Eva Ruxová Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

A crime thriller featuring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in which a mild-mannered minister attending a dinner is poisoned, but no trace of poison can be found, and there seems to be absolutely no motive.

"Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling. She has no time for dull common sense--or for middle-aged men of thirty-five, long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young, of course. And if your heart is broken at the age of seventeen, how can you expect ever to recover from the passionate misery that fills your life, waking and sleeping?"--Page 4 of cover

Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. the novel is modeled after the day's popular romances and Gothic thrillers, which it then proceeds to ridicule. The heroine is Catherine Morland, who encounters upper-crust society at Bath, falls in love, and becomes targeted by misinformed fortune-seekers. After moving to Northanger Abbey, her imagination goes to work and dreams up mysteries that lead to various social disasters.

Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected.

Com base em documentos reais, os autores questionam, nesta narrativa histórica, a autenticidade da assinatura do testamento de Carlos II (a favor de Filipe de Anjou) e a legitimidade dos Bourbon ao trono, ao mesmo tempo que exploram a influência directa do Vaticano na política europeia do séc. XVIII. Através de engenhosas conspirações, subtis jogos de poder, cartas codificadas, seitas obscuras e mistérios diplomáticos, desenha-se uma bem-sucedida trama para dominar a Europa. Inclui um CD com 15 faixas de música barroca que aparecem no romance.

Het is september 1683. In Europa dreigt een nieuwe grote oorlog: de Turken belegeren Wenen. Angst voor de moslims houdt christelijk Europa in zijn greep. Tien gasten uit verschillende Europese landen logeren in herberg De Schildknaap in Rome. Als een oude heer in de herberg om het leven komt, vermoedelijk ten gevolge van de pest, moeten alle gasten in quarantaine. Maar merkwaardig genoeg blijft het niet bij dit ene sterfgeval. Gaat het hier werkelijk om gevallen van de gevreesde zwarte dood, of is er sprake van moord? Een van de gasten, Arto Melani, geheim agent van de Zonnekoning, zoekt de zaak tot op de bodem uit en doet wereldschokkende ontdekkingen. 'Imprimatur' is het eerste deel van een cyclus van zeven literaire thrillers van het Italiaanse schrijversduo Monaldi & Sorti, waarin historische feiten worden onthulddie een nieuw licht werpen op de geschiedenis van Europa.

Děj románu zavádí čtenáře do historicky věrného a působivého prostředí antických Pompejí, do doby po velkém výbuchu sopky Vesuvu. Ústřední postava malíř Labius odjíždí z Říma do Pompejí, aby zde pracoval na obnově výzdoby výbuchem poškozených domů. Zde prožívá svůj úspěch, lásku i politické intriky. Netuší však, že se blíží druhý výbuch sopky, sice zatím vzdálený v čase, ale naprosto fatální pro město.

A spa stay turns into a homicidal holiday... A bit snobbish and a trifle high-strung, Sybil Foster prides herself on owning the finest estate in Upper Quintern and hiring the best gardener. In fact, she is rapturous over the new asparagus beds when a visit from her unwelcome stepson sends her scurrying to a chic spa for a rest cure, a liaison with the spa's director...and an apparent suicide. Her autopsy holds one surprise, a secret drawer a second. And Inspector Roderick Alleyn, C.I.D., digging about Upper Quintern, may unearth still a third...deeply buried motive for murder.

Kniha obsahuje dva psychologicky laděné milostné romány z padesátých let 20. století od populární francouzské autorky. — Oba romány, resp. románové novely (Za měsíc, za rok, 1957; Dobrý den, smutku, 1954) zachycují složité problémy a vnitřní konflikty milostných vztahů hrdinek, náležejících převážně k francouzské intelektuální vrstvě té doby. Komorní příběhy těchto žen líčí autorka v obou prózách s maximální objektivitou, bez sentimentality a falešné citovosti.