Political Historical Fiction

Una narrazione disincantata e ironica denuncia il vuoto di valori che seguì la disfatta napoleonica. La cittadella descritta da Stendhal è in realtà molto diversa dalla vera cittadella di Parma e, invece, molto simile a Castel Sant'Angelo, dalla cui cella fuggì (calandosi con delle corde), nel Cinquecento, Alessandro Farnese, rinchiuso per aver rapito e sedotto una nobildonna romana. In seguito diviene cardinale e, poi, papa.

His last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure provoked such widespread and bitter attacks that Hardy claimed it caused him to stop writing novels. The primary causes of the uproar involved Hardy’s frank treatment of sexual themes and his unconventional portrayal of the pillars of Victorian society: the British university system, marriage, and religion. Today, many consider this to be Hardy’s finest work.

Questo romanzo dell'autore della più celebre serie di romanzi di Sherlock Holmes fu pubblicato nel 1896, mentre l'autore era ancora impegnato a scrivere le serie di Holmes. Il titolo italiano (quello orgiale è”Rodney Stone”, dal nome del protagonista) allude a un mistero “gotico”, ma è in realtà un po' fuorviante perchè la storia del fantasma di Cliffe Royal, castello situato tra Brighton e Londra, non è altro che una cornice per trasportare il lettore in un momento storico accuratamente descritto, in cui la flotta inglese, comandata da Nelson, si trovava a combattere il grande nemico Bonaparte.

Il capolavoro della letteratura italiana e la base dell' italiano corretto. L’ascolto ribalterà le cattive impressioni dovute al forzato apprendimento scolastico. Si apprezzerà un romanzo fresco, ironico, di grande spessore spirituale.Di grande attualità; una storia d’amoreAdatto a: tutti, iIn particolare a chi a scuola l’ha detestato e si è sempre chiesto se era un capolavoro oppure no; ai cultori del romanzo storico; a chi ha fede e a chi non ne ha, per un confronto con un’opera dalle infinite sfaccettature.

Washington, D.C., 1861: As the United States teeters on the brink of civil war, Colonel Charles P. Rook organizes security in the nation’s capital and monitors the death threats pouring into the White House. He surrounds Abraham Lincoln with bodyguards, covers rooftops with sharpshooters, and investigates rumors of conspiracy fomented by secessionists. Yet amid the chaos and confusion, a mysterious killer slips into the teeming city.

Rosa Silbermann wird 1952 mit einem geheimen Auftrag in das Nobelhotel Bühlerhöhe geschickt. Die in den 1930ern aus Köln nach Palästina emigrierte Jüdin arbeitet für den israelischen Geheimdienst. Ihre Gegenspielerin ist die misstrauische Hausdame Sophie Reisacher. Sie musste 1945 das Elsass verlassen und sucht nun in der Bühlerhöhe ihre Chance zum gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg. Beide haben erlebt, was es heißt, wenn ein Land einen Neuanfang wagen will.

A young Yale academic is summoned to Ireland to claim the contents of her grandfather's safe-deposit box, in which she finds only one thing: a nonfiction manuscript by James Bond author Ian Fleming. The manuscript, detailing Fleming's own involvement in British espionage during World War II, contains evidence that the Duke of Windsor was in a treasonous plot with Hitler, information so confidential that people are willing to kill to continue its secrecy.

Mary Ryder is a housewife, her once fiery nature ground down by a life of cleaning and cooking for her drunken husband, Nigel. A chance meeting with idealistic mineworker Lewis Evans makes her realize what love can be. Mary made a commitment to Nigel: for better, for worse. When the National Union of Mineworkers calls a strike, Mary doesn't realize it will change her and the town forever.

Tea anyone? After decades of erosion of the U.S. Constitution, the United States is faced with a major constitutional crisis not seen since the Civil War. A president and his administration filled with scandals and plagued by economic woes surprisingly wins re-election to a second term largely based on an "October Surprise" and the promise of redistribution of the nation's wealth. The night he is re-elected, an assassination attempt throws America into chaos, resulting in riots, food shortages and violence across the country.

Washington, D.C., June 1863. It is the week before Gettysburg, and the nation's fate hangs in the balance. Major Russell Johns is being played by puppet-master Gerard Chantier, who hosts the city's most lavish entertainments, attended by members of Lincoln's cabinet and Washington's elite. Little do they know Gerard is coordinating an attack with Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry to take over the city, kidnap Lincoln and bring victory to the South.

Egypt, 1914. It is the beginning of the war and Gareth Owen, Mamur Zapt and Head of Cairo’s Secret Police, is given the unhappy task of rounding up enemy aliens. But, in a land where adoption of foreign nationality is a popular means of avoiding trial by an Egyptian court, determining who counts as German proves contentious. And then there’s the face in the cemetery.

For three decades, until the day he collapsed in the Brazilian surf in 1979, Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death who performed horrific experiments on the prisoners of Auschwitz, floated through South America in linen suits, keeping two steps ahead of Mossad agents, international police, and the world's journalists.

John F. Kennedy said he needed sex every three days or he got a headache. In the White House, he never had a headache. Kennedy met Mary Pinchot in 1935, when he was eighteen and she was sixteen. Twenty years later, when she was living in Virginia and married to Cord Meyer, a high-ranking CIA official, she was Jack and Jackie Kennedy’s next-door neighbor. In 1962, she was an artist, divorced, living in Washington—and Kennedy’s first serious romance. Mary Pinchot Meyer was more than a bedmate. She was Kennedy’s beacon light: his sole female adviser.

Slaughtering Girl is the story of a woman who knows how to use a cleaver. It’s a tale of passion, politics, love, and revolution set during a tumultuous period of Chinese history.

Barcelona, primavera de 1941. Martín Marín és un jove falangista extremeny que arriba a la ciutat per incorporar-se al cos de policia. Va ple d’ideals i de projectes, i està decidit a participar activament en la construcció de la Nova Espanya. Però allò que troba Marín és una ciutat en runes, miserable i amb les ferides de la guerra encara obertes. Esgarrifat, es topa amb l’estraperlo i la prostitució, que omplen els carrers, i alhora intueix que els vencedors no posen prou energia en el redreçament de la moral.

Jamaica, 1980. A general election is in the offing. The left-of-centre People's National Party stands a chance of winning a third term of radical social reform. Ties with Russia and Cuba will likely be strengthened. The IMF will be shown the door. The powers that be in London or Washington are not prepared to countenance any of that. Not at all. Unfortunately, the only person available to address the situation is someone the Brits would rather not acknowledge. At just 25, Ruby Parker and MI6 have a fractious shared history.

In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself. Her family in Oslo, however, is deported to Auschwitz. In Stockholm, Ester meets the resistance hero Gerhard Falkum, who has left his little daughter and fled both the Germans and allegations that he murdered his wife, Åse, who helped Ester get to Sweden. Their burgeoning relationship ends abruptly when Falkum dies in a fire. And yet, 25 years later, Falkum shows up in Oslo. He wants to reconnect with his daughter.

In a tropical country where shadowy political affairs lurk behind the scenes of its glamorous film industry, three people maneuver inside a high-stakes game of statecraft and espionage: Lillian, a reluctant diplomat serving a fascist nation; Aristide, an expatriate film director running from lost love and a criminal past; and Cordelia, a former cabaret stripper turned legendary revolutionary. Each one harbors dangerous knowledge that can upturn a nation. When their fates collide, machinations are put into play, unexpected alliances are built, and long-held secrets are exposed.

Amor y desamor, exilios y desencuentros, erotismo y búsqueda de la identidad marcan el relato. El mejor testimonio para ejercitar la memoria colectiva con una historia terrible y lúcida, de acertados toques psicológicos. Ezequiel Szafir ahonda en la historia reciente de Argentina y hace de la literatura el mejor testimonio de la memoria colectiva. Una novela que plantea también un debate ético: ¿deben los hijos pagar las culpas de sus padres?, ¿existen barreras insalvables para el amor cuando el límite excede las posibilidades aceptables?

From author James Cloud comes the classic and powerful epic adventure that captures the gorgeous intensity of life in Germany during the early 20th century. It is the extraordinary saga of people who lived there during exciting and dangerous times. It is a tale of love and danger, of unthinkable loss - a stunning and vivid portrayal of people divided by class, faith, and prejudice - an expert sensational story that unveils the face of a majestic city.