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De Poort van de Volière Reeks

Deze serie neemt lezers mee door eeuwen en continenten, waarbij verhalen worden geweven over dappere vrouwen die terechtkomen in exotische en gevaarlijke omgevingen. Van de weelderige harems van het Ottomaanse Rijk tot de academische zalen van Oxford, deze verhalen verkennen thema's als liefde, verlies, moed en de zoektocht naar zelf. Volg de protagonisten terwijl ze navigeren door politieke intriges, maatschappelijke beperkingen en persoonlijke verlangens in rijke historische achtergronden. Het is een meeslepend verhaal over veerkrachtige vrouwelijke personages die hun lot tegen alle verwachtingen in smeden.

The House at Bishopsgate
De blauwe Diamant
The Aviary Gate

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  1. The Aviary Gate

    • 352bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    A tale of ancient alliances and intrigues, of forbidden love and dangerous secrets

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  2. De blauwe Diamant

    • 318bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen

    In a small town on the Italian coast, a mysterious woman washes ashore. She is crippled, mute, and clutches a bundle to her chest-a baby the townspeople insist is a real-life mermaid. It can only bring bad luck; they pay a troupe of acrobats to carry mother and child away. In the bustling trade center of Venice, merchant Paul Pindar is the subject of his colleagues' concern. Since his return from Constantinople, they have found him changed; raging over the loss of his beloved, Celia, he has gambled away his fortune at the gaming tables. But when a priceless blue diamond surfaces in the city, Pindar recognizes the opportunity to regain everything he has lost-including, perhaps, the woman he loves. A celebrated writer of history and travel books, Katie Hickman has always been a master of evoking time and place. With The Pindar Diamond , her follow-up to The Aviary Gate , she brings early-seventeenth-century Italy vividly to life, and also demonstrates her maturity as a novelist. A tale of love and avarice, with a touch of the mystical, The Pindar Diamond is rich with historical detail, and unfolds with urgency and grace. It is accomplished, wholly satisfying historical fiction.

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