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Accidents of Providence
ISBN: 9780547840116 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Wonderfully detailed and keenly researched, it is a moving portrait of a courageous woman caught between a disastrous affair with a charismatic revolutionary and the draconian laws of the land that would put her to death because of it.---Kathleen Kent
-Dangerous Liaisons: A seventeenth-century heroine for our times . . . A] delightfully seditious heroine...Proof that a historical novel can be educational and entertaining, and nothing like homework.---O, The Oprah Magazine London, 1649: King Charles has been beheaded for treason, Cromwell is in power, the Levelers are... -Wonderfully detailed and keenly researched, it is a moving portrait of a courageous woman caught between a disastrous affair with a charismatic revol...
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Favored Queen
ISBN: 9781250007193 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a powerful and moving novel about Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, who married him only days after the execution of Anne Boleyn and ultimately lost her own life in giving him the son he badly needed to guarantee the Tudor succession From The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a powerful and moving novel about Jane Seymour,... |
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The Lady of the Rivers
ISBN: 9781416563716 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. #1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman of passion and of legend who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the War of the Roses to bring her family unimaginable power. When the young and beautiful Jacquetta is married to the older Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the duke's squire Richard Woodville, who is at her side...
#1 New York Times bestselling author and "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the story of Jacquetta, Du...
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The Crown
ISBN: 9781451626865 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An astonishing debut in historical fiction, hailed as "part The Da Vinci Code, part The Other Boleyn Girl," (Woman's Day), The Crown follows one nun's dangerous quest to find an ancient relic during Cromwell's reign of terror. Joanna Stafford, a Dominican nun, learns that her favorite cousin has been condemned by Henry VIII to be burned at the stake. Defying the rule of enclosure, Joanna leaves the priory to stand at her cousin's side. Arrested for interfering with the king's justice, Joanna, along with her father, is sent to the Tower of London. While...
An astonishing debut in historical fiction, hailed as "part The Da Vinci Code, part The Other Boleyn Girl," (Woman's Day), The...
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106,55 |
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The Royal Physician's Visit
ISBN: 9781468303391 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Royal Physician's Visit magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee -- court physician to mad young King Christian -- stepped through an aperture in history and became the holder of absolute power in Denmark. His is a gripping tale of power, sex, love, and the life of the mind, and it is superbly rendered here by Sweden's most acclaimed writer. A charismatic German doctor and brilliant intellectual, Struensee used his influence to introduce hundreds of reforms in Denmark in the 1760s and had a tender and erotic affair with Queen...
The Royal Physician's Visit magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee -- court physician to ma...
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78,96 |
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Inquisitor's Wife
ISBN: 9780312675462 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of The Borgia Bride and The Scarlet Contessa, comes a tale of love, loss and treachery set during the perilous days of the Spanish Inquisition 1481 Seville: The Inquisition makes its first appearance in Spain. Its target: conversos, Christians of Jewish descent--specifically those who practice Judaism secretly in their homes. The penalty for "crypto-Judaism": Burning at the stake. Marisol Garcia, a young conversa, is hurriedly wed to Gabriel, a civil lawyer working for the Inquisition, in hopes... From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of The Borgia Bride and The Scarlet Contessa, comes a tale of love, loss and treac... |
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102,65 |
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The Stockholm Octavo
ISBN: 9780061995354 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One man's fortune holds the key to a nation's fate in this sensational debut novel set in 18th-century Sweden. The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann transports readers to a colorful Scandinavian world of intrigue and magic in a dazzling golden age of high art, music, and opulent fashion. A masterwork of historical fiction in the vein of Patrick Suskind's classic novel, Perfume, Karen Engelmann's The Stockholm Octavo is mysterious and romantic--as magical and enthralling as The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern--and features a brilliant and... One man's fortune holds the key to a nation's fate in this sensational debut novel set in 18th-century Sweden. The Stockholm Octavo ... |
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71,02 |
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The White Princess
ISBN: 9781451626100 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes this instant New York Times bestseller that tells the story of the remarkable Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen, and mother to the House of Tudor. When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he knows he must marry the princess of the enemy house--Elizabeth of York--to unify a country divided by war for nearly two decades. But his bride is still in love with his slain enemy, Richard III--and her mother and half of England dream of a missing heir, sent into the...
From "queen of royal fiction" (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes this instant New York Times bestseller that tells the story of the rema...
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Vivaldi's Virgins
ISBN: 9780060890537 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Abandoned as an infant, fourteen-year-old Anna Maria dal Violin is one of the elite musicians living in the foundling home where the "Red Priest," Antonio Vivaldi, is maestro and composer. Fiercely determined to find out where she came from, Anna Maria embarks on a journey of self-discovery that carries her into a wondrous and haunting world of music and spectacle, bringing eighteenth-century Venice magically to life. Abandoned as an infant, fourteen-year-old Anna Maria dal Violin is one of the elite musicians living in the foundling home where the "Red Priest," ... |
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The Ming Storytellers
ISBN: 9781479296187 / Angielski / Miękka / 616 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is the 15th Century. This is BEIJING. A city seething with mystery and royal intrigue. It is the 15th Century. |
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The Aquatic Labyrinth: A Venetian Mystery
ISBN: 9781483987095 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Jacopo came back home, he could not have ever imagined that in a few hours he would have found himself running for his life across the most mesmerizing maze ever built, Venice. He would have never believed he would be dragging himself like a wounded animal, breathless and clueless through the alleys and across the canals of the city, desperately trying to extricate a murder he did not commit, to find the key of the mysterious labyrinth of events he had entered without even noticing.
When Jacopo came back home, he could not have ever imagined that in a few hours he would have found himself running for his life across the most mesme...
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Leonardo: A Return to Florence
ISBN: 9781495251986 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Book Four in the "Life and Travels of Da Vinci" series - though they can be read and enjoyed in any order Join Leonardo da Vinci as he returns to Florence, works on several painting commissions, and then joins the ruthless Cesare Borgia as his military advisor. This family-friendly historical novel covers about two and a half years of Leonardo's life - and his interactions with a number of contemporary luminaries: including Luca Pacioli (mathematician), Donato Bramante (architect), (Niccoli Machiavelli (Florentine ambassador and writer) and Cesare Borgia. Much of Leonardo's time with Borgia...
Book Four in the "Life and Travels of Da Vinci" series - though they can be read and enjoyed in any order Join Leonardo da Vinci as he returns to Flo...
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The Gondola Maker
ISBN: 9780989367103 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Laura Morelli holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University, where she was a Bass Writing Fellow and Mellon Doctoral Fellow. She authored a column for National Geographic Traveler called "The Genuine Article" and contributes pieces about authentic travel to national magazines and newspapers. Laura has been featured on CNN Radio, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg, The Frommers Travel Show, and in USA TODAY, Departures, House & Garden Magazine, Traditional Home, the Denver Post, Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, and other media. Recently her art history lesson, "What's the difference...
Laura Morelli holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University, where she was a Bass Writing Fellow and Mellon Doctoral Fellow. She authored a column...
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Hamlet's Story Must Be Told: Horatio's Saga and the Elsinore Confessions
ISBN: 9781499741803 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The rest is silence," were the final spoken words of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, before his tragic life's ending. Upon these final words, the story of all that transpired within Hamlet's mind and at Elsinore Castle died in that final breath. Those at the castle that witnessed the circus of destruction only recall brief glimpses of the royal party's fall. Upon the promise to a prince, Horatio holds a story within him that the world must know. He carries the memories and knowledge that would shed light on the darkness of a collapsed and plagued empire. Now it is up to him to make sure that...
"The rest is silence," were the final spoken words of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, before his tragic life's ending. Upon these final words, the story of...
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Succession
ISBN: 9781250066602 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1445. King Henry VI is married by proxy to Margaret of Anjou. French, beautiful and unpopular, her marriage causes a national uproar. At the same time, the infant Margaret Beaufort is made a great heiress and suddenly becomes the most important commodity in the nation. Her childhood is lived in remote, echoing castles, while everyone at King Henry's court competes to be her guardian and engineer an advantageous alliance with her uncle, the Duke of Somerset. With the collapse of Henry VI's hold on France, discord among the English nobles breaks out into civil war. Henry becomes... 1445. King Henry VI is married by proxy to Margaret of Anjou. French, beautiful and unpopular, her marriage causes a national uproar. At the ... |
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Suffering the Black Water: Painting the Sins of Betrayal
ISBN: 9781515327318 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Captain Edward Wallace the son of a Scottish slave trader becomes a pirate and learns the way of the sea. he finds himself faced with muteness crewmen who could be someone he'd once considered a friend. Edward now must face his losses and regrets while holding on to himself.
Captain Edward Wallace the son of a Scottish slave trader becomes a pirate and learns the way of the sea. he finds himself faced with muteness crewmen...
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The Reader's Companion to The Death of Shakespeare
ISBN: 9780997089905 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Death of Shakespeare imagines how the plays and poetry attributed to William Shakespeare were written. Unlike the outpourings of contemporary biographies about Shakespeare, the novel is based mainly on fact. Since it is not customary to add footnotes or endnotes to works of fiction, the Reader's Companion tracks the chapters in The Death of Shakespeare and explains what is supported in the historical record and what is not. In essence, the Reader's Companion is an ancilla, literally "an aid." Jon Benson could say, as did Moses Hadas in the introduction to his Ancilla to Classical Reading...
The Death of Shakespeare imagines how the plays and poetry attributed to William Shakespeare were written. Unlike the outpourings of contemporary biog...
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The Oxford Aeronaut Part 1: From Cooking to Chemistry
ISBN: 9781530817184 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ambitious artisan James Sadler is born during the reign of King George III, the dawn of the scientific age which is blighted by an Establishment which remains determined to cling to power. James dreams of advancing himself in the new science of chemistry and is thrilled by the ages-long dream of man-made flight. But his uppity ambitions put him in conflict with the powerful Church, University and Royal Society. When family tragedy strikes an anguished James must choose between ambition, his passion for Mary Vane and promises made to his beloved parents, against a backcloth of impending...
Ambitious artisan James Sadler is born during the reign of King George III, the dawn of the scientific age which is blighted by an Establishment which...
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Jane the Quene
ISBN: 9780997133813 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All Jane Seymour wants is a husband; but when she catches the eye of a volatile king, she is pulled deep into the Tudor court's realm of plot and intrigue.... England. 1535. Jane Seymour is 27 years old and increasingly desperate for the marriage that will provide her a real place in the world. She gets the perfect opportunity to shine when the court visits Wolf Hall, the Seymour ancestral manor. With new poise born from this event, it seems certain that her efficiency and diligence will shine through and finally attract a suitor. Meanwhile, King Henry VIII is 45 and increasingly desperate...
All Jane Seymour wants is a husband; but when she catches the eye of a volatile king, she is pulled deep into the Tudor court's realm of plot and intr...
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The Greener Shades of Envy: Painting the Sins of Betrayal
ISBN: 9781533306432 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jarth McCartney's life has never been easy, and his dark past lead him down a road of self- destruction. Now lost and hated he must find away to face to pain while trying hold on to the only friend he has left Edward Wallace, but Wallace doesn't trust him any more. How can he over come the past when he can't let it go? Will he let the envy control him or can he fight it? Can he face the tide and see the world for what it really is and not the version from his corrupt mind? Should he lose this battle it could mean his life.
Jarth McCartney's life has never been easy, and his dark past lead him down a road of self- destruction. Now lost and hated he must find away to face ...
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