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The Last September is set in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence in the early 1920s, a time of political turmoil and social change. The story focuses on the Fall of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, symbolized through the life of 18-year-old Lois Farquar, who is living with her aunt and uncle at their country estate, Danielstown. Through Bowen’s rich, atmospheric prose, The Last September portrays the personal and cultural upheaval of the period, highlighting the impact of historical change on individual lives.

Frankrig 1937. 14-årige Irene Sauvelles flytter med sin familie til en lille kystby i Normandiet, hvor de slår sig ned på en kæmpe ejendom, der er ejet af den mystiske legetøjsfabrikant og opfinder, Lazarus Jann. Irene bliver straks betaget af stedets skønhed og de mange lokale anekdoter og ikke mindst den unge mand Ismael. Mordet på en ung pige ødelægger idyllen, og får Irene til at undre sig. Hvad gemmer der sig bag de mystiske fortællinger, der verserer blandt byens beboere?

From 1942-1960: Emily lives the first 18 years of her life on her grandfather’s farm with a burden of misfortune and hardship. When the school board forces Grandfather’s hand, Emily is allowed to attend school. She experiences her first real friendship, the thrill and pain of an innocent young love, and a secret she bears alone. Just days after her 18th birthday, her bag is packed, and she’s ready to start a new life. When someone tries to stop her - and ends up dead - Emily escapes the horror and hops a train out west.

When unemployed San Francisco reporter Chuck Townsend and his college dropout son, Justin, take a cruise to Mexico in 2016, each hopes to rebuild a relationship after years of estrangement. But they find more than common ground aboard the ship. They meet a mysterious lecturer who touts the possibilities of time travel. Within days, Chuck and Justin find themselves in 1900, riding a train to Texas, intent on preventing a distant uncle from being hanged for a crime he did not commit.

In 1877, the Russo-Turkish War is reaching its climax. A Russian victory will pose a threat for Britain's strategic interests. To protect those interests, an ambitious British naval officer, Nicholas Dawlish, is assigned to the Ottoman Navy to ravage Russian supply lines in the Black Sea. In the depths of a savage winter, as Turkish forces face defeat on all fronts, Dawlish confronts enemy ironclads, Cossack lances, and merciless Kurdish irregulars and finds himself a pawn in the rivalry of the Sultan's half brothers for control of the collapsing empire.

Newly widowed at the start of the new millennium, novelist Olivia Hammond is at loose ends - until an unexpected discovery resurfaces a long-ago secret and makes her question the story she thought she knew about her past. As she embarks on a book tour for her new novel, Livvie reconnects with Robert Yardley, a legendary photographer and her first love. During a road trip to Robert's Southern childhood home, the two dissect their splintered relationship and the life they might have had.

After a string of victories in Virginia, Robert E. Lee marches his Army of Northern Virginia northward across the Potomac River in search of one final battlefield triumph as the best way to bring about Southern independence. Little goes right for Lee when the garrison at Harpers Ferry refuses to evacuate and a lost order reveals his plans to George McClellan and his resurgent Army of the Potomac. T

Zwölf historische Miniaturen über bemerkenswerte Geschehnisse und Augenblicke aus der Geschichte der Menschheit. Im ersten Teil Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit geht es um die Entdeckung des pazifischen Ozeans 1513 durch den Abenteurer und Desperado Nunez de Balboa, der dem Galgen der spanischen Krone zu entkommen sucht, indem er das Goldland der Inkas in Peru und den Zugang zum pazifischen Meer sucht. Er wird als dessen erster europäischer Entdecker unsterblich für die westliche Welt. Stefan Zweig erzählt die Absurditäten und Widrigkeiten dieser Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit.