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Alex Gough Emperor's Spear

An intense novel of war at the Roman frontier. On the Empire's Northern border trouble is stirring. For decades the barbarians have been at the gates. Now, facing threats from within as well as outside, the Emperor is provoking war. When his friend Atius goes missing in Germania, Imperial Assassin Silus is sent into the heart of the battle-torn region. Plunged into a deadly intrigue and a brutal conflict, can Silus find out who is betraying Rome? Or will the legions start falling, one by bloody...

Engels | 10 uur 21 minuten (456 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Sarah Meuleman De vondeling

1968, de Isles of Scilly in de Atlantische Oceaan. Op een afgelegen strand doet de achtjarige Robin een macabere vondst . In de branding ziet ze een pop. Ze rent erheen en ontdekt dat het geen speelgoed is, maar een dode baby in een doek. Als ze haar moeder haalt, is de baby spoorloos verdwenen. Niemand gelooft de jonge Robin met haar levendige fantasie. Geteisterd door herinneringen aan de baby, reist Robin twintig jaar later terug naar het eiland om er voorgoedachter te komen wat ze écht heeft...

Nederlands | 8 uur 9 minuten (705 MB) | Lebowski Publishers, Amsterdam | 2019

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C. M. Albright Shadow Banking

Set in the heart of global finance, Shadow Banking follows the lives of City hopefuls, as they try to wheel, deal and backstab their way to billions. Remember: life’s a trade... It is 1994. Al Denham turns up to his first day at City banking giant Trenchart Colville; he thinks he’s there to start a job. But in fact, he’s at the beginning of a journey that will change his life forever. Al is joined by a ragtag combination of the brash and the charming, the box-tickers and the risk-takers: razor-sharp...

Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (586 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Jeffrey Archer To Cut a Long Story Short

The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer’s great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tale. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession – and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar – to the creative financial talents of a member of...

Engels | 7 uur 42 minuten (335 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Kate Ryder Beneath Cornish Skies

To an outsider, Cassandra Shaw's life looks perfect. She lives in a beautiful, luxurious house in the English countryside, with a handsome, wealthy boyfriend who insists she needn't do a day's work in her life. But Cassie knows that something is not right. Her boyfriend has grown colder, treating her more like a housekeeper than a future wife. And her time feels empty and purposeless. Cassandra has always been riddled with insecurities and self-doubt, but, just for once, she decides to take a chance...

Engels | 10 uur 35 minuten (465 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022

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Annejet van der Zijl | Jo Simons De val van Annika S.

De wereld van de ambitieuze Duitse politica Annika Schaefer stort in elkaar wanneer wordt onthuld dat ze heeft gelogen over haar verleden. Om aan de toorn van haar collega's en schoonfamilie te ontkomen slaat ze op de vlucht en reist ze naar Bergen aan Zee, naar het vakantiepark waar ze met haar grootouders vaak kwam. Daar probeert ze een nieuw bestaan op te bouwen, maar al snel wordt duidelijk dat ze het verleden niet kan ontlopen. En niet alleen het hare... Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

Nederlands | 7 uur 43 minuten (448 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2018

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Felice Picano The Lure

Shocking and controversial, The Lure has become a classic of gay fiction with its candid description of New York’s gay subculture. The works of Felice Picano need little introduction. As one of the founding members of The Violet Quill, the foremost post-Stonewall gay writing movement, (other members included Edmund White and Andrew Holleran), Picano has published many acclaimed works of both fiction and non-fiction. First published in 1979, The Lure rocketed Picano to commercial literary fame....

Engels | 15 uur 23 minuten (671 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Damion Hunter The Emperor's Games

The final thrilling instalment of The Centurions, an epic historical adventure set in Ancient Rome. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have won respect in service to the Empire. Correus, an esteemed soldier in the Roman Army of Eagles, has been entrusted with the honoured task of running the Emperor’s brutal games. Flavius, a Centurion at his brother’s side, has risen to become the Emperor’s most trusted advisor. Now Correus has been given the deadly task of quelling a barbarian uprising...

Engels | 15 uur 30 minuten (680 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Nicholas Carter Harvest of Swords

Rivalry in love and battle in this historical adventure set in the English Civil War. In the late autumn of the first year of the English Civil War, William Sparrow and Hugo Telling are again caught up in the impossible confusion tearing the country and their lives apart. This time, their greatest battles, fought on both land and sea, are with a new enemy, Lord Clavincale. As they struggle through the bitterly cold Dorset winter, their hard-won experience is enough to lead their men, but never...

Engels | 12 uur 21 minuten (541 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Nicholas Carter King's Men Crow

It takes courage to survive in this atmospheric historical adventure set during the English Civil War. August 1643: the Siege of Gloucester continues. Can the weak city walls really survive against the might of the Royalists? William Sparrow and Hugo Telling may be on different sides, but their dreams and desires are the same. To find the courage to fight proudly and lead their men. For the war to be over and for the love of the incomparable Bella. But only one side can win the war, and only one...

Engels | 12 uur 10 minuten (535 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Nicholas Carter Storming Party

Rivalry and battle abound in this action-packed historical adventure of the English Civil War. 1643: Sir William Waller’s army has been defeated on Roundway Down, his infantry left stranded on the bleak slopes at the mercy of the Royalist cavalry. Sir Ralph Hopton is now free to turn his attention to Parliament’s bastion in the West – Bristol. The city walls are strong enough, but Bristol has precious few men and even fewer guns with which to defend them. And to make matters worse, rumour has...

Engels | 10 uur 18 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Nicholas Carter Turncoat's Drum

The country is in turmoil in this thrilling historical adventure of the English Civil War. It is 1643, and the struggle between Parliament and the King erupts in the West Country, tearing families apart and setting village against village. But for some, this fight is not only about crown and country: it is far more personal than that. Royalist soldier Hugo Telling wishes Parliamentarian William Sparrow dead. This rivalry will take them across battlefields the breadth of England, and all for the...

Engels | 11 uur 25 minuten (504 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Damion Hunter The Wall at the Edge of the World

Save lives... Or take them? A gripping novel of the Roman frontier. Army Medic Postumus Justinius Corvus is a long way from his native Britannia, in the Syrian provinces at the far corner of Empire. But now he is going home, unexpectedly promoted to Senior Surgeon in the Sixth. The new Emperor faces problems in the far-flung island at the edge of Empire. Trouble is brewing north of the Wall. The tribes are stirring, a new conflict is brewing, old and new loyalties will be tested. Postumus will...

Engels | 11 uur 1 minuut (528 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Lily van Keeken Kates overwinning

Na een verwoestend bombardement vertrekt Kate uit Londen. Ze vindt een plek op het landgoed Mulberry Hall, waar ze op de boerderij kan gaan werken. Het duurt niet lang voordat ze vriendschap sluit met de andere vrouwen, Anna, Barbara en verpleegster Sally. Het is wennen en saai op het platteland, zeker in vergelijking met haar vroegere leven in Londen. Kate mist de dansavondjes en de afspraakjes met leuke mannen. Al is hier natuurlijk wel de knappe arts Montgomery, die zijn oog op haar laat vallen....

Nederlands | 101 pagina's (ePub2, 3,9 MB) | Loft Books, Amsterdam | 2024

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Lily van Keeken Sally's droom

Engeland, 1944. Sally Wilson werkt al vier jaar als verpleegster op het landgoed Mulberry Hall, waar gewonde soldaten naartoe worden gebracht. De oorlog duurt al zo lang, zal er ooit een einde aan komen? Er is een schrijnend tekort aan alles, zelfs aan verband, en de voedselrantsoenen worden steeds kariger. Haar broer Teddy vecht aan het front en elke dag dat ze niets van hem hoort wordt ze ongeruster. Gelukkig ontmoet ze Kate, die door de bombardementen uit Londen is verdreven en terecht is gekomen...

Nederlands | 116 pagina's (ePub2, 4,9 MB) | Loft Books, Amsterdam | 2024

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Marianne Hoogstraaten | Theo Hoogstraaten De gifmengster

Is Lucrezia opgewassen tegen alle vuile spelletjes van de mannen in haar leven? Het onbezorgde leventje van Lucrezia Borgia verandert snel wanneer haar vader, kardinaal Rodrigo Borgia, tot paus wordt gekozen. Hij besluit om zijn beeldschone en goed opgeleide dochter te gebruiken om sterke bondgenootschappen te kunnen smeden. Al snel wordt de dertienjarige Lucrezia gedwongen te trouwen met een veel oudere man. Korte tijd later wil haar vader alweer van haar eerste huwelijk af. De snelste manier...

Nederlands | ePub2, 1,5 MB | De Crime Compagnie, Laren nh | 2024

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Damion Hunter Barbarian Princess

The epic second Roman adventure in The Centurions series, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have found the life of a Centurion to be a dangerous one. After imprisonment and torture, Flavius has found his strength and proven his mettle. Correus, son of a slave, has found glory on the battlefield. But now the brothers have been stationed to Wales, a land full of barbarians, mud and freezing rain. Here they must face the pain of lost love, the shame...

Engels | 16 uur 1 minuut (803 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Damion Hunter The Centurions

Against the mighty splendour of the glorious Roman Empire, unfolds the magnificent new saga, perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden. Correus and Flavius. Half-brothers, sons of a brilliant general. One, son of a slave woman, is a born warrior destined to excel. The other, a nobleman by birth, must struggle relentlessly to succeed. When they both join the Centuriate, a position Flavius has always known he will inherit, and one that Correus has long coveted, it is together that they face the brutal reality...

Engels | 15 uur 26 minuten (930 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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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 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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