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Simone van der Vlugt Het schaduwspel
Het schaduwspel van bestsellerauteur Simone van der Vlugt is een magistrale historische roman over Eva Ment en Jan Pieterszoon Coen, in de woelige tijd van de VOC. Eva Ment, dochter van een Amsterdamse lakenkoopman, ontmoet Jan Pieterszoon Coen op een literaire bijeenkomst. Jan is een man van aanzien: vriend van prins Maurits en gouverneur-generaal van Batavia. Ze trouwen en reizen in het voorjaar van 1627 met hun pasgeboren dochtertje naar de Oost, waar ze als vorsten worden onthaald. Er volgt een...
Nederlands | 8 uur 26 minuten (485 MB) | AmboAnthos, Amsterdam | 2019
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave De vrouwen van Vardø
Als de mannen van een afgelegen Noors eilandje omkomen bij een zware storm, weten de vrouwen zich zonder hen te redden tot een nieuwe toezichthouder orde op zaken komt stellen.
Fictie | Historische roman | Psychologische roman
Nederlands | 352 pagina's (ePub2, 3,2 MB) | Uitgeverij Orlando, Amsterdam | 2020
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