Knihobot

Statečné srdce

Tato sága se noří do srdce anglického venkova, kde se mladá žena z 18. století vzpírá společenským očekáváním a bojuje o dědictví svého rodinného sídla. Její odhodlání a vášeň ji pohánějí k nekompromisním činům, aby si zajistila kontrolu nad pozemky, které miluje. Příběh zkoumá temná tajemství, posedlost a cenu moci, zatímco hrdinka čelí následkům svých ambicí a stínu vlastní minulosti.

Meridon
The favoured child
Wideacre

Doporučené pořadí čtení

  1. 1

    Wideacre

    • 624 stránek
    • 22 hodin čtení
    3,4(23060)Ohodnotit

    Pre-order BOLEYN TRAITOR now - Philippa Gregory's landmark return to the Tudor court, coming Autumn 2025 ... Philippa Gregory's first novel and first in the bestselling Wideacre trilogy. A compelling tale of passion and intrigue set in the eighteenth century. From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the eighteenth century she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others. Sexual and wilful, she believes that the only way to achieve control over Wideacre is through a series of horrible crimes, and no-one escapes the consequences of her need to possess the land.

    Wideacre
  2. 2

    The favoured child

    • 540 stránek
    • 19 hodin čtení
    3,7(11235)Ohodnotit

    A sequel to the bestselling "Wideacre", this thriller features the Lacey family who, now that Wideacre Hall is a derelict, burned-out shell, live an austere life in an adjacent house where Julia and sadistic Richard, Beatrice's incestuous children are brought up by their aunt.

    The favoured child
  3. 3

    Meridon

    • 576 stránek
    • 21 hodin čtení
    3,7(10475)Ohodnotit

    The third volume in the Wideacre trilogy, this story features Meridon, a desolate Romany girl, who is determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show, while her sister, Dandy, risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want.

    Meridon