Antonia - Libros y biografía

An atmospheric and gripping mystery set in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland from Lady Antonia Fraser's Jemima Shore series.'I warned you, Jemima Shore, things up here are seldom all they seem . . .'The...

'We don't want to hurt her. We must remember that. All of us. She is after all innocent ... Well, isn't she?'As preparations for the royal wedding advance, a secret organisation is formulating plans that...

'The screams came again: by now they sounded quite blood-curdling to the girl alone in the small room - or was it that they were getting nearer?'From murders and ghostly visitors to devious plots and...

An atmospheric and gripping mystery from Lady Antonia Fraser's Jemima Shore series.How well do we ever know our friends? When Jemima Shore offers to flat-sit for her friend Chloe, the last thing she is...

Unveil the art and craft of purposeful team workshops and away days. Team Spirit: The Power of Purposeful Gatherings is a book that will transform how you think about and conduct team gatherings. This...

Il resto della famiglia (tranne la nonnina...) distante, impotente, una zia e un nipote (la vittima) lottano contro i lacci impietosi della droga. Sostenuti dal solo aiuto istituzionale, a volte manchevole,...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Achim is eleven years old when he moves from the orphanage to the house by the sea. Here everything is strange and new. But one day he discovers an unusual door that leads to a circular room with walls...

Become the master of your own energy with this essential guide packed with tips, techniques, insights and advice to help raise your vibration, transform your life and thrive!Drawing on ancient wisdom,...

[Senior's] vivid characters [capture] this chaotic era with a lively sense of how it must have felt to those living through it - The TimesA court without a kingdom, a kingdom without a king... England,...

'One of the must-reads of the year.' Manda Scott I am Somerled. The summer warrior. What am I, if not a warrior? In twelfth-century Scotland, far removed from the courtly manners of the Lowland, the...

Love, betrayal and a family divided amid the turmoil of the English Civil War. London, 1640. Fifteen-year-old Henrietta Challoner dreams of adventure, of a life lived at the gallop, of the opportunities...

En 1893, Maupassant mourut de syphilis ; en 1993, il est impossible d'ignorer qu'il est mort psychotique. Ses contemporains lisaient - dans son œuvre - des histoires de transgressions sociales, morales,...

Un thriller historique et captivant dans les bas-fonds de Londres. Printemps 1728. On traîne un homme jeune, bien habillé, dans les rues de Londres, jusqu'à la potence de Tyburn. À son passage, la...

The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron overshadowed her own creativity and desire to break free from society's constraints.From the outset, Caroline...

Award-winning historian Antonia Fraser brilliantly portrays a courageous and compassionate woman who refused to be curbed by the personal and political constraints of her time.Caroline Norton dazzled...

Lume branco escolma os poemas dos últimos anos de vida de Antonia Pozzi, escritos entre os anos 1935 e 1938. Unha poesía que dá conta da súa intelixencia, a súa sensibilidade e a súa bagaxe intelectual....

À la veille de ses soixante ans, Richard sent la déprime le gagner. Sa femme Evelyn l'a quitté douze mois plus tôt, Manhattan l'ennuie, son travail aussi. Il décide de tout abandonner pour couler des...

'Je la regardais en pensant au moment où elle ne serait plus là, et lorsqu’elle était tout près de moi, j’étais incapable de me réjouir, anticipant déjà son prochain départ. Elle me brisait le cœur quand...

In the spirit of The Glass Castle and The Burning Light of Two Stars, Antonia Deignan delivers what New York Times best-selling author Julie Cantrell calls a “a heart-shattering memoir of painful truth...

Following a youth of poverty and bitter exile after his father's execution, the ousted king first challenged, then made his magnificent escape from, Cromwell's troops before he was eventually restored...

Antonia Fraser's bestselling biography of Henry VIII's six wives; a subject of enduring fascination.The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine...

'Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it's all here ... Fascinating' GUARDIAN'Beautifully paced, impeccably written ... Don't miss it' INDEPENDENT'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate'...

Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses,...

" Bienvenue à Marshalsea, môssieur... " Londres, 1727 : le jeune Tom Hawkins, qui a refusé de devenir révérend comme son père, ne vit que pour le jeu, la bière, les femmes. Criblé de dettes, il est...

Alle volte si brancola nel buio alla ricerca di un interruttore, altre si annega in punti di non ritorno. Può capitare a chiunque. Sono quei momenti in cui si ha la netta sensazione di non avere più un...

3. Auflage Sowohl das Tätowieren als auch das Lasern ist nicht nur ein Eingriff in deinen Körper, sondern auch in deine Persönlichkeit und dem daran gekoppelten Gefühl, dir selbst gegenüber. Tätowieren...

O Sapo Grande convida a Rã, o Ouriço, o Lagarto, o Rato e a Pega para uma jantarada de caracóis na sua horta. A Cobra, predadora destes animais, prepara-se para devorar um a um e, por fim, os apetitosos...

 Attraverso la trascrizione e l’analisi del testo antico della Relazione delle nozze tra la principessa-poetessa Aurora Sanseverino e il duca Niccolò Gaetani d’Aragona, celebrate a Saponara, oggi Grumento...

Aquest llibre va de vells. Sense embuts i al natural: ni jaies, ni avis, ni ancians, sinó homes i dones en aquesta etapa de la vida en què tot es gira com un mitjó. La imparable tercera edat, no pas com...