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Irma Joubert Het meisje uit de trein
Een verhaal over oorlog, bevrijding en liefde
Jakób, een jonge Poolse verzetsstrijder, heeft zijn aanslag op een Duitse gevechtstrein tot in de puntjes voorbereid. De trein blijkt niet gevuld met oorlogsmaterieel, maar met Joden op weg naar Auschwitz... De zesjarige Gretl is de enige overlevende. Verteerd door schuldgevoelens neemt Jakób haar het meisje uit de trein mee. Drie jaar lang woont ze bij zijn familie, en houden Gretl en Jakób elkaars geheim verborgen. Na de oorlog stuurt Jakób haar naar Zuid-Afrika in de hoop haar een goede toekomst...
Nederlands | 16 uur 27 minuten (993 MB) | Mozaïek, Utrecht | 2018
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Barbara Cartland Met de moed der wanhoop
Wanneer de markies van Sarne gaat dineren met een ballerina, weet hij nog niet dat hij de volgende ochtend wakker zal worden met een echtgenote en zonder enige herinnering aan de huwelijksvoltrekking. Wanneer Selina Wardell naar Londen komt zonder geld en zonder ouders weet ze niet dat ze diezelfde avond nog gedwongen zal worden een bewusteloze man te trouwen. Tegen wil en dank zijn ze aan elkaar overgeleverd... Barbara Cartland was de meest productieve romanschrijver ter wereld. Ze heeft het...
Nederlands | 4 uur 1 minuut (176 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2018
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Martina André Mystery of the Templars
In 1156, the sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar brings a mysterious object from Jerusalem to his homeland in the South of France. "The Head of Wisdom", as the strange artifact is called, ensures that the Order achieves unprecedented wealth. But in October 1307, the French king fights against the Templars. All commanderies of the Templars are closed, all members arrested. Templar Commander Lieutenant Gero of Breydenbach is to flee to Germany with the "Head of Wisdom" to keep their secret. ...
Engels | 25 uur 4 minuten (1118 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2018
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Roberta Rich De vroedvrouw van Venetië
Venetië, 1575. Vroedvrouw Hannah Levi heeft al heel wat babys gered met haar geheime kraamtechniek. Op een nacht wordt ze te hulp geroepen door de graaf van Padovani. Zijn vrouw en kind dreigen tijdens de bevalling te bezwijken. Het is een gevaarlijk verzoek, want het is Joden bij pauselijk edict verboden christenen medische hulp te verlenen. Hannah stemt toe en vraagt een astronomisch bedrag voor haar diensten met het geld hoopt ze haar man Isaak vrij te kunnen kopen, die op Malta gevangen zit....
Nederlands | 9 uur 54 minuten (856 MB) | Mozaïek, Utrecht | 2018
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Alexandre Dumas The Black Tulip
The Black Tulip is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas. The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. It then unfold around The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, that has set a prize of 100,000 guilders...
Engels | 7 uur 33 minuten (338 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anthony Hope Rupert of Hentzau
’Rupert of Hentzau’ (1898) picks up three years after ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ ended with Rudolf Rassendyll sadly leaving behind his love, Queen Flavia. Now unhappily married, Flavia writes Rassendyll to reconcile, but the letter is stolen and before long, Rassendyll once again finds himself forced to impersonate the king. Only this time, the ploy promises to leave behind several fatalities. A decidedly darker sequel, this novel once again asks the question, Duty or love? And the answer might surprise...
Engels | 8 uur 38 minuten (385 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Beasts of Tarzan
Old enemies are back to make life hard for Tarzan in ‘The Beasts of Tarzan’ (1916), the third novel in the thrilling adventure series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dividing their time between Africa and England, Tarzan and Jane and their little son Jack are comfortably settled. But when they get kidnapped and separated, they must fight harder than ever to find a way back to each other. Tarzan returns to his roots in this particularly jungle-oriented novel in the series, and, using his primal intelligence,...
Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (247 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Return of Tarzan
This follow-up to `Tarzan of the Apes‘ begins where the first novel ended, with Tarzan‘s beloved Jane set to marry his cousin. Disappointed in love, Tarzan leaves for Europe, and after a bit of trouble, becomes a spy for the French government. Soon, he finds himself back in the same jungle, in which he grew up, and coincidentally, so does Jane. Duals, attempted murders, espionage, suicide, ancient treasure, a shipwreck, lion attacks and numerous escapes, `The Return of Tarzan‘ (1915) does not lack...
Engels | 9 uur 8 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anthony Hope The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces are such that in order for the king to retain his crown his coronation must go forward. An English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The books were extremely popular and...
Engels | 5 uur 35 minuten (250 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry James Roderick Hudson
Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sensible man, Rowland is ecstatic when Roderick, a beautiful but somewhat selfish sculptor, accepts his offer of joining him in Rome for two years to develop his artistic talents. To complicate matters, however, Rowland has fallen in love for the first...
Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (597 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost
The first thing the American family see when they step into their new British mansion is the bloodstain in the sitting room. As it turns out, they have moved into an already occupied house, and their new roommate is a proud ghost determined to terrify them to death. But things do not go as planned for the poor ghost. The more he tries to scare the Otis family, the more they make fun of and ignore him. Clever from start to finish, Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Canterville Ghost’ (1887) is charming and engaging....
Engels | 1 uur 23 minuten (63 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...
Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry James The American
Christopher Newman, a somewhat awkward but well-meaning American businessman traveling in Europe for the first time, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic young widow Claire de Bellegarde. But her French family does not like his American ways and oppose his offer of marriage. When he discovers a dirty family secret, however, the tables are suddenly turned. But what should he do with upper hand? Despite being one of Henry James earliest works, `The American‘ (1877) flows more like a contemporary...
Engels | 13 uur 57 minuten (623 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...
Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Arnold Bennett The Grand Babylon Hotel
Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds out there are strange things going on - a German prince is supposed to arrive but never turns up, someone is found murdered in the hotel, but then the body disappears. With the help of his independent daughter Nella and another German prince, Racksole sets out to solve the mystery. Bennett wrote this as a 15 part serial, for a lark, in 15 days, and sold it for...
Engels | 6 uur 42 minuten (309 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make surviving any easier. But being the sweet and innocent boy he is, Oliver eventually manages to attract the compassion of others, and time will reveal secrets about his past that could radically change his bleak future. Originally published in instalments,...
Engels | 14 uur 56 minuten (682 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette joins him on his travels from London to Paris and is shocked to learn that her father is alive and has been released from eighteen years in a Paris prison. Set in the two metropolises just prior (and during) the French Revolution, Dickens paints a distinct...
Engels | 15 uur 20 minuten (701 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre accepts a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr. Rochester, the moody and cynical master of the manor. Growing up an unwanted orphan, Jane has known very little love in her life, but in spite of this, she has always been thoughtful and kind. Jane’s and Rochester’s apparent differences attract them to each other, but little does Jane know that something far more damaging than social statuses will keep them apart. ‘Jane Eyre’ (1847) is a love story that holds up over time,...
Engels | 18 uur 27 minuten (849 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Simone van der Vlugt Rode sneeuw in december
Historische roman tegen de achtergrond van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog. Het is 1552, de vooravond van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog. Lideweij Feelinck krijgt een relatie met de jonge arts Andries Griffioen, aanhanger van het protestantisme. Om met hem te kunnen trouwen trotseert ze de wil van haar vader, die met haar breekt en haar onterft. Het jonge stel vestigt zich in Breda, waar ze een nauwe band krijgen met prins Willem van Oranje. Maar het politieke klimaat verandert, het protestantisme wint terrein...
Nederlands | 14 uur 2 minuten (808 MB) | AmboAnthos, Amsterdam | 2016
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Sandra Berg De terugkomst van de kraanvogels
Op een dieptepunt in haar leven vindt Nilla, de hoofdpersoon in Sandra Bergs familieroman ‘De terugkomst van de kraanvogels’, een zeer persoonlijke brief die veertig jaar geleden werd geadresseerd aan ene Petter Nilsson. Ze besluit de brief alsnog te bezorgen en treft een norse, oude man aan in een verwaarloosd huis vol troep. Ontdaan gaat Nilla ervandoor, maar vergeten kan ze hem niet. Dus gaat ze terug. Ze houdt zichzelf voor dat ze dat doet om hem te helpen, maar eigenlijk wil ze vooral graag...
Fictie | Romantische verhalen
Nederlands | 199 pagina's (ePub2, 5,6 MB) | Z&K, Utrecht | 2021
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