検索キーワード： 歴史小説

Esta novela se ha convertido en un clásico de las letras mexicanas. En ella, Fernando del Paso se ocupa, a través de la emperatriz Carlota, de describir no solamente la vida de este personaje histórico sino la de México durante el Segundo Imperio. De forma magistral narra a través de la vida de Carlota una parte de nuestra historia, regida por Maximiliano de Habsburgo.

1926. Running a theatre may appear to be all about the showbiz, but times are hard at The Empire. Following a turbulent period Jack Treadwell, erstwhile proprietor, his mother Lillian, and his playwright wife Grace, know they need to get things back on track - and how better than with the annual pantomime, a new venture, and an all-singing all-dancing talent contest, showcasing the best performers around.

Lady Maximilian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso, but she is rarely allowed outside her family’s sprawling castle for fear that her stutter will tarnish their noble name. When she is forced to marry Sir Riftan, a lowborn knight caught in one of her father’s schemes, Maxi doesn’t dare hope for happiness, let alone love. Her stumbling communication and his gruff manner sour their relationship before it can begin, and Riftan leaves without a word the morning after their vows are exchanged.

A Library Reads Pick! An Aardvark Book Club Pick! Rich with unforgettable characters and full of captivating historical drama, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death...

亡者が集う家や食いしん坊の守り神。不思議がいっぱい黒白の間へようこそ。此度の語り手は山陰の小藩の元江戸家老。

律に着物を注文してくれた裕福な後家の千代は、女の身ながら女郎を身請けするという。千代とともに吉原へと足を運んだ律は、女郎の足抜き騒ぎに巻き込まれてしまう。

Quiet Funke is happy in Nigeria. She loves her art teacher mother, her professor father, and even her annoying little brother (most of the time). But when tragedy strikes, she’s sent to England, a place she knows only from her mother’s stories. To her dismay, she finds the much-lauded estate dilapidated, the food tasteless, the weather grey. Worse still, her mother’s family are cold and distant. With one exception: her cousin Liv.

Prohibition is in full swing, and the glamorous life of upper-class Kansas City is everything Rose (Luna) Lane ever hoped it would be. Being married to her best friend isn’t so bad either, considering their agreement to keep their real love lives out of the public eye. However, try as she might to continue her life of anonymity, her popularity as a land developer’s wife—and as a successful club owner—draws even more attention to her personal endeavors. Soon, the balancing act between the life of Luna and Rose becomes a full-time job itself, making visiting home harder than ever before.

事件の予兆と、恋の予感。これが宮部みゆきの世界－－－。死んだはずの人間が生き返る「死人憑き」が本所深川で起きた。甦った人物が以前より若返っていると感じた「姉妹屋」のお初は、老奉行の御前さまから紹介された与力見習の右京之介と探索を始めた。

思いが通じ合った相手の元へ嫁ぐ娘と、両親に溺愛された美しい娘。失踪する理由もない二人が忽然と姿を消した。－－その発端は、すべての女性が持つ「迷い」。

縫箔師の咲は注文を受けていた匂い袋を納めるため、日本橋にある香木屋・瑞香堂へ向かう。沈丁花を模した意匠の匂い袋は店主からとても気に入られ、咲は安堵した。

か弱き女を助け、救いようのない悪党を斬って捨てる諸国放浪の旅から、三年ぶりに江戸へと戻ってきた元隠密廻り同心の伊坂八郎兵衛は、干鰯問屋・蝦夷屋利平の警固を請け負った。

お家騒動で殺された母・桜香院の四十九日法要は御成道沿いの天栄寺で行われた。参列者は嫡男・一郎太と正室の静、兄・一郎太の跡を継いだ北山藩当主・重二郎。

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and the 2015 Folio Prize Read by actress Niamh Cusack 1960s Ireland. Nora Webster, a widow from a small town, is trying to piece her life back together while caring for her four children after the death of her husband. In a close community where everyone...

Kent, 1953. The Woolworths Erith store, a beloved cornerstone of the community, faces closure if the December turnover fails to increase. And, as if store manager Betty Billington doesn't have enough on her plate, personnel shortages and a troublesome new employee add to the strife. With...

இந்தியா சுதந்திரம் அடையும் முன்பு அடைந்த பின்பு நடந்த சம்பவங்களை உள்ளடக்கி வெளியான எழுத்தாளர் கல்கியின் நாவல் அலை ஓசை. பிராமணக் குடும்பத்தில் நடைபெறும் சம்பவங்களை, தோராயமாக 1933 ம் ஆண்டு முதல் 1948 ஆண்டு வரை நடைபெறும் சம்பவங்களை வைத்து அலை ஓசை கதை அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

"Richard Armitage...steps in and sweeps us away on his deep, velvety voice, one much worth the marathon listening time. Listeners will know they are in for a treat immediately as they hear his voice change between reading the front matter and the first moments of the novel...this new edition...

Margaret Arden yearns to live like the passionate and daring women in her novel. The idyllic life at Mosely Cottage with her two younger sisters and mother is fine, but Margaret wants more than the demure and dainty existence she’s known. After a particularly brutal rejection from an annoyingly attractive publisher, Margaret fears being forced into marriage to protect her family if their financial situation doesn’t improve—until her cousin’s glamorous wedding masquerade brings her onto a collision course with scandal, notoriety, and even love.

Camford, 1920. Gilded and glittering, England's secret magical academy is no place for Clover, a commoner with neither connections nor magical blood. She tells herself she has fought her way there only to find a cure for her brother Matthew, one of the few survivors of a faerie attack on the battlefields of WWI which left the doors to faerie country sealed, the study of its magic banned, and its victims cursed.

Geteiltes Schweigen: Ein ost-westdeutsches Familienschicksal über die heilende Kraft der Wahrheit. Januar 1988. Als Familie Simon-Hauschke Ost-Berlin im Morgengrauen verlässt, liegt mehr als ein Jahr der Ausgrenzung hinter ihnen. Der größte Schlag: Sie dürfen nur zu dritt ausreisen, denn für Sohn Christian gilt der Ausreiseantrag nicht mehr... Viele Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung kommt es auf einer Familienfeier zum Eklat: Zu viele Geheimnisse und Lügen haben sich in den Jahren der DDR, zur Zeit des Mauerfalls und in der Nachwendezeit angestaut, zu groß ist die Last des Schweigens.