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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 Rupert of Hentzau
’Rupert of Hentzau’ (1898) picks up three years after ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ ended with Rudolf Rassendyll sadly leaving behind his love, Queen Flavia. Now unhappily married, Flavia writes Rassendyll to reconcile, but the letter is stolen and before long, Rassendyll once again finds himself forced to impersonate the king. Only this time, the ploy promises to leave behind several fatalities. A decidedly darker sequel, this novel once again asks the question, Duty or love? And the answer might surprise...
Engels | 8 uur 38 minuten (385 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Beasts of Tarzan
Old enemies are back to make life hard for Tarzan in ‘The Beasts of Tarzan’ (1916), the third novel in the thrilling adventure series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dividing their time between Africa and England, Tarzan and Jane and their little son Jack are comfortably settled. But when they get kidnapped and separated, they must fight harder than ever to find a way back to each other. Tarzan returns to his roots in this particularly jungle-oriented novel in the series, and, using his primal intelligence,...
Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (247 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Return of Tarzan
This follow-up to `Tarzan of the Apes‘ begins where the first novel ended, with Tarzan‘s beloved Jane set to marry his cousin. Disappointed in love, Tarzan leaves for Europe, and after a bit of trouble, becomes a spy for the French government. Soon, he finds himself back in the same jungle, in which he grew up, and coincidentally, so does Jane. Duals, attempted murders, espionage, suicide, ancient treasure, a shipwreck, lion attacks and numerous escapes, `The Return of Tarzan‘ (1915) does not lack...
Engels | 9 uur 8 minuten (421 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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Anna Katharine Green The Amethyst Box
On the night before his wedding, Sinclair finds that his precious amethyst box containing a tiny flask of deadly poison is missing. And he knows it can only have been taken by either of two people: his soon-to-be wife or her cousin. Together with his friend Mr. Worthington, he must find who stole the poison and stop them before they use it. ‘The Amethyst Box’ (1905) is a short story by American crime writer Anna Katharine Green; a suspenseful "whodunit" with a dash of romance, which concludes thoroughly...
Engels | 2 uur 50 minuten (132 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Joseph Conrad Lord Jim
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Lord Jim #85 on its list of the 100 best English language novels of the 20th century. Joseph Conrad...
Engels | 14 uur 18 minuten (658 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anna Katharine Green The House in the Mist
"Enter, sir; you are the first to arrive..." When young traveller Hugh Austen, hungry and weather-beaten, seeks refuge in a lonely mansion, he finds himself entwined in the gruesome business of an appalling family. Mistaken for a relative himself, he soon learns that the will of a dead man is about the be read, an inheritance about to be divided. But only between the family members who are present at the appointed hour. With `The House in the Mist‘ (1905), detective writer Anna Katharine Green departs...
Engels | 1 uur 50 minuten (83 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...
Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anna Katharine Green The Leavenworth Case
The wealthy businessman Horatio Leavenworth is found dead in his private library with a bullet in his head. Nothing in the house is broken. Nothing is stolen. All signs point to an inside job. But who did it? With the help of the young lawyer, Everett Raymond, Investigator Ebenezer Gryce examines the clues. And there are many. And they are contradictory. A maid has mysteriously disappeared, and one of the two young cousins living with Leavenworth, who, unlike the other, is set to inherit nothing,...
Engels | 10 uur 26 minuten (485 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...
Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which is the second in a series of five about life among...
Engels | 17 uur 7 minuten (768 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Fenimore Cooper The Pioneers
The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before any of the other Leatherstocking Tales, the period it covers makes it the fourth chronologically. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The...
Engels | 18 uur 26 minuten (858 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Amanda Stevens | Alice Sharpe Kijk niet weg
Fictie | Romantische verhalen | Thriller
Nederlands | 413 pagina's | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Kerry Connor De bruid droeg zwart
Een jonge vrouw komt naar Sutton Hall om te trouwen - en sterft voordat ze het jawoord kan geven. Het lijkt een tragisch ongeval, maar Jillian gelooft niet dat haar vriendin van het balkon is gevallen. Zich voordoend als aanstaande bruid gaat ze naar het landgoed om de waarheid te achterhalen. Maar Adam, de geheimzinnige heer des huizes, is duidelijk niet van haar vragen gediend…Dit verhaal is eerder verschenen. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie | Romantische verhalen | Thriller
Nederlands | 135 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Harlequin, [Amsterdam] | 2023
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Carla Cassidy | Cassie Miles Ritueel van angst
Fictie | Romantische verhalen | Thriller
Nederlands | 413 pagina's | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2020
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Saskia Schouten Drama op Comino
novelle
Een reis met bijzondere gevolgen. Ravenna gaat op vakantie naar Malta. Ze geniet van het eiland en van de naburige eilanden. Op een excursie naar Comino ontmoet ze Jochem, die haar aanziet voor haar nicht, Tessa. Ravenna gaat hier voor de grap in mee, maar dat had ze beter niet kunnen doen. Jochem heeft een duister verleden en dat heeft grote gevolgen voor Ravenna. Zal ze Comino nog levend verlaten? Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Fictie
Nederlands | 66 pagina's (ePub2, 0,3 MB) | ClusterEffect, Prinsenbeek | 2021
E-book
Janie Crouch | Lena Diaz Dodelijke valstrik
Voormalig Army Ranger Jace Eakin moet de mol vinden binnen Omega Sector die informatie lekt naar een beruchte terrorist. Hij weigert te geloven dat het zijn ex-vriendin is, SWAT-agent Lillian Muir, ondanks hun gecompliceerde verleden en het feit dat ze overduidelijk een geheim met zich meedraagt. Wanneer hun oude liefde weer in alle hevigheid oplaait, zweert hij haar te beschermen met zijn leven. Begaat hij een enorme vergissing door haar weer zo dichtbij te laten komen?Dit verhaal is ook verkrijgbaar...
Fictie
Nederlands | ePub2 | Harlequin, Amsterdam | 2020
E-book
Carla Cassidy Ritueel van angst
FBI-profiler Amberly Nightsong wordt naar Mystic Lake gestuurd vanwege drie moorden met ritualistische kenmerken. De sheriff van het stadje, Cole Caldwell, denkt aanvankelijk dat hij haar hulp niet nodig heeft – hij heeft slechte ervaringen met de bemoeienis van de FBI. Maar wanneer de moordenaar Amberly als pion probeert te gebruiken in zijn zieke spel, belooft Cole met haar samen te werken aan het opsporen van de dader. Bovendien wil hij haar beschermen, al was het alleen maar omdat ze onverwacht...
Fictie
Nederlands | 145 pagina's (ePub2) | Harlequin, Amsterdam | 2020
E-book
Sandra Berg De prijs
Als acht mensen ingaan op een uitnodiging voor een gratis verblijf in een luxe hotel in Zweden, blijkt dit verblijf allesbehalve luxe te zijn en verkeren zij in levensgevaar.
Fictie | Thriller
Nederlands | 154 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | Cupido, Soest | 2018
E-book