Títulos em Ficção Histórica

Kateřina Dubová has always aspired to walk in her father's footsteps as a respected journalist, and the Second World War presents a unique opportunity for her to prove her worth to the world. A tip about an assassination attempt on a high-ranking Nazi official, Reinhard Heydrich, the "Butcher of Prague" leads Kateřina into the shadows of the Nazi occupation. Soon she discovers things are not as they seem.

柳橋芸者の姿をした女お庭番・村垣伊勢は、新たな普請奉行・佐久間久太夫を材木商因幡屋が接待する座敷にいた。因幡屋の田沼意次への根回しで、佐久間は役を得たという。動いたのは金。材木商の思惑は、大がかりな普請への采配にあった。一方、両替商分銅屋仁左衛門とその用心棒・諫山左馬介は、田沼の屋敷を訪ねていた。

先代・吉宗の遺命で幕政の中心を米から金へ転換する改革を進めるお側御用取次・田沼主殿頭意次。その手伝いをしている両替商・分銅屋仁左衛門。二人は腹を立てていた。

両替商・分銅屋仁左衛門の命を守り、右胸を負傷した用心棒・諫山左馬介。彼が傷の回復に専念していた頃──南町奉行所定町廻り同心・佐藤猪之助は、南町奉行の山田肥後守より、命令に反し分銅屋の周辺を調べ続けていることを咎められていた。

広く金の価値を知らしめるべく、あえて賄賂を推奨する田沼意次。目通りを願う列は、日に日に延びていく。そんななか、両替商分銅屋の用心棒・諫山左馬介は、煩悶していた。

九代将軍家重の治世。親の代からの浪人・諫山左馬介は、馴染みの棟梁の紹介で割のいい仕事にありついた。雇い主は、江戸屈指の両替屋・分銅屋仁左衛門。夜逃げした貸し方の店の片付けという楽な仕事を真面目にこなす左馬介を仁左衛門は高く評価するが、空店から不審な帳面を見つけて以降ふたりの周りは騒がしくなる。一方、若き田沼意次は亡き大御所・吉宗からの遺言に頭を悩ませていた。「幕政の中心を米から金にすべて移行せよ」

Gütersloh, 1899: Katharina und Carl sind mit ihrem Unternehmen so erfolgreich, dass sie gemeinsam mit einem Kompagnon eine kleine Fabrik gründen. Und dann haben Katharina und Carl eine bahnbrechende Idee: Aus der Milchzentrifuge entwickeln sie die erste Holzbottich-Waschmaschine, die ihnen nicht nur zu einem unverhofften Erfolg verhilft, sondern das Alltagsleben der Frauen nachhaltig verändern wird.

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.

In Mydworth taucht ein gut gekleideter Fremder mit einer rätselhaften Kopfverletzung auf: Niemand weiß, wer er ist oder wie er dort hingekommen ist - nicht einmal er selbst. Kat und Harry nehmen sich seiner an, aber schnell wird klar, dass der Unbekannte auf der Flucht ist und seine Verfolger ihm dicht auf den Fersen sind. Kat und Harry können seine Spur bis ins Londoner East End zurückverfolgen, doch ihre Gegenspieler sind verzweifelt. Sie würden alles tun, um zu verhindern, dass der unbekannte Gentleman sein Gedächtnis wiedererlangt, - und ihnen läuft die Zeit davon.

Hustpierpoint, Sussex, 1873. Eliza Touchet è da trent'anni la governante di suo cugino acquisito, William Ainsworth, un romanziere un tempo di grande successo ma ormai caduto in disgrazia e in crisi di ispirazione. Donna spiritualmente e intellettualmente libera, Eliza ha sempre partecipato ai circoli letterari di Ainsworth, crescendo all'ombra del successo di William e dei suoi amici letterati, tra cui il Signor Charles Dickens, che non esita a considerare un prevaricatore moralista.

BKA-Hauptkommissar Philipp Gerber ermittelt vor dem Hintergrund eines der wichtigsten Ereignisse der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte: dem Mauerbau. August 1961. Auf dem Frankfurter Flughafen vereitelt BKA-Hauptkommissar Philipp Gerber in letzter Sekunde ein Attentat auf General Hiram C. Anderson, seinen ehemaligen Chef beim US-Militärgeheimdienst. Offiziell ist Anderson nach Deutschland zurückgekehrt, um mit seiner Tochter June durch das Land zu reisen, doch er verfolgt auch andere, politische Pläne. Und er will Philipp vor einem möglichen Doppelagenten und Landesverräter warnen.

In this novella collection, three renowned Christian historical fiction authors trace generations of wartime romances through a wedding dress with love sewn into its seams.

No husband, no problem! Melanie is ready for single motherhood. If only she could escape the tall Highlander who won’t leave her alone and the dangerous laird who forced them to marry! Sure, her job at the museum is boring and her apartment is tiny. And so what if there’s no father in the picture to help her build that boxed-up crib in the corner? She’s happy with her life, darn it! She didn’t mean it when she wished for a hero like the ones she reads about on her lunch breaks. Which is why she needs to get her hands on that box!

In the near future, an ambitious scientific experiment brings Abraham Lincoln back to life through his genetic clone, Abram Cocklin. "Clone of Liberty: A Journey to Presidential Destiny" by Frank Villavicencio intertwines historical legacy with futuristic innovation, exploring themes of leadership, ethics, and destiny. Abram, raised by Ethan and Lena Cocklin, carries the weight of his genetic heritage while navigating a world in political and social turmoil.

WILL SELF is one of the most inimitable contemporary writers in the English language. In this brilliantly conceived new novel Self turns his forensic eye and technicolor imagination to the troubled life of his mother, Elaine. Standing by the mailbox outside 1100 Hemlock Street in Ithaca, New York, Elaine thinks of her husband and child inside her house and wonders: is this … it? As she begins to push back against the strictures of her life in 1950s America, she undertakes a disastrous affair that places her marriage to an Ivy League academic and former Communist Party member in peril.

Jimmy Hamilton overcame childhood tragedy to become a hero in Vietnam, only to die there in 1967. All but forgotten, Jimmy leaves behind a young wife, an infant son, and a man wracked by guilt. Circumstances allow Becca, his young widow, to be manipulated into an abusive, loveless union with Jimmy’s brother and into raising her son ignorant of his father’s true identity—a wrong she knows must be set right…but how? When?

Paris, 1940: Madeline tries to scream, but she can’t breathe. A German soldier is working to free her from the rubble–but if he reaches her, he will find the books hidden beneath her clothes… When the Germans seize Paris, its peaceful streets fill with terror overnight, and nowhere is safe. Desperate to help her friends, Parisian bookseller Madeline Valette turns her bookshop into a sanctuary for those in hiding, but she knows it’s only a matter of time before she’s found out.

Dusty McCabe fights for his life after he is taken down by a sniper, and Jack finds himself defending Judge Mack who has been accused of murder. It all seems to tie into the return of Hiram McCabe, Johnny's notorious nephew, and to the return of the greatest enemy the family has ever faced. The McCabes are a family that holds together no matter the hardship, but even for them, life may never be the same again.

A mesmerizing debut novel set in a tightly knit Pakistani American community where a young doctor gets an unexpected second chance with the first love she never got over when he becomes one of the most eligible bachelors in town. The Ibrahim family is facing a crucial moment: Their patriarch...

Tired of the smoke, the smog, and the spoiled females of London, Frederick Hawkins leaves the city behind and purchases an estate in Cornwall, longing to escape his mother’s meddling—and to find a wife worthy of his devotion. When he happens upon a barefooted lady asleep on the beach and rescues her from the incoming tide, he believes he has found such a woman. But first impressions can’t be trusted.