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Barbara Greig

    Barbara Greig se s vášní věnuje psaní historické fikce. Její práce se vyznačuje hlubokým zájmem o minulost, který zúročuje ve svých románech. Zkušenosti z výuky historie jí umožnily vytvořit poutavé příběhy. Její tvorba čtenáře přenese do jiných časů a prostředí.

    Beyond The Shetland Sea
    Discovery
    • 2024

      Beyond The Shetland Sea

      • 348 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      A tale of triumph over adversity, self-discovery, and the power of love Sunderland, 2019. Eve Cummins starts looking into the history behind an old, homemade valentine found in a box of family memorabilia. Her search takes her to Canada, on to Shetland and back to Sunderland. Shetland, 1849. A young blacksmith, Gideon Thompson, makes the difficult decision to leave Lerwick, and the girl he admires, in the hope of earning enough to save his family from destitution. He travels far from his island home to the wilderness of Rupert's Land. As Eve follows Gideon's journey, accompanied by enigmatic rancher, Joel Baxter, she feels an affinity to the young blacksmith and discovers more than she could imagine.

      Beyond The Shetland Sea
    • 2020

      Discovery

      • 336 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      Discovery: an epic tale of love, loss, and courage. Set against a back-drop of European persecution and New World conflict, Discovery weaves together the moving stories of three generations of the Gharsia family in the tumultuous early seventeenth century.

      Discovery