Elizabeth Buchan Pořadí knih

A gorgeous novel of family secrets and self-discovery from the bestselling author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman and Two Women in Rome.

Paris, 1789. As the shadow of the guillotine falls over a nation at war with itself, three very different women find themselves caught up in the storm of revolution... In France under the last Bourbon king, the extravagance grows more outrageous and the unrest of the poor more dangerous. Into this ferment are swept the innocent English Sophie Luttrell, visiting France for the first time, the French aristocrat Héloise de Guinot, who hates the man her parents have arranged for her to marry, and Marie-Victoire , the loyal maid, who finds herself immersed in revolutionary politics. They are the daughters of the storm which is sweeping France - and over the world. Three women whose lives will be forever marked by this turning point in history and whose passionate struggle for love, liberty - and for life - will have unexpected consequences.

In wartime France an English SOE and a German Abwehr officer fall in love - with consequences neither could have foreseen... I thought loving someone was simple. It isn't. Glorious, yes. Painful, yes. Unforgettable, yes. Simple, no. It took me the war to find out... Evelyn St. John has been parachuted into France to link up with the Resistance and to work undercover. Paul von Hoch's brief, as a member of German Intelligence, is to track down enemy spies. When Evelyn and Paul meet and fall in love, their feelings for one another are fierce, but can never be uncomplicated. And when the battle lines shift, and patriotism gives way to deeper truths, they will both face the gravest of challenges.

A beautifully atmospheric story of two women who can never meet, set in a city full of secrets ancient and modern...

Paříž, současnost. Muzeum nesplněných slibů je místem naděje i zklamání. Každý vystavený předmět byl kýmsi darován – plechovka od sušenek, svatební závoj, dětská botička. Každý exponát se stal zhmotněním trpké zrady. Muzeum je místem, kam si chodí lidé promluvit s přízraky své vlastní minulosti. Laure, majitelka a kurátorka, do muzejních sbírek také přispěla upomínkou na bolavé vzpomínky ze svého mládí... Praha, 1986. Laure se snaží usebrat z náhlé smrti svého otce a odlétá do Prahy. Za železnou oponou ji čeká šedivý svět protkaný netušeným nebezpečím. Snaží se pochopit temné politické proudy, které ovlivňují život ve městě, ale její svobodné mysli se to moc nedaří. To se změní, teprve když potká mladého muzikanta, disidenta. Zamiluje se do něj. A vůbec netuší, jaké to pro ni bude mít důsledky. Teprve po mnoha letech se dokáže Laure opravdu ohlédnout za svou minulostí a vnímat bez bolesti vášnivý vztah, který ovlivnil celý její následný život.

Settle down with the stunning wartime story of a family trying to survive, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The New Mrs Clifton When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror - her husband of twenty-five years - collaborates with the enemy to save his family home. Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance, her life in the hands of London's code breakers, Kay's betrayal of her husband is complete as she risks her home and children to protect an SOE agent who won't even tell her his name. As her family - especially her headstrong daughter - is drawn further into danger, Kay is faced with a wrenching moral dilemma. Who will be sacrificed next for the cause? Can she and Bror ever find their way back to one another? I Can't Begin to Tell You is a beautiful story of bravery, broken loyalties, lies and how the power of love can bring redemption even to the darkest of places. Praise for I Can't Begin to Tell You: 'Impressive . . . Buchan brings the period vividly to life' Sunday Times 'Such a good novel, full of incident and history' Daily Express 'A gripping story of courage and conscience. Highly recommended' Sunday Mirror 'Gripping, fascinating' Daily Mail

It is a truth universally acknowledged that all mothers want to see their daughters happily settled.But for Lara, mother to Maudie and stepmother to Jasmine and Eve, realizing this ambition has not been easy.With an ex-husband embarking on a new marriage, and the surprising and late blooming developments in her own love life to contend with, Lara has enough to worry about, especially with Eve's upcoming wedding.And when she begins to fear that Eve is marrying a man who will only make her unhappy, and Maudie reveals something that shocks the entire family, Lara faces the ultimate dilemma. Does she step in and risk the wrath of her daughters? Or does she stand by and watch them both make what she fears will be the biggest mistakes of their lives?

Tom and Annie's kids have grown up, the mortgage is do-able, and they're about to get a gorgeous new, state-of-the-art French stove. Life is good- or so it seems. Beneath the veneer of professional success and domestic security, their marriage is crumbling, eaten away by years of resentment, loneliness, and the fall out from the estrangement of their daughter, and they've settled into simply being two strangers living under the same roof.Until the economy falls apart.Suddenly the dull but oddly comfortable predictability of their lives is upended by financial calamity-Tom loses his job, their son returns home, and Tom's mother moves in with them. As their world shrinks, Tom and Annie are forced closer together, and the chaos around them threatens to sweep away their bitterness and frustration, refreshing and possibly restoring the love that had been lying beneath all along.

Příběh o rodinném "vlaku", vykolejeném prozrazeným vztahem hlavy rodiny s mladší milenkou a vůlí vše radikálně řešit. Román o tom, jak se pohybovat v minovém poli citů, který na každé stránce poutá čtenářovu pozornost. Simon Stockdale říká svému synovi Jackovi: Tvůj dědeček chce opustit babičku, s kterou žije už čtyřicet let, a hodlá se oženit s milenkou, s níž udržuje sedm let utajovaný poměr. Děda, diví se Jack. Děda chce odejít a začít znovu? Co může taková rodinná událost znamenat pro kluka, prožívajícího zmatky první lásky? Nebo pro Simonovu manželku Carrii, která si o své tchyni vždy myslela, že si neoprávněně připadá ukřivděná a odstrkovaná a že se zbytečně utápí v sebelítosti? Dochází k inkasu synovských dluhů, a Carrie nechce, aby její manžel Simon platil. Ale on pociťuje vůči své matce závazek, který ho činí zranitelným, který však nikdo jiný nemůže pochopit. A co milenka? Advokátka, která se zamilovala do soudce dvakrát tak starého. Co když není jen "klopýtnutím jeho ctihodnosti", jak ji nazývá jeden soudní úředník. Co když, jak říká Simonův homosexuální bratr, je "tou pravou osobou". Spisovatelka, pověstná svým mistrovským vyprávěním a vtipnými a přesnými postřehy, vnáší světlo do poznatelných, ale stinných zákoutí lidského chování a přichází s dramatickým příběhem, který na každé stránce poutá čtenářovu pozornost.

What happens when the mistress gets her man? Against the odds, that's what happened to Minty. She stole her best friend Rose's husband Nathan and made him her own. But now that she's got what she wanted - marriage, kids, a family home - she's discovering a few things she didn't bargain on: the cold shoulder from Nathan's other family, her husband's middle age and growing distance...and accepting that first wives don't just go away. What's more, age brings one or two other problems for Minty. Problems that will lead her back to the one person she really doesn't want to face...