Biographical Fiction

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Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors.

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....

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The Woman Who Painted The Seasons is a vivid recreation of the tragedies and triumphs of Lee's life, including her determination to be recognized for her art and her passion to ensure Jackson Pollock achieved the success he deserved.

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....

Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee....

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Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in a powerful and healing historical novel from the #1 bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley....

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Discover the “captivating, absorbing, and beautifully told” (Kathleen Grissom) love story of Sisi, the Austro-Hungarian empress and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph—perfect for fans of the Netflix series The Empress! The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are...

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, a convicted killer becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the United States. The Executioner's Song follows the true story of cold-blooded murderer Gary Gilmore, who, after being tried and convicted, insisted on being executed for his crimes. To do...

It’s time for a w(h)ine “God, she’s funny” – Jilly Cooper ‘Oh, for f*ck’s sake’ muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find for a no effort dinner. The children continued to fight behind her. They regarded any form of fish not encased in...

For everyone who has fallen through the wardrobe door, experienced the magic of Narnia, and longs to know more, New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan delivers a heartfelt story that is simultaneously a fascinating look into the bond between siblings, a peek behind the curtain of...

Based on the incredible true story of two unsung heroines who defied the odds to save countless lives, this powerful novel reveals how acts of extraordinary courage by ordinary women saved so many in the countdown to WW2.

Eugenie Bearhani (1760-1835) was born in Calcutta, raised in Haiti, and brought as a servant - a free woman of color - to America by an English officer on the eve of the American Revolution. Yet none of that prepared Eugenie for her next employer: Colonel Aaron Burr....

The 15th-anniversary edition of a brilliant, action-packed and gripping novel of Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle....

Lady Anne Seymour knows that her family hangs by a thread. If her sister-in-law Jane Seymour cannot give the King a son, she will be executed or set aside, and her family with her....

The Paris Wife meets PBS’s Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history’s most remarkable women: Winston Churchill’s scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome. Wealthy, privileged, and fiercely independent New Yorker Jennie Jerome took Victorian England by...

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No.1 bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited fourth Why Mummy novel.

I just wanted them to stop wittering at me, eat vegetables without complaining, let me go to the loo in peace and learn to make a decent gin and tonic.

The bestselling series from the authors of the phenomenal multimillion-selling Left Behind books. Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins give us the second book in their bestselling Jesus Chronicles—biblically inspired novels that bring to life the story of Jesus as never told before. Mark's Story is a...

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Books of Mortals series brilliantly adapts the life of Judas Iscariot into a dazzling work of fiction—humanizing the man whose very name is synonymous with betrayal. Based on extensive research into the life and times of Judas Iscariot, this...

With the English crown finally in his possession, Henry Tudor’s endeavors to restore order to the realm are hindered by continuing unrest. Intrigue, treason, and distrust blights the new Tudor dynasty, challenging Margaret’s strength of character and her steadfast faith in God....

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Países Bajos, siglo XVII. La joven Griet, de dieciséis años, entra a trabajar al servicio de Johannes Vermeer en la ciudad de Delft. Griet parece saber cuál es su papel en la casa: ocuparse de las tareas domésticas y cuidar a los seis niños del pintor. Sin embargo, la sensibilidad de la muchacha llama la atención de Vermeer, quien le abre las puertas de su mundo y su trabajo. A medida que la intimidad crece entre ambos, también lo hacen la tensión y los celos. Y pronto, llega el escándalo.

Im Jahr 1936 wird die Auslandskorrespondentin Nancy Wake in Paris Zeugin des Schreckens von Hitlers Aufstieg in Europa. Kaum hat Nancy den französischen Industriellen Henri Fiocca kennengelernt, sich in ihn verliebt und zugestimmt, ihn zu heiraten, fallen die Deutschen in Frankreich ein und zwingen sie, ihren ersten Decknamen anzunehmen. Die Gestapo nennt sie weiße Maus wegen ihrer bemerkenswerten Fähigkeit, sich der Gefangennahme zu entziehen, wenn sie alliierte Soldaten über die Grenzen schmuggelt.

Tra le ombre scintillanti della corte Tudor, Jane Parker cammina con passo sicuro. Gli occhi di tutti sono su di lei, ma nessuno vede davvero chi è. I segreti sono i suoi alleati, le bugie il suo scudo. Jane Parker è una moglie devota, una sorella fedele, una spia silenziosa. Ma è soprattutto la mente più acuta dell’Inghilterra di quel periodo. Mentre il potere dei Bolena vacilla e l’ira di un re imprevedibile si abbatte come una tempesta, Jane si muove sul filo delle alleanze, dove uno sguardo può tradire e un sorriso nascondere una condanna.

Father Thomas Abell's tranquil life in Oxford is shattered when the powerful Cardinal Wolsey summons him to the royal court. Embroiled in King Henry VIII's quest for a divorce, Wolsey asks Thomas to become Queen Katherine’s personal chaplain—and the king's loyal spy. Then, when a covert mission to Spain forces Thomas to choose between the king's demands and his own conscience, he must decide who he will serve. Will he risk everything to do what is right?

Nineteen-year-old Anne of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, is thrilled and triumphant at the birth of a healthy baby boy, destined to reign as King of Scotland and, possibly, England. But Anne's enjoyment of maternal glory quickly fades as her husband King James, fearing his son will be politically manipulated against him as he was against his mother, the deceased Mary Queen of Scots, removes the child permanently from her care. Outraged, Anne tries to regain control of her son, initiating a bitter marital struggle which sours what had been a loving and harmonious marriage.

"Du hast eine Freundin gefunden." Diese Worte markieren die erste Begegnung von Leonard und Virginia Woolf mit dem Pinseläffchen Mitz im Sommer 1934. Unter Leonards liebevoller Fürsorge erholt sich das kränkelnde Äffchen, wird bald zum untrennbaren Teil der Familie Woolf und sorgt in der legendären Bloomsbury Group für Heiterkeit. Briefe und Tagebuchaufzeichnungen inspirierten Sigrid Nunez zu diesem intimen Porträt des Künstlerehepaars - eine berührende Geschichte über die heilsame Kraft der Verbindung zwischen Mensch und Tier.

Nella tumultuosa solitudine di Bombay, Hugo Baumgartner, ebreo tedesco arrivato in India ormai da cinquant'anni, si è ritagliato un angolo tranquillo, rinunciando per sempre alla patria e alla sua lingua. Ma nonostante il tempo trascorso, i ricordi tornano ad affacciarsi con dolorosa intensità. L'agiata infanzia in Germania, l'affetto delicato della madre, ma anche la salita al potere del nazismo, la fuga verso l'Oriente.

À vingt ans, j'ai arrêté d'écouter les gens et je suis partie. Seule, en stop et sans un sou en poche. J'ai traversé l'Europe jusqu'au Cap Nord, sans autre but que de ne pas pourrir chez moi. On peut dire que j'ai fui. C'était mon premier grand voyage.

In the bustling silver mining town of Aspen, Colorado, a young woman's promising life was cut short on a June evening in 1886. I should know—I was that woman. My name is Ida Chatfield, and my mysterious death has remained one of Aspen's oldest unsolved enigmas. From beyond the grave, I recount my journey from the Nebraska prairie to the soaring peaks of Colorado.

If you loved Landscape of a Marriage by Gail Ward Olmsted, you'll absolutely adore Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip. In the fall of 1907, Katharine decides to drive from Newport, Rhode Island to her new home in Jackson, New Hampshire. Despite the concerns of her family and friends that at the age of 77 she lacks the stamina for the nearly 300-mile journey, Katharine sets out alone.

On the verge of becoming a spinster at twenty-three in colonial Nova Scotia, Submit Leete yields to parental pressure to marry a British Captain more than twice her age, but when he dies and she marries his young protégé too soon afterwards, her young stepdaughter Mary suspects the worst and vows revenge. Was his death an accident or murder? Mary sets out to prove that Submit and her new husband were motivated by lust and greed to end her father's life and steal his fortune. Dogged by this quest, she traces clues deep into the past hoping to destroy their lives, just as hers was destroyed.

My name is Jon McCullough, a pastor in Texas. I also love writing, another way to help people in this very lost world. The book you are about to listen to is my story, my history. I purposed in my heart to write a true story about my past, the bad, the good, everything. I wanted to remind others that if you make mistakes, it doesn’t have to define you. You can be redeemed. “Dulapa” is based on a true story about me when I was twenty-one years old.

Vittoria, apparsa come un'improvvisa luce nella sua vita, riporterà Giorgio alla realtà, e solo di fronte a un evento drammatico riusciranno a scoprire la verità nascosta dietro il viaggiatore di passioni.

Giorgio Prà continua il suo viaggio, ma l'incontro con una donna fatale — tanto bella quanto pericolosa — mette a rischio tutto ciò per cui ha lottato. La separazione dal suo mentore rappresenta un'ulteriore prova, dalla quale esce con l'animo rafforzato. Ma la vita gli pone davanti una prova inaspettata, capace di scuotere le sue certezze più profonde. Giorgio si fa trovare pronto, come sempre… ma questa volta dovrà affrontare il nemico più difficile: se stesso.

Behind the Iron Curtain, the Truth Can Kill You. Europe, 1956. The Iron Curtain divides the Free West from the Soviet Bloc, and the battle for hearts and minds is waged with words, not bullets. Charlie Atkins, a 23-year-old California farm girl, works at Radio Free Europe in Munich, relaying Western news to millions trapped behind Soviet borders. She longs to report real stories—like her own, marked by the mysterious disappearance of her father, Captain A. J. Atkins, in the last days of World War II. Her boss dismisses her: too young, too green, too female.

What happens when a "professional small boy" grows up completely unsupervised in the Colorado wilderness? You get the unforgettable adventure memoir that's part Hatchet, part Stand by Me, and entirely authentic. Days of High Adventure chronicles the semi-fictional true stories of a feral boy's education in 1980s Southern Colorado before cell phones, helicopter parents, and sanitized safety replaced real character-building adventure.

“Vivencias: todo lo que amamos y odiamos y que no viene en los libros”, precisa con contundencia Laviada como resultado de un singular ejercicio de escritura en el que busca, justamente, entregarnos sus vivencias. Es así que se nos propone este libro como un compendio integrado por casi medio centenar de secuencias en las que se cuenta la historia de vida de un personaje que está todavía en acción.

Le Tellier sucht ein neues Zuhause in Südfrankreich, in der Nähe der Alpen, er will Wurzeln schlagen. Im beschaulichen Dorf La Paillette findet er ein Haus, früher eine Keramikwerkstatt. An einer der Mauern ist ein Name eingeritzt: André Chaix, der zwanzig war und in der Résistance, als er von den Deutschen erschossen wurde. Le Tellier macht sich auf die Suche. Bei einer Ausstellung über den Widerstand in der Region stößt er erneut auf André Chaix. Man übergibt ihm eine Schachtel mit Briefen, Bildern, persönlichen Gegenständen: Wer war dieser junge Mann?

Bitcoins I Shift Deleted is a fictionalized memoir inspired by real events—a story of what it's like to hold magic in your hands…and let it slip away.

Was bedeutet es, wenn man sich in hohem Alter noch einmal verliebt? Wenn nicht mehr viel Zeit füreinander bleibt und man sich eigentlich schon im Alleinsein eingerichtet hat? In Natascha Wodins neuem Hörbuch wagt die Erzählerin den Versuch, die Liebe über die Einsamkeit siegen zu lassen, ein letztmögliches Lebensexperiment, in dem sich die Fragen nach Liebe und Tod mit existenzieller Dringlichkeit stellen und die Mühen des Alters zum Alltag gehören.

The author describes life in South Africa from the viewpoint of different cultures and characters. As a keen observer of human nature, she invites her listeners to become part of real-life issues by visiting the characters behind the scenes, often shocking them with open and honest dialogue about unusual situations. Sharing experiences in a government hospital, one real and another fictional, and a matric dance where a man reluctantly takes his gardener's son to his matric dance in his sports car, Mandy and her Friends reveal the shocking reality of what life is like living with a drug addict.

From a working-class family, Scotsman Andrew Cunningham stewards for wealthy travelers aboard elegant cruise ships of the early 20th century, but he resents those who flaunt their inherited wealth. New Yorkers Florence and Bradley Cumings, first-class passengers traveling aboard Titanic, are the exception, and the three discover an ancestral connection.

L’enfance de Marie-Ange dans le Sud Algérien des années 50 est un joyau fait de couleurs, de lumières, de rires et de tendresse. Tandis que l’auditeur-lecteur voyage avec délice dans l’univers de cette histoire vraie, racontée dans une langue fine, vivifiante, riche de précisions et d’anecdotes, il découvre en même temps les blessures silencieuses d’une enfant à la recherche de la vérité sur sa naissance. Le Mektoub, ce destin qui déchirerait quelques années plus tard la douceur éphémère d’une entente entre deux peuples était celui qui emporterait l’enchantement naïf de l’enfance.

Frederikshavn 1931: Im Fischhandel ihrer Familie lernt die neugierige, lebenslustige Caroline den charmanten Kapitän Klarius Mikkelsen kennen. Von seiner Stimme und seinen blauen Augen fühlt sie sich in eine Welt der Entdeckungen in weiter Ferne getragen. Sie folgt ihm in den norwegischen Walfanghafen Sandefjord und setzt durch, dass sie ihn auf seiner nächsten Expedition begleiten darf. 1935 betritt Caroline Mikkelsen als erste Frau das ewige Eis der Antarktis.

Nel cuore di un tranquillo paesino di una provincia veneta, l’adolescenza di Marta prende una svolta oscura quando cade vittima delle arti manipolatorie di un santone carismatico. Dapprima alla ricerca di sostegno e amore, Marta piomba presto in un vero e proprio incubo, un incubo che ha il volto di padre Antonio. Marta, e con lei tanti altri giovani, si ritrova vittima di abusi e violenze indicibili, intrappolata in una situazione che non avrebbe mai immaginato possibile.