Novedades

Deeply researched and rich with detail, Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster is a remarkable true story of courage, ingenuity, and resistance. Gerri Willis pulls back the curtain on one of the most fearless heroes of the Civil War, restoring her to her rightful place as an American icon.

What happens when a favorite fairy tale gets dropped into the middle of Europe in World War 2? Take Cinderella in France in the 1930s-1940s: Ella never got along with her stepmother. After her father died, her stepsisters grew even more horrid to her. She's the only one though who cares about the farm at all. When the Nazis invaded, her stepmother and stepsisters are enjoying the occupation, it seems. That only meant more chores for Ella, and she's weary and overworked. Accidents were bound to happen, and she's put in a prison as an arsonist. But it was only an accident . . . wasn't it? ...

What happens when a favorite fairy tale gets dropped in the middle of Europe in World War 2? Take Snow White and her usual friends . . . set them in a Serbian village near Belgrade, the Capitol of Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, 1941: Lumi Valkoinen buried her parents two years ago, one right after the other. Her father was Finnish; her mother a Serbian who grew up in the forest near this town. They met as circus performers, but that was years ago now. Such frivolous days were long over: Europe was now engulfed in another massive war. Lumi has taken over the operation of her parents' apothecary ...

"There was an old woman, who lived in a shoe . . ." ~Mother Goose. Or in this case, in a shoe shop. So what happens when a favorite nursery rhyme gets dropped into Europe during World War 2? The Netherlands, May 1940: German bombs devastated her neighborhood on the outskirts of Rotterdam. Many people had already left, but Letty Seghur left her leaving too late. After a near escape and further difficulty, she finds shelter on the high street in an old stone tower that used to be a medieval fortress near the river—strangely, both the tower and shop within remained mostly intact after the ...

Once Upon A Time of War . . . What happens when a favorite fairy tale gets dropped into the middle of Europe in World War 2? Take Hansel and Gretel, for example, England, 1941: She was born and raised in the UK, but with a name like Gretel Braun, when Germany started bombing their country, it was no surprise that she lost her teaching position at a posh school for girls. Gretel moved to London to live with her brother, but he neglected to tell her that he was in prison for stealing Lady So-and-So's pearls. Her brother claimed he was framed, but she has her own problems now. Gretel was ...

What happens when favorite nursery rhymes are dropped into World War 2? When Mary had a little lamb and Old MacDonald had a farm, for example. Scotland, 1940 and the years after: When Mary Begbie married James MacDonald she thought it was happily ever after. But he went to war, and now she’s a widow, living with her father-in-law. When her father dies, his adjacent lands are annexed to the MacDonald farm as well. Now they have been called upon to increase their yield to help the war effort, but it’s difficult; they need help. After D-Day, laborers are brought in from the nearby POW camp...

Based on the legends and descendants of Mary Magdalene. In late summer, Anno Domini 1243, southern France: A gifted healer tends the great herbal gardens of her village in the foothills above the river valley. Renata is the botanist here, just as her grandmother had been before, and hers, as far back as remembering. Legend claims the orchard and herbs were first planted here by the earliest Christians fleeing Roman persecution in the Holy Land, perhaps even tended by the hands of Mary Magdalene herself. For generations too, her family has also trained children of the village in the use of ...

France & Gibraltar, 1795: An adventurous saga of a sea bound healer caught between a British naval blockade and the bloody battles of the counter-Revolution in France. But there's something odd happening to her now, and it started with a rap upon her head, compliments of a French prison. She's remembering things from a past she had forgotten long ago, a trauma when she was only six years old. American Kate Senlis grew up on her father's trading ships, traveling around the world. Her mother died when she was just a little girl, but Kate learned how to heal with herbs using her mother's ...

Gibraltar & Corsica, 1795: American Kate Senlis grew up on her father's trading ships, traveling around the world. Her mother died when she was just a little girl, but Kate learned how to heal with herbs using her mother's journals. Now with her father also gone, Kate is just trying to get home again. Deception comes too easily, and so when it's a matter of survival, Kate has to become a ghost. A Contrary Wind: "True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher." ~Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Autumn, southern France, 1243: Days ago, the botanist and her students fled from Crusaders attacking their village, but now they must seek shelter from the punishing wind. Searching on her own, Renata hears voices and more visions come—no, those are real, but they aren’t really witches, are they? Why do strangers here seem so familiar? Their party seem safe enough in this shelter . . . for now. But what of their families, and any other survivors from their village? And what of the quest of Sir Simon, their lone protector? Will he save them, or give them into the hands of the Inquisitor ...

Also published as: Secrets in the Shoe Shop. The Netherlands, May 1940: German bombs devastated her neighborhood on the outskirts of Rotterdam. Many people had already left, but Letty Seghur left her leaving too late. After a near escape and further difficulty, she finds shelter on the high street in an old stone tower that used to be a medieval fortress near the river—strangely, both the tower and shop within remained mostly intact after the German Blitzkrieg. But the business has been abandoned, it seems, as the owner was Jewish. Letty hoped he escaped, as there were all sorts of ...

What happens when a favorite nursery rhyme gets dropped in the middle of Europe in World War 2? Take Little Miss Muffet, for instance . . . London, England, 1939-1941: Jane Muffet grew up getting teased about that cursed rhyme. Her family moved a lot, so each spot was another round. Now she has a bad attitude and prefers to be alone most of the time. She tried a few shop positions, but none suited her. Jane moved to London and luckily found a job mending furniture—odds and ends damaged by all the bombs of the Blitz. Now she doesn’t have to interact with others all that much, and ...

A Princess Chosen, A Heart Betrayed – The Untold Story Behind the Royal Curtain She was young, beautiful, and innocent—selected by one of the most powerful institutions in the world to serve a role, not to live a life. Thrown to the Side pulls back the velvet curtain on the dramatic true story of Princess Diana, her arranged royal marriage, her quiet rebellion, and the love that ultimately led to her tragic end. This powerful narrative explores the tangled web between Princess Diana, Prince Charles, and Camilla Parker Bowles—from the earliest signs of a royal arrangement to the ...

Decades after the end of World War II, the name Ravensbrück still evokes horror for those with knowledge of this infamous all-women’s concentration camp, better known since it became the setting of Martha Hall Kelly’s bestselling novel, Lilac Girls. Particularly shocking were the medical experiments performed on some of the inmates. Ravensbrück was atypical in other ways as well, not just as the only all-female German concentration camp, but because 80 percent of its inmates were political prisoners, among them a tight-knit group of women who had been active in the French Resistance.

Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine are two of the most recognisable figures of the Middle Ages, and almost certainly the best-known couple. The lives of their sons have been examined in detail many times, but their daughters are barely known despite the influence they exerted on the world around them. Joanna, the youngest daughter, led an extraordinary life full of travel, adventure, danger, and controversy. Her story is told here in full for the first time.

Algumas mulheres conheceram o céu, outras o inferno; umas foram enaltecidas, santificadas, outras demonizadas; mas todas tocaram as profundezas do próprio ser, chegaram ao limite de sua condição e de seu tempo e se eternizaram na história. Ao tomar contato com a história e os dilemas vividos por figuras como Afrodite, Cinderela, Simone de Beauvoir e Virginia Woolf, a autora nos guia em uma viagem de resgate da essência perdida ao ressignificar o papel feminino no mundo.

The Last Days of the Russian Imperial family after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the desperate hope that some of the family actually survived their captivity and that terrible night. . . some of this is true. Based on excerpts of journals and letters of the Imperial Romanov family and their friends, before and during the Soviet Revolution, plus other contemporaneous accounts of the Imperial internment, and rumors of Romanov survivors. 1917: Europe was enraged in World War when revolution began within Russia. By March of 1917, Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate after 300 years of ...

What happens when a fairy tale gets dropped into the middle of World War 2? Take Rapunzel, now intertwined with the Welsh folklore of the Gwyllion—ethereal forms (spirits, ghosts) that wander by night . . . Autumn of 1940: The War Office requisitioned this remote manor in the countryside of northern Wales. The ancient place was once a convent that miraculously escaped the ravages of Henry VIII. With towers and a courtyard and overgrown herbal gardens, now the manor has only one occupant. It's converted into a military convalescent home. Men who have been horrendously damaged by the war ...

What do missing members of the Romanov family—supposedly executed in 1918—have to do with Imperial Russian treasures looted by the Nazis in 1943? Rostock, Germany, 1943: For months, the Nazis have been secretly shipping treasures looted from all over Europe to black market auctions outside the Third Reich. Now someone has been stealing from the Germans—but only items looted from the Romanov palace at Livadia, on the Black Sea. Lena Schiller must find the culprits before the Gestapo finds easier prey to blame—someone like her. Her Russian mother escaped the Russian Revolution when ...

An eclectic collection of short stories about women of all sorts in the American West. None famous, they could be anyone really. The only thing they have in common is they survive with some gumption. Stories include: Among the English - “Come ye out from among them and be ye separate.” An Amish woman goes West. Pony Impressed - The Peter Principle in the Wild West, though things are not what they seem. The Journal of Mary Yates - Mail order bride after the Civil War ends up with husband from the other side. Betts, Missy, Betts - What a woman will do for her country, but when that ...