos temas antiguos por insistencia de los agravios sufridos por las mujeres de todas las epocas, pero nuevos...

Kent 1953 The Woolworths Erith store a beloved cornerstone of the community faces closure if the December turnover fails to increase And as if store manager Betty Billington doesn t have enough on her plate personnel shortages and a troublesome new employee add to the strife With Christmas on the horizon Betty and her staff must strive to find solutions to improve business and keep the store running from special events for late night customers to a festive group trip into central London The Erith Players pantomime also promises to draw a crowd injecting excitement into the local community With the store festooned with decorations lifting the spirits of customers and Betty can a Christmas miracle save their beloved store A Christmas Wish at Woolworths is the next instalment in Elaine Everest s much loved Woolworths series a heartfelt tale of resilience community and an unwavering spirit during hard times

Memorable and utterly engaging S G MACLEAN Nattrass is a master storyteller JANICE HALLETT One of my favourite historical fiction authors PHILIPPA EASTHe looked as if he had just received some very bad news In that he was certainly right for he was perfectly and incontrovertibly dead London 1774 Susan Bell spends her days within the confines of Westminster Abbey one of many who live in the grounds of the ancient building Her father the kindly Dean of Westminster is always busy keeping the many canons and vergers in check when not being romantically pursued by forceful widows Life at the abbey is uneventful even after the unwelcome arrival of Susan s cousin Lindley and his unusual scientific demonstrations That is until the Society of Antiquaries come armed with a letter from King George III demanding to open the tomb of Edward I As the Society prepares to open the tomb a ghostly figure is seen walking the abbey cloisters wearing the crown and shroud of the dead king Then there is further uproar when one of the Antiquaries is found viciously murdered and the corpse of Edward I is stolen With her father s position under threat from the scandal Susan feels duty bound to investigate these strange occurrences Could one of the Society

Tis the season to solve a mystery discover the festive crime novel that everyone is talking about from the bestselling author of Murder at Holly House A case shrouded in secrets Yorkshire 1953 It s nearly Christmas and Detective Frank Grasby and his boss Juggers are investigating a puzzling murder in the remote village of Uthley s Bay A fisherman has been found dead on the beach with a stocking wound tight round his throat A festive mystery for one and all Hundreds of pairs of stockings in neat cellophane bags soon wash up on the shore A blizzard cuts off Frank and Juggers from help and the local innkeeper is murdered Any remaining Christmas cheer goes up in smoke as the villagers refuse to talk leaving the two detectives chasing false leads in the snow A winter wonderland with no escape To make matters worse Frank can t stop thinking about stockings Why does everyone seem to be enjoying strangely high standards of hosiery even beneath their oilskins Who is the sinister man snooping around their hotel And how can they solve the murder when everyone in the village is a suspect Readers love The Christmas Stocking Murders Atmospheric amusing a book to read by a fireside This book is a delight I found myself chuckling along

1814 Ashore on leave Captain Sir Thomas Kydd learns of a dismal harvest and general hardship among the population In Germany Napoleon Bonaparte is celebrating victories that once again make his name feared throughout Europe An armistice is signed and while the Allies lick their wounds Bonaparte sets to preparing for a grand advance And in a fragile peace and saddled with huge war debts the government has no choice but to place HMS Thunderer along with many other Royal Navy ships in reserve until the Navy can decide what to do with their great fleets Meanwhile Kydd is offered an admiral s flag but this is the West Africa station and the anti slavery operations set in fever ridden swamps Despite the obvious dangers and hardships Kydd sees this as the realisation of his life s ambition and readies for sea in his beloved Thunderer as his flagship In a turn of the tide Bonaparte is defeated by the Allies and exiled to the tiny island of Elba Then electrifying news breaks out the tyrant has escaped and is marching on Paris the citizens flocking to join him The British government as well is rocked by a realisation that Napoleon s invasion fleet is still in being and if the French navy declares for him they can sail from the ports now free of blockade a

Rome is in chaos The empire of a mobster chief is falling apart following his death Rivals fearsome relatives and associates are taking up position to vie for the spoils With hideous murders in the streets of Rome a lone female traveller arrives with an agenda of her own But when her corpse is dragged out of the river bearing signs of foul play Flavia Alba is drawn in concerned about her fellow Briton s fate Alba s quest to find the killer becomes deeply personal when she discovers a man at the centre of the plot is an old adversary of hers Will she be obsessed by revenge Can she let the past go or will it consume her

Loved it from the very first page Estella is a superbly well drawn character and absolutely unforgettable Frances Quinn You know Miss Havisham The world s most famous jilted bride This is her daughter s story Raised in the darkness of Satis House where the clocks never tick the beautiful Estella is bred to hate men and to keep her heart cold as the grave She knows she doesn t feel things quite like other people do but is this just the result of her strange upbringing As she watches the brutal treatment of women around her hatred hardens into a core of vengeance and when she finds herself married to the abusive Drummle she is forced to make a deadly choice Should she embrace the darkness within her and exact her revenge A stunningly original gripping Gothic read perfect for fans of Stacey Halls Madeline Miller and Jessie Burton Readers are stunned by Estella s Revenge The genius concept behind this book is so irresistible it makes the novel feel like magic Charles Dickens s spirit would be definitely securing his copy now Sophie Hannah This gripping and clever novel takes Miss Havisham s daughter and tells us her dark and compelling tale Masterfully constructed complex immersive and delivered through Havelocke s beautiful prose Both heart

1504. Castilla. Doce años despues del descubrimiento de America se organiza la cuarta expedición del Almirante Cristóbal Colón. Cuatro navíos. Ciento cuarenta marinos en total. Uno de ellos afirmaba llamarse Juan de Bives, ser andaluz y contar con veinte años de edad. Y asi seria a ojos de aquellos tripulantes que surcaron la mar, pero, en realidad, se trataba de una mujer que lograria alcanzar las Indias bajo la mascara de una falsa identidad. Su nombre era Ines de Paz.

Nicasio Camilo Jover publicó en 1856 su novela histórica Las amarguras de un rey, centrada en los amoríos de Sancho IV (siendo infante de Castilla) con María de Ucero, viuda de Juan García, que le ha

Hannó, jove membre d’una família de rics mercaders cartaginesos, arriba a les valls andorranes per explorar les possibilitats comercials d’aquest racó del Pirineu. Allà coneix el poble dels andosins,

Estiu de l"any 1935. L"Antoni, de Barcelona, i en Bernat, de Palafrugell, inicien en plena joventut una amistat que es perllongara en el temps. Fills de dos dirigents de la CNT que han compartit cel·la pels fets del Sis d"Octubre de 1934, coneixen l"amor de veritat per primer cop amb la Susana i la Laura, respectivament. En acabar l"estiu, la situacio politica tensa i co...

Chido, el fugitivo es una novela picaresca que presenta la vida del pueblo coreano entre las décadas del 50 y del 70 del siglo XX, época que coincide con la pobreza de la posguerra y el inicio de una acelerada industrializacion que subvierte los valores tradicionales de la sociedad coreana. Su protagonista, Chido, de paternidad incierta, crece junto a su madre, que regenta una modesta casa de comidas y de vida un tanto licenciosa. Desde pequeño, Chido, quiebra los estrictos valores morales para sobrevivir en un mundo de injusticias, a medida que crece se burla de sus mayores, sobrevive a las amenazas de las bandas mafiosas pues se precia de ser un ladron solitario, estafa a los ricos y se burla de las autoridades politicas. Temerario, no vacila en incorporarse al Ejercito por su propia conveniencia.Con su padrino, Hwang Wang, un antiguo ladron de tumbas, Chido aprende temprano las artes de la "ladroneria" y de una incierta espiritualidad. Wang ha tomado bajo su proteccion a la pequeña Duryeon, quien sera el amor fatal de toda su vida y sobre la que deposita toda su capacidad de ternura. Mientras, los sucesivos episodios de su corta vida discurren entre el humor y el patetismo, una descarnada violencia y una amplia gama de situaciones eroticas.

Durante la tormentosa epoca de la fiebre independentista americana, un muchacho sencillo de un pueblo de Almeria es enviado a Cuba a cumplir con el servicio militar. Alli se vera atrapado por los horrores de la guerra y, al mismo tiempo, por el amor de una cubana. Conocera a personajes reales de la historia, autenticos heroes, unos con nombre propio, como Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Jose Marti, el Almirante Cervera y otros anonimos, espanoles y cubanos, que perdieron la vida o la salud por su sentido del deber. Todos presentados con sus defectos y virtudes, con sus pasiones, grandezas y miserias.

Mohammad Ushen, hijo del juez de Wardana, es educado en la escuela coránica de su pueblo, donde destaca por su rápida memorización de los textos sagrados. Su tenacidad y esfuerzo llevan a su maestro a recomendarle continuar sus estudios bajo la supervision de otro faqui, pero su trayectoria academica se ve afectada por la instauracion de la Republica del Rif, justo en el momento en que ingresa en la famosa universidad Qarawiyyin de Fez, una ciudad alterada por el colonialismo frances. Al volver a su tierra natal, Mohammad se topa de lleno con el Protectorado de España, que condicionara su forma de ejercer la judicatura, su matrimonio y, sin saberlo, el futuro de todossus descendientes. Esta saga cuenta la historia real de tres generaciones de marroquies, desde el seno de una familia de rifeños y moriscos, haciendonos participes del impacto que el colonialismo ejercio sobre ellos y como quebro el patron de vida conocido hasta entonces. El camino de los protagonistas se vera modicado por los eventos historicos que tuvieron lugar y a los cuales debieron adaptarse constantemente para escribir su propio destino y marcar el nuestro.

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Esta es una historia de sueños que se entretejen con la realidad, de pesadillas sin necesidad de estar dormido, de asesinos, de poder y de lucha, pero sobre todo, esta es una historia de tiempo?Corrían años duros en el Egipto faraonico. Las famili