The Aviary Gate
- 352 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
A tale of ancient alliances and intrigues, of forbidden love and dangerous secrets
La Puerta del Aviario Serie
Esta serie transporta a los lectores a través de siglos y continentes, tejiendo historias de mujeres valientes que se encuentran en entornos exóticos y peligrosos. Desde los opulentos harenes del Imperio Otomano hasta los pasillos académicos de Oxford, estas narrativas exploran temas de amor, pérdida, valentía y la búsqueda de la identidad. Sigue a las protagonistas mientras navegan por intrigas políticas, restricciones sociales y deseos personales en ricos escenarios históricos. Es una narrativa cautivadora de personajes femeninos resilientes que forjan sus destinos contra viento y marea.
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In a small town on the Italian coast, a mysterious woman washes ashore. She is crippled, mute, and clutches a bundle to her chest-a baby the townspeople insist is a real-life mermaid. It can only bring bad luck; they pay a troupe of acrobats to carry mother and child away. In the bustling trade center of Venice, merchant Paul Pindar is the subject of his colleagues' concern. Since his return from Constantinople, they have found him changed; raging over the loss of his beloved, Celia, he has gambled away his fortune at the gaming tables. But when a priceless blue diamond surfaces in the city, Pindar recognizes the opportunity to regain everything he has lost-including, perhaps, the woman he loves. A celebrated writer of history and travel books, Katie Hickman has always been a master of evoking time and place. With The Pindar Diamond, her follow-up to The Aviary Gate, she brings early-seventeenth-century Italy vividly to life, and also demonstrates her maturity as a novelist. A tale of love and avarice, with a touch of the mystical, The Pindar Diamond is rich with historical detail, and unfolds with urgency and grace. It is accomplished, wholly satisfying historical fiction.
The House at Bishopsgate
- 448 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
Wonderfully sinister ... Hickman is a born storyteller. Hugely enjoyable The Times