Titoli in Narrativa storica

I "Hestens dal" fortælles om Aylas kamp for at overleve i vildmarken. Det er hårde vilkår, hun udsættes for, og selv om hun finder venskab og midlertidig støtte hos de dyr, hun tager til sig, savner hun menneskeligt selskab. Men langt mod vest har to unge mænd af Cro-Magnon-stammen begivet sig af sted... "Hestens dal" er andet bind i serien Jordens Børn.

Det første bind i Jean M. Auels berømte serie Jordens Børn, om pigen Ayla og hendes oplevelser i istiden for cirka 25.000 år siden. Ved et jordskælv bliver Ayla forældreløs, men møder siden en klan af neandertalere. De er små, tætte og med flade pander, mens Ayla er høj og lys. Da den brutale leder tvinger den fjortenårige Ayla til at forlade klanen, tager hun alene af sted over de øde stepper i et uvejsomt landskab nær de mægtige gletsjere, indtil hun kommer til hestenes dal.

Varsovie, fin du XIXe siècle. Marie et Bronia, deux sœurs vivant dans une Pologne asservie par la Russie, n'ont qu'une obsession : aller à l'université. Marie rêve de devenir chimiste, et Bronia, médecin. Mais l'occupant russe interdit aux femmes de faire des études. C'est compter sans l'esprit de rébellion des deux jeunes filles... Un soir d'automne, à la lueur d'une lampe à pétrole, les deux sœurs décident de sceller un pacte qui les mènera jusqu'aux portes de la Sorbonne, à Paris, et à leur destin hors du commun.

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Jane Austen in this witty, winking historical romance with a dash of mystery! Lady Victoria Aston has everything she could want: an older sister happily wed, the future of her family estate secure, and ample opportunity to while her time away in...

Zum Kolumbus-Jahr: Die Abenteuer des Christoph Kolumbus auf der Suche nach dem Seeweg ins Indische Meer! März 1502: Der 13-jährige Pablo hat seine Familie verloren und so heuert er als Schiffsjunge auf einem der vier dürftigen Schiffe von Admiral Kolumbus an, der zu seiner vierten Expedition in die Neue Welt aufbricht. Mit an Bord ist auch Kolumbus‘ eigener Sohn, der 13-jährige Fernando. Bald schon müssen die beiden Jungen zusammenhalten – denn nun beginnt eine lebensgefährliche Suche entlang fremder Küsten.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark...

Magic and magical creatures. Immortal gods and goddesses. History and mythology. Strap in for this action-packed YA novel that that takes place over the days leading up to World War II, when Ziva must rely on her wit and magic to outmaneuver Nazis and ancient Egyptian gods to prevent global...

VICTORIA--Growing up in far-off India, wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbutnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs--not to mention everyone else's. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off the London to find a husband. With her usual aplomb, however, Lady...

In a searing historical novel, Tonya Bolden illuminates post-Reconstruction America in an intimate portrait of a determined young woman who dares to seize the opportunity of a lifetime. As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie's dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants. Until she meets a lady named Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she's ever encountered.

Dark, gripping, and utterly unique, this atmospheric historical fantasy from critically acclaimed author Laura E. Weymouth is perfect for fans of The Hazel Wood and Caraval. Violet Sterling has spent the last seven years in exile, longing to return to Burleigh House. One of the six great houses...

Sixteen-year-old Nathalie Baudin writes the daily morgue column for Le Petit Journal. Her job is to summarize each day’s new arrivals, a task she finds both fascinating and routine. That is, until the day she has a vision of the newest body, a young woman, being murdered - from the perspective of the murderer himself. When the body of another woman is retrieved from the Seine days later, Paris begins to buzz with rumors that this victim may not be the last.

For fans of Red Queen and Grave Mercy comes the captivating sequel to the Renaissance France-inspired epic fantasy The Queen’s Rising. Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is beginning to settle into her role as the daughter of the once disgraced lord, Davin MacQuinn. Though she’d just...

New York Times Bestseller! Fans of dark fairy-tales like The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed movie. Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Cornelia Funke have...

The New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things and What to Say Next delivers a poignant and hopeful novel about resilience and reinvention, first love and lifelong friendship, the legacies of loss, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. "A luminous, lovely story...

During the time of the Crusades, an unlikely trio - a Christian princess, her affianced prince, and a Muslim assassin - embarks on a quest to the court of the most fearsome warrior the world has ever known, Genghis Khan. A rousing tale of adventure and romance about three young people who must grapple with fundamental issues of loyalty, friendship, faith, honor, and courage against the backdrop of conflicts that still resonate today.

Michelle Cooper combines the drama of pre-War Europe with the romance of debutante balls and gives us another compelling historical page turner. Sophia FitzOsborne and the royal family of Montmaray escaped their remote island home when the Germans attacked, and now find themselves in the lap of...

Conceived on a May Morning, Nell is claimed by the piskies and faeries as a merrybegot, one of their own. She is a wild child: herb gatherer and healer, spell-weaver and midwife . . . and, some say, a witch. Grace is everything Nell is not. She is the Puritan minister’s daughter: beautiful and...

Mercy Kaplan doesn’t want to be like her mother, saddled with crying kids and failing crops for the rest of her life. Mercy longs to be on her own—until her wish comes true in the worst possible way. It is 1918 and a deadly flu epidemic ravages the country, leaving her utterly alone and...

If you love The Great Gatsby, you'll want to read the Flappers series. Joy and tragedy collide in DIVA, the riveting conclusion to the Flappers series, set in the dazzling Roaring Twenties. Parties, bad boys, speakeasies—life in Manhattan has become a woozy blur for Clara Knowles. If Marcus...

Agnes Wilkins is standing in front of an Egyptian mummy, about to make the first cut into the wrappings, about to unlock ancient (and not-so-ancient) history. Maybe you think this girl is wearing a pith helmet with antique dust swirling around her. Maybe you think she is a young Egyptologist who...