Ergebnis für "BlackOut" in Historische Romane

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As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, as the bleak winter sun sets. When a young woman is found brutally murdered, Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke is under immense pressure to solve the case, swiftly. Treated with suspicion by his superiors for his failure to join the Nazi Party, Schenke walks a perilous line—for disloyalty is a death sentence.

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Endlich – Frank Schätzings Bestseller als Lesung. Köln, im Jahre 1260. Jakob der Fuchs, ein charmanter Dieb und Vagabund, wird Zeuge, wie der Dombaumeister vom Gerüst in den Tod gestoßen wird. Doch alle, denen Jakob von dem Mord erzählt, sind kurz darauf ebenfalls tot. Als er begreift, wer die Intrige gesponnen hat, muss er den Verbrecher so rasch wie möglich überführen. Doch der ist ein eiskalter Auftragsmörder, und als nächstes hat er Jakob im Visier.

Der erste Autofahrer war eine Frau! Eine große Liebe, eine bahnbrechende Erfindung und eine Frau, die die Welt verändert - Alexander Schwarz' historischer Roman Bertha Benz und die Straße der Träume ist die erste Roman-Biografie über die Frau, die dem Automobil zum Durchbruch verholfen hat. Mannheim, 1888: Bertha Benz hat genug! Sie liebt ihren Mann Carl, bewundert den brillanten Ingenieur und glaubt fest an seine Vision einer pferdelosen Kutsche. Schließlich verbringt sie selbst genug Zeit in der Werkstatt und lässt sich alle Motoren und Maschinen erklären, die Carl sich ausdenkt.

Berlino, dicembre 1939. Mentre la Germania entra in guerra, i nazisti stringono la loro morsa sulla popolazione. La paranoia nella capitale è intensificata da un rigido blackout che ogni notte, al tramonto del cupo sole invernale, fa sprofondare la città in un'oscurità opprimente. Quando una giovane donna viene trovata brutalmente assassinata, l'ispettore Horst Schenke riceve subito pressioni per risolvere il caso. Trattato con sospetto dai suoi stessi superiori per la mancata adesione al partito nazista, Schenke cammina su una lastra di ghiaccio molto sottile.

England, 1941. Reunited briefly with her husband-to-be before he returns to fighting, Lily Baker now finds her mundane army office work dreary. But when her boss asks her to keep watch on the happenings at the depot, she quickly suspects a new weapons supplier of fraud. As she trains her sharp eye on the potential cheat, she agrees to help an unmarried colleague with an unexpected pregnancy. But when, without evidence, she is accused of being the one with child, she faces hard decisions.

In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. The women she convinces to attend the first meeting couldn't be more different—a wealthy spinster determined to aid the war effort, an exhausted mother looking for a fresh start, and a determined young war worker.

Londres 1942 : profitant du couvre-feu, un tueur hante les rues de la ville. En quelques jours, il assassine et mutile quatre femmes. Son modus operandi interpelle Scotland Yard et la presse, qui le surnomme aussitôt le Blackout Ripper. Les messages qu'il laisse sur les scènes de crime, conçus comme des indices codés, imposent bientôt aux enquêteurs une piste inquiétante : le criminel semble s'inspirer des leçons du mage noir Aleister Crowley et de son manuscrit démoniaque, "Le Livre de la Loi".