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Rose Tremain Lily

a tale of revenge

Engeland, 19e eeuw. Een 16-jarig weesmeisje kijkt terug op haar jeugd in een pleeggezin op het platteland en in een Londens weeshuis en makt duidelijk warom ze eem moord heeft gepleegd.

Fictie

Engels | 275 pagina's | Chato & Windus, London | 2021

Gedrukt boek
Alex Alice De interplanetaire expositie van 1875

Ballonstrip.

Fictie

Nederlands | 56 pagina's | Dark Dragon Books, Breda | 2022

Gedrukt boek
Hafsa Zayyan We are all birds of Uganda

Een jonge Engelse advocaat van Indiase afkomst ontdekt zijn Ugandese roots.

Fictie

Engels | 370 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2022

Gedrukt boek
Johanna Hedman The Trio

Een man in New York krijgt bezoek van de dochter van vrienden van vroeger. Dit roept een golf van herinneringen en emoties bij hem op.

Fictie

Engels | 326 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2023

Gedrukt boek
Suzanne Voets De toverlantaarn

geïnspireerd door de Camera Obscura; verhalen

Verhalen over hedendaagse onderwerpen, maar geschreven in het taalgebruik en de stijl van Nicolaas Beets (1814-1903) als een pastiche van diens 'Camera Obscura'.

Fictie

Nederlands | 256 pagina's | De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam | 2021

Gedrukt boek
T.A. Williams Chasing Shadows

Amy had it all – money, brains and beauty. And then the accident happened. The Present Day: Left blind and without her family, Amy feels she needs to escape. On a trip along the Camino de Santiago - the Way of St James - she is accompanied by the mysterious and troubled Luke. Having been set up to help Amy by a mutual friend, Luke finds he is running from his past... 1314: A Templar Knight, Luc, is also running. He meets the wife of a former comrade, now blinded in a terrifying attack: Aimee....

Engels | 10 uur 49 minuten (471 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Pamela Kent Meet me in Istanbul

Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. Gay is living a luxurious life in Istanbul but wants to escape what has become a caged life. She turns to Charles Villers, a fellow countryman she hardly knows, to help her leave. What follows is an adventure beyond her imagination set in romantic and exciting surroundings. The thrilling tale of love dates back to the 20th century and was written by Pamela Kent, a pseudonym of the beloved romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans...

Engels | 5 uur 3 minuten (241 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Jeffrey Archer To Cut a Long Story Short

The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer’s great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tale. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession – and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar – to the creative financial talents of a member of...

Engels | 7 uur 42 minuten (335 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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C. M. Albright Shadow Banking

Set in the heart of global finance, Shadow Banking follows the lives of City hopefuls, as they try to wheel, deal and backstab their way to billions. Remember: life’s a trade... It is 1994. Al Denham turns up to his first day at City banking giant Trenchart Colville; he thinks he’s there to start a job. But in fact, he’s at the beginning of a journey that will change his life forever. Al is joined by a ragtag combination of the brash and the charming, the box-tickers and the risk-takers: razor-sharp...

Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (586 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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T.L. Smith Geketende handen

Een vrouw wordt door haar man overgeleverd aan een schuldeiser met kwade bedoelingen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 247 pagina's | SVM Publishing, [Lokeren] | 2022

Gedrukt boek
Elisabeth McNeill Turn of the Tide

They have survived the worst they could imagine – now they must face the future. After a catastrophic storm tears through the village of Eyemouth in 1881, the villagers have slowly started to move on. Inconsolable at the loss of her husband, Rosabelle Maltman has left Scotland to start a new life, leaving her son behind. Meanwhile, Jessie, her sister-in-law, is finding ways to manipulate the men of the village for her own gains. But it is their mother-in-law Effie, the lynchpin of the family, who...

Engels | 5 uur 32 minuten (244 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth McNeill The Storm

When a Scottish village is struck by grief, those left behind must help one another find hope. It is 1881, and when a violent storm devastates the Scottish fishing village of Eyemouth, few families escape unscathed. Newlywed Rosabelle Maltman loses her husband, and her mother-in-law Effie loses her husband and three sons. For these women and their neighbours in the close-knit community, life will never be the same again. Yet as the months pass, the women must learn to look to the future, to live...

Engels | 9 uur 20 minuten (411 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth Mcneill A Bridge in Time

Change is coming, but are the people of Camptounfoot ready for it? For generations, the oldest village in Scotland has remained unchanged but now it is 1853 and the railway is coming to Camptounfoot. Shy and beautiful Emma Jane Wylie is determined to fight for her father’s dream – the construction of the railway bridge that will carry the new track southwards. Her father’s demise puts Emma in charge. But during the two years of its construction, the project is beset by drama and tragedy: cholera...

Engels | 21 uur 39 minuten (950 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth Mcneill Mistress of Green Tree Mill

She must find the courage to accept her fate. At the age of eleven young Lizzie Mudie’s life changes forever. With the death of her mother in the most shocking disaster, Dundee has ever seen, Lizzie is forced to grow up quickly. She discovers a strength beyond her years and when an unexpected legacy bestows upon her the dilapidated Green Tree Mill, she is determined to turn things around. Lizzie becomes a formidable mistress, but is she prepared for the price she – and those she loves – will...

Engels | 13 uur 54 minuten (613 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth Mcneill Lark Returning

Can Lark take the path of the woman who went before her and learn to follow her heart? Lark is a much-loved forces sweetheart spreading comfort as she sings in the music halls while Scotland’s sons fight in the Great War. But despite her fortune, Lark yearns for a life away from the crowds. She sets out to make a fresh start in the Border country seeking the contentment that has eluded her. Decades earlier, Lark’s great-grandmother, Jane, found herself in the same hills, in unhappy circumstances....

Engels | 12 uur 55 minuten (565 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Elisabeth Mcneill Wild Heritage

Caught between the past and the future, can friendship survive in changing times? Thirteen years have passed since the railway came to the Borders, bringing changes that would radically alter the lives of the people who lived there. Yet the steam train was not the only legacy from the men who built the railway – in their wake they left several fatherless children. One such child is Kitty Scott. Wild through neglect and an outcast within the community, Kitty is a loner... until she rescues newcomer Marie...

Engels | 19 uur 52 minuten (870 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Olivier Martin | Frank Giroud Het agentschap

1951. Manfred Fürbinger, een voormalig nazi-ingenieur gespecialiseerd in V2-raketten, leeft ondergedoken in Egypte. De CIA stuurt twee van zijn beste agenten om de man te rekruteren, maar er zijn meer landen geïnteresseerd in zijn kwaliteiten. Ballonstrip in kleur.

Fictie

Nederlands | 59 pagina's | Daedalus, Genk | 2023

Gedrukt boek
Nicholas Carter Storming Party

Rivalry and battle abound in this action-packed historical adventure of the English Civil War. 1643: Sir William Waller’s army has been defeated on Roundway Down, his infantry left stranded on the bleak slopes at the mercy of the Royalist cavalry. Sir Ralph Hopton is now free to turn his attention to Parliament’s bastion in the West – Bristol. The city walls are strong enough, but Bristol has precious few men and even fewer guns with which to defend them. And to make matters worse, rumour has...

Engels | 10 uur 18 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Nicholas Carter King's Men Crow

It takes courage to survive in this atmospheric historical adventure set during the English Civil War. August 1643: the Siege of Gloucester continues. Can the weak city walls really survive against the might of the Royalists? William Sparrow and Hugo Telling may be on different sides, but their dreams and desires are the same. To find the courage to fight proudly and lead their men. For the war to be over and for the love of the incomparable Bella. But only one side can win the war, and only one...

Engels | 12 uur 10 minuten (535 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Nicholas Carter Harvest of Swords

Rivalry in love and battle in this historical adventure set in the English Civil War. In the late autumn of the first year of the English Civil War, William Sparrow and Hugo Telling are again caught up in the impossible confusion tearing the country and their lives apart. This time, their greatest battles, fought on both land and sea, are with a new enemy, Lord Clavincale. As they struggle through the bitterly cold Dorset winter, their hard-won experience is enough to lead their men, but never...

Engels | 12 uur 21 minuten (541 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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