Novedades

Shrouded in scandal and secrets, Arilee Rutledge’s family is as tangled as the thorns surrounding their unwelcoming antebellum mansion. When her brother Davis returns from the Great War, she hopes they will make a new start after a season of devastation. But Davis is haunted by their younger brother’s death and his wife’s committal to the state asylum; while he loses himself in his work, Arilee continues raising his children. Determined to control at least one area of their lives, the siblings hire a former acquaintance to restore their dilapidated home.

By April of 1915, as chaplain Joseph Reavley tends to the soldiers in his care, the nightmare of trench warfare is impartially cutting down England’s youth. On one of his rescue forays into no-man’s-land, Joseph finds the body of an arrogant war correspondent, Eldon Prentice. A nephew of the respected General Owen Cullingford, Prentice was despised for his prying attempts to elicit facts that would turn public opinion against the war. Most troublesome to Joseph, Prentice has been killed not by German fire but, apparently, by one of his own compatriots.

China, June 1918. When the explorer Frank Meyer suddenly disappears from a ferry on the Yangtze River, American Vice-Consul Samuel Sokobin is tasked with finding the missing man. By the time Sokobin receives the case, four days have passed since Meyer was last seen on the vast river. With no clues to guide his search and fearing failure in his new post as a man of rank, Sokobin heads upriver with Mr. Lin, a Chinese interpreter he's never met. The investigation soon turns deeply personal for Sokobin, who can't help but conflate Meyer's fate with that of his own daring younger brother.

Stalin ya no está entre los vivos. En 1954, después de tres décadas preso en campos penitenciarios, Iván Grigórievich regresa a Moscú para comprobar que la vida allí ha seguido sin él. Desde el desangelado reencuentro, cargado de contención y culpa, con su primo Nikolái, un científico que siempre se ha mantenido fiel al Partido, o el paseo por el lugar donde vivía la mujer a la que amaba, Iván toma conciencia de la magnitud de la tragedia: la libertad no sólo ha sido asesinada en la política, sino también en la agricultura, en la filosofía y, sobre todo, en el alma de los rusos.

In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley–aristocratic, intelligent, bored, reckless–is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top-secret documents. Suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that could topple the British government–and will alter the course of political history.

1922. Twenty-year-old Eleanor Mackridge is horrified by the future mapped out for her – to serve the upper classes or find a man to marry (preferably kind). She ‘proved useful’ working in a munitions factory during the war – handling explosives – but now, society is returning to normal and women are being put back in their place.

Loch Ewe, 1940. Flora vive en una remota aldea de montaña que, de un día para otro, se convierte en una base militar de la Royal Navy. La comunidad, antes unida, verá como todo cambia para siempre. También su vida, pues se enamora de ella el hijo del laird, y ella no es más que la hija del guarda de la finca… Décadas después, Lexie Gordon, la hija de Flora, se ve obligada a volver a la casa y a la aldea donde creció.

It is just before the outbreak of World War I, and Britain must enlist the aid of Russia. Czar Nicholas' nephew is to visit London for secret naval talks with Lord Walden, who has lived in Russia and has a Russian wife, Lydia. But there are other people who are interested in the arrival of Prince Alexei: the Waldens' only daughter, Charlotte - wilful, idealistic, and with an awakening social conscience; Basil Thompson, head of the Special Branch; and, above all, Feliks Kschessinky, the ruthless Russian anarchist.

Berlin, 1939. „Ich liebe dich mehr, als du ahnst. Aber du bist nicht sicher mit mir. Wenn wir nicht verheiratet wären, müsstest du nicht so leiden, terrorisiert von dem gelben Stern auf meiner Brust. Ich könnte niemals wieder glücklich sein, wenn dir meinetwegen etwas zustieße.“ Edith Falkenstein führte einst ein Leben wie aus einem Märchenbuch. Als sie sich in Julius verliebte, öffnete er ihr eine Welt voller Glanz und Pracht. Sie schmückte sich mit den feinsten Juwelen und veranstaltete legendäre Feiern in ihrem prächtigen Herrenhaus.

1917: Europa steht an der Schwelle zu einem seismischen Wandel. Im Alpendorf St. Niklaus scheint der Krieg weit weg zu sein. Doch jeder führt einen persönlichen Kampf. Im Schatten der Berge hilft die 14-jährige Seraphine Mama bei der Bewirtschaftung des Bauernhofs, während Papa die Schweizer Grenzen verteidigt. Sie träumt davon, die Welt zu sehen. Nach dem Krieg.

New York, 1915. RMS Lusitania, one of the world’s most luxurious ocean liners, departs for war-torn Europe. Among those on board is Patrick Gallagher, a civil servant in Her Majesty’s government tasked with escorting a British diplomat back to England. When a fellow passenger is believed to have shot himself in his cabin, Gallagher is asked by the captain to investigate the scene but one crucial detail doesn’t fit. The man’s body was discovered in a locked cabin with the key inside and no gun to be found. Was it really suicide? Or murder?

Antonio Renzi è un giovane ufficiale degli alpini. Quando l'Italia entra nella Grande Guerra il 24 maggio 1915 ha poco più di vent'anni, ma nel deserto della Libia ha già conosciuto la violenza e la morte. Ora tutto cambia, e dal caldo e dalle tempeste di sabbia deve passare alle bufere di neve delle Dolomiti. Antonio è nato a Firenze, e oltre alle difficoltà del terreno e del clima, e ai colpi dei fucili e dei cannoni austro-ungarici, deve superare la diffidenza degli alpini nati in Veneto, Piemonte e Lombardia, che si muovono sulla roccia e sulla neve come a casa propria.

I Bruni: Callisto, la Clerice, i loro figli, sette maschi e due femmine, e il loro regno, la cascina nella pianura emiliana, i campi coltivati e la grande stalla, albergo per ogni pellegrino e luogo in cui ci si riunisce nelle lunghe notti d'inverno, quando Cleto, l'aedo, narra le sue storie meravigliose. Questo mondo antico non può sottrarsi al corso della storia: tutti i maschi dei Bruni partiranno per la Prima guerra, e la famiglia dovrà affrontare i lutti, il nuovo regime con la sua violenza, il secondo terribile conflitto mondiale e ancora la guerra civile.

Sven Elversson se ve obligado a abandonar su tierra de adopción, Inglaterra, tras formar parte de una expedición fracasada al Ártico en la que, para sobrevivir, se rumorea que sus miembros llegaron a cometer canibalismo. Con la intención de empezar de nuevo, regresa al hogar paterno en su Suecia natal. Sin embargo, los rumores acaban llegando también a la pequeña parroquia del pastor Edvard Rhånge, quien decide excomulgarlo

Frahona Aknin es una joven judía-sefardita que sumerge sus narices en una librería cada que puede y sueña con viajar por diferentes lugares para conocer a escritores, pintores y grandes pensadores.

Новая порция дневников Нестора Васильевича Загорского — это сборник небольших историй из жизни действительного статского советника, большинство из которых повествует о международном шпионаже перед Первой мировой войной и во время нее. Здесь Загорский проявляется в двух ипостасях — как разведчик, и как детектив. Побег из Каира: Одно из первых дел двадцатилетнего Загорского, где ему предстоит расследовать дерзкое ограбление ювелирного магазина в Каире.

East London, 1916: The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby Archer, this is a dream come true – and her blossoming romance with a local boy is the icing on the cake. But in wartime things change in the blink of an eye. When a heartbreaking tragedy shatters Ruby’s world, suddenly she is at odds with everyone - her family, her friends, and even her sweetheart. And when the hospital is threatened with immediate closure, she’s not sure who to trust.