Tracy Chevalier Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Příběh ženy, která se odvážila tvořit, i když jí to svět zakazoval. Murano, 1486. V záři sklářských pecí tajně přihlíží mladá Orsola Rossová práci slavné Marietty Barovierové, která tvoří korálky, jež změní svět. Orsola si je okamžitě zamiluje – a s nimi i zakázané řemeslo. Když její otec nečekaně zahyne, musí podpořit rodinnou dílnu a bojovat o přežití jména Rosso. Nejprve skrytě, pak i veřejně, s neústupnou vášní hledá své místo ve sklářském řemesle. Její korálky se stávají symbolem touhy i důkazem ženské síly v době, kdy ženám nebyl dán prostor tvořit.

This new edition features an introduction by Jessie Burton and highlights a story that has captivated over five million readers globally. The book's widespread appeal lies in its compelling narrative and rich character development, making it a significant addition to contemporary literature.

FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING 'A triumph... a brilliant idea carried out with confidence and brio and a deep love of an extraordinary city. The ingenuity of the time-skipping is beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN 'Spellbinding.... Chevalier at her fabulous best. A rich, vivid and gently enchanting novel' ELIF SHAFAK Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss. The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna - but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her? Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.

It is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiance and her brother and regarded by society as a 'surplus woman' unlikely to marry, resolves to escape her suffocating mother and strike out alone. A new life awaits her in Winchester. Yes, it is one of draughty boarding-houses and sidelong glances at her naked ring finger from younger colleagues; but it is also a life gleaming with independence and opportunity. Violet falls in with the broderers, a disparate group of women charged with embroidering kneelers for the Cathedral, and is soon entwined in their lives and their secrets. As the almost unthinkable threat of a second Great War appears on the horizon Violet collects a few secrets of her own that could just change everything... Warm, vivid and beautifully orchestrated, A Single Thread reveals one of our finest modern writers at the peak of her powers.

Sám proti bílým. Získá spojence, než naposledy zazvoní? Amerika 70. let. Ghanský chlapec Osei je zkrátka outsider. Stěží na tom cokoli změní jeho přátelské způsoby, odhodlání, sportovní talent, natož fakt, že je synem diplomata, a proto jeho rodina často mění působiště. Bude tedy stačit jedna chápavá dívčí duše, nebo i na tomhle plácku číhají mstitelé s naučenými frázemi a utajovanými strachy? V jediném školním dni se události vyhrotí natolik, že se opět potvrdí, nakolik jsme na světě pouhými herci. Herci ve vleku předpojatostí, kvůli kterým nám navzdory naivitě holek a kluků z páté třídy tuhne krev v žilách.

`This collection is stormy, romantic, strong - the Full Bronte' The Times A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre.

The sweeping and compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Dark, brutal, moving, powerful' Jane Harris A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne Harris

'This collection is stormy, romantic, strong - the Full Brontë' The Times A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Brontë, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. The twenty-one stories in Reader, I Married Him - one of the most celebrated lines in fiction - are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise and self-determination. A bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride and her daughter; a family trip to a Texan waterpark prompts a life-changing decision; Grace Poole defends Bertha Mason and calls the general opinion of Jane Eyre into question. Mr Rochester reveals a long-kept secret in "Reader, She Married Me", and "The Mirror" boldly imagines Jane's married life after the novel ends. A new mother encounters an old lover after her daily swim and inexplicably lies to him, and a fitness instructor teaches teenage boys how to handle a pit bull terrier by telling them Jane Eyre's story. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, this collection brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement. Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker, moves to Ohio in 1850--only to find herself alienated and alone in a strange land. Sick from the moment she leaves England, and fleeing personal disappointment, she is forced by family tragedy to rely on strangers in a harsh, unfamiliar landscape. Nineteenth-century America is practical, precarious, and unsentimental, and scarred by the continuing injustice of slavery. In her new home Honor discovers that principles count for little, even within a religious community meant to be committed to human equality. However, Honor is drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad, a network helping runaway slaves escape to freedom, where she befriends two surprising women who embody the remarkable power of defiance. Eventually she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal costs.

When Quaker Honor Bright sails from Bristol with her sister, she is fleeing heartache for a new life in America, far from home. But tragedy leaves her alone and vulnerable, torn between two worlds and dependent on the kindness of strangers, and life in 1850s Ohio is precarious and unsentimental.

The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author Girl with a Pearl Earring, has edited a beautiful new short story collection with original contributions from nineteen of our best loved contemporary authors. Published by IndieBooks in association with Hamish Hamilton, Why Willows Weep: Contemporary Tales from the Woods is an enchanting new collection in support of the Woodland Trust. Contributors: William Fiennes, James Robertson, Richard Mabey, Tracey Chevalier, Susan Elderkin, Rachel Billington, Blake Morrison, Maria McCann, Terence Blacker, Joanne Harris, Philippa Gregory, Catherine O Flynn, Tahmima Anam, Maggie O Farrell, Amanda Craig, Ali Smith, Philip Hensher, Salley Vickers and Kate Mosse.

In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except that it has a huge, bulbous eye.Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent for finding fossils, and whose discovery of ancient marine reptiles such as that ichthyosaur shakes the scientific community and leads to new ways of thinking about the creation of the world.Working in an arena dominated by middle-class men, however, Mary finds herself out of step with her working-class background. In danger of being an outcast in her community, she takes solace in an unlikely friendship with Elizabeth Philpot, a prickly London spinster with her own passion for fossils.The strong bond between Mary and Elizabeth sees them through struggles with poverty, rivalry and ostracism, as well as the physical dangers of their chosen obsession. It reminds us that friendship can outlast storms and landslides, anger and jealousy.

Londýn 1792. Ve vzduchu je cítit nervozita ze stále krvavější francouzské revoluce. Tehdy přichází do hlučného a nemilosrdného velkoměsta z vesničky v Dorsetshire rodina Kellawayových. Mezi Jemem, jejich nejmladším synem, a londýnskou uličnicí Maggie vzniká překvapivé pouto. Jejich vztah je ovlivněn také seznámením se sousedem Williamem Blakem, tiskařem, básníkem a revolucionářem. Na pozadí jeho nejslavnějšího díla Zpěvy nevinnosti a zkušenosti vykresluje autorka spletitou cestu od dětství k dospělosti. Atmosféra Londýna konce 18. století je vylíčena neobyčejně barvitě a se smyslem pro detail podobně jako ve spisovatelčině slavném díle Dívka s perlou, podle něhož byl natočen stejnojmenný film, nominovaný na Oscara.

Ella Turner does her best to fit in to the small, close-knit community of Lisle-sur-Tarn. She even changes her name back to Tournier, and knocks the rust off her high school French. But it is all in vain.

In un villaggio della Francia meridionale, durante la seconda metà del Cinquecento, la prima neve dell'inverno ricopre la terra. Sotto un cielo grigio, la chiesa emerge con il suo manto candido. Monsieur Marcel, il predicatore calvinista, ha appena finito il suo sermone e, con passo deciso, si allontana, lasciando dietro di sé un fervore di cambiamento. La folla, ansiosa di purificare la chiesa, è guidata da Etienne Tournier, giovane della famiglia che possiede l'unica Bibbia del villaggio. Con un rastrello in mano, Etienne guarda minacciosamente la statuetta della Vergine col Bambino, mentre i suoi occhi si incrociano con quelli di Isabelle du Moulin, la Rossa. Ricordi di un passato innocente affiorano: Isabelle, da bambina, osservava il padre di Etienne dipingere l'edicola di un azzurro brillante. Da quel momento, il suo soprannome è diventato una maledizione, amplificata dall'arrivo di Monsieur Marcel. Quando il predicatore scompare, Isabelle, infuocata da una nuova determinazione, distrugge la statuetta, segnando la fine della sua fanciullezza e l'inizio del suo destino. Secoli dopo, Ella Turner, un'americana tormentata da un sogno, si ritrova tra le Cévennes per scoprire il mistero legato ai Tournier-Turner. Questa opera prima rivela il talento di Tracy Chevalier nel ritrarre epoche storiche e i tumultuosi pensieri umani.

De zestienjarige Griet treedt als dienstmeisje in dienst bij de vermaarde schilder Johannes Vermeer. Het beeldschone, protestantse meisje weet al snel een plek te veroveren binnen de katholieke familie. De kunstenaar raakt in de loop der jaren steeds meer gecharmeerd van haar schoonheid, en besluit haar te schilderen. De groeiende intimiteit tussen hen veroorzaakt spanning en onrust in het geordende huishouden, tot ergernis van Vermeers eigenzinnige vrouw Catharina. Met een geweldig vermogen zich in te leven in het zeventiende-eeuwse Delft, vertelt Tracy Chevalier in Meisje met de parel het fictieve verhaal van een jonge vrouw die op de rand van haar volwassenheid een genie ontmoet.

Šlechtic Jean de Viste se stal v 15. stol. významným mužem na dvoře francouzského krále Ludvíka XI. Své bohatství vkládá do nádherného zařízení domu, k němuž patří i šest tapiserií zobrazujících vždy jinou krásku s bájným zvířetem. Malíř předloh pro tato díla, velký svůdník a znalec žen, a bruselský tkadlec těchto světově proslulých gobelínů jsou další z mnoha postav mistrně napsaného románu. Předchozí autorčina knížka, Dívka s perlou, byla předlohou oscarového filmu s úspěchem promítaného i v našich kinech.

Interweaves historical fact with fiction to explore the mystery behind the creation of the remarkable Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, woven at the end of the fifteenth century, which today hang in the Cluny Museum in Paris.

Using a number of shifting perspectives - wives and husbands, friends and lovers, masters and servants, and a gravedigger's son - this novel follows the fortunes of two families in the first years of the 20th century.

Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin—two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start a family of her own. Village life turns out to be less idyllic than she expected, however, and a peculiar dream of the color blue propels her on a quest to uncover her family’s French ancestry. As the novel unfolds—alternating between Ella’s story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earlier—a common thread emerges that unexpectedly links the two women. Part detective story, part historical fiction, The Virgin Blue is a novel of passion and intrigue that compels readers to the very last page.

Autorka poodhaluje tajemství dávného vztahu malíře Vermeera /1632 – 1675/ a jeho mladičké múzy, předobrazu díla Dívka s perlou. Šestnáctiletá Griet, služebná ve Vermeerově domácnosti, má výjimečné estetické cítění a jazyk oplývá barvami a odstíny jako vypůjčenými z malířovy palety. Jejími ústy je vyprávěn příběh plný utajované lásky, obdivu a pokory