В Китае давным-давно жил молодой повеса Ён Ниан. Жил столь безобразно, что отец стыдился его. И однажды характер дурной Ён Ниана принёс тяжкое испытание и ему самому.
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Женщина держит половину неба, приходится. А трем сводным сестрам придется удерживать границы трех соединённых миров от проникновения в них вселенского зла Упорядоченного и разбираться с семейными традициями и проклятиями. Ничего личного, только зов крови, или всё-таки свобода выбора и верность семье? Роман из проекта "Ник Перумов. Миры".
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Заговор Падшего Дома раскрыт. Но Северину и его союзникам пришлось заплатить слишком высокую цену. Желая защитить своих друзей, глава Дома Ванф отправляется на поиски древнего артефакта, который дарует своему владельцу силу самого Бога.
Охота заводит его далеко от Парижа – в ледяное сердце России. Там хрустальные звери бродят по заброшенным особнякам, древние богини хранят смертельные тайны, а череда нераскрытых убийств заставляет убедиться в ...
My brother’s tears left a delicate, clean line on his face. I stroked his cheek, whispered, it’s really you…Dov and Yitzhak live in a small village in the mountains of Hungary, isolated both from the world and from the horrors of the war.But one day in 1944, everything changes. The Nazis storm the homes of the Jewish villagers and inform them they have one hour. One hour before the train will take them to Auschwitz.Six decades later, from the sa ...
What if everything your family ever told you was a lie?Frankfurt, 1963 At the war’s end, Frankfurt was a smoldering ruin, severely damaged by the Allied bombings. But that was two decades ago. Now it is 1963, and the city’s streets, once cratered are smooth and paved. Shiny new stores replace scorched rubble. For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhn, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. Eager for her wealthy suitor, Jurgen Schoorman, to propose, ...
Two women, a world apart. A secret waiting to be discovered…‘An emotive and engaging read’ Rosanna Ley‘Rich, evocative and utterly immersive, this beautifully written book swept me away’ Jenny Ashcroft‘Evocative, sensual and authentic’ Jane JohnsonVE Day 1945As victory bells ring out across the country, war bride Ellie Burgess’ happiness is overshadowed by grief. Her charismatic Canadian husband Thomas is still missing in action. Until a letter ...
‘There is much to enjoy in a sumptuous novel that slips between present day and 1557.’ Sunday Mirror“My name is Mary Seymour and I am the daughter of one queen and the niece of another.”Browsing antiques shops in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait – supposedly of Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better… The woman is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 as an unwanted orp ...
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now, for the first time, they are available in electronic book format, so a whole new generation of readers can be swept away on the adventure of a lifetime. This is the ninth book in the series.Uniquely among authors of naval fiction, Patrick O’Brian allows his characters to develop with experience. The Jack Aubrey of Trea ...
