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James Lewis Black Sam
The War of Spanish Succession is over, many sailors are out of work, and the thriving American colonies are quickly becoming the place of opportunity. For Sam Bellamy it is the opportunity to become the captain of his own ship. When he falls in love with a rebellious New England debutante, he finds out very quickly that he needs more than a dream to win over her socialite parents. After a failed treasure salvaging expedition, Sam makes one last desperate attempt to change his economic standing and...
Engels | 10 uur 53 minuten (489 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Jack London B.J. Harrison Reads The Scarlet Plague
Sixty years ago, a plague wiped out mankind and only a handful of people managed to survive. The survivors established their own civilization and rules in the wild and destructed world. Now, sixty years later, an old man named James Howard Smith walks together with a young boy through the desert. The two travelers walk along an old and long forgotten railway track with an important mission, a mission that can change the life of all the survivors. What was this plague and where did it come from? How...
Engels | 2 uur 19 minuten (101 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Arthur Japin Mrs. Degas
roman
Parijs, 1912. Edgar Degas, de schilder, is blind geworden. Wanneer hij zijn huis uit moet, duikt een jonge vrouw op om zijn archieven te helpen ordenen. Zij is echter niet wie zij beweert te zijn en in het geheim brengt zij verslag uit over haar bezoekjes, waarbij zij welbewust Degas’ herinnering wekt aan de enige – en onmogelijke – liefde van zijn leven: zijn blind geworden Amerikaanse nichtje Estelle, een Creoolse uit New Orleans, die hij daar schilderde terwijl zij bloemen aan het schikken was....
Fictie | Historische roman | Psychologische roman
Nederlands | 217 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam | 2020
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