The Baker's Daughter; Or, The Lost Witness
Author : George William MacArthur Reynolds
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 18??
Category : English fiction
ISBN :
Author : George William MacArthur Reynolds
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 18??
Category : English fiction
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Author : Sarah McCoy
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Bakers
ISBN : 0307460185
From the author of "The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico" comes a timely novel about the politics of exclusion, the terrible choices we face in wartime, and the redemptive power of love.
Author : James Gregory
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,72 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857721062
By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to murder. Yet, despite this, the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was a growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Unease was expressed in various forms, including efforts at outright abolition. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory here examines abolitionist strategies, leaders and personnel. He locates the 'gallows question' in an imperial context and explores the ways in which debates about the gallows and abolition featured in literature, from poetry to 'novels of purpose' and popular romances of the underworld. He places the abolitionist movement within the wider Victorian worlds of philanthropy, religious orthodoxy and social morality in a study which will be essential reading for students and researchers of Victorian history.
Author : Sarah McCoy
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307460193
In this New York Times bestseller, two women in different eras face similar life-altering decisions, the politics of exclusion, the terrible choices we face in wartime, and the redemptive power of love. In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for her first kiss. She and her family have been protected from the worst of the terror and desperation overtaking her country by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to marry her. So when an escaped Jewish boy arrives on Elsie’s doorstep on Christmas Eve, Elsie understands that opening the door would put all she loves in danger. Sixty years later, in El Paso, Texas, Reba Adams is trying to file a feel-good Christmas piece for the local magazine, and she sits down with the owner of Elsie's German Bakery for what she expects will be an easy interview. But Reba finds herself returning to the bakery again and again, anxious to find the heart of the story—a story that resonates with her own turbulent past. For Elsie, Reba’s questions are a stinging reminder of that last bleak year of World War II. As the two women's lives become intertwined, both are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive.
Author : Robert Kemp Philp
Publisher :
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 1855
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Author : JJ Somers
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,58 MB
Release : 2024-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1035831260
Fearing she would be left on the shelf, Joanna is swept off her feet by a handsome Italian supporting the Air Force in her country town, leading to a whirlwind marriage. After following him overseas, they eventually settle in inner Melbourne. A chance encounter with a local French baker, who delivers to her house, stirs her inner emotions. She begins to question her commitment to her husband, as something about the baker continues to haunt her, even after moving with her family to the outskirts of Melbourne. Suspicions about her husband’s fidelity arise as Joanna grapples with snippets of evidence suggesting a relationship with a work colleague. A chance sighting of the baker by her sons in the neighbourhood reignites her feelings once again. Joanna moves her expanding home sewing business to local premises, unaware that the baker has also established operations nearby. When her husband eventually disappears from her life, the baker appears in her shop, rekindling her longing to be with him. Will fate allow Joanna and the baker to be together permanently?
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Page : 882 pages
File Size : 29,17 MB
Release : 1838
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Author : Phyllis Standring
Publisher :
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 28,86 MB
Release : 1957
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Author : Thomas Hauser
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 16,38 MB
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1619028298
An evocative historical novel that explores the rising influence of Dickens's work in mid–19th century London through the journey of a young woman's struggle against poverty and injustice. In the winter of 1836, a young journalist named Charles Dickens held an infant in his arms. Only eight months of age, Ruby Spriggs was living under the most deplorable conditions that existed in London. Crushing poverty seemed her only future. Through the intervention of kind patrons, the child blossoms into a young woman instilled with a love of learning and books. But the forces that Dickens fought against for most of his life threaten to destroy her. At the heart of The Baker's Tale is Ruby Spriggs; Edwin Chatfield, the young man who would be her lover; Alexander Murd, the scheming coal baron who would destroy them; Abraham Hart, a dwarf who befriends Ruby in a faraway land; and Octavius Joy, a 19th–century philanthropist cut from unique cloth. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, The Baker's Tale recreates the voice of beloved author Charles Dickens in gorgeous prose brimming with the atmosphere of historical London. It's a gripping tale of obsession, corruption, hope, and love instilled with the unequaled passion of Dickens's social conscience.
Author : Joanna Ruocco
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 28,12 MB
Release : 2009*
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