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Susan Barrie The Marriage Wheel
Federica is a hard-working 23-year-old who takes up a job as the chauffeur of the wealthy businessman Humphrey Lestrode. Not pleased with having a female driver, Lestrode is not too corteous towards Federica. When her family arrives at his cottage, things quickly change, and Federica is not at all happy at the attention her employer shows towards her attractive sister. Yet, as it turns out, she is not the only sister Humphrey has his eyes set on. The romantic tale written under one of Ida Pollock’s...
Engels | 4 uur 50 minuten (212 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie Mistress of Brown Furrows
Carol Inglis is leading a glamorous life and has come far from her days at an English boarding school. Yet she feels that something essential is missing: true love from her husband. Timothy Carrington has given her everything she had wanted, and most importantly, saved her from an unfortunate life of poverty. What she wants most is true feelings from the man. Can she light the kindle between them, and does he return her love for him? The love story written under Ida Pollock's pseudonym Susan Barrie...
Engels | 7 uur 22 minuten (325 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie Moon at the Full
When Stephanie Blair was offered an opportunity to stay at a Parisian flat by Lione Daly, she had no idea what kind of adventures awaited her. When she met the owner of the flat, the dark and handsome Léon de Courvalles – a count, no less – she was pleased to oblige his request to accompany him on a cruise with three women he was courting. As they cruise the oceans, Stephanie meets with unforgettable trouble, intrigue and romance. The 20th-century story written by Susan Barrie, a pseudonym of the...
Engels | 5 uur 33 minuten (243 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie Mountain Magic
When Toni Darcy was rescued from a bad employer and a poor situation by Kurt Antoine, she was grateful. She would now be working at his new hotel in Tyrol, Austria. Yet the attractive manageress of the hotel did not seem all that pleased with Toni’s presence. At least she had the protection of Kurt, whose attentions certainly stirred Toni’s feelings... The love tale dating back to the 20th century was written by Susan Barrie, one of the pseudonyms of the beloved romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read...
Engels | 3 uur 50 minuten (168 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie The Quiet Heart
Alison had married for convenience, and when her husband died, she still had his three daughters to look after in Leyden Hall. When she meets the new master of the hall, architect Sir Charles Leyden, she finds him to be distant and quite intimidating. Yet when Sir Charles falls ill and she cares for him, she must admit that there is a softer side to him that she finds rather alluring. Does she stand a chance with this man, especially since his attentions appear to be directed at her stepdaughter...
Engels | 4 uur 39 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie So Dear to my Heart
Virginia accompanies Lisa, her young pianist of a sister, to Switzerland where the latter can get help with her hand injury and play piano again. The famous Swiss surgeon, Dr. Leon Hanson, is charming and well able to come to the rescue. Although Lisa is usually the one to attract attention, the doctor’s gaze is this time fixed upon the sweet Virginia. How can Virginia resist, and in such stunning scenery? The intriguing tale was written in the 20th century under one of Ida Pollock’s pseudonyms,...
Engels | 7 uur 27 minuten (327 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie The Stars of San Cecilio
Lisa’s magical time at Costa Brava is about to come to an end and tomorrow she must head back to London to find work. Then, as if by fate, a handsome stranger by the name of Julio Fernandez approaches her, blowing her plans apart. He offers her a job as a governess to his young daughter, and she is thrilled at the prospect of staying and getting close to this alluring man. Yet, it seems, that she is not the only woman eager to settle herself in Senor Fernandez' life and may need to fight to claim...
Engels | 5 uur 35 minuten (246 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie Victoria and the Nightingale
Victoria survives a car accident along with her employer’s son and begins to care for the boy, who is now fatherless. Sir Peter kindly enough provides the two with a place to stay. Yet Sir Peter’s fiancée who also inhabits the place is far from kind towards Victoria, whose feelings for the man of the house slowly begin to deepen. How can Victoria maintain this new-found stability in her life and the affections of Sir Peter over this vicious other woman? The romantic novel mapping out a dramatic...
Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (197 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie The Wings of the Morning
No one is more surprised than Kathy when she receives an invitation from Lady Fitzosborne for some weekend festivities. Usually, such invitations are extended to her more attractive two sisters. She prepares to make herself useful and instead manages to catch the eye of a Portuguese aristocrat. The mystery man woos her, setting off events almost too dreamy to be true. Yet as their relationship deepens, Kathy soon discovers that there is more to the man than meets the eye. The Cinderella-like romance...
Engels | 5 uur 33 minuten (243 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jennifer Robson Een tijd om nooit te vergeten
‘Een tijd om nooit te vergeten’ van Jennifer Robson biedt een uniek en aangrijpend inkijkje in het atelier waar de beroemde bruidsjapon van prinses Elizabeth werd gemaakt. In de roerige tijden vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog worden borduursters Ann Hughes en Miriam Dassin uitgekozen voor een bijzondere opdracht: het maken van de bruidsjapon van prinses Elizabeth. Voor hen een kans om toe te werken naar een betere toekomst. Meer dan een halve eeuw later stuit Anns kleindochter op een paar geborduurde...
Nederlands | 10 uur 52 minuten (938 MB) | KokBoekencentrum Fictie, Utrecht | 2021
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T.A. Williams Chasing Shadows
Amy had it all – money, brains and beauty. And then the accident happened. The Present Day: Left blind and without her family, Amy feels she needs to escape. On a trip along the Camino de Santiago - the Way of St James - she is accompanied by the mysterious and troubled Luke. Having been set up to help Amy by a mutual friend, Luke finds he is running from his past... 1314: A Templar Knight, Luc, is also running. He meets the wife of a former comrade, now blinded in a terrifying attack: Aimee....
Engels | 10 uur 49 minuten (471 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Ann Moore Afscheid van Ierland
In deze adembenemende historische roman verlaat een jonge moeder haar vaderland – en begint een nieuw leven. In de hoop op een betere toekomst vertrekt Grace O’Malley per schip uit Ierland. Wat ze achterlaat is een land waarmee ze met al haar vezels verbonden is – een land in doodsnood. Wat ze ook achterlaat is haar pasgeboren zoontje. Ze overleeft de reis, wat lang niet voor alle medepassagiers geldt, en voegt ze zich bij haar broer Sean, die al sterk veranderd is door het snelle leven in Manhattan....
Nederlands | 15 uur 24 minuten (1330 MB) | Mozaiek, Utrecht | 2021
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Ann Moore Dochter van Ierland
'Dochter van Ierland'' van Ann Moore is het eerste deel van de meeslepende Ierland-trilogie. Het verhaal begint in 1840. Grace, een knap en levendig meisje uit het arbeidsgezin O'Malley, wordt tijdens een dorpsfeest opgemerkt door de Engelse landheer Bram Donelly. Hij is zo van haar gecharmeerd dat hij Grace, de dochter van één van zijn eigen pachters, ten huwelijk neemt. Geïsoleerd van haar familie doet de vijftienjarige Grace haar best zich te handhaven in het chique milieu en aan de verwachtingen...
Nederlands | 19 uur 24 minuten (1676 MB) | Mozaiek, Utrecht | 2021
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Ann Moore Achter de horizon
Grace O’Malley heeft haar man in de Ierse onafhankelijkheidsstrijd verloren. Zijzelf moest het door hongersnood geteisterde Ierland ontvluchten. Na een zware zeereis bereikt ze aan de andere kant van de oceaan de Nieuwe Wereld, waar ze een nieuw leven wil opbouwen voor zichzelf en haar kinderen. Het leven voor Ierse immigranten in Manhattan is echter ondraaglijk zwaar. Grace besluit naar San Francisco te gaan; daar woont de kapitein die haar ooit ten huwelijk heeft gevraagd. Omwille van de kinderen...
Nederlands | 17 uur 26 minuten (1506 MB) | Mozaiek, Utrecht | 2021
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Marja Visscher Het torentje van Adelheid
In ‘Het torentje van Adelheid’ bezoekt Johan Rudolf Thorbecke de weduwe gravin Henriëtte Solger in Dresden. Haar dan vierjarige dochtertje Adelheid wordt door hem voorgelezen en roept: ‘Later trouw ik met de professor en word ik koningin van Nederland.’ In 1831 bezoekt Thorbecke de familie opnieuw en wordt hij, tot teleurstelling van moeder Henriëtte, verliefd op de negentienjaar jongere dochter Adelheid. Het wordt Thorbecke niet gemakkelijk gemaakt. De toeziend voogden laten haar niet zomaar los....
Nederlands | 9 uur 23 minuten (540 MB) | Z&K, Utrecht | 2021
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Damion Hunter The Emperor's Games
The final thrilling instalment of The Centurions, an epic historical adventure set in Ancient Rome. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have won respect in service to the Empire. Correus, an esteemed soldier in the Roman Army of Eagles, has been entrusted with the honoured task of running the Emperor’s brutal games. Flavius, a Centurion at his brother’s side, has risen to become the Emperor’s most trusted advisor. Now Correus has been given the deadly task of quelling a barbarian uprising...
Engels | 15 uur 30 minuten (680 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Damion Hunter The Wall at the Edge of the World
Save lives... Or take them? A gripping novel of the Roman frontier. Army Medic Postumus Justinius Corvus is a long way from his native Britannia, in the Syrian provinces at the far corner of Empire. But now he is going home, unexpectedly promoted to Senior Surgeon in the Sixth. The new Emperor faces problems in the far-flung island at the edge of Empire. Trouble is brewing north of the Wall. The tribes are stirring, a new conflict is brewing, old and new loyalties will be tested. Postumus will...
Engels | 11 uur 1 minuut (528 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Glyn Iliffe The Oracles of Troy
Only the determination of one man can bring victory. The Trojan War has been raging for ten years. Greece’s greatest warriors have fallen. But then a series of oracles appear with utterances from the gods, commands that must be fulfilled if Troy is to be defeated. Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks, knows that only one man has the courage and intelligence to complete the Olympians' tasks: Odysseus, King of Ithaca. From an island haunted by a vengeful madman to a forsaken tomb and its deadly guardian,...
Engels | 12 uur 30 minuten (557 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Glyn Iliffe The Voyage of Odysseus
Odysseus’s greatest challenge is only just beginning. The armies of Troy have been defeated, and the city lies in ruins. His oath fulfilled, Odysseus can at last sail for Ithaca and the long-awaited reunion with his family. But the gods, who were once his allies, have turned against him. Exiled with the warrior Eperitus, he is thrust into a world of seductive demi-gods and man-eating monsters. As they struggle from one supernatural encounter to another, never knowing what the next landfall will...
Engels | 15 uur 30 minuten (673 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Glyn Iliffe The Armour of Achilles
The greatest battle needs the greatest of warriors. The siege of Troy is in its ninth year. But Troy still stands. When Agamemnon is threatened with mutiny by disillusioned troops, he changes tactics. Ordering attacks on Troy’s allies, he deprives the city of reinforcements, trade and supplies. Yet even this does not draw the Trojans out from behind their walls. Meanwhile, Odysseus, Eperitus and their men have become hardened soldiers. Odysseus just wants to return home to his island Kingdom of...
Engels | 15 uur 38 minuten (679 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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