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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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James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which is the second in a series of five about life among...
Engels | 17 uur 7 minuten (768 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Elisabeth Mcneill Wild Heritage
Caught between the past and the future, can friendship survive in changing times? Thirteen years have passed since the railway came to the Borders, bringing changes that would radically alter the lives of the people who lived there. Yet the steam train was not the only legacy from the men who built the railway – in their wake they left several fatherless children. One such child is Kitty Scott. Wild through neglect and an outcast within the community, Kitty is a loner... until she rescues newcomer Marie...
Engels | 19 uur 52 minuten (870 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Call of the Wild
Buck is a 140-pound dog, a mix of St. Bernard and sheepdog, and lives in Santa Clara Valley with his owner, Judge Miller. However, Buck’s happy and comfortable life comes to an end when he is kidnapped from Miller’s estate and forced to pull sleds in the Klondike region of Canada. The poor dog does not want to obey his new owner and as a result he is beaten and tortured. After Buck arrives in the cold North, he meets another dog named Curly, that is mercilessly killed by a pack of huskies. Who kidnapped...
Engels | 3 uur 30 minuten (152 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads To Build a Fire
A man travels through the frozen wasteland bordering the Yukon River, accompanied by his best friend – a large husky dog. The dog tries to dissuade the man from walking farther into the frozen land, but the man pushes on. At some point the man decides to stop and build a fire. Unfortunately, snow falls from one of the trees and extinguishes the fire. This is the moment where the problems truly begin. Why is the man travelling through the Canadian frozen lands? Where is he heading to? Will he manage...
Engels | 48 minuten (35 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Jan P. Meijers Javaanse polder
voor onze jongens in de Oost; roman
Terwijl haar verloofde is uitgezonden naar Nederlands-Indië zoekt een jonge vrouw tot hij terugkomt haar eigen weg in een dorp in het naoorlogse Nederland.
Fictie | Familieroman | Historische roman
Nederlands | 400 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | aquaZZ, Arnhem | 2021
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Dimitri Bontenakel De berenrug
De levens van twee schipbreukelingen, die eind 19e eeuw aanspoelen op een eiland in de Atlantische oceaan, raken verweven met die van de eilandbewoners die nog worstelen met de naweeën van de natuurramp.
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 193 pagina's (ePub2, 3,3 MB) | Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2020
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Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette joins him on his travels from London to Paris and is shocked to learn that her father is alive and has been released from eighteen years in a Paris prison. Set in the two metropolises just prior (and during) the French Revolution, Dickens paints a distinct...
Engels | 15 uur 20 minuten (701 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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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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Maurice Leblanc B.J. Harrison Reads The 200,000 Franc Reward
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy. There is a mystery to be solved. A baroness and a great deal of money have disappeared from Paris, and neither her husband nor the police can find any trace of her. Enter the infamous Arsene Lupin, master thief, gentleman burglar and greatest criminal mind of all time. "The 200,000 Franc Reward" is a story about robbery, betrayal, and criminal investigation, great for readers who want to dive into a classic detective series,...
Engels | 44 minuten (32 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Henry James B.J. Harrison Reads The Turn of the Screw
A governess is hired by a bachelor to take care of his nephew and niece. She has barely arrives at the house that she starts seeing ghosts and having other supernatural visions. She decides to share her frightening experience with the maid of the house, Mrs. Grose. The maid, however, is not surprised and tells the governess that the ghosts are those of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. What are the ghosts doing in the house? Were Peter Quint and Miss Jessel murdered? Are they seek revenge? Will the governess...
Engels | 4 uur 36 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Eva García Sáenz de Urturi Aquitanie, land van water
1137. De hertog van Aquitanië – de meest welvarende regio van Frankrijk – wordt dood aangetroffen in Compostella. Het lijkt op een complot en zijn dochter Eleonora zint op wraak. Daarom trouwt zij met de zoon van degene die volgens haar de moordenaar van haar vader is: Lodewijk VI, koning van Frankrijk. Maar de koning sterft tijdens de bruiloft van zijn zoon onder gelijke verdachte omstandigheden. Eleonora en Lodewijk VII zullen samen moeten uitvinden wie hem, als onervaren koning, op de troon wil...
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 336 pagina's (ePub2, 2,7 MB) | A.W. Bruna Uitgevers, Amsterdam | 2021
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Gerrit Barendrecht De Parijse connectie
Terwijl in 1889 een inspecteur van de Amsterdamse politie het raadsel van een lijk te veel in het mortuarium probeert op te lossen, dringt een journaliste zich binnen in een bende die zich met handel in jonge meisjes bezighoudt.
Fictie | Historische roman | Thriller
Nederlands | 295 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | Luitingh Sijthoff, Amsterdam | 2018
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Suzanne Wouda Maria
De echtgenote van jurist en schrijver Hugo de Groot (1583-1645) en haar dienstmeisje zijn verantwoordelijk voor zijn ontsnapping uit slot Loevestein in 1621.
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 265 pagina's (ePub2, 3,2 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2018
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Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Leopard Man's Story
"King" Wallace is a lion-tamer, who has been viciously murdered by a man who hated him. Now everyone wants to know who the murderer is. The "Leopard Man" is a leopard trainer with mysterious scars on his arms. He finds out that the murderer attended every performance of the lion-tamer in hope of seeing the lion tear his trainer apart. Who is the murderer and why did he hate the lion trainer so much? Who does the "Leopard Man" suspect and will he be able to reveal the truth? What will happen to...
Engels | 10 minuten (7,3 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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Nikola Scott De oogstmeisjes
roman
Familiegeheimen en intriges spelen de hoofdrol in deze prachtige roman voor fans van Kate Morton en Lucinda Riley.Londen, 2004. Journaliste Frankie groeide op bij haar oma Violet, tot de omstandigheden hen uit elkaar dreven. Inmiddels heeft ze haar grootmoeder, een beroemdheid in de society-wereld, al jaren niet meer gezien. Tot ze de opdracht krijgt een reportage over Violet te schrijven. Dan komt ze erachter dat bepaalde gebeurtenissen uit het verleden angstvallig door haar oma verborgen worden...
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 458 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | HarperCollins, Amsterdam | 2021
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A. Frank. Pinkerton Won by Crime
"'It is no use!' she cried, at last, pushing back the mass of thick black hair falling over her white brow; 'I shall never be able to get India by heart, unless I can see the places. I wish papa would let us go reconnoitering amongst the ruined temples and other mysterious buildings; it is so annoying staying here day after day, never seeing anything outside the palace.'" In "Won by Crime", the Portuguese Viceroy Don Garcia has brought his daughter Lianor and nephew Pantaleone to the wild island...
Engels | 1 uur 20 minuten (58 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Barbara Taylor Bradford Het geluk van Cavendon Hall
Nu het landgoed in Yorkshire veilig is gesteld, dreigt de Tweede Wereldoorlog en rust er de zware taak op de vrouwen van Cavendon Hall om alle problemen het hoofd te bieden.
Fictie | Familieroman
Nederlands | 456 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | HarperCollins, Amsterdam | 2018
E-book
Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make surviving any easier. But being the sweet and innocent boy he is, Oliver eventually manages to attract the compassion of others, and time will reveal secrets about his past that could radically change his bleak future. Originally published in instalments,...
Engels | 14 uur 56 minuten (682 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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