After his haystacks are burned, Farmer Harmsworth barricades the common path through Applebeck Orchard. Reliable witnesses say the arson was the work of a lantern-bearing specter. But has the...
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Auteur: Albert, Susan WittigSommaire: -
Auteur: Albert, Susan WittigSommaire:
Albert re-imagines Beatrix Potter wearing her sleuthing cap as the village of Sawrey lies buried beneath a blanket of Christmas snow. While she and her animal friends investigate a puzzling death...
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Auteur: Albert, Susan WittigSommaire:
It is now 1907, and in her Lake Country village, Beatrix Potter is about to encounter both woodland magic and an intriguing mystery. As she helps some village children look for fairy folk, she...
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Auteur: Albert, Susan WittigSommaire:
When Beatrix finds an abandoned infant, Captain Woodcock and Dimity care for the child as Beatrix and her furry and feathered friends search for its mother.
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Auteur: Albert, Susan WittigSommaire:
The serenity of Hill Top Farm is shattered when a local shephard is murdered. Beatrix Potter--when she's not busy making friends with her fellow villagers--lends her insights to the investigation...
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Auteur: Albert, Susan WittigSommaire:
It's 1905, and to recover from the loss of her fiancé, Beatrix Potter moves into a small farmhouse in Sawrey. Populated by colorful characters, both human and critter, her new life is full of...
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Auteur: Lindbergh, JudithSommaire:
In 985 A.D. the life of a Viking thrall in newly settled Greenland is harsh and unforgiving. Katla, a proud, beautiful slave girl, is ostracized because of her arrogant ways and the mystical...
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Auteur: Albert, Susan WittigSommaire:
Set in the summertime splendor of 1913 England, this seventh tale finds Beatrix eager to marry her fiancé, solicitor William Heelis. But a few obstacles are still blocking the happy couple's path...
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Auteur: Albert, Susan WittigSommaire:
1912. The peace of the Lake District is interrupted by the noisy test flights of a new flying machine: the hydroplane--and Beatrix's friend Grace is receiving anonymous letters that threaten her...
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Auteur: Maxwell, CathySommaire:
When Anne Burnett is forced into a proxy marriage with Aidan Black, a dashing Scottish laird with a reputation for unpredictability, traveling to the wilds of Scotland to meet him is only a small...
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Auteur: Wooding, ChrisSommaire:When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the phairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction -
Auteur: Chiaverini, JenniferSommaire:
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace-Lord Byron's daughter, the world's first computer programmer, and a...
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Auteur: Burnett, Frances HodgsonSommaire:Little Sara Crewe, a student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, suffers the ultimate setback when she loses her beloved father and goes from rich to poor overnight. Instead of...
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Auteur: Defoe, DanielSommaire:Moll is born in Newgate prison to a petty thief and is soon left at the mercy of whoever will take her in. From this unfavorable beginning, the lusty, resourceful Moll loves and bargains her way...
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Auteur: Cullen, LynnSommaire:
After a scandal ends her apprenticeship with Michelangelo in 1559, artist Sofonisba Anguissola accepts an invitation from King Felipe II to become lady-in-waiting and painting teacher to his...
Genre: Historical fiction