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Dankbarkeit und Zuneigung, aber nicht Liebe, empfindet Joseph Blackstone gegenüber seiner Frau Harriet, denn sie hat ihm das Leben gerettet. Oder eher: Sie hat ihn in ein anderes Leben gerettet. War mit ihm von England nach Neuseeland gereist, zusammen mit Josephs Mutter. Ein Neuanfang sollte es werden, von einem Leben im Wohlstand träumten sie. Die Quelle des Wohlstands im Neuseeland des 19. Jahrhunderts hieß "Gold", und als Joseph im Fluß ne...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, one of the Wall Street Journal's best books by women in 2010. Complex, suspenseful, and almost hypnotically readable. Margot Livesey, Boston Sunday Globe

De bekende Londense antiquair Anthony Verey is niet tevreden met zijn leven. Hij bezoekt zijn zus Veronica, die in Zuid-Frankrijk woont. Het is hem snel duidelijk dat hij ook zo¿n leven wil. Hij gaat op zoek naar een mooi, rustig landhuis in de Franse Cevennen. Een van de huizen die hij bekijkt, is eigendom van Aramon Lunel. De man en zijn huis zijn in slechte conditie door het schuldgevoel van Aramon. Audrun, de zus van Aramon, bezit een deel...

Stark and evocative novel set around the New Zealand gold rush of the mid 19th century. Tremain's "Music and Silence", a former Whitbread Novel Award-winner, has sold almost 200, 000 copies in Vintage paperback. "A fabulous work, bravely imaginative, deeply moving, surprising, invigorating and satisfying" "The Independent

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1629 yilinda, Peter Claire adli genc bir Ingiliz müzisyen, Danimarka krali IV. Christianin saray orkestrasina katildiginda, kendini tuhaf bir ortamda bulur. Orkestra sarayin altindaki soguk mahzende calmakta, yalniz ve mutsuz kral yukaridaki odasinda dinlemektedir. Saf güzelliginden ötürü kralin melegi diye anilan Peter Claire, aydinlikla karanligin, iyi ile kötünün ölümüne savastiklari bu sarayda, kocasini aldatan kralicenin hizmetkarlarindan...

Joseph ve Harriet Blackstone, 1860li yillarda yeni bir yasama baslamak ve zengin olmak icin Ingiltereden Yeni Zelandaya göc ederler. Ancak ülkenin acimasiz kosullari daha basindan karsilarina büyük zorluklar cikarir. Joseph sonunda altin buldugunda, yerin altinda kendisini bekleyen daha büyük zenginliklerin tutkusuna kapilir. Ailesini ve ciftligini terk ederek yeni altin yataklarinin pesine düser...Renk, 19. yüzyilin ikinci yarisinda Yeni Zela...

A seductive new collection from the author of varied, engrossing, and . . . astonishing fiction (Richard Eder, Boston Globe).

Rose Tremain¿s novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won several awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Sacred Country). Her most recent novel, The Gustav Sonata, was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. It won the National Jewish Book Award ...

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Trapped in a London apartment, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A young woman who is about to marry a rich aristocrat instead begins a torrid relationship with a construction worker. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. A middle-aged woman cares...

Rose Tremain¿s novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won several awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Sacred Country). Her most recent novel, The Gustav Sonata, was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. It won the National Jewish Book Award ...

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A tale of betrayal, survival, and enduring friendship shadowed by the Second World War.