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This enthralling confection of a novel, the first in a new trilogy, follows the transformation of a coddled Austrian archduchess into the reckless, powerful, beautiful queen Marie Antoinette. Why must it be me? I wondered. When I am so clearly inadequate to my destiny? Raised alongside her...

Sarah liebt das Leben mit ihrem Mann Leo in der Ivy Lane in Notting Hill. Die Hausgemeinschaft ist bunt und herzlich, und man hilft sich aus: Da sind die beiden alten Schwestern, die ständig zanken, die ehrgeizige Designerin Helena und das Paar mit dem süßen Mädchen. Doch seit Kurzem ist die Idylle zerbrochen, denn Leo ist ausgezogen. Er wohnt jetzt ein Stockwerk tiefer - bei Helena. Sarah ist am Boden zerstört und sucht mehr denn je die Nähe ihrer Nachbarn.

Juin 1626. Pieds nus, vêtue d'une chemise tachée de sang, une petite fille de quatre ans erre, un soir, dans la forêt d'Anet en serrant contre elle une poupée. Elle s'appelle Sylvie de Valaines et sa famille vient d'être assassinée, peut-être par ordre du cardinal de Richelieu pour récupérer certaines lettres. Un jeune garçon de dix ans la recueille et la ramène au château d'Anet. Il s'appelle François de Bourbon-Vendôme, prince de Martigues, et il est l'un des petits-fils d'Henri IV et de Gabrielle d'Estrées.

The definitive account of Lance Armstrong's spectacular rise and fall. In June 2013, when Lance Armstrong fled his palatial home in Texas, downsizing in the face of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, Juliet Macur was there—talking to his girlfriend and children and listening to Armstrong's version...

Irland im 9. Jahrhundert: Auf der Hochzeit ihrer Schwester begegnet die junge Clodagh zwei Männern, die ihr bisher so ruhiges Leben verändern...

Inspired by Surrey’s historic Ham House estate and its former inhabitants, Juliet Landon takes listeners back to 17th-century England for this delicious tale. The Duchess of Lauderdale dotes on her young neighbor, Phoebe, and would like to see her good and married. But the man the Duchess has in mind—her husband’s secretary—hasn’t been in Phoebe’s favor since he accidentally slighted her years before.

For William Marshall, the greatest knight of the realm, serving royalty is an unpredictable business. Having survived the threat of beheading from Stephen as a child, Marshall rises from nothing to a place in court serving King Henry II. Accused of acting on his love for the beautiful Queen Margaret, William is saved by his trust and loyalty to the king. But the battle for the throne is relentless, and when Henry's own son John rises against him, William must decide if he can remain loyal to the crown.

Maeve, daughter of Lord Sean of Sevenwaters, was badly burned as a child and carries the legacy of that fire in her crippled hands. After ten years, she’s returning home, having grown into a courageous, forthright woman with a special gift for gentling difficult animals. But while her body’s scars have healed, her spirit remains fragile, fearing the shadows of her past.

Mozart's wife aroused strong feelings among her contemporaries. Her in-laws loathed her. Mozart's friends, more than 40 after his death, remained eager to gossip about her "failures" as wife to the world's first superstar. Maturing from child to wife to hard-headed widow, Konstanze paid her husband's debts, provided for their children, and relentlessly marketed and mythologized her brilliant husband.

Approaching 80, frail and alone, a remarkable man makes the journey from his sheltered home in England to Berlin to meet his granddaughter. He has six days left to live and must relate his life story before he dies... His life has been rich and full. He has witnessed firsthand the rise of the...

One bitter Midwinter's Eve, everything changes when Bridei finds a child on their doorstep - a child abandoned by the Fair Folk. It is the height of ill fortune to have truck with the Fair Folk, and all in the area counsel the babe's death. But Bridei sees an old and precious magic at work and, heedless of the danger, fights to save the child. Broichan is wary but relents, for Bridei must grow to be his own man and make his own decisions.

Irland im 9. Jahrhundert nach Christi: Keltische Stammesfürsten verteidigen ihr Land gegen den Ansturm der Briten...

Combien de temps encore le destin s'acharnera-t-il sur Sylvie de Valaines ? Non content de lui avoir pris sa mère, de l'avoir jetée dans les griffes de Laffemas - le bourreau du cardinal de Richelieu - qui l'a mariée de force avec l'un de ses amis et l'a violée, il s'affaire à l'éloigner de son François de Vendôme... Pour la mettre définitivement à l'abri, François décide de la faire passer pour morte et l'emmène à Belle-Isle avant de rejoindre son bataillon.

‘Do yourself a favour and read this wonderful book’ Scotsman Based on the true story of conjoined Russian twins, Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep is a tale of survival and self-determination, innocence and lies. No one expects Dasha and Masha to live...

L'enjeu du long périple de Charles Juliet se situe hors de la littérature : il s'agit d'atteindre, au prix d'une volonté ontraitable et surpuissante, cet état de soi-même apaisé et réconcilié, ici nommé le soi. Citation de Jean-Pierre...

Magic is fading... and the ways of Man are driving the Old Ones to the West, beyond the ken of humankind. The ancient groves are being destroyed, and if nothing is done, Ireland will lose its essential mystic core. The prophecies of long ago have foretold a way to prevent this horror, and it is the Sevenwaters clan that the spirits of Eire look to for salvation. They are a family bound into the lifeblood of the land, and their promise to preserve the magic has been the cause of great joy to them... as well as great sorrow.

Ein antiker Bernstein, ein Tagebuch und Fotos ihrer Mutter, das ist alles, was Cari von ihrer Familie geblieben ist. Doch das ändert sich, als die junge Designerin aus Brighton an die italienische Riviera reist. Was als Flucht vor einer unglücklichen Liebe begann, wird zu einem spannenden Abenteuer. Denn Cari findet nicht nur eine neue Liebe. In dem geheimnisvollen Irrgarten einer Villa, umgeben von Oleander und Jasmin, entdeckt sie auch ein Erbe, das kluge Frauen ihrer Familie ihr hinterlassen haben.

In exchange for help escaping her long and wrongful imprisonment, embittered magical healer Blackthorn has vowed to set aside her bid for vengeance against the man who destroyed all that she once held dear. Followed by a former prison mate, a silent hulk of a man named Grim, she travels north to Dalriada. There she'll live on the fringe of a mysterious forest, duty bound for seven years to assist anyone who asks for her help. Oran, crown prince of Dalriada, has waited anxiously for the arrival of his future bride, Lady Flidais.

Disillusioned healer Blackthorn and her companion, Grim, have settled in Dalriada to wait out the seven years of Blackthorn's bond to her fey mentor, hoping to avoid any dire challenges. But trouble has a way of seeking out Blackthorn and Grim. Lady Geiléis, a noblewoman from the northern border, has asked for the prince of Dalriada's help in expelling a howling creature from an old tower on her land - one surrounded by an impenetrable hedge of thorns.

All young Eyvind ever wanted was to become a great Viking warrior - a Wolfskin - and perform honorable deeds out in the name of his War fathergod, Thor. A new settlement in a fabled new windswept land begins in harmony with the natives of the isles led by the gentle king Engus. And Eyvind finds a treasure of his own in the young Nessa, niece of the king, seer, and princess. His life will change forever as she claims his heart for her own. But someone has come along to this new land who is not what he seems.