Showing results for "Else" in Historical Fiction

The city of Vukovar, situated on Croatia's easternmost periphery, across the Danube River from Serbia, was the site of some of the worst violence in the wars that rocked ex-Yugoslavia in the early '90s. It is referred to only as "the city" throughout this taut political thriller from one of Europe's most celebrated young writers.

Heather Harris is a piano teacher and professional musician, whose quiet life revolves around music, whose memories centre on a single song that haunts her. A song she longs to perform again. A song she wrote as a child, to drown out the violence in their home. A song she played with her little sister, Harriet. But Harriet is gone...she disappeared when their parents died, and Heather never saw her again. When Heather is offered an opportunity to play piano on a cruise ship, she leaps at the chance.

A.J. Gejlagers historiske roman fortæller om den unge bonde Esben, der under stavnsbåndets sidste dage i slutningen af 1700-tallet kæmper en brav kamp mod herremandens tyranni og de forfærdelige lidelser, han må undergå i sin tid i militsen. Esbens største ønske er at være fri til at ægte sin elskede Else, som verden synes fast besluttet på at skille ham fra.