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Alexandre Dumas The Black Tulip

The Black Tulip is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas. The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. It then unfold around The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, that has set a prize of 100,000 guilders...

Engels | 7 uur 33 minuten (338 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Return of Tarzan

This follow-up to `Tarzan of the Apes‘ begins where the first novel ended, with Tarzan‘s beloved Jane set to marry his cousin. Disappointed in love, Tarzan leaves for Europe, and after a bit of trouble, becomes a spy for the French government. Soon, he finds himself back in the same jungle, in which he grew up, and coincidentally, so does Jane. Duals, attempted murders, espionage, suicide, ancient treasure, a shipwreck, lion attacks and numerous escapes, `The Return of Tarzan‘ (1915) does not lack...

Engels | 9 uur 8 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost

The first thing the American family see when they step into their new British mansion is the bloodstain in the sitting room. As it turns out, they have moved into an already occupied house, and their new roommate is a proud ghost determined to terrify them to death. But things do not go as planned for the poor ghost. The more he tries to scare the Otis family, the more they make fun of and ignore him. Clever from start to finish, Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Canterville Ghost’ (1887) is charming and engaging....

Engels | 1 uur 23 minuten (63 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Henry James Roderick Hudson

Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sensible man, Rowland is ecstatic when Roderick, a beautiful but somewhat selfish sculptor, accepts his offer of joining him in Rome for two years to develop his artistic talents. To complicate matters, however, Rowland has fallen in love for the first...

Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (597 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain

Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...

Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Edith Wharton Ethan Frome

"It seemed to Ethan that his heart was bound with cords which an unseen hand was tightening with every tick of the clock." Finding himself in the small town of Starkfield for the winter, the narrator sets out to learn the tragic story of Ethan Frome. The townspeople, however, are hesitant to tell him much. But one night he seeks shelter from a bad weather in the house of non other than Frome himself. ‘Ethan Frome’ (1911) is the beautifully written story of a loveless marriage and temptation, full...

Engels | 3 uur 10 minuten (146 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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James Fenimore Cooper The Pioneers

The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before any of the other Leatherstocking Tales, the period it covers makes it the fourth chronologically. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The...

Engels | 18 uur 26 minuten (858 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Joseph Conrad Lord Jim

Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Lord Jim #85 on its list of the 100 best English language novels of the 20th century. Joseph Conrad...

Engels | 14 uur 18 minuten (658 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Henry James Washington Square

Catherine is well on her way to becoming a spinster. She‘s 21 and part of New York‘s upper-class society, but she has never had a flirt and is plain-looking without the sparkling personality to make up for it. Or so her father thinks. Because when the handsome Mr. Morris Townsend catches her eye, Catherine falls head over heels in love with him. But does Townsend really like her back, or does he just like all the money she is set to inherit? Based on a true story as told to him by a friend, `Washington...

Engels | 7 uur 3 minuten (321 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Myrtle Reed Lavender and Old Lace

Lavender and Old Lace is a Victorian romance novel written by Myrtle Reed and published Sep., 1902. It tells the story of some remarkable women, each of whom have a unique experience with love. The book follows in Reed's long history of inciting laughter and tears in her readers through provocative prose. She was often witty in dialogue and dispensing in advice, while gingerly skirting the moral issues. Myrtle Reed (1874-1911) was an American author, poet and journalist. A best-selling romance...

Engels | 4 uur 14 minuten (190 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Henry James The American

Christopher Newman, a somewhat awkward but well-meaning American businessman traveling in Europe for the first time, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic young widow Claire de Bellegarde. But her French family does not like his American ways and oppose his offer of marriage. When he discovers a dirty family secret, however, the tables are suddenly turned. But what should he do with upper hand? Despite being one of Henry James earliest works, `The American‘ (1877) flows more like a contemporary...

Engels | 13 uur 57 minuten (623 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Alexandre Dumas La tulipe noire

Cornelius van Baerle, kweker van de zwarte tulp, komt in het historisch Frankrijk per abuis in het gevang terecht. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

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Frans | 95 pagina's | Cideb, Gênes | 2004

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Shannon Stacey Noodgeval: hart verloren!

Fictie

Nederlands | 350 pagina's | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2018

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Maisey Yates In de armen van de cowboy

Fictie

Nederlands | 381 pagina's | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2018

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Beleef de Geschiedenis Anno Domini 892

rauw geluk

Bundel verhalen die zich afspelen in de vroege middeleeuwen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 253 pagina's | Godijn Publishing, [Hoorn] | 2017

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Kelly ter Velde De huisarts

Een huisarts voelt zich aangetrokken tot een van zijn patiënten en zij tot hem, maar eigenlijk kan een arts geen relatie met een patiënte beginnen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 224 pagina's | Uitgeverij Boekscout.nl, Soest | 2017

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Jérémy | Alejandro Jodorowsky Nigredo, de zwarte fase

Ballonstrip.

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Nederlands | 56 pagina's | Glénat, Antwerpen | 2017

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Giovanna Fletcher Some kind of wonderful

Een 28-jarige vrouw probeert zichzelf terug te vinden als haar relatie na tien jaar wordt beëindigd. De warmte van haar familie en nieuwe vrienden helpen haar bij deze zoektocht.

Fictie

Engels | 391 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2018

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Wiley Cash The last ballad

Beschrijving van het leven van Ella May Wiggins (1900-1929), een alleenstaande blanke vrouw die zich inzette voor de rechten van met name zwarte arbeiders in de Amerikaanse staat North Carolina.

Fictie

Engels | 378 pagina's | Faber & Faber, London | 2018

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Benjamin Black Prague nights

De jonge wetenschapper Christian Stern wordt hij aankomst in Praag in 1599 door keizer Rudolf gezien als de door God gezondene; Christian krijgt de opgedracht om de moordenaar van de geliefde van de keizer op te sporen.

Fictie

Engels | 330 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2018

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