検索キーワード： 制作 "Saga Egmont" 歴史小説

With her flaming red hair and emerald green eyes, Xenia's unusual beauty makes her unique in any crowd. That is until she unexpectedly meets her long-lost cousin, Johanna, amidst the wreckage of a railway accident. Incredulous at finding her mirror image and desperate for a friend, Johanna begs Xenia to swap lives for two weeks. She wishes to spend two weeks with the Englishman she loves before her arranged royal marriage and her cousin can't help but agree.

Monsoon Memories is an unforgettable journey through a mesmerizing, passionate land of contrasts – with a family whose story will touch your heart. Anyone who enjoys the storytelling of Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain, or Dorothy Koomson will love this. Exiled from her family in India for more than a decade, Shirin and her husband lead a comfortable but empty life in London. Memories of her childhood – exotic fragrances, colours, stifling heat and tropical storms – fill Shirin with a familiar and growing ache for the land and the people that she loves.

The impetuous and dashing Marquis of Troon is to marry the disreputable Lady Dilys Powick against the advice of his closest friends. In celebration he arranges a steeplechase event full of prizes, but one of the guests suddenly dies from a heart attack. The Marquis is shocked to hear that he has been named in the will as the guardian of the guest’s daughter! Throw in a kidnapping, crime and a dangerous trip to London, and you will be gripped by this story.

Love, true Love! For the lovely, widowed Lady Sherington, it bloomed in her thirty-sixth year, when she was still ravishing enough to pass as the twin of her daughter Trina. But her gentle heart is racked with doubt--for if she were to remarry, her inheritance would be lost, and the handsome Comte she wishes to wed needs a rich wife. Thankfully, she's blessed with a daughter who is both beautiful and smart and fight to solve all their problems. But will she save her late father's estate and her mother's heart.

Beautiful and penniless Felicita Galvão is destitue and all alone in the world when the Duchesse de Monreuil finds her desperately trying to sell her needlework at The Grand Hotel in Lisbon. Felicita reminds the Duchesse of herself as a young woman and the time she met the love of her life Juan, Marques de Oliveira Vasconles. The Marques later abandoned her to marry someone of equal ranking, leaving her heartbroken and bitter.

Accustomed to spending fortunes on fast women and high living, Lord Wynchingham is horrified to lose a fortune in a card game and then finds that he is almost bankrupt. So when Tina Croome, his beautiful orphaned Ward, throws herself on his mercy he says that there is nothing he can do. Unless, she suggests, he uses the last of his credit to launch her into London Society and quickly attract a rich husband. Soon she has a long list of suitors, including the wealthy but odious Lord Welton who Tina reluctantly agrees to marry to save Lord Wynchingham.

The day Rodney Hawkhurst rides onto her father's grand estate, Lizbeth Gillingham is a wild eighteen-year-old, with tangled red hair, dirt on her apron, and an archer's bow in her hand. A chance encounter leads to a clandestine kiss, leaving the tomboy Lizbeth wondering if the life of a sophisticated lady could be so bad if she was on the arm of Rodney Hawkhurst... But Rodney has not come to see Sir Gillingham about Lizbeth. He has come to borrow money for a daring sea voyage, and to ask for the hand of Phillida, Lizbeth's elegant sister.

Daydreamer and book-lover, Zosina, the eldest daughter of the Archduke Ferdinand of Blitzstein, is reluctantly obedient when her father announces that she must marry King Gorgy of neighbouring Dorsa to create an alliance between the two nations. On her first visit to Dorsa, Zosina is greeted by the beguiling and handsome Prince Regent. By contrast, her betrothed, the King, is wild and disagreeable. For the sake of her people, Zosina must go ahead with the marriage with a hope that someone warmer hides beneath the King's hard exterior.

Alison Bane växte upp i slummen, hennes mor var prostituerad och hon fick aldrig lära känna sin far. Hon är känslomässigt hämmad, saknar moralisk bakgrund och har inget arv att luta sig tillbaka mot, men trots det hyser hon en passionerad önskan om frihet. Tre män av olika karakrär ska komma att spela stor roll i hennes liv. Colin Yarde, hjälten från henned barndom. William Carris, den kallsinnige sketiske pastorn och Nigel Solway som hon lever ett kringströvande liv med. Till var och en av dem ger hon mer än vad hon får, men livet kan alltid överraska.

England, 1786: Liliana Preston hat dem jungen Kapitän Finlay Clark endlich ihre Liebe gestanden und folgt diesem, auch gegen den Willen ihres Vaters, auf sein Schiff. In den Niederlanden verbringen sie romantische Tage, während derer Finlay Liliana einen Antrag macht. Das Glück scheint perfekt – wäre da nicht Lilianas intrigante Mutter, die eine Heirat mit einem Seefahrer um alles in der Welt verhindern will. Zusammen mit dem verräterischen Mr. Parker macht sie eine Frau aus Finlays eher fragwürdiger Vergangenheit ausfindig, die das junge Paar auf eine harte Probe stellt.

Wie die Parfümerie Douglas die Roaring Twenties erlebte Hamburg, 1920: Zehn Jahre gibt es die Parfümerie Douglas bereits, ein Grund zum Feiern! Weil sie sich darauf konzentrieren möchten, neue internationale Kontakte zu knüpfen, geben die "Douglas-Schwestern" Marie und Anna Carstens das Tagesgeschäft in die Hände ihrer Patentöchter Hertha und Lucie Harders. Doch den jungen Frauen stehen schwierige Zeiten bevor: Die deutsche Wirtschaft leidet unter den Reparationszahlungen, die Inflation lässt die Kundenzahlen sinken.

Will Britain take him in... or mark him as its enemy? Faustus Valerianus is the son of a Roman father and a British mother, a captive sold among the spoils after Claudius’ invasion. When both parents die within a month of each other, he sells the family farm and enlists, joining legendary general Agricola’s campaign to conquer the entirety of the British Isles. But Faustus will have to contend with more than ferocious British warriors and whip-cracking elements. For the bonds of blood can weigh heavy on one’s soul. The call of his mother’s true people.

Após a morte repentina de seu pai, Seldon Burn herda o título de Duque de Otterburn. De volta ao ducado, ele rapidamente descobre que o título é a única coisa que herdou juntamente com uma montanha de dívidas de seu pai e nenhuma riqueza para pagá-las. Cheio de coragem, o Duque busca desesperadamente soluções para reconstruir a fortuna da família e cumprir com seu dever perante à aldeia. No meio desse turbilhão de angústia e apreensão, sua prima Edith faz uma sugestão: o Duque deve se casar com uma rica herdeira americana.

England im frühen Mittelalter. Auf der Flucht vor quälenden Erinnerungen hat der begabte junge Goldschmied Gwyn Carlisle seine Heimat verlassen und macht sich im Auftrag der Bürgerschaft von Venedig und des Papstes auf den Weg ins Morgenland, um vom Sultan von Ägypten die Erlaubnis zur Gründung einer Handelsniederlassung zu erbitten. Doch sein Weg ins Heilige Land wird ihm durch plündernde Nomadenstämme und Hilfe suchende Kreuzritter immer wieder erschwert.

In der malerischen Vestfoldsiedlung südwestlich von Olso existiert eine Scheune, die seit Generationen für die heimlichen Treffen der Liebenden dient. Mathilde ist eines der Kinder, die auf diese Weise das Licht der Welt erblickt haben. Nachdem ihre Mutter bereits bei der Geburt starb, wächst sie alleine bei ihrem Vater auf. Als sie Hannes trifft, glaubt sie in ihm ihren Traummann gefunden zu haben. Doch ihr Leben beginnt, eine schicksalhafte Wendung zu nehmen, als sie die kleine Ragnhild aus dem Nachbardorf trifft.

Die junge Witwe Solfrid verbringt zusammen mit ihrem Sohn Jakob wie immer den Sommer genügsam in einem einsamen Haus im Wald. Doch Solfrid denkt immerzu an ihren Geliebten. Endlich hat sie sich wieder verliebt, doch Kjetil ist rastlos und möchte sich nicht festlegen. Als er sie in dem kleinen Haus besucht, ist Jakob urplötzlich verstört und verschwindet spurlos.

O jovem Humphrey van Weyden é salvo de um náufrago pela escuna Ghost. Porém, ele logo compreende que seu pesadelo está apenas começando: o capitão Wolf Larsen o obriga a integrar a tripulação de seu navio! A bordo, ele vivencia a árdua rotina dos marujos e a tirania imposta pelo capitão.

O Marquês de Alchester horrorizou-se quando descobriu que o Conde Branscombe pretende se casar com Mirabelle Chester, filha de seu primo Edward. Ele nunca permitirá a união entre seu ganancioso rival e a doce jovem que está sob sua tutela! Para evitar esse casamento, o Marquês decide escolher uma órfã e fazer-lhe uma proposta: ela deve fingir ser Mirabelle e se casar com o conde, afinal é muito melhor ser a esposa de Branscombe do que morrer de fome no orfanato.

Está congelando a -38oC. Stalingrado, inverno de 1942-1943. Um vento frio varre as planícies, jogando cristais de gelo em nossos rostos. Estamos marchando por milhares de corpos congelados. Os generais da SS estão marchando na frente do comboio, silenciosos e distanciados. Notamos que o general da SS está bravo há um tempo, um fanático que quer morrer em batalha, levando consigo tantos quanto possível.

Para salvar a vida do Conde, Giselda era capaz de qualquer sacrifício. Ferido na batalha de Waterloo, o Conde de Lyndhurst, corria grande perigo ao ter que amputar a perna... mas só com o cuidado de uma empregada jovem, bonita e cheia de segredos e mistérios, é que o salvariam de um terrível destino. Giselda, contratada como enfermeira eficiente, cuidou do Conde com infinita dedicação e carinho... um carinho que dará lugar, a um grande amor impossível entre eles.