Celia Brayfield Knihy

Anglická spisovatelka Celia Brayfieldová se po dlouhém váhání rozhodla strávit rok ve Francii. Usadila v rozlehlém domě se zahradou, aby v klidu přepracovala jedno ze svých děl. Postupně se seznamovala se svými sousedy, z nichž mnozí také pocházeli z Anglie, sbližovala se s prostředím a poznávala blízké i vzdálenější okolí. Kraj, dosud nepřesycený turistickým ruchem, ji zaujal lidovými tradicemi, svátky a slavnostmi, osobitou architekturou a především kuchyní. Brayfieldová je skvělá kuchařka, a tak dokáže mnohé pokrmy nejen přesně popsat, ale dokonce je i upravovat a vymýšlet různé variace na dané téma. Milovníkům francouzské kuchyně se nad recepty doslova budou sbíhat sliny, ale nic jim nebrání zkusit si mnohá jídla podle uvedených receptů uvařit. Kniha je koncipována jako průběh jednoho roku, rozdělena do měsíců, což umožňuje v běhu času popisovat proměny přírody, spisovatelčiny zahrady, chronologicky zachytit jednotlivé svátky a k nim přiřazovat zvyklosti i recepty. Čtenáři, kteří si oblíbili díla P. Maylea mohou dokonce porovnávat, jak život na francouzském jihu vidí muž a žena, co je zaujalo, jak odlišně na ně působí tradice francouzského venkova. Pohodové čtení, prokládané ukázkami z literárních děl a spoustou receptů dýchá klidem, který je v dnešní uspěchané době stále vzácnější.

Celie Brayfieldová, autorka bestsellerů jako Perly, Bílý Led, Princ, Žně a Tajemná Francie, odkrývá čtenářům tajemství vlastního úspěchu a komentuje práci řady dalších úspěšných spisovatelů, aby tak „v akci“ ukázala jejich tvůrčího génia a odpověděla na otázku z jakého důvodu se z toho kterého románu stane trhák, jež uchvátí miliony čtenářů a někdy jim i změní život.

Román spojujúci fantastické a historické motívy opisuje príbeh muža, ktorý sa pomocou drogy prenáša do 14. storočia, kde sa stáva svedkom dobrodružného života na cornwalskom panstve. Intrigy, neveru, násilnú smrť mnohých ľudí sleduje pomocou sprievodcu po tomto svete - Rogera.

A new biography of author Anna Sewell, whose campaigning spirit and determination was as compelling as her novel Black Beauty still is.

The first book about a generation of women writers who challenged the world.

Writing Historical A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an invaluable companion for a writer working in this challenging and popular literary genre, whether your period is Ancient Rome or World War II.PART 1 includes reflections on the genre and provides a short history of historical fiction.PART 2 contains guest contributions from Margaret Atwood, Ian Beck, Madison Smartt Bell, Ronan Bennett, Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalier, Lindsay Clarke, Elizabeth Cook, Anne Doughty, Sarah Dunant, Michel Faber, Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Katharine McMahon, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Hilary Mantel, Alan Massie, Ian Mortimer, Kate Mosse, Charles Palliser, Orhan Pamuk, Edward Rutherfurd, Manda Scott, Adam Thorpe, Stella Tillyard, Rose Tremain, Alison Weir and Louisa Young.PART 3 offers practical exercises and advice on such topics as research, plots and characters, mastering authentic but accessible dialogue and navigating the world of agents and publishers.

Prima ballerina Lydia Kusminskaya, whose talents saved her from starvation in imperial St Petersburg, trusted her beauty to secure her place in the gilded cocoon of the court - unaware of the cataclysm about to destroy it, and her hopes.Eighty years later, in London, the legacy of Lydia's beauty snares a woman and two men in the trap of their own Alexander Wolfe, the desirable American who worships women and glamour; formidable businesswoman Bianca Berrisford, who believes beauty always has its price; and Lovat Whitburn, her bitter ex-husband, for whom beauty, once an ideal, is now a weapon.Now the three are chained to Lydia and each other in a lethal struggle for wealth, love and, above all, power. But the illusion of beauty which betrayed Lydia is lying in wait for them, too . . .'A breathtaking achievement' "Woman's Own"'Ms Brayfield knows what she is doing . . . her women sound and act like real women' Anthony Burgess in the "Independent"'A wonderfully written novel about men, women and a burning obsession' "Me"

In Arizona a woman wakes up to find a priceless pearl under her pillow, and begins a journey into the past. The book tells the story of three women - Catherine Bourton, her sister Monty and Princess Ayeshah. But when the Princess's past is revealed, the women's lives will never be the same again.

Richard, second son of Queen Elizabeth, is the most eligible prince in the world. Courageous, intelligent, devastatingly handsome, his will be a fairy-tale wedding – but who will be his bride?Victoria Hamilton: beautiful widow of a recently assassinated British diplomat, Richard’s childhood sweetheart with a tragic past …Harley Clifford: ex-model and radical Jamaican lawyer, whose affair with Richard shook the nation to its foundation …Jo Forbes: brilliant and wayward daughter of Hollywood darling Lorraine Leigh, determined that no one will ever again overshadow her star …Three women: three loves for the man of every woman’s dreams.

Placido's Beach Bar, the ultimate beach bar - although there is no beach at the end of the bay and few let their dreams bring them to this one-boat fishing village. Kim has come to Placido's to watch the sun set, to wait for her lover, and to understand the instability of all that seems stable. Kim's life started before she was ready and ran out of control into tragedy. She came through with the help of her friend, vibrant, fascinating Stella; now there is also Matthew, Kim's lover, a creature of true instinct but deceptive beauty. A woman, her lover and her friend; sacred bonds or the random choice of destiny? The island Los Alcazares, a scrap of desert in the sub-tropical Atlantic, a place of fantastic dreams and immeasurable secrets, of strange energies and violent events. Its people are fugitives, hedonists and visionaries, a mulinational community of refugees from reality. Among them a death has occured, a death for which both Stella and Matthew may be responsible. Written with profound passion and great precision, SUNSET, is haunting, vivid and a novel of paradoxes - trust and mystery, faith and knowledge, fate and love. The most ambitious work yet from a supremely perceptive and compelling modern writer.