Resultados para "The Bell" en Novela histórica

Un duque solemne. Un libertino infame. Movilizado por la pena, obliga a la hija de su enemigo a casarse por venganza. Y ahora está a punto de perder el corazón. Cegado por la venganza, Preston Seaton, el duque de Grandhampton quiere destruir al hombre que asesinó a su hermano cueste lo que cueste. Por eso, cuando lord Neville Beckett subasta la mano de su hija en matrimonio para pagar sus deudas, Preston le hace una oferta que no puede rechazar: la prueba de asesinato.

Un duque solemne. Un libertino infame. Movilizado por la pena, obliga a la hija de su enemigo a casarse por venganza. Y ahora está a punto de perder el corazón. Cegado por la venganza, Preston Seaton, el duque de Grandhampton quiere destruir al hombre que asesinó a su hermano cueste lo que cueste. Por eso, cuando lord Neville Beckett subasta la mano de su hija en matrimonio para pagar sus deudas, Preston le hace una oferta que no puede rechazar: la prueba de asesinato.

Lady Dorothea Beaumont ha tenido más que suficiente con las intrigas de su familia; se niega a seguir intentando atrapar a un duque y buscará cobijo en la finca irlandesa de su tía, donde espera disfrutar de una vida tranquila y libre de las restricciones sociales de la alta sociedad londinense. Pero un duque arrogante y pecaminosamente guapo arruinará sus planes.

Durante una conferencia sobre el futuro del libro digital, Mauro Balaguer, editor de larga trayectoria profesional, se ve abordado por una elegante y bella anciana que le hace entrega de una tarjeta en cuyo reverso aparece escrito en rojo "La bella bestia", al mismo tiempo que, mostrándole un tatuaje, le comenta: "Fui su esclava y esta es la prueba. Si quiere más detalles, llámeme".

Cuando la bella Lorinda escogió su traje de noche, con la clara idea de quedarse maravillosa, empezó el reto de planear con gran cuidado la estrategia que iría seguir, para conquistar un novio al que pudiera dominar. Ella quería salirse con la suya de nuevo y esclavizar su voluntarioso y joven esposo, como había esclavizado a los demás admiradores, tendría primero que cautivarlo, hacerlo enamorase perdidamente por ella, obligándose a sí misma a verse encantadora, aunque, sintiera que odiaba a su esposo con vehemencia.

Torino, 1911. A tre giorni dall’inizio dell’Esposizione Universale che sta attirando sulla città le attenzioni del mondo intero, Carolina Invernizio, la scrittrice italiana più amata dal pubblico e disprezzata dai critici, lavora al suo nuovo romanzo e non smette di cercare ispirazione nelle più efferate notizie di cronaca nera. Una su tutte cattura la sua attenzione: Emilio Salgari – quel Salgari, il creatore di Sandokan e del Corsaro Nero – è stato trovato morto in un bosco, sulla cima di una collina. Si è ucciso a colpi di rasoio, dicono i giornali, e lo dice anche la polizia.

El abogado Benjamin Booker ha cometido un error humillante... y se promete a sí mismo que no volverá a confiar en una mujer bonita. Que el socio senior del bufete en el que trabaja le proponga investigar el asesinato de su mejor amigo es la oportunidad que esperaba para dejar Londres. Durante la investigación, las pistas le llevan hasta una oscura isla del Támesis, rodeada de niebla y misterio. Allí, tropieza por segunda vez con la misma piedra: empieza a enamorarse de la principal sospechosa, una mujer que asegura no haber salido de la isla desde hace diez años...

Mary Hatcher traveled to London to procure a trousseau for her upcoming marriage. When she attends the Frost Fair and meets a different man that ignites her interest, she tamps down the unwelcome feelings. But when her host’s son arrives at dinner and she learns he is the man she met at the Frost Fair, she has a new challenge: She must spend the Christmas Season in the same house as him without falling in love.

Mirabella can hardly remember the man she married as a girl to settle a gaming debt between their fathers. And it’s just as well. She feels nothing but contempt for the man who wed her for her fortune and promptly forgot she existed. The ton may call him “The Saint” but Bella knows better.

It’s a Mediterranean winter in 1888. Though Cannes glistens, it’s darker behind closed doors. A real estate crisis has ripped through the city’s storied fortunes, upending lives. Courtesan Lola Deslys has survived the ruins unscathed...until she’s drawn into the desperation of a former, and unfaithful, acquaintance. With the threat of debtors’ prison hanging over her head, Lola’s latest client is running out of time and luck. Her client has solicited Lola to reclaim an incriminating contract from the ruthless banker at the heart of the crisis.

One spring evening in 1884, beautiful young courtesan Lola Deslys discovers the lifeless body of a chambermaid hidden in the gardens of the Hôtel Beau Rivage in Cannes. Even more distressing is that Lola knows the girl well. When the inquiry into her murder fails to reveal a single substantial clue, Lola is persuaded by novelist Guy de Maupassant to delve into the case on her own. Eager to exert her independence and defy conventions, Lola agrees. But she needs help in her investigation, and there’s no better partner in her pursuit - however unlikely - than Miss Gabriella Fletcher, a highborn, well-educated, and currently disgraced English governess.

Sembrerebbe impossibile, perché la posizione è invidiabile, ma anche al caffè dell'imbarcadero di Bellano capita che per una giornata intera entri solo qualche sparuto cliente. Come martedì 5 marzo 1935. Per tirare sera l'oste Gnazio Termoli deve inventarsele tutte, fino a lavare e rilavare bicchieri già puliti. E poi sbadigliare all'ingresso del bar deserto. Eppure questa è una data che non potrà dimenticare, né lui né l'intero paese.

A shooting party at the Earl of Witton’s remote country house is a high treat for champion shot Patricia Merton - until unexpected guests turn the social atmosphere dangerously sour. That’s not Pat’s biggest problem. She’s visiting her old friend, the Earl’s heir Jimmy Yoxall - but she wants to spend a lot more time with Jimmy’s fiancée. The irrepressible Miss Fenella Carruth, with her laughing eyes and lush curves, is the most glorious woman Pat’s ever met, and it quickly becomes impossible to remember why she needs to stay at arm’s length.

Four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein takes on New York City’s very own political firebrand, Bella Abzug, in his new raucous, heart-rending, and absurdly humorous solo show. Set in 1976, on the eve of her bid to become New York State’s first female senator, Bella Bella finds this larger-than-life, truth-slinging, groundbreaking, hat-wearing icon squirreled away in the bathroom of a midtown hotel awaiting that night’s election results while a coterie of family and celebs await her entrance. Directing is Kimberly Senior (The Niceties).

She must become a companion to a recluse's sister in the wilds of Yorkshire, but the past wants to drag her back into the darkness. When she meets the Beast of Hardcastle, she doesn't know if her last chance is worth surviving the dark nights in his domain—until he begins to awaken her broken heart and tease her with the promise of pleasure.

Belle Starr is a romantic tale about the notorious bandit queen Belle Starr and her fiery relationships with some of the most infamous men of her time, including Jesse James and Cole Younger. The story follows her from her rebellious teen years to her marriages to men who often stepped on the wrong side of the law. Although she never married him, Cole Younger was the love of her life. They were kindred spirits and star-crossed lovers.

After a humiliating mistake, lawyer Benjamin Booker resolves to never again trust a beautiful woman. When an old friend is killed, the senior partner isn't satisfied with Bow Street's efforts and asks Benjamin to investigate. Eager to leave London for a while, Benjamin agrees. Evidence takes him to a remote island on the Thames, a world unto itself, shrouded in mist and mystery. Soon he finds himself falling for the main suspect - a woman who claims not to have left the island in 10 years. But should he trust her?

The year is 1970. Emma Gable, a blind teenager coming of age in a small industrial town in Western New York, is about as far from the seismic cultural transformations rocking campuses and city streets across America as a person can get. Emma escapes the chaos of her dysfunctional family by dialing up random numbers on the phone in her bedroom, just to see who'll answer.

A photographer descends into New York City’s chaotic and brutal underground in this sweeping story of the Big Apple at its seediest. It’s 1982, and Clarence Dmitri Larkin is working as a photographer at Bellevue hospital in Manhattan. The job offers a painfully clear perspective on a city sick with madness, fraught with crime, and coming apart at the seams. Larkin’s curiosity soon leads to a subterranean world of all the city’s secret dangers, including domestic terrorists with a nuclear device, a serial killer inspired by an occult past, and a disfigured arsonist who just might be the one to burn the whole city down.

After growing up as an orphan, Josiah English wants nothing more than to have his own ranch and raise Arabian horses. Riding for the pony express seems like the ticket to his dream. And when he meets the stationmaster’s beautiful sister, it seems he may be within reach of the happy life he craves. Mara Reid is thrilled to finally meet the man of her dreams, and the fact that they both want to raise horses in the Sweetwater River valley seems like confirmation straight from God.