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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnBased on a true story, spanning half a century, this sweeping tale takes you from upper-class English society, to New York, Boston, and the wilds of the Napa Valley. But life and love may be found in the most unlikely places-the p.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnAnn Brough is in her mid-seventies and lives with her husband, David, on the shores of beautiful Lake Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba, Canada. She has been a keen storyteller for her whole life, and ventured into writ.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Based on a true story, spanning half a century, this sweeping tale takes you from upper-class English society, to New York, Boston, and the wilds of the Napa Valley. But life and love may be found in the most unlikely placesthe poverty-stricken streets of Neck End.1898? Edward turned twenty nine-years-old on the ship. Looking out over the gray water back towards America, his heart ached for both the country he had adopted and loved, and for the woman he had lost there. He was returning to England without having 'made good'. Without any fortune.When Edward meets Gertrude and is captivated by her youth and beauty, his hope for the future is transformed. But this is an era when the rich and poor of England each have their own firmly defined limits. More than any social boundary is a far greater problemhe's already married.Giving a glimpse into the realities of the very wealthy and the desperately impoverished of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, The Prussian Captain is the story of two opposite lives colliding. One is marked by finery, decorum, servants, and first-class adventures crisscrossing the Atlantic. The other is stuck in a life of abuse, alcoholism, and the depressed state of the working poor of industrialized England.Will Edward and Gertrude risk it all to overcome their stations in life Will they each find what they are looking for.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Goodbyes were always hard, especially when it might be forever. The women on the station turned away with tears, images of their husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, and boyfriends disappearing through the smoke. Dorothy stood there alone, until every trace of smoke from the train engine had dissipated. She suddenly felt cold and alone. She finally turned and followed the other women down the metal steps, off the station and back to Edward Street.1927. The poverty stricken streets of Neck End in England's industrial midlands, were a lonely and miserable place for a little girl. Abandoned by her mother, Dorothy clings to the memory of her father, who lives in the capital city. London seems an entire world away, as she hopes for the day when he might send for her and she can finally get out. Twelve years later, the country is plunged into war with Germany and Dorothy's world is thrown into chaos. Can she have a life in London with her father despite the dangers of war or will a chance encounter with a dashing soldier change her path for good Torn between loyalty to her father and the possibility of love, Dorothy struggles with the greatest decision of her young life. A decision influenced by war and the love of two strong, yet vastly different, men.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 340 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Set in the early twentieth century in the heart of the English Potteries, where the lines between upper-class owners and poor factory workers were set in stone, comes this saga of forbidden and unexpected love, obsession, loss, and a small sweet shop that saves one woman's life.Raised in a loving, working-class, Methodist family, Annie Jenkins falls in love with Daniel, a man of wealth and position. Their secret marriage was, by both families' estimation, doomed for failure. But it wasn't their differences that brought ruin and heartache for Annie. It may have been losing so much after loving so deeply.Amid the turmoil of her life, she finds sanctuary working where her mother used to work and where her parents first met-an old sweet shop. Annie brings the shop back to its former glory but can this magical place work its charm and heal the bitterness in her heart?

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 340 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Set in the early twentieth century in the heart of the English Potteries, where the lines between upper-class owners and poor factory workers were set in stone, comes this saga of forbidden and unexpected love, obsession, loss, and a small sweet shop that saves one woman's life.Raised in a loving, working-class, Methodist family, Annie Jenkins falls in love with Daniel, a man of wealth and position. Their secret marriage was, by both families' estimation, doomed for failure. But it wasn't their differences that brought ruin and heartache for Annie. It may have been losing so much after loving so deeply.Amid the turmoil of her life, she finds sanctuary working where her mother used to work and where her parents first met-an old sweet shop. Annie brings the shop back to its former glory but can this magical place work its charm and heal the bitterness in her heart?