Häftad, Spanska, 2022
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- Häftad, Spanska, 2011
308 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2012
299 kr
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- Häftad, Spanska, 2025
249 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2012
175 kr
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María Dueñas's million copy best-selling tale of adventure, tragedy, love and war, The Seamstress, a Richard and Judy 2012 book club pick.Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war.Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover.But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. As civil war engulfs Spain, Sira finds she cannot return and so turns to her one true skill - and sews beautiful clothes for the expat elite and their German friends.With Europe rumbling towards war, Sira is lured back to Franco's Nazis-friendly Spain. She is drawn into the shadowy world of espionage, rife with love, intrigue and betrayal. And where the greatest danger lies. . . 'María Dueñas is a true storyteller. Read this book and prepare to be transported' Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton'A wonderful novel with intrigue, love, mystery and tender, audacious and clean-cut characters' Mario Vargas Llosa'A magnificent novel that flawlessly brings together history and intrigue' Juan Gómez-Jurado, author of The Moses ExpeditionMaría Dueñas holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a professor at the University of Murcia. She has also taught at American universities, is the author of several academic articles, and has participated in various educational, cultural and editorial projects. She is currently writing her second novel. - E-bokEngelska, 2012
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María Dueñas's million copy best-selling tale of adventure, tragedy, love and war, The Seamstress, a Richard and Judy 2012 book club pick.Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war.Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover.But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. As civil war engulfs Spain, Sira finds she cannot return and so turns to her one true skill - and sews beautiful clothes for the expat elite and their German friends.With Europe rumbling towards war, Sira is lured back to Franco's Nazis-friendly Spain. She is drawn into the shadowy world of espionage, rife with love, intrigue and betrayal. And where the greatest danger lies. . . 'María Dueñas is a true storyteller. Read this book and prepare to be transported' Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton'A wonderful novel with intrigue, love, mystery and tender, audacious and clean-cut characters' Mario Vargas Llosa'A magnificent novel that flawlessly brings together history and intrigue' Juan Gómez-Jurado, author of The Moses ExpeditionMaría Dueñas holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a professor at the University of Murcia. She has also taught at American universities, is the author of several academic articles, and has participated in various educational, cultural and editorial projects. She is currently writing her second novel. - E-bokEngelska, 2011
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The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II.Between youth and adulthood... At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier floors where her single mother works as a seamstress. At fourteen, she quietly begins her own apprenticeship. By her early twenties she has learned the ropes of the business and is engaged to a modest government clerk. But everything changes when two charismatic men burst unexpectedly into her neatly mapped-out life: an attractive salesman and the father she never knew. Between war and peace... With the Spanish Civil War brewing in Madrid, Sira leaves her mother and her fiancé, impetuously following her handsome lover to Morocco. However, she soon finds herself abandoned, penniless, and heartbroken in an exotic land. Among the odd collection of European expatriates trapped there by the worsening political situation back on the Continent, Sira reinvents herself by turning to the one skill that can save her: her gift for creating beautiful clothes. Between love and duty... As England, Germany, and the other great powers launch into the dire conflict of World War II, Sira is persuaded to return to Madrid, where she takes on a new identity to embark upon the most dangerous undertaking of her career. As the preeminent couturier for an eager clientele of Nazi officers’ wives, Sira becomes embroiled in the half-lit world of espionage and political conspiracy rife with love, intrigue, and betrayal. An outstanding success around the world, The Time in Between has sold more than two million copies and inspired the Spanish television series based on the book, dubbed by the media as the “Spanish Downton Abbey.” In the US it was a critical and commercial hit, and a New York Times bestseller in paperback. It is one of those rare, richly textured novels that enthrall down to the last page. María Dueñas reminds us how it feels to be swept away by a masterful storyteller. - Häftad, Engelska, 2015
306 kr
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Declared “a writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), New York Times bestselling author María Dueñas pours heart and soul into this story of a woman who discovers the power of second chances.A talented college professor in Madrid, Blanca Perea seems to have it all. But her world is suddenly shattered when her husband of twenty years leaves her for another woman. Questioning the life she once had and whether she truly knows herself, Blanca resolves to change her surroundings. She accepts what looks like a boring research grant in California involving an exiled Spanish writer who died decades ago. Anxious to leave her own troubled life behind, she is gradually drawn into his haunted world, with its poignant loves and unfulfilled ambitions. But in delving into the past, Blanca finds herself simultaneously awakened to the present by Daniel Carter, a charismatic professor with crucial knowledge about the dead writer that he has never before revealed. Amid this web of passion, conflict, and hidden feelings, including her own, Blanca advances like an avid detective, refusing to quit, and ultimately discovers startling answers that resonate deeply in her own life. Evocative, lyrical, and humorous, The Heart Has Its Reasons is a journey of the soul from the pangs of the past to the vibrant present. It is a story about the thrill of creating one’s life anew. - E-bokEngelska, 2014
209 kr
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Declared “a writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), New York Times bestselling author María Dueñas pours heart and soul into this story of a woman who discovers the power of second chances.A talented college professor in Madrid, Blanca Perea seems to have it all. But her world is suddenly shattered when her husband of twenty years leaves her for another woman. Questioning the life she once had and whether she truly knows herself, Blanca resolves to change her surroundings. She accepts what looks like a boring research grant in California involving an exiled Spanish writer who died decades ago. Anxious to leave her own troubled life behind, she is gradually drawn into his haunted world, with its poignant loves and unfulfilled ambitions. But in delving into the past, Blanca finds herself simultaneously awakened to the present by Daniel Carter, a charismatic professor with crucial knowledge about the dead writer that he has never before revealed. Amid this web of passion, conflict, and hidden feelings, including her own, Blanca advances like an avid detective, refusing to quit, and ultimately discovers startling answers that resonate deeply in her own life. Evocative, lyrical, and humorous, The Heart Has Its Reasons is a journey of the soul from the pangs of the past to the vibrant present. It is a story about the thrill of creating one’s life anew. - Häftad, Spanska, 2014
260 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2018
289 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2017
222 kr
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New York Times bestselling author Maria Dueñas returns with The Vineyard, a magnificent story “destined to become a classic” (Armando Lucas Correa, bestselling author of The German Girl) about ambition, heartbreak, and desire set in Mexico, Cuba, and Spain in the 1860s—perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Kristin Hannah.Mauro Larrea’s fortune, the result of years of hardship and toil, comes crashing down on the heels of a calamitous event. Drowning in debt and uncertainty, he gambles the last of his money on daring ploy that wins him a neglected house and a vineyard in Spain, an ocean away. He journeys to Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia with every intention of selling the property and returning to Mexio—until Soledad Montalvo, the wife of a London wine merchant, bursts into his life, determined to regain the property which was her family’s legacy. With his plans derailed, Larrea glimpses an opportunity in the flourishing sherry trade and finds himself increasingly drawn to the rich, intoxicating culture of his new surroundings. As his feelings for Soledad ripen into a consuming passion, he vows to restore the vineyard to its former glory, setting the stage for a future he never could have imagined. Moving from the turbulent young Mexican republic to flourishing city of Havana, and onward to the fertile vineyards of Jerez as the wine trade with England is transforming the Andalusian city, María Dueñas’s new novel spans the New World and the Old. Her tale of family intrigue vividly conjures the noise and grit of silver mines, the sophistication of the Mexican capital, and the earthier lure of ancient vineyards and magnificent cities whose splendor has faded. Here is an “evocative, tender, and lush” (Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author) story of courage in the face of adversity and of a destiny forever altered by the force of passion. - Häftad, Spanska, 2017
299 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2023
130 kr
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The charismatic protagonist from María Dueñas’s international bestseller The Time In Between returns in a sweeping novel of love and intrigue set against the tumultuous aftermath of World War II.Former seamstress turned couturier turned spy Sira Quiroga is finally ready to embrace serenity with her British diplomat husband, Marcus, and the upcoming prospect of motherhood. But tranquility proves elusive. Fate has other plans for Sira.Installed in Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and enmeshed in the murky world of shady operators, political menace, and catastrophic violence, Sira finds her future with Marcus put to the ultimate test. Forced to reinvent herself again, Sira travels to England and adopts a new identity as a journalist dispatched to Spain. But as her skills at cunning duplicity are put into play, the ghosts of her past follow, bent on wreaking havoc in her life.Moving from turbulent Jerusalem and austere London to Franco’s Madrid and colonial Tangier, and peopled with formidable real-life historical figures, Sira cuts an unforgettable path through the danger, stratagems, chaos, and promise of some of the most momentous events of the postwar era. - Häftad, Engelska, 2027
259 kr
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From the bestselling author of The Time In Between comes a sweeping historical saga of an immigrant’s rags-to-riches journey as she struggles to anchor herself in foreign land across three tumultuous decades.Deeply harrowing circumstances force Cecilia Belmonte to leave her impoverished Spanish village and cross the Mediterranean to settle in Oran, a French Algerian city where she knows no one. She carries stolen identity papers, her body and soul burdened with confusion and pain.Laboring on plantations and in laundries and factories, Cecilia navigates devastating twists of fate as she strives to rebuild a life of her own making. What begins as a modest operation of manufacturing soap with two Spanish refugees soon evolves into a flourishing enterprise. The advent of World War II and the arrival of American soldiers stationed in Algeria will change the course of Cecilia’s life once again—and for years to come.In an emotionally gripping novel of resilience, love, courage, and the heartbreaking loss of home that spans decades, María Dueñas weaves intimate human drama with seismic historical events, creating an unforgettable portrait of a woman who refuses to be broken. - E-bokEngelska, 2017
283 kr
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A sweeping historical epic by an author whose novels have sold over 6 million copies worldwide.
1861. A ruined silver-mine owner sets sail from Mexico City to seek his fortune in the New World.
Mauro Larrera has just four months to pay his creditors, or his bankruptcy will be revealed and his family’s honour will be in tatters. In magnificent Havana — home to beautiful women and dangerous men who deal in mysterious trades — he gambles what little he has left on what will become the greatest adventure of his life …
A Vineyard in Andalusia is a novel of glories and defeats; of silver mines, family secrets, vineyards, cellars, and splendid cities of faded grandeur; of unexpected passion, and love in the strangest of circumstances.
Once again, María Dueñas’ powerful storytelling and rich historical detail transport us to a faraway time and place, and on an unforgettable adventure of a lifetime.
- Häftad, Tyska, 2020
163 kr
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- Häftad, Spanska
197 kr
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- Häftad, Spanska
197 kr
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- Häftad, Spanska, 2021
235 kr
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- Häftad, Spanska, 2022
235 kr
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- Inbunden, Spanska, 2025
417 kr
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Sira Quiroga bygger upp ett nytt liv utomlands efter att ha flytt från Spanien under inbördeskriget. Mitt i kärlek, svek och överlevnad flätas dåtid och nutid samman, vilket tvingar henne att konfrontera de val som format henne och möjligheten att återvända hem. - Häftad, Spanska, 2026
251 kr
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- E-bokSvenska, 2012
79 kr
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En spännande historisk berättelse, baserad på verkliga händelser.
Året är 1936 och den unga sömmerskan Sira flyr sitt välordnade liv i Spanien för en häftig förälskelse, men blir sviken och övergiven av sin älskare i Marocko. I hemlandet rasar inbördeskriget och Sira tvingas bygga upp en ny tillvaro i Nordafrika. Hon blir snart modesömmerska åt de förnämsta kvinnorna i den kosmopolitiska exilkolonin. När andra världskriget brutit ut rekryteras hon av brittiska underrättelsetjänsten och återvänder till Madrid under täckmantel, som modeskaparen Arish. I sin ateljé hör Sira skvaller och information från nazisternas fruar och älskarinnor, som hon smugglar ut i form av morsekod på sömnadsmönster. Det är en helt annan värld än den hon lämnade, och hon vet inte vem hon vågar lita på. Är mannen hon förälskat sig i verkligen den han påstår sig vara? Dubbelspel, konspirationer och oväntade händelser tvingar Sira att fly för livet.
Tiden där emellan är delvis baserad på brittiskan Rosalinda Fox memoarer. Fox var älskarinna till Juan Luis Beigbeder, den spanske generalkommissionären i Marocko och sedermera Francos utrikesminister.
"En underbar roman med dramatik, kärlek och hemligheter ... och djärva och välgjorda karaktärer. " Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobelpristagare
- E-bokFinska, 2015
96 kr
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Espanjalaisen María Dueñasin menestysteos on vaikuttava naisen selviytymistarina rakkauden ja sodan pyörteissä.Sira Quiroga saa ompelijanoppinsa äidiltään. Espanjan sisällissodan varjostamasta Madridista hänen tiensä vie eksoottiseen Marokkoon ja Lissaboniin. Hän nousee kansainvälisten seurapiirien ompelijaksi omilla taidoillaan. Työnsä kautta hän antaa panoksensa myös natsi-Saksan vastaiseen vakoiluun.Tuulen varjoon ja Casablancaan verrattu kirja on poikkeuksellinen lukuromaani, joka on hurmannut maailman. Se nousi bestselleriksi, kun sana kiersi innostuneelta lukijalta toiselle.
- E-bokKroatiska, 2017
156 kr
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U silnoj želji da ponovno pokrene proizvodnju srebra u svojem rudniku Las Tres Lunas, Mauro Larrea spreman je staviti na kocku sve što ima. Uvjeren u svoje sposobnosti zahvaljujući kojima je od siromašnog rudara postao jedan od najuvaženijih građana Meksika, odluči uložiti golemi novac u američke strojeve. No izbija građanski rat Sjevera i Juga, a njegov američki partner pogiba u Bitki kod Manassasa. Larrea preko noći ostane bez ičega, no sreća ga ipak ne napušta – na neobičan način stječe vinograd La Templanza u svojoj rodnoj Španjolskoj. Premda krene preko oceana kako bi posjed prodao i izbavio se iz dugova, kad stigne u uspavani andaluzijski grad Jeres, čeka ga još puno iznenađenja, a nesuđena nasljednica La Templanze Soledad Montalvo samo je jedan od izazova s kojima se mora suočiti.La Templanza – vinograd života novi je bestseler španjolske autorice Maríje Dueñas, koja se proslavila romanom Vrijeme između krojenja. Napeta i pustolovna, puna neočekivanih obrata i osjećaja, ova saga odvodi čitatelja na užurbane ulice Havane i u idilične španjolske vinograde dok sa strepnjom prati nove avanture njezina šarmantnoga glavnog junaka.
- E-bokUngerska, 2020
56 kr
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Blanca Perea egyetemi tanár, negyvenes évei közepén, akit a férje néhány hónapja elhagyott szeretője kedvéért. Blanca, hogy minél messzebb kerüljön otthonról, és végiggondolhassa életét, elfogadja egy amerikai egyetem kutatói ösztöndíját és elutazik Kaliforniába. Az egyetem azzal bízza meg, hogy rendszerezze Andrés Fontana hagyatékát... - E-bokUngerska, 2020
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"New York, 1936. Megnyit Emilio Arenas kis étkezdéje, A Kapitány, a spanyol kolónia egyik központjában, a Tizennegyedik utcában. A világcsavargó Emilio hirtelen halála miatt féktelen lányai nyakába szakad az üzlet minden gondja, miközben elhúzódik a bírósági per az édesapjuk elhalálozása miatt járó kártérítés ügyében. Túl kell élniük egy idegen városban, ezernyi bajtól sújtva. A heves Victoria, Mona és Luz pedig utat tör magának a felhőkarcolók, honfitársaik, sorscsapások és szerelmek között, készen rá, hogy valóra váltsák az álmukat.A Kapitány lányai sodró, magával ragadó és megindító történet három fiatal spanyol lányról, akiknek át kellett kelniük az óceánon, hogy egy káprázatos nagyvárosban telepedjenek le, ahol vakmerően harcolnak, hogy ráleljenek saját útjukra.A regény tiszteletadás a nők előtt, akik az árral szemben is kitartanak, és azon bátrak előtt, akik megélték – és élik ma is – a kivándorlás gyakran hősies, és szinte mindig bizonytalan kalandját." - Häftad, Engelska, 2017
116 kr
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A sweeping historical epic by an author whose novels have sold over 6 million copies worldwide. 1861. A ruined silver-mine owner sets sail from Mexico City to seek his fortune in the New World. Mauro Larrera has just four months to pay his creditors, or his bankruptcy will be revealed and his family’s honour will be in tatters. In magnificent Havana — home to beautiful women and dangerous men who deal in mysterious trades — he gambles what little he has left on what will become the greatest adventure of his life …A Vineyard in Andalusia is a novel of glories and defeats; of silver mines, family secrets, vineyards, cellars, and splendid cities of faded grandeur; of unexpected passion, and love in the strangest of circumstances. Once again, María Dueñas’ powerful storytelling and rich historical detail transport us to a faraway time and place, and on an unforgettable adventure of a lifetime.
