検索キーワード： 第一次世界大戦

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.

Начало двадцатого века, Первая мировая война. Над Россией сгущаются тучи. Слишком большая территория, слишком много ресурсов, слишком слаба власть, чтобы удержать разрываемую в клочья державу. И трое наших современников с крайне непростой судьбой, вброшенных в этот кипящий котёл. Можно ли всё изменить и не залить страну кровью, можно ли примирить кровных врагов: большевиков и царскую семью? Можно ли вообще что-то сделать? Несколько человек сделают это и ещё много невозможных вещей, потому, что они не отступают и не сдаются. Потому что они русские, к тому же полные отморозки.

Berlín, 1922. Hulda Gold es una comadrona intrépida, tenaz y muy apreciada en el barrio donde reside. La Primera Guerra Mundial ha dejado a su paso profundas heridas y, aunque la joven República se caracteriza por una atmósfera de renovación, también está marcada por una gran pobreza. Caracterizada por su talante comprometido, Hulda es propensa a meterse en problemas. Cuando una de sus pacientes se muestra muy afectada por la muerte accidental de una vecina, la joven no puede evitar inmiscuirse. ¿Por qué el distante comisario de la Policía Criminal se interesa por este caso?

Wien, Oktober 1936: Ein Brief bringt das Leben des Sektionschefs Leonidas ins Wanken. Ein geerbter Frack und die Hochzeit mit der reichen Unternehmertochter Amelie Paradini hatte Leonidas einst zu einer angesehenen Größe im Ministerium für Kultus und Unterricht verholfen. Doch plötzlich zieht ihm eine Bittschrift der einstigen Geliebten Vera Wormser privat und beruflich buchstäblich den Boden unter den Füßen weg.

It’s 1920 and Britain is attempting to move on after World War I. Clementine, who was a nurse on the frontlines and suffered her own losses, is trying to settle back into her comfortable middle-class life as a doctor’s wife. But when she meets Vincent, a man so battered he must wear a mask to hide his scars, a perilous and magnetic attraction develops between them. As their passion erupts and takes a darker turn, it threatens to spell disaster.

The tidal wave of war crashed upon them, fracturing France like a faultline. This second instalment in the warpath saga lights the spark to ignite an inferno, engulfing Captain Jack Churchill and his Merry Men of the Second Manchester Regiment. Following the events of the L’Épinette ambush, Operation Dynamo becomes initiated to full effect. This is the complete evacuation of the entire British Expeditionary Force out of Dunkirk.

In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley—aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless—is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as “The Coterie.” She’s also engaged in a clandestine 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.

In den Wirren des Nazi-Regimes kämpft eine deutsche Jüdin darum, ihre Tochter aus den Klauen des Bösen zu retten. Paris 1941. Die deutsche Jüdin Sarah sitzt mit ihrer fünfjährigen Tochter Rebekka in Paris fest, während der zweite Weltkrieg tobt. In ihrer Verzweiflung versuchen sie, dem immer enger werdenden Korsett der Nazis zu entkommen und ins neutrale Spanien zu fliehen. I

En un París sombrío, un americano recibe un misterioso paquete de manos de una pareja rusa, solo para ser atacado poco después por delincuentes. Mientras tanto, en un lujoso tren que recorre Europa, las vidas de una heredera en crisis, un detective enigmático y una serie de personajes intrigantes se entrelazan. Entre rubíes legendarios, secretos peligrosos y pasiones ocultas, Hércules Poirot deberá desentrañar un crimen que se convierte en un laberinto de sospechas.

Lucinda McFarlane is engaged to be married to dashing Sir David Melcome, but their society wedding has to be scaled right down when war is declared. Will David even live to see their baby born? Mabel Oakley, once a maid for the McFarlanes, has inherited Thomas Clarke’s printing works, but an unexpected turn of events leaves her at the mercy of her father’s old enemy, solicitor John Sheridan, just as she is beginning to fall for his son. What can she do?

Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, 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 – and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history.

Dans la France de l'après-Grande Guerre, un huis clos magnétique entre une jeune domestique et son maître. Domestique au service des bourgeois, elle est travailleuse, courageuse, dévouée. Mais ce week-end-là, elle redoute de se rendre chez les Daniel. Exceptionnellement, Madame a accepté d'aller prendre l'air à la campagne. Alors la petite bonne devra rester seule avec Monsieur, un ancien pianiste accablé d'amertume, gueule cassée de la bataille de la Somme. Il faudra cohabiter, le laver, le nourrir. Mais Monsieur a un autre projet en tête. Un plan irrévocable, sidérant.

STRONG, FAST, AND TOO SMART describes tomboy Hattie Dumond, born in bilingual New Orleans in 1914. No one, including Hattie, thought that would save her life two decades later. She struggles against the restrictions women face in those early 20th century years. Yes, she's a tomboy, but she can slip into the role of debutante and trains her intellect to straddle both worlds.

Hampshire, 1916: Alice traces her hand over the cold glass of the window as the pale morning light slips into the empty room. The pain of loss is worse than a physical one. Reminders of Edmund are all around her. The coldness of the sheet on the other half of the bed. The unrelenting silence in the cottage when her stepdaughter Lottie is at school or tucked up asleep at the end of another day. Keeping up with their stained-glass commissions takes every ounce of her strength, and as Lottie becomes more withdrawn, Alice worries desperately about how best to care for the troubled girl.

In the midst of chaos and destruction, a young singer's vibrant spirit fights to find its voice. "What was Beautiful and Good" is an enthralling novel based on a true story, weaving together history, art, and a tale of resilience. Emmy Hennings, a free-spirited artist, revels in the beauty and excitement of Europe's most captivating cities. But when the First World War shatters her world, Emmy's life takes an unexpected turn. Unable to perform and separated from her friends and lovers who are drafted into the military, she finds herself imprisoned for trivial offenses and branded unpatriotic.

"Whispers of Rebellion" continues the gripping saga from "A Noble Destiny," plunging listeners into the turmoil of 1937 Europe. Led by Austrian aristocrat Alexsander Jakob "James" Wallner von Rieser, the clandestine group employs the Mark 2 suitcase radio to thwart Hitler's impending threat. Amid family seeking refuge and Alexsander's mysterious headaches, love faces trials while Evangeline's journey intertwines with the group's mission. As Wilhelm infiltrates the Nazis, the Mayrhofen estate becomes the stage where the prototype radios hum with the "Whispers of Rebellion."

Антона Климова, ветерана французского Иностранного легиона, похищает ЦРУ, чтобы после внедрения вирусной закладки в сознание отправить на СВО. Предполагалось, что, проявив геройство, он будет награжден высшим политическим руководством в Кремле и сможет устроить диверсию… Но из-за сбоя в программирующей аппаратуре в момент землетрясения его сознание переносится в прошлое, и Антон попадает на Первую мировую войну, где внедренная программа начинает действовать.

It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up and divorce papers were issued just in time to ring in the end of the Great War. Jewel thieves and ex-lovers Jasper and Esme find themselves circulating among the elite of British aristocracy where the diamond-lined pockets are ripe for picking. But when the last Valkyrie tiara ever created becomes the talk of the season neither will stop to obtain it, not even when they inadvertently find themselves in the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse where their lives are suddenly at stake.

In 1915, the world is in turmoil. A war, the likes of which has never been seen, involves much of the known world. An Englishman, John Norton Griffiths, proposes using miners to tunnel under the enemy lines and destroy them from below. Once his idea is accepted, other countries of the Empire decide to raise similar tunneling companies. Canada, New Zealand and Australia provide companies of men, drawn from mining and trades backgrounds, to assist in the defeat of an aggressive enemy, intent on domination.