Resultados para "The Brave" en Novela histórica

Andreas se dispone a pasar una noche más a la intemperie en las frías calles de París cuando, de pronto, se le acerca un enigmático desconocido con una inusual propuesta: le prestará doscientos francos con la única condición de que, tan pronto como le sea posible, salde su deuda donando el dinero a la santa Teresita de Lisieux en la iglesia de Sainte-Marie des Batignolles.

In the tumultuous world of ancient Israel, Ahinoam—a dagger-wielding Kenite woman—flees her family farm with her unconventional father to join the ragtag band of misfits led by the shepherd-turned-warrior David ben Jesse. As King Saul's treasonous accusations echo through the land, Ahinoam's conviction that David's anointing makes him Yahweh's chosen king propels her on a perilous journey to Moab and back into Judah's unforgiving wilderness, only to encounter more hardship and betrayal.

Widower Benjamin Romilly, earl of Furness, lives a melancholy life. The loss of his wife in childbirth four years before has robbed him of all happiness. He can barely look at his son, who resembles his mother so strongly and is a constant reminder of her loss. But Jean Saunders, a relative of Benjamin's late wife, erupts into the grief-stricken household to restore order and take Benjamin's son away. From all Jean has heard, she assumes he won't care - but she doesn't know how wrong she is. As they come together to raise Geoffrey right, their budding attraction is undeniable.

Ci sono vite che nessun oroscopo riesce a pronosticare attendibilmente: troppe variabili, troppi eventi accidentali. Barriera di Milano è a Torino. Alla periferia nord di Torino, per l’esattezza. Un quartiere non ricco ma pieno di persone, le cui vite si intrecciano, con il misto di caso e destino, di meschineria e generosità, di amori e odi che caratterizzano le vicende degli esseri umani.

In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler's Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same. The daughter of a respected doctor, Sophia has always believed that her destiny is to look after others, and as the persecution of Jewish families begins, she joins a group of dissidents who are committed to helping them to safety.

One man finds himself torn between two cultures in this sweeping tale of frontier life in post–Civil War era Texas. In the years following the American War Between the States, the once vacated military presence in west Texas is on the rise to protect the waves of settlers moving into the region. Living peaceably with the Mescalero Apache, half-breed former military scout Holton Lang promotes the tentative harmony between the US cavalry and the Native American population.

Con la muerte de Carlos IV se extingue la dinastía de los Capetos. El ascenso de los Valois al trono francés desatará la Guerra de los Cien Años... La semilla del enfrentamiento ha caído en la tierra fértil de las rivalidades económicas y personales, los embrollos jurídicos y los resentimientos históricos. Fatalidades colectivas y tragedias individuales se suceden en este sexto volumen de «Los Reyes Malditos».

Present day, London: When Sophie discovers a photograph of her great aunt Vivi from World War II, it throws her into a world of confusion. Because, as she learns about this secret relative, she quickly realizes that the photograph doesn’t fit with her family’s story. It shows Vivi leaving an address associated with a spy network in London - a place she had no reason to be - and it is dated right before she disappeared.

By day, Lady Jenny Mackintosh helps her widowed mother manage their Highland estate. By night, she risks her life to raise troops, weapons, and coin for the Jacobite rebellion. On one late-night mission, she is confronted by a handsome warrior who happens to be vying for the other side.... Toran Fraser is hellbent on taking down the Jacobites responsible for his mother’s death. When he’s intercepted by Jenny and asked to join her cause, he agrees, knowing she can help him uncover the truth. He never expected she would be his enemy....