20th Century

Three young people from vastly different backgrounds – Armando from Mozambique, Lolita from India and East German national Theo – are drawn together in a small Baltic city in 1989, just as the DDR begins to collapse around them.

England, 1889. In her family’s rambling manor house in Dorset, fifteen-year-old Theodora Hallewell dreams of magic, adventure, and Toby Meriwether. As Toby prepares to leave for university, Theo plans a midnight gathering—one last chance to make Toby notice her. By dawn, a tragic mistake will shatter the world as they know it.

A secret lies behind every door… The Dordogne, 1936 Amid tangled gardens and crumbling walls, Chateau Rousseau guards its secrets well. Pushing open its faded door, Thirza Caruthers arrives to care for her great-aunt. She's made a promise – unaware of what awaits. As the skies darken above...

London, East End, 1941: When everything is lost, can love rebuild a family? With the Blitz blazing through London and sirens wailing through the night, district nurse Sarah Rhodes tends the injured and comforts the frightened, determined to endure this terrible war. But when her own home is destroyed, she is forced to leave London and seek refuge at Harbour House. There, more devastating bad news awaits. Her beloved husband Stan, a brave RAF pilot flying dangerous bombing raids, is reported missing in action when his plane fails to return. Sarah's world shatters.

The Second World War has finally ended and so begins a new era of freedom and opportunity for the Cazalet family in Casting Off, the fourth novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's magnificent Cazalet Chronicles. Read by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther and Oedipus at The Old Vic). ‘Somehow, she...

Bridget O'Byrne thought she was building the future with her brilliant business partner and cutting-edge AI technology. Eighteen months later, she's trapped in Sydney, financially ruined, and under the controlling influence of Antony Saar. Back on the family property she once dismissed as old-fashioned, Bridget struggles to rebuild her life. Her path to recovery takes an unexpected turn when she reconnects with Danny Walsh, a quietly competent stockman who was her closest friend in primary school.

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling book about the choices we make and the chances we never dreamed we'd be given. 1931. The height of the Depression, Sydney, New South Wales They were diamonds: beautiful, sparkling and irresistible. Nice girls do not accept employment from...

Scarlett O'Hara vive en Tara, una gran plantación del estado sureño de Georgia, y está enamorada de Ashley Wilkes, que en breve contraerá matrimonio con Melanie Hamilton. Estamos en 1861, en los prolegómenos de la guerra de Secesión, y todos los jóvenes sureños muestran entusiasmo por entrar en combate, excepto el atractivo aventurero Rhett Butler. A Butler le gusta Scarlett, pero ésta sigue enamorada de Ashley, que acaba de hacer público su compromiso con Melanie.

Schiff der verlorenen Träume: Ein historischer Liebesroman über die Titanic Ein Schiff der Wunder. Eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. Ein Schicksal, das alles entscheidet. Im Frühjahr 1912 sticht die Titanic, das größte und prächtigste Schiff der Welt, in See – ein Meisterwerk der Technik, das als "unsinkbar" gilt. An Bord befindet sich die junge Catherine Harding, deren Reise von Southampton nach New York ihr Leben für immer verändern wird. Was als luxuriöser Traum beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einem Albtraum aus Geheimnissen, verbotener Leidenschaft und unausweichlichem Schicksal.

Gabriela sueña con Enriq, pero acaba de casarse con Nicolau, un hombre al que aún no conoce. Ni siquiera le han preguntado su opinión; entre su madre y el párroco han orquestado el matrimonio y entregado a Gabriela a un destino lejos de su hogar. Giulio ha visto morir a todos sus compañeros en el frente austrohúngaro y, si ha logrado sobrevivir, es tan solo por la esperanza de regresar a su pueblo en la Toscana y estrechar de nuevo a Francesca entre sus brazos.

Rêveuse et solitaire, Danielle est prisonnière d'un mariage toxique et sans amour. Son seul refuge se trouve dans l'écriture de son journal intime dans lequel elle raconte ses déboires, ses peines et ses espoirs... Et depuis l'incident qui a bouleversé sa vie, elle s'est promis une chose : éviter ces maudits envahisseurs ! Pas facile lorsqu'on tient un bar et que son mari se trouve être un membre actif de la résistance. Mais quand Patrick prend part à l'insurrection de Paris en ce mois d'août 1944 et ramène à son retour rien de moins qu'un officier SS, tout change.

Drei Romane über die Frauen von Bloomsbury von Stefanie H. Martin. Ein so überraschender wie mitreißender Roman über Virginia Woolf – Ikone der literarischen Moderne und der Frauenbewegung. Die Bloomsbury Group steht bis heute für geistige Freiheit und Liebe in all ihren Facetten. Eine große Liebesgeschichte zwischen zwei Frauen, die für Literatur leben: Virginia Woolf und Vita Sackville-West.

Sicilia, inizio Novecento. A Castellatani gli uomini sono destinati a respirare la polvere dello zolfo. La grande miniera sulla collina è un dio crudele che divora i carusi e restituisce sudore, fatica e una promessa di lavoro. Teresa è cresciuta con un desiderio più grande della sua età: diventare maestra e insegnare ai bambini del paese come sognare un mondo migliore. Ma in una realtà in cui le scelte sono già scritte dalla tradizione, la sua vita si intreccia con quella di Giovanni, uno zolfataro che conosce i cunicoli sotterranei come le stanze di casa.

A passionate young artist falls disastrously in love with a woman he can never truly have. What begins as longing soon becomes obsession, drawing him deeper into a world where beauty, desire, and despair are impossible to separate. Set against the restless intensity of youth, The Sorrows of Young Werther is a timeless portrait of emotional excess — the kind of love that feels larger than life and more dangerous because of it.

Corren los primeros días de enero de 1903 y el profesor Alexander Quills, un hombre sabio que estudia las nuevas ciencias que exploran el mundo del más allá, vuelve a su casa de Oxford después de asistir a unas conferencias en Londres. Oliver Saunders, joven y tímido, trabaja mientras tanto en su pequeño cuarto de Balliol College, rodeado de diccionarios y novelas, y Lionel Lennox, amante de la buena vida y de las mujeres, está en Egipto, a punto de profanar la tumba de una princesa para llevarse una joya de inestimable valor.

När 18-åriga Iola står inför ett tvångsäktenskap med en rik, äldre man ser hon ingen annan utväg än att fly. Hon söker skydd hos sin gamla barnskötare Nanny som precis ska ge sig av för att ta ett nytt barnvaktsjobb hos en lord i södra Frankrike. Iola vet inte vad hon ska ta sig till, hon har ingen annanstans att ta vägen och snart försvinner hennes sista trygga hamn. Men under natten dör Nanny och Iola fattar ett drastiskt beslut som leder henne rakt i armarna på hennes livs kärlek och äventyr.

She gave up the stage for love. Now the man she married barely looks at her. For listeners who love emotionally intense historical romance, forbidden love, and impossible choices, The Soldier and the Swan is set in World War II–era San Francisco, where duty collides with desire and one woman must choose between the life she vowed to protect and the one she can’t forget. San Francisco, 1943: Vivienne Hartley, the city’s prima ballerina, gave up the spotlight to care for her war-wounded husband, Charlie Sterling.

Eis o espírito em que está imerso este conto extraordinário de João do Rio. Laurinda Belfort é o nome de uma socialite que tudo tem. Aconselhada por uma dama de companhia, decide ter um amante, Guilherme. Com o tempo, ele a enfastia também. Laurinda considera-se superior a tudo e a todos.

Léa de Lonval, a wealthy, beautiful forty-nine-year-old courtesan, is coming to the end of her career. Her lover, the young and fiercely handsome Fred Peloux – otherwise known as Chéri – is having to face his own reality, with an advantageous marriage arranged by his mother on the horizon. Both lovers, despite their six-year history, reluctantly decide it's time to end their affair. Yet their connection is more difficult to let go of than either of them care to admit…

Bertha Lindberg, eine junge Frau der feinen Stockholmer Gesellschaft, soll endlich standesgemäß heiraten. Doch während ihr Vater nach einem geeigneten Ehemann sucht, träumt sie von einer großen Bühnenkarriere. Als sie an einem Dezemberabend Baptiste begegnet, einem gefeierten Artisten aus Österreich, verliebt sie sich nicht nur in ihn, sondern auch in die schillernde Welt des Zirkus. Denn obwohl Bertha sich für eine moderne Frau hält, lernt sie hier eine Freiheit kennen, die ihre Vorstellung bei Weitem übersteigt.