Torn from her home of twenty years and orphaned in a country rife with political tensions, Lady Elaina Spencer doesn't know where to turn. And Lord Spencer has more to worry about than trying to contain his hot-headed, independent sister while he steps into his new-found responsibilities. He's determined that she should behave like a lady and leave investigations to the authorities, but she's determined to find out who killed their parents, society's expectations be damned.
Left to her own devices, Lady Elaina sets off on a bumbling investigation into her parents' murders, opening the door to secrets better left in the dark. Can she overcome the heartache and pitfalls her discoveries unearth? Can she find those responsible for her parents' deaths? Might she also find the one thing she isn't searching for, love?
Her quest for justice may cost Lady Elaina her only brother, but worse, uncovering the truth behind the lies may cost the lady her life.
Автор: Dvorak, Marta Название: Mavis gallant ISBN: 1487505302 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781487505301 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 61870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Endowed with a confidant`s insights, Marta Dvorak sets up a trailblazing connection between Mavis Gallant`s dazzling writing and the whole spectrum of the arts.
THE FIRST MEMOIR BY A USS ARIZONA SURVIVOR: Donald Stratton, one of the battleship's five living heroes, delivers an "epic,"* "powerful,"** and "intimate"** eyewitness account of Pearl Harbor and his unforgettable return to the fight. A TOP-TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
At 8:06 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Seaman First Class Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely fifteen minutes into Japan's surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. Near death and burned across two thirds of his body, Don, a nineteen-year-old Nebraskan who had been steeled by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, summoned the will to haul himself hand over hand across a rope tethered to a neighboring vessel. Forty-five feet below, the harbor's flaming, oil-slick water boiled with enemy bullets; all around him the world tore itself apart.
In this extraordinary never-before-told eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack--the only memoir ever written by a survivor of the USS Arizona--ninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his inspiring determination to return to the fight.
Don and four other sailors made it safely across the same line that morning, a small miracle on a day that claimed the lives of 1,177 of their Arizona shipmates--approximately half the American fatalaties at Pearl Harbor. Sent to military hospitals for a year, Don refused doctors' advice to amputate his limbs and battled to relearn how to walk. The U.S. Navy gave him a medical discharge, believing he would never again be fit for service, but Don had unfinished business. In June 1944, he sailed back into the teeth of the Pacific War on a destroyer, destined for combat in the crucial battles of Leyte Gulf, Luzon, and Okinawa, thus earning the distinction of having been present for the opening shots and the final major battle of America's Second World War.
As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack approaches, Don, a great-grandfather of five and one of five living survivors of the Arizona, offers an unprecedentedly intimate reflection on the tragedy that drew America into the greatest armed conflict in history. All the Gallant Men is a book for the ages, one of the most remarkable--and remarkably inspiring--memoirs of any kind to appear in recent years.
*New York Post
**Library Journal
Автор: Gallant Bryan C. Название: Undeniable: An Epic Journey Through Pain ISBN: 0996244204 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780996244206 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gallant, Jannine Название: Every Vow She Breaks (Kpd) ISBN: 1616506563 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781616506568 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gallant, Jannine Название: Every Step She Takes (Kpd) ISBN: 1616506547 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781616506544 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gallant, Jannine Название: Every Move She Makes (Kpd) ISBN: 1616506431 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781616506438 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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