Ancestors, Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: The Doomswoman
ISBN: 1688711937 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688711938
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Цена: 14060.00 T
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Описание: This refreshingly innovative take on the age-old theme of star-crossed lovers is set during the period when Mexico and the U.S. were warring over the control of California. The lovely Do a Chonita is loyal to her family's pro-Mexico position in the conflict, but a chance encounter with a silver-tongued Lothario named Don Diego throws everything she holds true into question.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: The Avalanche
ISBN: 1688711228 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688711228
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Цена: 13430.00 T
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Описание: If you like your mysteries served up with a tall order of intrigue, romance, fascinating characters, and engrossing local color, try The Avalanche from author Gertrude Atherton. Set among the affluent upper classes in turn-of-the-century San Francisco, the novel delves into the relationship between a beautiful young woman from France and her ambitious American suitor. It's a satisfying, fully fleshed-out read in which the mystery is just one part of a well-wrought tale.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
ISBN: 1688711376 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688711372
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Цена: 14550.00 T
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Описание: American author Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton achieved significant literary acclaim during her career, garnering comparisons to luminaries like Henry James and Ambrose Bierce. This collection of spine-tingling gothic tales will please fans of the genre who don't want to sacrifice literary quality when it comes to scary stories.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: A Daughter of the Vine
ISBN: 1688707336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688707337
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Цена: 14310.00 T
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Описание: In this emotionally engaging and richly detailed multi-generational epic, author Gertrude Atherton uses her own family history as a lens through which to trace the evolution of the fictional Randolph family, from their roots in England to their eventual ascendance to power and prestige in the rough-and-tumble pioneer era of California.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: Sleeping Fires
ISBN: 1688710655 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688710658
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Цена: 14190.00 T
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Описание: What starts out as a much-anticipated wedding among members of the high-society set in 1870s San Francisco eventually devolves into a tragic story of a doomed love triangle in Gertrude Atherton's deeply moving historical romance novel Sleeping Fires.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: Black Oxen
ISBN: 1688707735 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688707733
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Цена: 17810.00 T
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Описание: Lee Clavering (Tearle), a playwright in New York, falls in love with an Austrian countess, Madame Zatianny (Griffith). Janet Oglethorpe (Bow), an animated and precocious flapper, is also in love with Lee but he hasn't noticed yet. Unbeknownst to Lee, Madame Zatianny is actually 58 years old, and has retained her youth through a rejuvenating glandular treatment and X-ray surgery. Lee's plans to marry Madame Zatianny are thwarted when one of her former admirers reveals her embarrassing secret and, in the end, Lee discovers happiness with Janet.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: Senator North
ISBN: 1688709592 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688709591
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Цена: 17240.00 T
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Описание: This exhaustively researched historical novel presents a rich, three-dimensional representation of the late nineteenth-century politics in the United States. The focal point of the novel is Senator North, a character purportedly based on Maine's Senator Eugene Hale.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: Rezanov
ISBN: 1688709533 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688709539
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Цена: 14950.00 T
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Описание: Many of Gertrude Atherton's novels are set in her native state of California and feature gutsy, headstrong heroines. In Rezanov, a high-ranking Russian official travels to California and is blown over by his first encounter with the beautiful, independent Dona Concha Arguello. Can their love bridge the cultural divide between them?

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: The Sisters-In-Law
ISBN: 1688720553 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688720558
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Цена: 18030.00 T
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Описание: Fans of Gertrude Atherton's California series of novels and stories will want to add The Sisters-in-Law to their must-read list. This tale focuses on a young woman named Alexina and her amusing exploits in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. But when the devastating earthquake hits, everything changes in an instant, and Alexina's fondness for social fun and games wanes.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: The Valiant Runaways
ISBN: 1688741771 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688741775
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Цена: 13090.00 T
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Описание: Though originally intended for younger audiences, The Valiant Runaways is a rip-roaring action-adventure tale that will ensnare the interest of readers of all ages. Roldan Castanada is a young man who has strong opinions about everything and who is not inclined to take orders he doesn't agree with. But when he's conscripted as a soldier in the conflict between U.S. and Mexico over control of California, Roldan's attitude begins to change.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: What Dreams May Come
ISBN: 1688742018 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688742017
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Цена: 13210.00 T
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Описание: Originally published in the late nineteenth century, this novel was initially overlooked by critics, but it is now regarded as an early classic in the genre of fantasy fiction. Struck by a dizzying thunderbolt of love at first sight, protagonist Charles Dartmouth falls fast and hard for the Welsh heiress Weir Penrhyn. Before long, he begins to suspect that there's a supernatural force prompting his affections.

Автор: Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn
Название: The White Morning
ISBN: 1688741968 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781688741966
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Цена: 13410.00 T
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Описание: Countess Gisela Neibuhr feels profound dissatisfaction with her country, as a woman -- and so thoroughly disgusted with it as a German that her personal grievances seem far from necessary to fortify her for the momentous role she is soon to play.