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"A deeply moving book." —LEILA SLIMANI *** "A work of rare grace and importance."— THE GUARDIAN In January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opéra Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives who were killed in Auschwitz...

The Wicked Wife is an e-short and companion piece to Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen, the captivating fifth novel in the Six Tudor Queens series by bestselling historian Alison Weir. 1525. As Anne Boleyn's star rises at Henry VIII's court, Jane Parker's marriage to Anne's brother, George...

Mary Tudor, the headstrong younger sister of the ruthless King Henry VII, has always been her brother's favorite—but now she is also an important political bargaining chip. When she is promised to the elderly, ailing King Louis of France, a heartbroken Mary accepts her fate, but not before extracting a promise from her brother: When the old king dies, her next marriage shall be solely of her choosing. For Mary has a forbidden passion, and is determined, through her own cunning, courage, and boldness, to forge her own destiny.

Om liv, politik och passion under sextiotalets sista turbulenta år. Det är en tid av politisk hetta i slutet av sextiotalet. Lena och David reser till Paris för att leva på ett nytt sätt, fria och starka i sitt skrivande. Tillsammans ska de erövra världen, som Jean-Paul Sartre och Simone...

”En fruktansvärt rolig roman som samtidigt lyckas vara en förkrossande fin kärleksförklaring till ungdomen.” - Fredrik Backman Kungälv, några år in på 00-talet. Felix, Eddie, Mikko och Andy startar ett band för att bli något. För att komma bort från sig själva. Från allt. För...

Manuel, el joven reportero del Philadelphia Examiner, recibe un encargo de su jefe: se trata de entrevistar a Ernest Hemingway, quien acababa de recibir el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Todos en la editorial saben que el encargo es imposible; es por eso que se lo asignaron al más junior. Manuel no solo logra conseguir la entrevista, sino que, a través de una serie de circunstancias, se llegan a conocer y se hacen amigos.

Un diagnóstico lo cambia todo. Una hija acompaña a su padre en el tramo final de su vida mientras enfrenta el amor, la pérdida y la despedida. Esta memoria íntima explora cómo la vida continúa, e incluso encuentra belleza y sentido, cuando el mundo parece detenerse.

Die Entstehungsgeschichte ihres ungewöhnlichsten Bildes: Als Lucian Freud, Enkel Sigmund Freuds, die Queen bittet, ihr Porträt malen zu dürfen, ist er fast 80 Jahre alt und in einer persönlichen Krise. Queen Elizabeth II. hat nach dem Unfalltod von Lady Di ein massives Imageproblem. Obwohl Freud als unberechenbar gilt, willigt sie ein und sitzt ihm von Mai 2000 bis Dezember 2001 in monatlichen mehrstündigen Sitzungen Modell. Der Roman erzählt, was hinter verschlossenen Türen geschah.

Continuously available in print since 1968, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen, read by Patrick Ryecart. Everyone's favourite octogenarian is back and - together with the Old-But-Not-Dead Club - is more determined than ever to wreak havoc. After a year mourning the death of his beloved friend...

A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. 'A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and heartbreaking...terrific' WASHINGTON POST Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author. A worldwide bestseller since its publication, Irving's classic is...

A murder at her beloved Sandringham House threatens to ruin Christmas for the Queen in the third mystery in the Her Majesty The Queen Investigates series December 2016 - A severed hand is found washed up on a beach next to the Queen's estate at Sandringham. Elizabeth has become quite accustomed...

For everyone who has fallen through the wardrobe door, experienced the magic of Narnia, and longs to know more, New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan delivers a heartfelt story that is simultaneously a fascinating look into the bond between siblings, a peek behind the curtain of...

Elizabeth of York, her life already tainted by dishonour and tragedy, now queen to the first Tudor king, Henry the VII. Joan Vaux, servant of the court, straining against marriage and motherhood and privy to the deepest and darkest secrets of her queen. Like the ravens, Joan must use her eyes and her senses, as conspiracy whispers through the dark corridors of the Tower.

At the time of her death in 1815, twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Hutchins had catalogued over a thousand species of seaweed and plants from her native Bantry Bay. Ireland’s first female botanist, Ellen was a major contributor to nineteenth-century scientific discovery. And yet, like so many brilliant women lost in history, it is her personal story that will resonate today. In her remarkable debut novel, Marianne Lee fuses fact with fiction to imagine Ellen’s rich but tormented inner life, repressed by the gender and class confines of her time.

In this second volume subtitled ‘Young Joseph’, Mann shifts his focus to Joseph’s formative years, moving towards the novel’s ultimate conclusion where he is imprisoned by his brothers and sold into slavery.

Drawing on James Baldwin's own boyhood in a religious community in 1930s Harlem, his first novel tells the story of young Johnny Grimes. Johnny is destined to become a preacher like his father, Gabriel, at the Temple of the Fire Baptized, where the church swells with song and it is as if 'the Holy Ghost were riding on the air'. But he feels only scalding hatred for Gabriel, whose fear and fanaticism lead him to abuse his family. Johnny vows that, for him, things will be different. This blazing tale is full of passion and guilt, of secret sinners and prayers singing on the wind.

The stories of two very different women, linked by the secrets and lies of history, merge together as past and present weave together in this stunning story of love, loss and resilience. 2016. Kitty, fleeing from a devastating revelation in her own life, finds herself at her...

An epic re-creation of the exhilarating and mysterious time when the Sun King ruled Egypt, Ramses, the Son of Light, has become the rage in France. With over two million copies sold, it is the greatest publishing phenomenon to hit the shelves there in 20 years. Rameses is only 14 when his father, the Pharaoh Seti, begins testing his true mettle. Being the younger of two sons, the proud Ramses has a problem with being relegated to second place.

The Princess of Scotland is an e-short and companion piece to Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen, the compelling fifth novel in the Six Tudor Queens series by bestselling author and historian Alison Weir. 'The King would not approve of my falling in love ... My marriage was in his gift' Brought...