Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray

"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit." One day, the artist Basil Hallward is painting a picture of his muse Dorian Gray with his friend Lord Henry watching. Dorian listens as Lord Henry confidentially presents his hedonistic world view, saying beauty is the only thing in life that truly matters. It makes Dorian wish that his painting would age instead of him. Not long thereafter, Dorian sees his girl perform Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet...

Engels | 9 uur 55 minuten (431 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023

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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

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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

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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

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Glyn Iliffe Son of Zeus

The epic story, the greatest hero of them all. Heracles, renowned for his strength and spirit, has done something terrible. His gilded life lies in ruins. Seeking the Oracle, he is given a new mission: pay penance by becoming the slave of his sworn enemy. Twelve impossible labours await him. To restore his reputation, he must face monsters and mythical beasts that will test him to his limits and beyond. For he has become a pawn of Gods: of Zeus's pride and, above all, Hera's jealousy... Can he...

Engels | 10 uur 42 minuten (469 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Glyn Iliffe Hero of Olympus

Surpass all odds, break the chains, defeat a God... Heracles’ trials are far from over. Carrying the weight of the heavens, accompanied only by his most loyal friend, Iolaus, he will do anything to atone for his crimes. But all is not as it seems. Gods and men alike plot against him... First Heracles must obtain the girdle of the Amazonian Queen, Hippolyta, steal cattle from the monstrous Geryon, and take apples from the Garden of Hesperides. Through it all Heracles will come to realise his betrayal...

Engels | 11 uur 58 minuten (524 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Glyn Iliffe Return to Ithaca

The thrilling final instalment of the epic and bestselling Adventures of Odysseus.  Odysseus has been to Hell and back. Deserted by the Gods, and now in bitter conflict with his friend Eperitus, times look bleak. He dreams of returning to his home. But back on Ithaca things look little better. His son Telemachus and wife Penelope are besieged by a gang of suitors, believing Odysseus to be dead and looking for the queen’s hand in marriage. Odysseus and Eperitus have survived everything. But now...

Engels | 13 uur 28 minuten (584 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021

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Claes Johansen Nicola and the Child Correction Centre

Nicola’s father froze. He slowly put down his knife and fork. She looked at him, shocked to see how he had suddenly turned chalky white. She began to shiver. What did her father know about the Child Correction Centre? From the moment Nicola hears about the Child Correction Centre, her life is turned upside down. She must go through one ordeal after another in order to save mankind from a terrible disaster that some greedy businessmen are about to cause. Claes Johansen (b. 1957) is one of the...

Engels | 3 uur 10 minuten (148 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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A. Frank. Pinkerton Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, was murdered. He is helped by his sister Nell, with whom he was supposed to go on holiday. Dyke Darrell turns "the Gotham of the North" - as he calls Chicago - upside down in search of the culprit. On the way he encounters old ennemies, kidnappers and masquerades, as he tries to solve "the most audacious crime of my remembrance."...

Engels | 3 uur 58 minuten (179 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020

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Simon Hammelburg Broken on the inside

the war never ended

WWII did not end in 1945 when the few remaining survivors of the Holocaust were released from the concentration camps or came out of their hiding places. Often no longer welcome in their former homes they were forced to leave behind, stripped of their belongings and dignity, they had to move on regardless. Their children suffered too, as there was always fear, anxiety and sadness about countless relatives that were killed during this unrivalled genocide. Simon Hammelburg compiled the accounts of...

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Engels | 274 pagina's (PDF, 0,5 MB) | Aspekt Publishers, Soesterberg | 2018

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Nick Petrie Burning bright

Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: a sparkling historical drama from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.Uprooting from their quiet Dorset village to the carnal streets of London, young Jem Kellaway and his family feel far from home. The Kellaways struggle to fi nd their place in a tumultuous city, alive with repercussions from the blood-splattered French Revolution. Luckily streetwise Maggie Butterfi eld is on hand to show Jem the ropes. Together...

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Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | Harper Collins, [Nederland] | 2018

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Ronan Bennett Zugzwang

Na de moord op een gerespecteerd journalist in St. Petersburg raakt een psychoanalyticus verstrikt in diverse plots en intriges.

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Engels | 288 pagina's (ePub, 3 MB) | Bloomsbury, London | 2014

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Tom Grimes City of God

In een Amerikaanse stad, die is verdeeld tussen een blank en een zwart gedeelte, schiet een zwarte jongen twee agenten neer, waarna rellen uitbreken die de stad in rep en roer brengen.

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Engels | 496 pagina's (ePub, 2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014

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Dirk Wittenborn Pharmakon

Wanneer een Amerikaanse professor een pil ontwikkeld heeft waarvan men gelukkig wordt, is het resultaat voor zijn eigen gezin dramatisch.

Fictie

Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub, 0,9 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014

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William Boyd Restless

Een Russische ex-spionne, die in 1939 werd gerekruteerd door de Britse geheime dienst, schrijft in 1976 haar verhaal om zich te wreken op haar verrader.

Fictie

Engels | 336 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

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Stella Rimington Rip tide

MI5-agent Liz Carlyle doet onderzoek naar de achtergronden van een Britse Pakistaan die bij een poging om een schip van een grote hulporganisatie door een Frans marineschip is gearresteerd.

Fictie

Engels | 384 pagina's (ePub, 2,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

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Patrick McGrath Constance

Als een gescheiden poëzieprofessor van Engelse afkomst in New York trouwt met een jonge vrouw die hem fescineert, vermoedt hij niet welke moeilijkheden hij zich op de hals haalt.

Fictie

Engels | 224 pagina's (ePub, 3,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014

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