Risultati per "la palla" in Narrativa storica

In the Rakes of Rotten Row series, the Marquess of Winterhope reigns as a master of horse racing, with his heart devoted solely to his stable of steeds. A proper gentleman in every sense, he navigates high society and intrigue with ease. He's only failed to master one last necessity: Love. When it finally thunders into his life, will he yield to its call or continue to outrun the temptations of the season? Saddle up with our hero for a scintillating ride in this sultry Regency romance!

At the turn of the twentieth century, two young men from Palakkad, Puthu and Krishnan, meet aboard a ship bound for Malaya, and strike up an instant connection. Over the next two decades, they set up a restaurant in Singapore selling curry puffs and kopi, become successful, get married and start...

Old Basar Mal remembers his love and homeland that he lost in Sindh, Pakistan during the Partition. A young graduate gets into an imaginary relationship with a girl at a yellow window. The Mumbai land mafia is after Basar Mal and his library. A chatty book cover relates the plight of books. A silent Mangan's ma washes and feeds a plastic doll she thinks is her son.

Das klingt nach Ärger. Es geht das Gerücht um, dass Violanta, die Herzogin von Palliano, einen Geliebten hat. Wäre dies der Fall, bleibt die Frage, ob Violantas Gatte, Don Juan de Palliano, seiner Frau den Ehebruch vergeben kann. Schließlich ist der Onkel von Don Juan de Palliano kein geringerer als Papst Paul IV. Auch Carafa, Don Juans Bruder, scheint bei der Geschichte ein Wörtchen mitreden zu wollen und Diana Brancaccio, Hofdame und geschickte Kupplerin, scheint Schicksal spielen zu wollen. Bleibt die Frage, ob sich am Ende wirklich alles zum Guten wendet.

“A remarkable and luminous novel.” —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Louise Erdrich, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Sentence and The Night Watchman, dazzles in this vibrant and heartfelt tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love that explores...