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Actor Rahul Bose lends his golden voice to some ethereal love letters written by some great personalities from the bygone era. King Henry VIII (1491 – 1547) of England, changed the face of both politics and religion in 16th century Europe. Determined to divorce his first wife, Catherine of...

Actor Rahul Bose lends his golden voice to some ethereal love letters written by some great personalities from the bygone era. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), one of history's most famous and mysterious composers died at the age of 57 with one great secret. Upon his death, a love letter was...

Actor Rahul Bose lends his golden voice to some ethereal love letters written by some great personalities from the bygone era. Napolean Bonaparte (1763 – 1821) was not just a brilliant military mind and a feared ruler, but was also a prolific writer of letters. He reportedly wrote as many as...

Actor Rahul Bose lends his golden voice to some ethereal love letters written by some great personalities from the bygone era. English writer Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) excelled in writing children's fiction like 'Alice's Adventure in Wonderland' and it's sequel 'Through the Looking-Glass'. He...

Protagonista di Penelope alla guerra, primo romanzo di Oriana Fallaci, è Giovanna detta Giò, promettente autrice di sceneggiature, inviata a New York da un produttore cinematografico alla fine degli anni Cinquanta. Mentre è in cerca di ispirazione per il soggetto di un film, Giò ritrova Richard, un americano conosciuto durante la guerra in Italia. Dopo il loro incontro, tra i due nasce una relazione complicata, sfuggente, resa ancora più difficile dal complesso rapporto di Richard con l'amico, che forse è qualcosa di più, Bill, da cui Giò è inconsapevolmente attratta.

Het losbandige leven van Aristide de Savigne is zijn moeder een doorn in het oog. Door een huwelijk hoopt ze hem wat in te tomen. Syrilla, zijn bruid, weet niets af van zijn escapades. Ze is zelfs dolblij dat ze met hem mag trouwen, omdat ze als klein meisje al verliefd op hem werd, toen hij als ridder aan een toernooi deelnam. Aristide is echter niet van plan zich nu even ridderlijk te gedragen. In de boeken van Cartland is de hoofdrolspeelster meestal een onschuldige, pure vrouw, die een intrigerende, avontuurlijke man ontmoet. Het einde is altijd goed, en liefde overwint alles.

Ze kenden elkaar absoluut niet, de twee nichtjes; ze wisten zelfs niet van elkanders bestaan af. Wanneer zij bij toeval oog in oog komen te staan na een treinongeval in Engeland, wordt de hoeksteen gelegd voor een komedie die tien dagen zal moeten duren. Dat deze komedie voor Prinses Johanna, voor Koning István van het verre Luthenije verstrekkende gevolgen zal hebben, kunnen de beide meisjes op dat moment niet voorzien.

After her father's untimely death, Kerasea became High Priestess of the Temple of Truth at just twenty-two years of age. Praetorian and revered soldier, Matelo, lost everything at the hands of Kerasea's father. When the beheaded body of a Senator is found on the eve of the Revelry - the celebration to mark twenty years since Pryor became a republic - and the ceremonial dagger of the temple found at his side, Kerasea and Matelo's paths become inextricably linked...

After Leo and Jasper are summoned to the reading of a last will and testament for a woman they do not know, they are stunned to receive not only a joint bequest, but also a bidding from the grave: to find out if the woman's young son fell to his death a dozen years ago . . . or if he was, as she...

Frederick, VII duca di Marlborough non può credere ai suoi occhi: come ha osato Emaline pronunciare quelle menzogne su di lui in un'intervista per il Daily Courant? La detesta, eppure, ogni volta che si incontrano segreti, battibecchi, amore e passione si mischiano tra loro, in un vischioso sentimento che riesce a mettere in dubbio le loro più profonde convinzioni.

Brought to you by Penguin. There were conjugal visits in the slave camps of the USSR. Valiant women would travel continental distances, over weeks and months, in the hope of spending a night, with their particular enemy of the people, in the House of Meetings. The consequences of these liaisons...

When the distressing shadows of war fall across Europe, Olivia Brodie watches the man she loves, Captain Spencer Middleton, lead his men proudly to the front, his final words a promise to return. Left behind among the working-class neighbours she calls family, Olivia clings to hope as the world around her changes forever. Her spirited younger brother, Lachie, eager to prove himself, enlists underage – his letters home filled with bravado and dreams of glory.

At five and twenty, Prudence Merryweather knew very well the risks a woman took by visiting a gentleman in the dead of night. But bearding the notorious Earl of Angelstone in his den was the only way to stop him from engaging her hot-headed brother in a duel. And that was why she found herself ushered into Sebastian's forbidding presence at three in the morning—and thoroughly kissed before dawn.

From the windswept, craggy coast of a remote British Isle comes the thrilling tale of a daring lady and a dangerous knight . . . bound by the tempests of fate—and the dawning of . . . Desire.

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Le roi Éric avance, implacable. Sur l’île Dufferin, la reine a offert sa fille Isaüre, dix-sept ans, et s’est soumise à un sacrifice exigé tous les cinq ans. Déjà, il promet l’anéantissement du berceau des sorcières, là-haut sur les falaises, et vise le Royaume du Nord, tandis que des seigneurs comme Alphonso peinent à protéger les leurs. Sous le regard de Nathaël, le continent vacille. Au cœur de la tourmente, se murmure la descendance interdite… et Kaitlyne, la protégée, recèle un mystérieux pouvoir que nul ne devrait convoiter.

Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Indira Varma, who has starred in Luther and Game of Thrones. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Vivien Jones. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and...

This time the gossip columnists have it wrong. Anthony Bridgerton hasn't just decided to marry; he's also chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended's older sister, Kate Sheffield: the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate's the woman haunting his dreams....