This is a story of an ambitious and beautiful woman who is looking for a millionaire and a ruthless tycoon who is looking for a mistress. It stretches from the quiet Norfolk countryside across the ocean to the New York of the roaring...
Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired by her enemies. Dubbed the "pirate queen" by the Vatican and Spain's Philip II, she employed a network of daring merchants, brazen adventurers,...
En el fondo de un pequeño lago volcánico, muy cerca de Roma, descansan desde hace veinte siglos dos barcos misteriosos, los más grandes de la Antigüedad. ¿Cómo llegaron estas naves egipcias a un lago romano? Una inscripción en el interior de...
"A page turner. . .Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive. . .in her skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality." - Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post
A rich and...
Nieszczęśliwa, wzgardzona przez niewiernego męża królowa Anglii Izabela przybywa na francuski dwór szukać pomocy u swego brata, Karola IV Pięknego. Znajdzie miłość, której nie będzie potrafiła się oprzeć. Płomienna namiętność do...
In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire...