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Mich Vraa | Jesper Bugge Kold The Nurse from the Big White Ship
From the war-torn streets of Odense to the devastated warzone of South Korea, destiny calls... Nurse Molly Dahl wants to escape the trauma of wartime Denmark by joining the hospital ship, Jutlandia, set for the battlefields of Korea. Yun, an eleven-year-old North Korean girl, flees her village which was destroyed by Napalm, seeking sanctuary from the havoc. Both Molly and Yun abandon their pasts, hopeful for a brighter future in South Korea. However, their journey becomes more treacherous than...
Engels | 11 uur 4 minuten (497 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Jane Davis I Stopped Time
What if the villain of your childhood turned out to be someone really rather extraordinary? A disgraced politician, Sir James Hastings is living out his retirement in a secluded Surrey village. He is unmoved by his centenarian mother's death - a woman he emotionally buried upon her abandonment. Raised by his father, a charismatic war-hero turned racing driver, the young James, torn between self-blame and longing, eventually dismissed her. But when he inherits her life's work - an incredible photography...
Engels | 10 uur 31 minuten (469 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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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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C E Rose The Shadows of Rutherford
'Layers of secrets are gradually peeled back in this brilliantly absorbing tale.' Marion Todd, author of Old Bones Lie Darkness lies at the heart of this family... In 1959 Milly starts her new life as a housemaid at Rutherford House, working for the aristocratic Rutherford-Percy clan. Entranced by her new mistress, Vivienne, she becomes deeply embroiled in the household and the keeper of dark secrets the family conceals beneath the mansion’s grand exterior. In the present day, Christie is working...
Engels | 9 uur 31 minuten (438 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Nicholas Carter Turncoat's Drum
The country is in turmoil in this thrilling historical adventure of the English Civil War. It is 1643, and the struggle between Parliament and the King erupts in the West Country, tearing families apart and setting village against village. But for some, this fight is not only about crown and country: it is far more personal than that. Royalist soldier Hugo Telling wishes Parliamentarian William Sparrow dead. This rivalry will take them across battlefields the breadth of England, and all for the...
Engels | 11 uur 25 minuten (504 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Carlo Gébler I, Antigone
"I, Antigone, have closed my eyes. My voice is deep and quiet, dark and slow, like a river moving over rocks, never stopping, never ceasing, endless. He was wholly at fault, and he was entirely innocent. This is true of us all if we only knew it. His fate is everyone’s. I, Antigone, have opened my eyes." The mythical Greek king, Oedipus, is no stranger to tragedy. As a baby, he is left to die on the mountainside of Thebes by his royal parents after the Oracle of Delphi prophesies that he will...
Engels | 9 uur 3 minuten (401 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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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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Damion Hunter The Legions of the Mist
An awe-inspiring account of the final days of Rome’s forgotten legion. The Ninth Hispana was once the pride of the Roman Army, wreathed in honour for numerous successful campaigns. But by the time it was joined by Centurion Justinius Corvus, it had clearly fallen on hard times. Smarting from the sting of his recent demotion, and a transfer to Britain, a land he despises, Justinius nevertheless works hard to bring to his men some of the same pride he feels as a Roman soldier. As their bond grows...
Engels | 12 uur 57 minuten (570 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Tanya Commandeur De man die alles achterliet
Als de 21-jarige David Buijser vijftig brieven van zijn vader Johannes vindt, de man die tien jaar daarvoor huis en haard achterliet en naar Amerika vertrok, besluit hij zijn vader in New York te gaan opzoeken.
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 201 pagina's (ePub2, 5,1 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2015
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Elizabeth Byler Younts De verborgen kinderen
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Elizabeth Byler Younts schetst in 'De verborgen kinderen' een aangrijpend beeld van de psychiatrie in Pennsylvania, 1937. De veertienjarige Brighton kent alleen het leven binnen de grauwe muren van gesticht Riverside. Hier wordt ze opgevoed en onderwezen door verpleegster Joann. Brighton weet niet dat Joann geheimen bewaart die een sleutel vormen tot haar verborgen verleden. Een verleden dat Brighton vasthoudt in het sombere Riverside. Brightons enige vriend en lotgenoot is de albinojongen Angel....
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | ePub2, 6 MB | KokBoekencentrum Fictie, Utrecht | 2020
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Heidi Chiavaroli Het huis tussen de appelbomen
‘Het huis tussen de appelbomen’ van Heidi Chiavaroli is een indrukwekkende historische roman voor liefhebbers van Louisa May Alcott. Een jonge vrouw vindt een gedichtenbundel en brieven van een vriendin van de beroemde schrijfster. Terwijl ze probeert meer te weten te komen over deze Johanna, vindt ze niet alleen een fascinerend levensverhaal, maar ook vergeving voor het verraad van haar zus dat haar al jaren achtervolgt. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie | Historische roman | Protestants milieu
Nederlands | ePub2, 5,9 MB | KokBoekencentrum Uitgevers, Utrecht | 2021
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Jeanine Erades Duivelsblauw
In de tweede helft van de 16e eeuw vlucht een koopmansdochter uit Toulouse voor een begerige huwelijkskandidaat naar een klooster, waar ze de plant wede, een bekende grondstof voor de kleurstof indigo, leert telen.
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 467 pagina's (ePub, 0,8 MB) | Mozaiek, Zoetermeer | 2012
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