検索キーワード： 制作 "-- Kevin Wright --" 20世紀

Monique würde alles tun, um als Jüdin den Krieg zu überlebenMonique, ein 17-jähriges jüdisches Mädchen, flüchtet auf der Suche nach einem Versteck durch die Straßen von Paris, um ihr Leben vor den Nazis zu retten. In einem dunklen Keller tief im Quartier Latein macht ihr Philipp, ein Mann aus dem Widerstand, ein Angebot, das ihr Leben retten kann. Er ändert ihre Identität. Im Gegenzug muss sie Informationen über die Deutschen für ihn sammeln, indem sie tief in deren Kreise eintaucht. Im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes gerät sie zwischen die Fronten.

The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.

Ben Shattuck ist eine literarische Entdeckung – ein Wortmagier, der die Rätsel der menschlichen Seele erkundet. Die Geschichte einer geheimen Liebe, die einen Sommer lang währt – und die ein Leben lang als die »eigentliche Liebe« nachklingt: Im Schatten des Ersten Weltkriegs lernen sich Lionel und David, zwei Musikstudenten, in einer verrauchten Bar im ländlichen Maine kennen und werden Freunde. Nach dem Krieg wandern sie im Sommer durch die Wälder New Englands, um Volkslieder zu sammeln, die sie auf Wachszylinder aufnehmen. Aus unerklärlichen Gründen bricht der Kontakt ab.

Ein vertauschtes Erbe. Eine gefährliche Entdeckung. Eine verbotene Liebe. Nach dem Mord an ihrer Cousine Elvira und dem Verrat durch ihre Mutter ist Inez Olivera am Boden zerstört. Als ihr Onkel Ricardo ihr ein Ultimatum bezüglich ihres Erbes stellt, bleibt ihr nur noch ein Ausweg: Whitford Hayes zu heiraten. Doch der Assistent ihres Onkels hat seine eigenen mysteriösen Gründe, in Ägypten zu bleiben.

1552, Paris: Against a backdrop of turmoil, suspicion, and paranoia, the printing press is quickly spreading new ideas across Europe, threatening the power of church and state and unleashing a wave of book burning and heretic hunting. When frightened ex-nun Lysbette Angiers arrives one day at Charlotte Guillard’s famous printing shop with her manuscript, neither woman knows just how far the powerful elite will go to prevent the spread of Lysbette’s audacious ideas.

Historische fictie voor de lezers van Corina Bomann, Marie Lamballe en Marie Lacrosse Berlijn, 1923. De Berlijnse verloskundige Hulda Gold wordt opgeroepen om te helpen bij een bevalling. Hoewel het Joodse gezin volgens zijn eigen strikte regels leeft, wint Hulda het vertrouwen van de jonge moeder. Als de pasgeborene na een paar dagen op mysterieuze wijze verdwijnt, raakt ze dan ook betrokken bij de zoektocht. Hoe kan een pasgeboren baby verdwijnen in deze hechte gemeenschap?

With her family’s perfumery in dire straits, Stella Penhallam needs a miracle. So, when her great-aunt’s journal from 1940s Paris lands on her desk, Stella realises that the missing pages could hold the answers she seeks. In 1939, as war breaks out across Europe, Iris Penhallam is forced into an impossible situation, one that will cause her world to come crashing down.

1910, Edinburgh. Young seamstress Maisie McIntyre's world shatters with her mother's death. Desperate to escape the grinding poverty that has defined her life so far, Maisie makes a daring choice: she steals a bolt of peacock-blue silk, a stash of money, and sails for New York City. With nothing but raw talent and fierce determination, Maisie's gift for dressmaking opens doors she never imagined.

Två unga, eleganta gentlemän anländer en junidag år 1901 till det ståtliga slottet i grevskapet Wiltshire i södra England. Den ene är lord Albert, som återvänder från sina ingenjörsstudier i Dresden för att bli släktens överhuvud, tillika den 13:e earlen av Manningham. Den andre heter Sverre, och de har bestämt sig för ett liv tillsammans. Det har gått många år sedan Sverre och hans bröder Lauritz och Oscar växte upp i en fattig fiskarfamilj på Vestlandet i Norge.

Uma pequeno-burguesa, um jovem médico anestesista, um garoto de programa e um general torturador da ditadura militar formam o núcleo central dessa história de amor improvável, que se passa no último ano do século XX e tem pontos de tensão e paroxismo comparados aos do próprio mar, um dos elementos onipresentes da trama.

Echoes of Forbidden Harmony is a gripping historical fiction novel by David Guthrie that transports listeners to 1938 Berlin, amidst the rise of Nazi Germany. The story follows Lieutenant Hans Belkin, a young and ambitious officer in the Wehrmacht, as he navigates the treacherous political landscape and the horrors of war.

Fresh off the boat from Roaring Twenties Paris, Henrietta “Henri” Adams lands in New York in the midst of the Queer Craze that is taking the city by storm. An art critic by day and lady lover by night, she ventures into the clandestine worlds of speakeasies and drag balls, which free her from the tyranny of the gender binary. Fun-loving slummers crash the party, flocking to see queer performers at the Astor Hotel and the Cotton Club. Broadway stars rub elbows with Harlem Renaissance luminaries at the Hamilton Lodge Masquerade Ball. But the revelry can't last forever.

Джейкоб и Наоми сразу полюбили друг друга, и неважно, что он — наследник богатой семьи Хэмптонов, а она — полуграмотная горничная. Наперекор родным Джейкоб женится на Наоми, однако общество во главе с родителями ополчается против молодой пары. И только Блэкберн Гант, изуродованный полиомиелитом смотритель кладбища, хранит верность своему другу и его юной жене.

Wisconsin, 1931: Mindy Zahn can’t understand why her parents deserted the family farm, leaving her mute younger sister in her care. Until her mother’s cryptic warning to keep her sister safe becomes a life-threatening task.

Vivienne Holland, an enormously talented yet mentally fragile woman, comes of age in mid-century America and dreams of becoming a famous writer. However, trapped by the restrictions of pre-feminist society, a scientifically limited medical system unprepared to cope adequately with her mental illness, and her own tragic family background, she faces daunting obstacles.

1944, Nazi-occupied Holland. As Nurse Freddie cycles through the tulip fields, she looks like any other law-abiding citizen. But beneath her innocent smile lies an iron will to fight for freedom. The Nazis have no idea she is part of the resistance, and that she risks her life every day to deliver food and messages to hidden refugees. After a failed attempt to take the life of a Nazi collaborator, Freddie is sent to an underground hospital to tend to a group of injured Allied airmen. And when unconscious English pilot Will wakes up and locks his dazzling blue eyes with hers, her heart jolts.

Finalist for Best New Fiction at the American Fiction Awards 2024 Aniela Majewska, beautiful daughter of one of Kraków's most respected families, is ready to marry her dashing childhood sweetheart, Henryk Bartosz. But the Nazi invasion of Poland separates the young lovers, as Henryk chooses to fight for their country's freedom as part of the underground resistance and Aniela uses her beauty, wit, and indomitable spirit to navigate the Reich's brutal occupation centralized in her home city, doing whatever it takes to keep her family and her sanity intact.

Single mother Carrie is heart-sore when she arrives on the sun-drenched island of Santorini with her daughter Nell – her adored uncle Sol's tattered sketchbook clutched to her chest. Even as they explore the winding cobbled alleys, Nell can't forgive Carrie for keeping a secret – the truth about her own father. But Carrie hopes that seeking answers to a family mystery will heal their fractured relationship and show Nell that the family she desperately wants has been there all along.

Evacuated to the countryside, she realises there are more dangers than German bombs in wartime. In summer 1939, Canadian-born teacher Victoria McKaye takes up a new position at a London school, only to shortly coordinate the evacuation to the countryside with standoffish spinster Beatrice and young, quiet Nell. Arriving in the village of Hazelbury, Victoria sorts out billets for her young charges and meets Louis Granger, a naval officer. As their friendship turns to something more, she notices some strange behaviours - including him meeting with foreign men in secret locales.

1941: A world away from idyllic childhood summers spent in Devon, Cassie Marsh steps through the sandbagged entrance to the War Room, determined to do her part for the war effort. The clatter of typewriters, the urgency of whispered conversations, the weight of secrets – nothing in her quiet upbringing has prepared her for this. Here, women like her are expected to work tirelessly, remain composed, even as their homes – and lives – are devastated by the Blitz. But Cassie's heart is already divided between love and duty.