検索キーワード： 第一次世界大戦

Dr. Wolfgang Pike would love nothing more than to finish the requiem hes composing for his late wife, but the ending seems as hopeless as the patients dying a hundred yards away at the Waverly Hills Tuberculosis sanatorium. If he cant ease his own pain with music, he tries to ease theirsbut his...

Working in a museum under a false identity is Brigitte’s only hope. Until she meets Isabelle Valette, who confides in hushed tones that she is part of the Resistance. And when her new friend tells her of a train leaving Paris that can take children to safety, Brigitte knows her daughter must be on it, even if it breaks her heart. But getting Sophie onto the train is dangerous. If they are caught smuggling a Jewish child out of Paris, they will be killed. And with the enemy closing in, can Brigitte get her beloved daughter to safety before it is too late?

Salzburg, März 1913. Der Schausteller Otto Witte wird in eine Irrenanstalt eingewiesen, weil er steif und fest behauptet, König von Albanien gewesen zu sein. Der junge Doktorand Alois Schilchegger ist von diesem Mann fasziniert und nimmt sich seiner an. Ottos Version der Weltgeschichte beginnt im Oktober 1912 in Konstantinopel. Das Osmanische Reich droht auseinanderzubrechen. Albanien nutzt die Gunst der Stunde, erklärt sich unabhängig und sucht einen König. Otto und sein Kumpan, der Schwertschlucker Max Hoffmann, riskieren einen waghalsigen Coup: Albanien sucht einen König?

Helen Bygrove is managing the hotel, now that her husband has been conscripted. Against all expectations, Helen and her team are doing marvellously, despite the shortages brought by war. Even the exacting Lady Blackmore agrees. But then the calm is shattered when poison pen letters are sent to prominent townsfolk and Helen finds herself the target of a police investigation. Is someone trying to ruin Helen, and the Beach Hotel? And can she rely on the handsome but taciturn Inspector Toshack to help her?

American heiress India, Lady Kilnsey, enjoys the very comfortable life of an English peeress in her husband's ancestral castle. She is deeply in love with her earl, and he adores her. Her inherited fortune provides a life that is elegant, happy, and peaceful, but ominous clouds are gathering across the Channel. The clang of rattling sabers can be heard throughout Europe. In a few short months, their lives are altered forever. Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, and the world explodes in war bringing previously unimaginable changes to castle life and in India herself.

The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian determined to bring books to the children of war-torn France. 'This is hands down my book of 2024. A rich...

July, 1914: In their sunlit Hampshire workshop, Alice Dalton mixes paints for the stained-glass artwork she and Edmund are working on, pausing only to joyfully cradle the soft swell of her stomach. But the looming war threatens her hard-won happiness. A knock at the door announces the arrival of Victor, her estranged brother, returning after six long years in America. But her elation at being reunited is short-lived as she realizes he still hasn’t forgiven her for her part in the heartbreak that sent him abroad. 

Audiolibro producido con música original y sonido 3D, el mismo esta diseñado para ser escuchado con auriculares. Sin novedad en el frente es una novela antibélica escrita por Erich Maria Remarque, publicada por primera vez en 1929. La historia sigue la vida de Paul Bäumer, un joven soldado alemán que, junto a sus compañeros de clase, se alista voluntariamente en el ejército durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, influenciado por el fervor patriótico y las promesas de gloria de su maestro. A lo largo de la novela, Paul y sus amigos enfrentan las duras realidades de la vida en las trincheras y la crueldad de la guerra.

Der bewegende Auftakt zu einer fesselnden Familiensaga um die Freiheit zu träumen, den Mut zu handeln und die Kraft zu lieben. Eine starke Frau in einer Welt voller Konventionen. Ein Traum, den sie niemals aufgibt. Berlin 1904: Gegen den Widerstand ihrer Eltern verbringt die Jüdin Hannah viel Zeit in der Arztpraxis ihres Großvaters. Heimlich träumt sie davon, Medizin zu studieren. In Tübingen soll das auch für Frauen möglich sein. Doch das schickt sich nicht für ein Mädchen aus gutem Hause – anders als eine Hochzeit.

Roman de guerre, roman d’amour, Le Soldat désaccordé ne laissera personne indifférent. La quête d’un disparu de la Grande Guerre entraîne le narrateur dans une histoire échevelée, traversée de personnages tantôt effrayants, tantôt fabuleux.

Brought to you by Penguin. As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one year old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through. As the threat of another Zeppelin...

Bloomsbury presents Library for the War-Wounded by Monika Helfer, read by Kristin Atherton. From Monika Helfer’s award-winning, internationally bestselling wartime trilogy, based on her own family. Translated into English for the first time. ‘We called him Vati, Dad. Not Father, not Papa...

Schicksalszeit Elegant, opulent, authentisch: Der erste Teil von Katja Maybachs großer historischer Familiengeschichte spielt in einem mondänen Kurort am Vorabend des 1. Weltkriegs. Leicht und sommerlich-träge ziehen 1914 die Tage in einem eleganten Kurort nahe der deutsch-französischen Grenze vorüber: Selbst am Vorabend des 1. Weltkriegs will niemand so recht wahrhaben, was sich in Europa zusammenbraut - auch nicht die Geschwister Franz, Luise und Victoria Laverne, die einmal das mondäne Grandhotel Deutscher Kaiser erben werden.

Mary Lennox thought her world didn’t need to extend past her aunt’s secret garden after finally finding a home with her cousin, Colin, and her uncle at Misselthwaite nearly six years ago. But when war breaks out in Europe, Mary realizes that she can’t control anything outside the garden walls when her childhood best friend, Dickon Sowerby, announces he’s leaving to fight, taking away both his steady companionship and Mary’s dream of something more. Things only spiral further with Colin’s sudden departure, and Mary is left to run an estate she never planned to manage.

Alemania, década de 1930. Los sueños y aspiraciones de la comunidad judía se ven truncados por el inminente estallido de la guerra. Entre ellos, los del adolescente Richard Pick, quien se verá obligado primero a separarse de sus padres y su querido hermano Lutz, y finalmente a emigrar. Richard acabará en Nueva York, donde poco después será reclutadopor el ejército y enviado de vuelta a Europa, esta vez para luchar contra los nazis. A lo largo de todos esos años de huida y supervivencia, Richard mantendrá una relación epistolar con su amor de juventud, Lore.

York, 1852. When Caroline Lawson becomes a young widow, her grief is deepened by the loss of her farm. A rash decision to travel to York to find work doesn't turn out as she expected. With money running low, Caroline fears she will soon have no choice but the workhouse. However, she is not without hope, and with her new friends, feisty Trixie, and her two little sisters and the unique Mussy, Caroline learns she is stronger than she realised and that even in the worst of times, friendship is all you need.

Acadie, 1917. Dans un village acadien de bord de mer, où la vie se déploie au fil de ses saisons et de ses luttes, dans sa beauté et son âpreté, Jean-Baptiste, à peine un homme, et la jolie Angelaine s’aiment éperdument. Du jour au lendemain, leur monde bascule du tout au tout. Devenu orphelin en temps de guerre, désemparé, le jeune homme s’enrôle dans l’Armée canadienne et quitte les rivages de son Acadie natale et sa bien-aimée. Il pense partir au front, mais il se retrouve dans les magnifiques montagnes de la Franche-Comté, à y bûcher rudement le bois à coeur de jour.

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE AWARD-WINNING OCCUPATION SERIES, FEATURING DETECTIVE EDDIE GIRAL In Paris 1940, survival means sacrifice. Like most in the city, Detective Eddie Giral has already lost so much under Occupation: the people he once loved, the job he once believed in. And his latest...

Immerse yourself in a gripping tale of resilience, epic love, friendship, and the indomitable human spirit in the thrilling third installment of the Windswept WWI Saga. Set against the backdrop of the Middle Eastern theater during the Great War, author Annabelle McCormack invites you to join British nurse Ginger Whitman on a breathtaking journey, where adventure knows no bounds, romance ignites the soul, and intrigue lurks at every turn.

Der faszinierende biografische Roman von Bestseller-Autorin Charlotte Roth erzählt von der großen, dramatischen Liebesgeschichte zwischen der Revolutionärin Rosa Luxemburg und Leo Jogiches. Rosa Luxemburg: Vordenkerin, Freiheitskämpferin und leidenschaftlich Liebende. Warschau, 1889. Von klein auf träumt das Mädchen Rosa von einer besseren, gerechteren Welt und ist entschlossen, dafür zu kämpfen. Sie ist erst siebzehn, als sie mutterseelenallein vor der Miliz des Zaren in die Schweiz fliehen muss.