Violet is 38. The First World War took everything from her. Her brother, her fiance – and her future. She is now considered a ‘surplus woman’. But Violet is also fiercely independent and determined....

A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre....

“One in ten trees comes up sweet…” In the inhospitable Black Swamp of Ohio, the Goodenough family are barely scratching out a living. Life there is harsh, tempered only by the apples they grow for eating and for the cider that dulls their pain....

Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country, she finds her principles tested to the limit when a runaway slave appears at the farm of her new family....

Tracy Chevalier\"s stunning novel of how one woman\"s gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century. A revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship....

1792. Uprooted from their quiet Dorset village to the riotous streets of London, young Jem Kellaway and his family feel very far from home. They struggle to find their place in this tumultuous city, still alive with the repercussions of the blood-splattered French Revolution. Luckily, streetwise Maggie Butterfield is on hand to show Jem the ropes....

The bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Last Runaway returns with a tale of jealousy, bullying and revenge. Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat’s son Osei knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day – so he’s lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school....

From The Globally Bestselling Author Of Girl With A Pearl Earring \"Bittersweet … dazzling\" Guardian \"Deeply pleasurable … the ending made me cry\" The Times \"Told with a wealth of detail and narrative intensity\" Penelope Lively Violet is 38. The First World War took everything from her. Her brother, her fiance - and her future....

Книга "The New Testament of the English Version of the Polyglott Bible. Having a Centre Column of Original References; Interpaged With the Biblical Concordance, Entitled "Scripture Harmony" Forming Together a Rich and Comprehensive Exhibition of Parallel and Ill"....

In 1830s Ohio, the Goodenough family barely scratch out a living in the inhospitable Black Swamp. Robert and his sister Martha must watch as their parents\" marriage is torn apart by disputes over whether to grow sweet apples to eat or sour apples for cider and applejack....

In this volume, Griet, the young daughter of a tile-maker in 17-th century Holland, obtains her first job as a servant in Vermeer\'s household. She loves being drawn into his artistic life, but the cost to her own survival may be high. Формат: 13 см x 19,5 cм....

The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America....

London 179г. The Kellaways move from familiar rural Dorset to the tumult of a cramped, unforgiving city. Against the backdrop of a city jittery over the increasingly bloody French Revolution, a surprising bond forms between Jem, the youngest Kellaway boy, and streetwise Londoner Maggie Butterfield....

Издание полностью на английском языке. Jean Le Viste, a fifteenth-century nobleman close to the King, hires an ambitious artist to design six tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court....

\"New York Times \"bestselling author of \"Girl With a Pearl Earring \"Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in \"The Last Runaway,\" bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement....