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The Holy Machine - Chris Beckett - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Holy Machine - Chris Beckett - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

George Simling has grown up in the city-state of Illyria in the Eastern Mediterranean, an enclave of logic and reason founded as a refuge from the Reaction, a wave of religious fundamentalism that swept away the nations of the twenty-first century. Yet to George, Illyria''s militant rationalism is as close-minded and stifling as the faith-based superstition that dominates the world outside its walls.For George has fallen in love with Lucy. A prostitute. A robot. She might be a machine, but the semblance of life is perfect. And beneath her good looks and real human skin, her seductive, sultry, sluttish software is simmering on the edge of consciousness. To the city authorities robot sentience is a malfunction, curable by periodically erasing and resetting silicon minds. Simple maintenance, no real problem, its only a machine. But its a problem for George, he knows that Lucy is something more.His only alternative is to flee Illyria, taking Lucy deep into the religious Outlands where she must pass as human because robots are seen as demonic mockeries of God, burned at the stake, dismembered, crucified. Their odyssey leads through betrayal, war and madness, ending only at the monastery of the Holy Machine...

DKK 141.00
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The Holy Machine - Chris Beckett - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Holy Machine - Chris Beckett - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

George Simling has grown up in the city-state of Illyria, an enclave of logic and reason founded as a refuge from the Reaction, a wave of religious fundamentalism that swept away the nations of the twenty-first century. Yet to George, Illyria''s militant rationalism is as stifling as the faith-based superstition that dominates the world outside its walls. For George has fallen in love with Lucy. A prostitute. A robot. She might be a machine, but the semblance of life is perfect. To the city authorities, robot sentience is a malfunction, curable by erasing and resetting silicon minds. But George knows that Lucy is something more. His only alternative is to flee Illyria, taking Lucy deep into the religious Outlands where she must pass as human because robots are seen as mockeries of God, burned at the stake, dismembered, crucified. Their odyssey leads them through betrayal, war and madness, ending only at the monastery of the Holy Machine...

DKK 110.00
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The Stronger Sex - Starre Vartan - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Stronger Sex - Starre Vartan - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

'' Fun , rooted in science... May this book give all women strength for the times we now live in.'' Cat Bohannon A myth-busting vindication of women''s physical strengths For decades, Starre Vartan - like most women - was told that having a woman''s body meant being weaker than men. Like many women, she mostly believed it. Not anymore. Following a half decade of research into the newest science, Vartan shows in The Stronger Sex that women''s bodies are incredibly powerful, flexible, and resilient in ways men''s bodies aren''t. Tossing aside the narrow notion of the tall, muscular man as the measure of strength, Vartan reveals the ways that women surpass men in endurance, flexibility, immunity, pain tolerance, and the ultimate test of any human body: longevity.In interviews with dozens of researchers from biology, anthropology, physiology, and sports science, plus in-depth conversations with runners, swimmers, wrestlers, woodchoppers, thru-hikers, firefighters, and more, The Stronger Sex squashes outdated ideas about women''s bodies.It''s a celebration of female strength that doesn''t argue "down with men" but "up with us all."

DKK 187.00
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The Stronger Sex - Starre Vartan - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Stronger Sex - Starre Vartan - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

'' Fun , rooted in science... May this book give all women strength for the times we now live in.'' Cat Bohannon A myth-busting vindication of women''s physical strengths For decades, Starre Vartan - like most women - was told that having a woman''s body meant being weaker than men. Like many women, she mostly believed it. Not anymore. Following a half decade of research into the newest science, Vartan shows in The Stronger Sex that women''s bodies are incredibly powerful, flexible, and resilient in ways men''s bodies aren''t. Tossing aside the narrow notion of the tall, muscular man as the measure of strength, Vartan reveals the ways that women surpass men in endurance, flexibility, immunity, pain tolerance, and the ultimate test of any human body: longevity.In interviews with dozens of researchers from biology, anthropology, physiology, and sports science, plus in-depth conversations with runners, swimmers, wrestlers, woodchoppers, thru-hikers, firefighters, and more, The Stronger Sex squashes outdated ideas about women''s bodies.It''s a celebration of female strength that doesn''t argue "down with men" but "up with us all."

DKK 159.00
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I Am No One - Patrick (author) Flanery - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

I Am No One - Patrick (author) Flanery - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Jeremy O''Keefe, a middle-aged Professor, returns to his native New York after a decade teaching at Oxford, and quickly settles into a lonely rhythm of unfulfilling lectures and long, silent evenings.His quiet world is suddenly shaken by a series of encounters with a strange young man who presumes an acquaintance, and the arrival of three mysterious packages. And when a haunting figure starts to linger outside his apartment at night, his chilling conviction that he is being watched is seemingly confirmed. As Jeremy''s grip on reality shifts and turns, he fears that he will never know whether he can believe his experiences, or whether his mind is in the grip of an irrational obsession. I Am No One explores the world of surveillance and self-censorship in our post-Snowden lives, where privacy no longer exists and our freedoms are inexorably eroded.

DKK 113.00
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Dragonwings - Laurence Yep - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Dragonwings - Laurence Yep - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Newbery Honor Book Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep takes readers on an adventure-filled journey across the world. Inspired by the story of a Chinese immigrant who created a flying machine in 1909, Dragonwings touches on the struggles and dreams of Chinese immigrants navigating opportunity and prejudice in San Francisco. Moon Shadow only knows two things about his father, Windrider: he lives in San Francisco and used to craft beautiful kites. One day shortly after his eighth birthday, Cousin Hand Clap arrives with a letter from Windrider asking Moon Shadow to join him in San Francisco. When Moon Rider arrives in America he learns that his father makes a living doing laundry and dreams of building a flying machine just like the Wright Brothers. But making this fantastical dream a reality proves to be no easy task, as intolerance, poverty, and even an earthquake stand in their way.

DKK 113.00
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I Am No One - Patrick (author) Flanery - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

I Am No One - Patrick (author) Flanery - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Jeremy O''Keefe, a middle-aged Professor of History, returns to his native New York after a decade teaching at Oxford, hoping to reconnect with his daughter and rebuild the life he left behind. He settles into a rhythm of long evenings spent alone after a day teaching students he barely knows. Then a strange encounter with a young man who presumes an acquaintance Jeremy cannot remember and a series of disconcerting events leave him with a growing conviction that he is being watched. The young man keeps appearing, a haunting figure lingers outside his apartment at night, and mysterious packages begin to arrive. As his grip on reality seems to shift and turn, Jeremy struggles to know whether he can believe what he is experiencing, or whether his mind is in the grip of an irrational obsession. I Am No One explores the tenuous link between fear and paranoia in our post-Snowden lives: a world of surveillance and self-censorship, where privacy no longer exists and our freedoms are inexorably eroded.

DKK 136.00
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Last Train from Liguria - Christine Dwyer Hickey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Last Train from Liguria - Christine Dwyer Hickey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

In 1933, Bella Stuart leaves her quiet London life to move to Italy to tutor the child of a beautiful Jewish heiress and an elderly Italian aristocrat. Living at the family''s summer home, Bella''s reserve softens as she comes to love her young charge, and find friendship with Maestro Edward, his enigmatic music teacher.But as the decade draws to an end and fascism tightens its grip on Europe, the fact that Alec is Jewish places his life in grave danger. Bella and Edward take the boy on a terrifying train journey out of Italy - one they have no reason to believe any of them will survive...

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Last Train from Liguria - Christine Dwyer Hickey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Last Train from Liguria - Christine Dwyer Hickey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

In 1933, Bella Stuart leaves her quiet London life to move to Italy to tutor the child of a beautiful Jewish heiress and an elderly Italian aristocrat. Living at the family''s summer home, Bella''s reserve softens as she comes to love her young charge, and find friendship with Maestro Edward, his enigmatic music teacher.But as the decade draws to an end and fascism tightens its grip on Europe, the fact that Alec is Jewish places his life in grave danger. Bella and Edward take the boy on a terrifying train journey out of Italy - one they have no reason to believe any of them will survive...

DKK 112.00
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Home Truths - Charity Norman - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Home Truths - Charity Norman - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Livia Denby is on trial for attempted murder. The jury have reached a verdict. Two years earlier, Livia was a probation officer in Yorkshire, her husband Scott a teacher. Their children, Heidi and Noah, round out a happy family until the day Scott''s brother dies. Grief and guilt leave Scott seeking answers, a search which takes him into the world of conspiracy theories. As his grip on reality slides, he makes a decision which will put the family on a collision course with tragedy. Livia''s family has been torn apart, and now her son''s life is hanging in the balance. Just how far will she go to save the ones she loves?

DKK 119.00
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Quantum Leaps - Hugh Barker - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Quantum Leaps - Hugh Barker - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

From the author of Million Dollar Maths comes a fascinating and engaging look at how mathematics is shaping our modern world, and what the future might hold. How do AI and robots get smarter?What are the limits of space travel?Could we ever have a supercomputer the size of a pinhead?In this thrilling numerical journey, Hugh Barker explores how mathematics has helped to build the technology of today, and the fascinating ways it is shaping our future. From green energy to 3D printing and from quantum cryptography to machine learning, Quantum Leaps reveals where we''re heading, and how it would be impossible to get there without our formidable mathematical armoury.

DKK 126.00
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The Crossing - James Cracknell - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Crossing - James Cracknell - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

''Read this... Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.'' The Times When James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly three thousand miles of empty ocean, stormy weather and colossal physical stress. But their epic journey would become a living hell that tested the strength of every fibre of their being. Forty nine days later James and Ben were the first pair to cross the finishing line.They had pushed themselves physically, psychologically and emotionally to the limit. They had survived without water rations, lost the few clothes they had in a freak wave, capsized, hallucinated, played games, wept, fought, grown beards, nursed blisters and rowed 2,930 miles. They will never be the same again.

DKK 170.00
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Science(ish) - Rick Edwards - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Science(ish) - Rick Edwards - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

A Sunday Times Book of the YearA New Scientist Gift Pick "Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it." Dara Ó Briain Can we resurrect dinosaurs? Is a Martian holiday good for your health? Can we build a time machine? (And more importantly, can it look like the DeLorean?)Answering these questions and more, Rick Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks delve into the real science behind the greatest sci-fi movies ever made. From Planet of the Apes to Interstellar , each chapter probes a different classic, blasting apart tricky topics like astrophysics, neuroscience, psychology, botany, artificial intelligence, evolution, and plenty more. Packed with illustrations, bizarre facts and indispensable movie trivia, Science(ish) is the perfect read for curious minds.

DKK 127.00
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Quantum Leaps - Hugh Barker - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Quantum Leaps - Hugh Barker - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

From the author of Million Dollar Maths comes a fascinating and engaging look at the mathematics that lies behind our modern world. How does Google know what you want to type? How did humans first reach the moon? Could we ever have a supercomputer the size of a pinhead?In this thrilling numerical journey, Hugh Barker explores how mathematics has helped to build the technology of today, and the fascinating ways it is shaping the future. From green energy to 3-D printing and from quantum cryptography to machine learning, Quantum Leaps reveals the hidden mathematics in modern technology.Beautifully written and full of ingenious examples, this book will make you realise how the modern world would be impossible without our formidable mathematical armoury.

DKK 182.00
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A Mighty Dawn - Theodore (author) Brun - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

A Mighty Dawn - Theodore (author) Brun - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Sworn to honour. Broken by betrayal. Hakan, son of Haldan, chosen son of the Lord of the Northern Jutes, swears loyalty to his father in fire, in iron, and in blood. But there are always shadows that roam. When a terrible tragedy befalls Hakan''s household he is forced to leave his world behind. He must seek to pledge his sword to a new king. Nameless and alone, he embarks on a journey to escape the bonds of his past and fulfil his destiny as a great warrior.Whispers of sinister forces in the north pull Hakan onwards to a kingdom plagued by mysterious and gruesome deaths. But does he have the strength to do battle with such dark foes? Or is death the only sane thing to seek in this world of blood and broken oaths?

DKK 127.00
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Absolution - Patrick Flanery - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Absolution - Patrick Flanery - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

In her garden, ensconced in the lush vegetation of the Western Cape, Clare Wald, world-renowned author, mother, critic, takes up her pen and confronts her life. Sam Leroux has returned to South Africa to embark upon a project that will establish his reputation - he is to write Clare''s biography. But how honest is she prepared to be? Was she complicit in crimes lurking in South Africa''s past; is she an accomplice or a victim? Are her crimes against her family real or imagined? As Sam and Clare turn over the events of her life, she begins to seek reconciliation, absolution. But in the stories she weaves and the truth just below the surface of her shimmering prose, lie Sam''s own ghosts. Absolution shines light on contemporary South Africa and the long dark shadow of Apartheid, the elusive nature of truth and self-perception and the mysterious alchemy of the creative process. It is a debut of extraordinary strength and power.

DKK 136.00
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Henry, Himself - Stewart O'nan - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Henry, Himself - Stewart O'nan - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honour. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, he''s always believed in logic, sacrifice and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by. It''s 1998, the American century is ending, and nothing is simple any more. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife, Emily, and dog, Rufus, stand by him.Once so confident, as Henry''s strength and memory desert him, he weighs his dreams against his regrets and is left with questions he can''t answer: Is he a good man? Has he done right by the people he loves? And with time running out, what, realistically, can he hope for? Henry, Himself is a wry, warmhearted portrait of an American original - a man who believes he''s reached a dead end only to discover life is full of surprises.

DKK 149.00
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Henry, Himself - Stewart O'nan - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Henry, Himself - Stewart O'nan - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honour. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, he''s always believed in logic, sacrifice and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by. It''s 1998, the American century is ending, and nothing is simple any more. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife, Emily, and dog, Rufus, stand by him.Once so confident, as Henry''s strength and memory desert him, he weighs his dreams against his regrets and is left with questions he can''t answer: Is he a good man? Has he done right by the people he loves? And with time running out, what, realistically, can he hope for? Henry, Himself is a wry, warmhearted portrait of an American original - a man who believes he''s reached a dead end only to discover life is full of surprises.

DKK 113.00
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The Templar Succession - Mario (author) Reading - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Templar Succession - Mario (author) Reading - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

From the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author 1998 . Kosovo is in the grip of civil war, and John Hart is an aspiring photojournalist determined to capture the devastating scenes. On his mission to shed light on the atrocities he discovers a house where women are enslaved purely for the pleasure of the Serbian soldiers. Hart risks his own life to free the imprisoned women.2015. John Hart has his world turned upside down when he is left to care for a young woman - the daughter of one of the women he freed that fateful day in Kosovo. She is determined to track down the man known as the Captain: a war criminal, and her father. Unable to turn his back on the girl, Hart sets out to find the Captain. His quest takes him across Europe and into Africa where, on an isolated plateau in the mountains of Ethiopia, he confronts the man who shows no remorse, and no regard for life...

DKK 107.00
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The Last Snow - Stina Jackson - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Last Snow - Stina Jackson - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

A The Times best crime books of 2021 pick ________________________ What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland? Early spring has its icy grip on Ödesmark, a small village in northernmost Sweden, abandoned by many of its inhabitants. But Liv Björnlund never left. She lives in a derelict house together with her teenage son, Simon, and her ageing father, Vidar. They make for a peculiar family, and Liv knows that they are cause for gossip among their few remaining neighbours.Just why has Liv stayed by her domineering father''s side all these years? And is it true that Vidar is sitting on a small fortune? His questionable business decisions have made him many enemies over the years, and in Ödesmark everyone knows everyone, and no one ever forgets.Now someone wants back what is rightfully theirs. And they will stop at nothing to get it, no matter who stands in their way...

DKK 141.00
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Tribune of Rome - Robert (author) Fabbri - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Tribune of Rome - Robert (author) Fabbri - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

THE EXPLOSIVELY GRIPPING, 300,000 COPY BESTSELLING ROMAN EPIC SERIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF GLADIATOR AD 26 : Sixteen-year-old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome, to find a patron and join the army. But he discovers a city in turmoil and an Empire on the brink. The ageing emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri, leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard whose spies are everywhere. Vespasian is out of his depth, making dangerous enemies (and dangerous friends - like the young Caligula) and soon finds himself ensnared in a conspiracy against Tiberius. Vespasian flees the city to take up his position as tribune in an unfashionable legion on the Balkan frontier. Unblooded and inexperienced, he must lead his men in savage battle with hostile mountain tribes. But there is no escaping the politics of Rome. Somehow, he must survive long enough to uncover the identity of the traitors behind the growing revolt... THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING VESPASIAN SERIES

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The Last Snow - Stina Jackson - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Last Snow - Stina Jackson - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

A The Times best crime books of 2021 pick ________________________ What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland? Early spring has its icy grip on Ödesmark, a small village in northernmost Sweden, abandoned by many of its inhabitants. But Liv Björnlund never left. She lives in a derelict house together with her teenage son, Simon, and her ageing father, Vidar. They make for a peculiar family, and Liv knows that they are cause for gossip among their few remaining neighbours.Just why has Liv stayed by her domineering father''s side all these years? And is it true that Vidar is sitting on a small fortune? His questionable business decisions have made him many enemies over the years, and in Ödesmark everyone knows everyone, and no one ever forgets.Now someone wants back what is rightfully theirs. And they will stop at nothing to get it, no matter who stands in their way...

DKK 113.00
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The Missionary Position - Christopher Hitchens - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Missionary Position - Christopher Hitchens - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

In this frank and damning exposé of the Teresa cult, Hitchens details the nature and limits of one woman''s mission to help the world''s poor. He probes the source of the heroic status bestowed upon an Albanian nun whose only declared wish was to serve God. He asks whether Mother Teresa''s good works answered any higher purpose than the need of the world''s privileged to see someone, somewhere, doing something for the Third World. He unmasks pseudo-miracles, questions Mother Teresa''s fitness to adjudicate on matters of sex and reproduction, and reports on a version of saintly ubiquity which affords genial relations with dictators, corrupt tycoons and convicted frauds. Is Mother Teresa merely an essential salve to the conscience of the rich West, or an expert PR machine for the Catholic Church? In its caustic iconoclasm and unsparing wit, The Missionary Position showcases the devastating effect of Hitchens'' writing at its polemical best.

DKK 113.00
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Concorde - Jonathan Glancey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Concorde - Jonathan Glancey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

In Concorde , Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, and a dream of a Dan Dare future never quite realized. Jonathan Glancey traces the development of Concorde not just through existing material and archives, but through interviews with those who lived with the supersonic project from its inception. The result is a compelling mix of overt technological optimism, a belief that Britain and France were major players in the world of civil as well as military aviation, and faith in an ever faster, ever more sophisticated future. This is a celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its era.

DKK 152.00
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The Cornish Captive - Nicola (author) Pryce - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Cornish Captive - Nicola (author) Pryce - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The sixth novel in a stunning series set in eighteenth-century Cornwall, perfect for fans of Poldark, Tracy Rees and Dinah Jefferies Cornwall, 1800. Imprisoned on false pretences, Madeleine Pelligrew, former mistress of Pendenning Hall, has spent the last 14 years shuttled between increasingly destitute and decrepit mad houses. When a strange man appears out of the blue to release her, she can''t quite believe that her freedom comes without a price. Hiding her identity, Madeleine determines to discover the truth about what happened all those years ago.Unsure who to trust and alone in the world, Madeleine strikes a tentative friendship with a French prisoner on parole, Captain Pierre de la Croix. But as she learns more about the reasons behind her imprisonment, and about those who schemed to hide her away for so long, she starts to wonder if Pierre is in fact the man he says he is. As Madeleine''s past collides with her present, can she find the strength to follow her heart, no matter the personal cost?

DKK 107.00
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