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Jude Morgan

    Jude Morgan se narodil a vyrůstal na okraji Fens a studoval magisterský program kreativního psaní na University of East Anglia pod vedením Malcolma Bradburyho a Angely Carterové. Jeho díla se často zabývají složitými lidskými vztahy a morálními dilematy, přičemž vyniká svým pronikavým vhledem a vytříbeným stylem. Morgan zkoumá hlubiny lidské psychiky a nabízí čtenářům poutavé a podnětné příběhy, které rezonují dlouho po dočtení.

    Passion
    The Secret Life of William Shakespeare
    The Taste of Sorrow
    Natural Mechanical
    His American Classic (Part 1)
    Chuť soužení
    • Kniha vypráví o výjimečné rodině osmnáctého století, pocházející z odlehlé, nenápadné farnosti. Navzdory životu v děsivých podmínkách napsaly sestry Brontëovy dva nejskvělejší, nejznepokojivější romány, jaké kdy byly napsány: Janu Eyrovou a Na větrné hůrce. Román Chuť soužení odhaluje počátky exploze génia v této rodině a představuje její jednotlivé členy v období jejich dětství a mládí: samotářskou Emily, která se odvrací od světa k většímu pokušení představivosti; nejmladší Anne, frustrovanou a zastrašenou; jediného bratra Branwella, který chce být králem, ale nedokáže být ani princem, a velmi talentovanou, nekompromisní a přímočarou Charlotte, toužící po lásce a nezávislosti, která proslaví jméno rodiny a pochopí jeho cenu.

      Chuť soužení
    • His American Classic (Part 1)

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      4,5(2)Ohodnotit

      It begins. Lilly Goodridge always wanted to be an actress, but fame is an unwanted side effect she's desperate to escape - along with the City of Angels and her enigmatic boyfriend. So she takes a tiny film role across the pond in a quiet seaside town where nobody can find her. Except for Tom.

      His American Classic (Part 1)
    • Natural Mechanical

      • 67 stránek
      • 3 hodiny čtení
      4,1(15)Ohodnotit

      Handicapped at school by his dyslexia and facing the strap at home, Rocky seeks out his own education from the fields and streams around him on the Isle of Skye. He develops an instinctive talent for improvisation: cord to snare rabbits fashioned from nettle stalks, a bicycle from scrap metal, a trip to France with just a few coins in the pocket of his shorts. Lyrical and continually surprising, this is a heroic narrative on a down-to-earth scale.

      Natural Mechanical
    • The ultimate family story, told by one of the most acclaimed historical novelists writing today

      The Taste of Sorrow
    • The Secret Life of William Shakespeare

      • 400 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení
      3,0(1)Ohodnotit

      The greatest writer of them all, brought to glorious life. How well do you know the man you love? How much do you think you know about Shakespeare? What if they were one and the same? He is an ordinary man: unwilling craftsman, ambitious actor, resentful son, almost good-enough husband. And he is also a genius. The story of how a glove-maker from Warwickshire became the greatest writer of them all is vaguely known to most of us, but it would take an exceptional modern novelist to bring him to life. And now at last Jude Morgan, acclaimed author of Passion and The Taste of Sorrow, has taken Shakespeare's life, and created a masterpiece.

      The Secret Life of William Shakespeare
    • Jude Morgan brings the world of Keats, Byron and Shelley to life in a stunning novel of supercharged emotion, individualism, violence and sensuality. They were the Romantic generation, famous and infamous, and in their short, extraordinary lives, they left a legacy of glamorous and often shocking legend. In PASSION the interwoven lives and vivid personalities of Byron, Shelley and Keats are explored through the eyes of the women who knew and loved them - scandalously, intensely and sometimes tragically. From the salons of the Whig nobles and the penury and vitality of Grub Street, to the beauty and corruption of Venice and the carrion field of Waterloo, PASSION presents the Romantic generation in a new and dramatic light - actors in a stormy history that unleashed the energies of the modern world.

      Passion
    • Interference Pattern

      • 64 stránek
      • 3 hodiny čtení
      3,6(17)Ohodnotit

      At first, these extraordinary poems may unsettle and disturb, but the next reading could be one of rapture and astonishment; It is a book that acts out its own subjects - dualities, ambiguities, boundaries - through physical dislocation, through patterns of interference.

      Interference Pattern
    • Assurances

      • 64 stránek
      • 3 hodiny čtení
      3,7(58)Ohodnotit

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION A war-poem both historic and frighteningly topical, Assurances begins in the 1950s during a period of vigilance and dread in the middle of the Cold War: the long stand- off between nuclear powers, where the only defence was the threat of mutually assured destruction.

      Assurances
    • A Little Folly

      • 416 stránek
      • 15 hodin čtení
      3,4(17)Ohodnotit

      A witty and romantic novel of Regency love, family and appalling scandal, from a latter-day Jane Austen When their strait-laced, domineering father, Sir Clement Carnell, dies, Valentine throws open their Devonshire estate of Pennacombe to their fashionable cousins from London and Louisa feels free at last to reject the man Sir Clement wanted her to marry. Soon, the temptations of Regency London beckon, including the beautiful, scandalous, and very married Lady Harriet Eversholt, with whom Valentine becomes dangerously involved. Meanwhile, Louisa finds that freedom of choice is as daunting as it is exciting. Will the opportunity to indulge in a little folly lead to fulfillment—or disaster? A Little Folly is a novel to make Jane Austen proud and Georgette Heyer envious. An acclaimed author of historical fiction, Jude Morgan weaves together the very best of Regency era writing with "refreshingly original characters, an intriguing plot, and an elegantly ironic style." (RT Book Reviews on Indiscretion). In this exciting new novel, Morgan delivers a story that, yet again, will bring cheers from critics and readers alike.

      A Little Folly
    • Indiscretion

      • 448 stránek
      • 16 hodin čtení
      3,3(22)Ohodnotit

      Wonderfully witty and superbly stylish, INDISCRETION is a spirited tale of love and Miss Fortune, which brings the elegance and flamboyance of Regency England to life.

      Indiscretion