Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Novela histórica

London Society is harsh for a young woman with no family connections who has to work for a living. But when Daisy Merrick is sacked from yet another job, the feisty and outspoken miss comes up with a plan that could give her a future beyond her wildest dreams. There's only one problem. Her success depends on a man, the most infuriating, impossible, immovable man she's ever met.

La muerte de la madre en un accidente obliga a sus hijos a regresar al país de origen después de años de exilio para que sus cenizas descansen en las profundidades del río Mapocho. La Rucia deambula con su madre a cuestas por una ciudad apenas reconocible: son confusos los recuerdos de la infancia y demasiadas las preguntas que quedaron sin respuesta.

Born in the Greek city of Miletus, Aspasia was destined for a life of tragedy. Her wealthy father vowed to abandon any female child, so Aspasia was secreted away, educated independently of her family, and raised as a courtesan. She discovered at an early age how to use her powers of intellect as ingeniously as those of the flesh. Ensconced in the Persian harems of Al Taliph, she meets the man who will change her fate: Pericles, the formidable political leader, statesman, ruler of Athens, and Aspasia’s most cherished lover.

In the India of 1942, two rapes take place simultaneously - that of an English girl in Mayapore, and that of India by the British. In each, physical violence, racial animosity, the coercion of the weak by the strong all play their part, but playing a part too are love, affection, loyalty, and recognition that the last division of all to be overcome is the colour of the skin.

Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at least initially, but for Stephen it is disastrous: his little daughter appears to be autistic, incapable of speech or contact, while his wife, Diana, unable to bear this situation, has disappeared, her house being looked after by the widowed Clarissa Oakes.

Firenze, 1469. Lorenzo de' Medici sta vincendo il torneo in onore della sua sposa, Clarice Orsini, appena giunta a Firenze per le nozze con l'uomo che diventerà il Magnifico. Questo matrimonio non è un passo facile per Lorenzo: il suo cuore - ne è convinto - appartiene e sempre apparterrà a Lucrezia Donati, donna di straordinaria bellezza e fascino. Eppure asseconderà il volere della madre e rafforzerà l'alleanza con una potente famiglia romana.

Thea Knight loves a spot of mischief. She especially loves her current mischief: masquerading as her sister, while finalizing her scheme to expose the dastardly knaves whose lies ruined her life. Then big, bad-tempered Lord Luxborough upends her game by maneuvering her into marriage. But it's her sister’s name on the license, so the marriage won’t be valid. Thea’s idea? Keep pretending to be her sister until she can run away.

The work tells the story of Jane's early life, her experience at Lowood School and as a governess. Her refusal to accept Rochester's love on any but her own strictly moral terms is a passionate cry for independence.

Aurora del Valle è una giovane donna che, alla soglia dei trent'anni, deve affrontare il tradimento dell'uomo che ama. Catapultata in una situazione emotiva insopportabile, cerca di venirne a capo recuperando la memoria del suo passato e, in particolare, di alcune fasi della sua vita che le sono rimaste sempre oscure. Ripercorriamo così, a partire dalla sua nascita nel 1880, una storia avventurosa, centrata attorno al personaggio della nonna paterna, Paulina del Valle, che le apre, quasi per caso, il mondo della fotografia.

Craig Mellow, acclaimed author but unhappy exile, seizes the chance to return to Zimbabwe when he is given a spying mission for the World Bank. Accompanied by beautiful photographer Sally-Anne Jay, he is at first unaware of the dangerous currents of tribal conflict that swirl below the calm surface of Zimbabwean politics. Then he stumbles upon a highly organised ivory-poaching operation which masks the treacherous plot to sell the country he once fought for into slavery....

Alguien heló tus labios es una alfombra mágica que nos permite viajar a través de tres siglos de nuestra historia. El audiolibro describe la lepra del poder, las revueltas territoriales, el miedo a la Inquisición, la corrupción de los gobernantes y los anhelos de reforma, sin olvidar el amor con su doble cara de salvación y condena. Otoño de 1814. Napoleón ha sido derrotado, y entre los restos de un Madrid harapiento sobrevive el antiguo palacio familiar que un embajador de Carlos V hizo construir a mediados del siglo XVI.

Primo prequel della serie "Le audaci zitelleLady". Aline Marsden è stata cresciuta con uno scopo: concludere un matrimonio vantaggioso con un membro della propria classe sociale. Invece si è donata a John McKenna, uno stalliere. Una trasgressione imperdonabile, al punto che, per proteggere John dall'ira paterna, Aline gli fa credere di volerlo respingere a causa della sua umile condizione. Così il giovane viene cacciato dalla proprietà e lei confinata in campagna, lontana dalla vita londinese.

Groenlandia. Siglo XIV de nuestra era. Aunque la tundra ártica sea uno de los hábitats más extremos del planeta, los esquimales han sabido adaptarse y son capaces de llevar una vida plena. Hasta que la aparición de los qallunaat y sus continuos ataques pondrán en riesgo su supervivencia.

Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancée, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of Abyssinia with her twin sister, Saffron, and her adventurer husband, Ryder Courtney. On a mission to establish a silver mine, they make the dangerous journey to the new capital of Addis Ababa, where they are welcomed by Menelik, the King of Kings.

«La muerte tenía cuarenta y siete sonidos. Si alguien lo sabía, esa era Gabriela». Dos épocas: el año 1900 y el presente. Una extraña casa de indianos en un pueblo de Ávila. Un arpa con las cuerdas rotas y una enigmática partitura.

In the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of Spain in its grip. Yonah Toledano, the 15-year-old son of a celebrated Spanish silversmith, has seen his father and brother die during terrible days - victims whose murders go almost unnoticed in a time of mass upheaval. Trapped in Spain by circumstances, he is determined to honor the memory of his family by remaining a Jew. On a donkey named Moise, Yonah begins a meandering journey, a young fugitive zigzagging across the vastness of Spain.

Lothar los mata ahora con un punzón, apurando la última mirada de sus víctimas, pero no es un asesino. El miedo le impide quedarse dormido; teme que si pierde la consciencia no vuelva a despertar, y por ello intenta familiarizarse con la muerte, para perderle el miedo y dormir al fin. Elige sus víctimas entre gente que no pueda guardarle rencor por quitarles la vida, gente sin importancia, y gente triste o amargada.

Machado de Assis é considerado por muitos críticos o maior nome da literatura brasileira, tendo escrito obras de praticamente todos os gêneros literários. Em seu extenso trabalho, os contos e crônicas tiveram papel essencial. A Pianista é um conto romântico e foi originalmente publicado no Jornal das Famílias em 1866.

In German East Africa on the eve of the First World War, two freebooting adventurers - one a flamboyant Irish American, the other an impeccable young Englishman - pit their wits against the gross German Commissioner from whose territory they are making their living as game hunters and ivory poachers. But the outbreak of war gives the signal for their private skirmishing to flare into a relentless vendetta pursued with devastating violence by land and sea, so that what begins as a comic escapade gives way to chilling horror....

Walter Starbuck, a career humanist and eventual low-level aide in the Nixon White House, is implicated in Watergate and jailed, after which he (like Howard Campbell in Mother Night) works on his memoirs. Starbuck is innocent (his office was used as a base for the Watergate shenanigans of which he had no knowledge), and yet he is not innocent (he has collaborated with power unquestioningly and served societal order all his life). He represents another Vonnegut Everyman caught amongst forces he neither understands nor can defend.