In an expensive London restaurant Julia Lovat receives a gift that will change her life. It appears to be a book of exquisite 17th-century embroidery patterns but on closer examination Julia finds it also contains faint diary entries. In these, Cat Tregenna, an embroideress, tells how she and others were stolen out of a Cornish church in 1625 by Muslim pirates and taken on a brutal voyage to Morocco to be auctioned off as slaves.Captivated by this dramatic discovery, Julia sets off to North Africa to determine the authenticity of the book and to uncover more of Cat's story. There, in the company of a charismatic Moroccan guide, amid the sultry heat, the spice markets, and exotic ruins, Julia discovers buried secrets. And in Morocco, just as Cat did before her, she loses her heart.Almost 400 years apart, the stories of the two women converge in an extraordinary and haunting manner that will make readers wonder - is history fated to repeat itself?
Jane Johnson Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Jane Johnson, píšuca pod pseudonymom Jude Fisher, je autorkou s dvadsaťročnými skúsenosťami v knižnom priemysle ako predavačka, vydavateľka a spisovateľka. Bola zodpovedná za vydávanie diel J. R. R. Tolkiena a podieľala sa na filmových adaptáciách Pána prsteňov, pre ktoré napísala vizuálne sprievodcov. Jej vlastná tvorba často čerpá z bohatej histórie a exotických miest, čo dokazuje román inšpirovaný únoscami zo 16. storočia. V súčasnosti sa jej život prelína medzi malebným Cornwallom a marockými horami, čo jej dodáva jedinečnú perspektívu pre jej literárnu tvorbu.
Little Bunny's Bedtime!
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When her youngest, Little Bunny, announces that he cannot sleep, Mrs. Rabbit tries everything--from a bubble bath to lullabies--to help him fall asleep, in a board book with flocking on every spread. Originally published in hardcover as Are You Ready for Bed? 15,000 first printing.