wyszukanych pozycji: 5
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Maria and the Admiral
ISBN: 9781409103271 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Chile, June 1822. Maria Graham, a young British widow, watches as her compatriot Admiral Lord Cochrane sails triumphantly into the Valparaiso Bay, fresh from leading the Chilean fleet to victory over the country's Spanish rulers. Cochrane, a popular yet outspoken hero of the Napoleonic wars, is drawn to Maria, a woman whose intelligence and spirit of adventure rival his own. Yet their intense and extraordinary relationship must contend with a climate of uncertainty, political turmoil and civil war. Inspired by Maria Graham's own journals, MARIA AND THE ADMIRAL vividly brings to life the story...
Chile, June 1822. Maria Graham, a young British widow, watches as her compatriot Admiral Lord Cochrane sails triumphantly into the Valparaiso Bay, fre...
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53,08 zł |
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Glory: A Story of Gallipoli
ISBN: 9781409146230 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 'I wonder who chose the word 'glory',' murmured Arthur. 'You mean there's nothing very glorious about war.' The Major smiled. 'People expect words like glory. I do myself.' 'Oh, I'm not against it. There were glorious deeds performed.' The fields and gulleys of Gallipoli are thickly scattered with bullets, shrapnel and the bones of the fallen. Arthur Lamb stands alone, overlooking the bay. Fed on dreams of glory, he volunteered to fight for his country and found himself far away on Turkish soil. Arthur's fiancee, Sylvia, began the war comfortably at home in England but, restless for change,...
'I wonder who chose the word 'glory',' murmured Arthur. 'You mean there's nothing very glorious about war.' The Major smiled. 'People expect words lik...
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50,91 zł |
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A Woman's Life
ISBN: 9780752842738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Three women, born at the outbreak of World War II, who've grown up in widely differing circumstances, form an improbable friendship that sustains them through forty years.
Connie is the youngest member of a large Irish family and Ireland's too small to contain her. She is beautiful and impulsive. Men love her, while she roars through life, never looking before she leaps - sometimes onto rocks. Nina is English and middle-class, the shy, thoughtful, daughter of an army officer. She marries her boyhood love and has two children before realising how unfulfilled she is, and that... Three women, born at the outbreak of World War II, who've grown up in widely differing circumstances, form an improbable friendship that sustains t...
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69,02 zł |
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Clouds of Love and War
ISBN: 9781913491130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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50,91 zł |
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Lies & Loyalties
ISBN: 9780752893877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An emotional, gritty family drama exploring the power of frustrated love and intense sibling rivalry - from the acclaimed author of ONE SUMMER and A WOMAN'S LIFE
One cool March morning in London, MP Leo Barr is told that his brother, Charlie, is dead. He has hanged himself from a chestnut tree in the grounds of a mental hospital. His family reacts in different ways. Charlie's mother, Imogen, sees no point in pretending that life is still worth living - he was always her favourite. Leo and his lawyer brother Roland fight, as they always have over Charlie. The fourth brother Ron, a... An emotional, gritty family drama exploring the power of frustrated love and intense sibling rivalry - from the acclaimed author of ONE SUMMER and ...
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47,76 zł |