Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: «The «New York Times» — bestselling author of «Girl with a Pearl Earring» makes her first fictional foray into the American past in «The Last Runaway», bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions, and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement.»
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. When modest Quaker Honor Bright sails from Bristol with her sister, she is fleeing heartache for a new life in America, far from home. But tragedy leaves her alone and vulnerable, torn between two worlds and dependent on the kindness of strangers. Life in 1850s Ohio is precarious and unsentimental. The sun is too…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 574 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 310) Аннотация: «A voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's enthralling new novel From the moment she's struck by lightening as a baby, it is clear that Mary Anning is marked for greatness. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, she learns that she has «the eye» — and finds what no one else can…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Jean le Viste, a newly wealthy member of the French court, commissions the tapestries to hang in his chateau. Nicolas, his chosen designer, meets le Viste`s wife Genevieve and his daughter Claude, both of whom take a keen interest in the tapestries. This novel is written by the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and Falling Angels.