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Germany’s insidious scheme draws the United States into the Great War. Peril and unease hover as Americans enlist and volunteer for the cause. But it’s the lurking risk on the home front that threatens to shatter lives. April 1917. President Wilson reneges on his campaign promise when the United States declares war on Germany. A military draft soon follows, and tension falls over the small German-settled Minnesota town of Holmesburg. Seventeen-year-old Melania Harvey happily moves to Minneapolis with her parents when they secure employment at a large flour mill—the location distancing...

Última entrega del ciclo narrativo y obra cumbre de la literatura universal, A la busca del tiempo perdido, de Marcel Proust. Desde la infancia del Narrador, desde Combray y cerca de Swann, todo ha cambiado. Es hora de hacer balance. En el claroscuro del París de la Gran Guerra, bajo un cielo de bombardeos, emergen monstruos, figuras irreconocibles del pasado.

Tirol, 1972: Nach einem traumatischen Erlebnis zieht sich die Münchner Ingenieurin Hanna Voss in die Einsamkeit der Alpen zurück. Im traditionsreichen Berghotel Waldfrieden sucht sie Ruhe – doch stattdessen begegnet sie Schatten, die bis weit in die Vergangenheit zurückreichen. Als Hanna in der Bibliothek ein vergilbtes Tagebuch entdeckt, entfaltet sich vor ihr das Schicksal von Johann Trenkwalder, einem Soldaten des Ersten Weltkriegs, und seiner Frau Margarete.

LOS AUTORESJavier Cosnava ha publicado 30 obras en editoriales tan prestigiosas como Suma de Letras, Dolmen o, en Francia, Sarbacane (Flammarion) 37 premios literarios, destacando el Ciudad de Palma, el Serra i Moret de la Generalitat de Cataluña y el premio Haxtur del Festival del Principado de Asturias. En Amazon se ha especializado en novelas de la segunda guerra mundial y thrillers policíacos junto a Teresa Ortiz Tagle, autora asturiana de gran éxito, habitual en las listas de los más vendidos. LA NOVELA Un hombre que afirma ser Sherlock Holmes aparece en la Inglaterra de 1930. Sin ...

The Family Koenig is a historical novel about several generations of physicians in a Jewish family during the core years of the 20th century. It is a gripping book that is rich with historical detail that contains love stories, abandonment, wars, murders and suicides; and yet is a meditation on how its physicians find inner strength, become true healers, and find and nurture love.

Paris, 1924. The Olympics. Lucy Morton, an ambitious Blackpool swimmer waits to find out if she’s won against her American rival. If she has, she’ll be the first British woman to win Gold in an individual event. If she has, it’ll upset the apple cart. The Americans have been sweeping the boards and, at 26, she’s a veteran in the sport. If she has, it’ll be despite the car accident she was in just 48 hours before, which saw her lose five teeth, crack a rib and be out cold until the morning of the biggest race of her life.

In the heart of the US capital, Dinah Kendall's role for the Office of Strategic Services isn't the thrilling espionage career she dreamed of. Instead, she spends her days crafting rumors aimed at undermining Axis morale. As Dinah navigates her duties, she uncovers a startling revelation: Her mother, Lillian, was once a codebreaker, cracking military ciphers during the Great War alongside some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The deeper Dinah dives into her mother's past, the more secrets come to light—including the heavy cost of high-stakes codebreaking.

The good weather has finally arrived, and the empires of Europe are ready to hurl their armies and fleets at each other in a fight of titanic proportions. The stakes are high, with Austria-Hungary and France reeling on the brink of disaster.

Set against the harsh landscape of World War I-era Europe, this hauntingly beautiful tale of love and loss follows American ambulance driver Frederic Henry as he embarks on a romance with British nurse Catherine Barkley. Narrated with Hemingway's signature economy and power, the book navigates the brutal realities of war and the sacrifices one makes for those they love.

Gunter Schrader was left behind when his brothers went to war in 1914. Two and a half years later, he makes his way to the front, though it means leaving the young woman he loves and lying to his widowed mother. The need to fight refuses to let him go, even after the guns fall silent in 1918. Reunited with his brother Jochen and hungry to continue the struggle to secure Germany's borders, it is only the desire for a deeper connection that threatens Gunter's plans. Discharged and no longer bound to his oath as a soldier, he is faced with a choice: Love for a woman, or love for his nation?***...

In the summer of 1914, the air is thick with anticipation as the Steward family prepares for the joyous union of Hettie Steward and Geoffrey Bartlett. The event will officially bond together two families that have interconnected for decades. Little does the family know it stands on the brink of upheaval. A bond that promised new beginnings is shattered as the ominous clouds of war begin to gather over Europe. Hettie and her spirited brother Freddie make the bold decision to join the Canadian Army Medical Corps, a choice that ignites conflict at home and fractures the family’s once-solid ...

Wie der Erste Weltkrieg den Alltag des Hamburger Geldadels zerrüttete. Der Erste Weltkrieg setzt dem unbekümmertem Leben der Hamburger Familie Bramfeld, die in der Villa am Feenteich residiert, ein jähes Ende. Frederike, die Tochter des Bankiers Bramfeld, versucht verzweifelt das Erbe zusammenzuhalten. Der einzige Lichtblick: Ihre aufkeimenden Gefühle zu Martin Stelling, den sie über ihre Freundin Viktoria Stelling kennenlernt.

Inglaterra, 1880 El joven maestro Joseph Archer tiene un nuevo empleo. Decidido a dejar atrás su vida en Londres, y todas las tristezas de su pasado, Joseph llega a Sussex con su pequeño hijo, dispuesto a empezar de cero y escribir un libro. Todo cambiará cuando conozca a las hermanas Griffith, hijas de su nuevo jefe: La astuta e intrépida Angelique, y la caprichosa e impertinente Charlene. Una puede llevarle amor, y la otra, solo pesares. ¿Quién será la indicada para él? ¿Será posible encontrar el amor una vez más, después de tanto dolor?

By early 1919, the hopeful cheers of Armistice Day have faded into a quiet, uneasy silence. Hettie returns to Canada, married to Alfred — a stranger in many ways — and haunted by the memory of her first husband, Geoffrey, whose death she never fully mourned. Burdened by unresolved grief, Hettie struggles to adjust to civilian life. As she attempts to piece together the remnants of her shattered past, she finds herself facing the cruel judgments of her new family who are hell-bent on making her feel like an outsider in her own home. Facing heartache and Alfred’s family’s cold cruelty...

Hettie Steward is not your ordinary bride-to-be. Feisty, educated, and fiercely ambitious, she stands on the brink of a life she has long dreamed of — until the weight of societal expectations threatens to confine her to the shadows of domesticity. Having devoted herself to nursing, the love she feels for her fiancé, Geoffrey Bartlette, is eclipsed by the haunting thought that marriage means trading her aspirations for drudgery. When the echoes of the Great War thunder across the world, Hettie's dreams collide with harsh reality. Geoffrey enlists and persuades Hettie to join the Canadian...

A Novel of Brotherhood, Sacrifice, and the Alabama 167th Infantry in the Great War In the shattered fields of France, where mud swallows boots and bullets write the fate of nations, a group of young men from Alabama stand shoulder to shoulder as part of the legendary 167th U.S. Infantry Regiment — the backbone of the 42nd "Rainbow" Division. From the dusty heat of the Mexican border chasing Pancho Villa to the blood-soaked trenches of Europe, Unknown Soldier: World War I is a powerful and emotional journey into the heart of courage and the cost of war. Follow James, a young officer from ...

In the shadow of the Great War, courage and heartache intertwine. Get ready to be swept away by Melina Druga's incredible WWI trilogy, now available in one complete volume! Book 1, the war front story, Angel of Mercy, introduces us to Hettie, who wasn't exactly cut out to be an idle housewife. When her husband, Geoffrey, enlists shortly after their wedding, she decides to join him in Europe. Hettie finds purpose tending to wounded soldiers at a Casualty Clearing Station, where her work is valued, unlike back home in Ontario. But nothing can prepare her for the tragedies and tribulations ...

München, im Herbst 1918: Die Geschwister Hermann und Hilde Hartmann erleben das Ende des ersten Weltkriegs und den Zerfall des Königreichs Bayern. Die Welt, in der sie aufwuchsen, liegt nun in Scherben. Doch wo Hermann als heimgekehrter Offizier schockiert von den Ereignissen ist, wird Hilde von der Euphorie der Revolution und des Neubeginns mitgerissen. Sie verliebt sich in Paul Ludwig, einen glühenden Kommunisten, der Hilde in seiner Begeisterung für diese neue Ära ansteckt. Nach den langen Jahren des Kriegsschreckens keimt in Hilde Hoffnung für die Zukunft auf.

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?

Automne 1921, Grenoble. Rose Espit a quitté son village et son atelier de broderie pour endosser la responsabilité du service Création de la luxueuse ganterie Cottin, mondialement connue. Confrontée à l’animosité de certains employés hostiles à sa promotion, Rose travaille d’arrache-pied pour comprendre le fonctionnement de la manufacture et dessiner la nouvelle collection.