Пожалуй, самая знаменитая история любви после «Ромео и Джульетты». Чтобы привезти невесту своему королю, молодой рыцарь Тристан отправляется в чужую страну. Он очарован своей будущей королевой, а она им, но оба должны принести чувства в жертву долгу. Однако на обратном пути они случайно выпивают любовный напиток, и отныне ни Тристан, ни Изольда не властны над собой.
The second volume of the crusades trilogy from bestelling Swedish author Jan Guillou.THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR follows Arn's adventures in the Holy Land, where he discovers that the infidel Saracens aren’t as brutish and uncivilised as he had been led to believe, and that in fact there is another, darker side to the teaching of the Cistercians.
Packaged together for the first time, THE RAVENSCAR TRILOGY is one of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s best-loved series.Ravenscar: A house, a legacy and a dynasty…THE RAVENSCAR DYNASTY follows the fortunes of the Edward Deravenel and his family, as passions and power, ambition and treachery, love and loss combine in an epic tale of an extraordinary dynasty.In HEIRS OF RAVENSCAR, the First World War has …
Неустрашимого подполковника Лиама Маккензи зовут Демоном-горцем за его сверхчеловеческую силу, устрашающую наружность и хладнокровие. Как лэрд клана Маккензи, он унаследовал вместе с землями от предков жестокость и неукротимый нрав. Но когда обучать его детей приезжает мисс Филомена Локхарт, гувернантка из Англии, он находит в ней достойного соперника – в игре любви. С каждым днем Лиам все больше …
For Everything There Is A SeasonBe it sorrow, hope or love–and Jayne Dawson had weathered all three.Widowed before she was truly a wife, she'd found aid and comfort with Ethan Trent, a decent man beset by sorrows of his own. But could the grieving rancher ever release the darkness of his yesterdays to join her in a brighter tomorrow?The protection of his name was all Ethan Trent could offer Jayne …
Жорж Санд (1804–1876) – псевдоним французской писательницы Авроры Дюпен-Дюдеван, чье творчество вдохновлялось искренними идеями борьбы против социальной несправедливости, за свободу и счастье человека. В ее многочисленных романах и повестях идеи освобождения личности (женская эмансипация, сочувствие нравственно и социально униженным) сочетаются с психологическим воссозданием идеально-возвышенных х…
The new novel from the bestselling author of THE SIXTH WIFE.When 12-year-old Katherine Howard comes to live in the Duchess of Norfolk's household, poor relation Cat Tilney is deeply suspicious. The two girls couldn't be more different: Cat, watchful and ambitious; Katherine, interested only in clothes and boys. Their companions are in thrall to Katherine, but it's Cat in whom Katherine confides an…
Perfect for fans of Memoirs of a Geisha and Empress Orchid – ‘The Embers of Heaven’ is a magical epic, with delightful characters, an intriguing scenario and a real feeling of place and history. It has a wonderful combination of character, romantic lives, and spiritual quest, set against a credible historical background.In ‘The Secrets of Jin-Shei,’ eight women pledge themselves as sisters in the …
The long-awaited Liverpool-at-war novel from an author whose tales of love and loss, passion and pain during the great wars are in a class of their own.Against the background of bomb-ravaged Liverpool, Meg Blundell mourns the death of her beloved mother. She is nineteen, father unknown, her past veiled in mystery by her Ma. Why, she wonders, does the rent man never call at No.1 Tippet's Yard? He d…
The fourth book in the «Suttons of Yorkshire» series which concludes the lives, loves and dramas of the Suttons in a world still at war.Drew and Kitty's marriage plans are threatened by the arrival of Lyndis Carmichael. Will this catalyst be their undoing?
A literary saga, spanning two generations and two cultures, Canadian and Japanese, reminiscent of the work of Isabel Allende.Suddenly finding herself motherless at the age of six, Vera is left in the care of her grandfather, who spends long periods away at sea, leaving her alone back in Vancouver. When she reaches her teens, Vera is taken by her grandfather's mistress to a small island in Japan.Af…
From the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of SubstanceThe story of two brilliant women and the men to whom they ransomed their hearts.With her beauty, talent, and allure, Katherine Tempest has the world at her feet. Her rise from unknown actress to Hollywood legend is one marked by dazzling performances and a carefully concealed, yet undeniably ruthless, determination to succeed.But K…
Delicious combination of confused identities, personal dramas and moral dilemmas in a contemporary chiller from one of our most outstanding novelistsFor years, Isobel Latimer has composed serious novels for serious people, but to dwindling acclaim and ever-more dwindling financial gain. Now her husband is ill and she must carry the burden of their house and his hopes alone, and in secret.But if th…
Family saga set in Birmingham in the years following World War TwoHannah Delaney is a young woman with a secret. It is not one that she can share with her large family still back home in Ireland, and especially not with her dying sister. Hannah’s moved to England to build a better life, and has met and fallen in love with a young soldier. They intend to marry on his next leave, but then comes D Da…
Англия. Конец XVIII века. Монксхейвен. Небольшой приморский городок, стал свидетелем пронзительной истории любви и одиночества. Это история чувств юной красавицы и двух юношей – соперников за сердце девушки. Сильвия – простая фермерская дочка, добрая и прекрасная. Ее жизнь умерена и спокойна. Единственное ее волнение – возлюбленный бравый гарпунщик Чарли Кин-рэйд, у которого, по слухам, в каждом п…