When the girls are given the chance of a new life on the other side of the world, they know they have to say yes - no matter the price. How will they find the courage and strength to build new lives in a strange land?
Nicola Pierce Bücher
Nicola Pierce verfasst fesselnde Erzählungen, die den Leser ins Zentrum des Geschehens ziehen, sei es historisch oder übernatürlich geprägt. Nach Erfolgen mit Titeln für Erwachsene wandte sie sich einem jüngeren Publikum zu, wo ihre Werke für ihre Fähigkeit gelobt werden, Geschichte mit emotionaler Tiefe lebendig werden zu lassen. Pierce verwebt geschickt Spannung mit historischen Details und schafft so unvergessliche Leseerlebnisse. Ihre Geschichten erforschen Themen wie Mut und Widerstandsfähigkeit angesichts tiefgreifender Herausforderungen.
O'Connell Street
- 278 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
O'Connell Street is at the heart of Dublin. Through name changes and revolutions, destruction and rebuilding it has remained at the heart of the story of Ireland for centuries. Nicola Pierce explores the people, the history, the buildings and the stories behind the main street in our capital city.
Chasing ghosts: an Arctic adventure
- 320 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
An enthralling novel of two stories that speak to each other across time and thousands of milesBased on the real events of Sir John Franklin’s expedition to find the Northwest PassageIn 1845, two ships, HMS Erebus and Terror, are Arctic-bound. Commander John Franklin and second-in-command Francis Crozier hope to return within two years, but nobody really knows how long they will be gone. As time passes with no word from the expedition, the world fears the worst ...In 1849, in Derry, little Weesy Coppin has died of a fever, but her spirit appears to her sister Ann and her brother William.The two stories collide as Franklin’s crew struggle to survive, and Weesy seems bent on haunting her family.Finally, one ghostly night Ann asks her sister the question on everyone’s lips: Where are the missing ships?
Derry. 1689. The city's inhabitants resist all attempts by the King James's men to storm their gates. Outside, the soldiers reckon the only effective weapon they have left is to starve them out...
Two kings, three young soldiers, one battle to end all battles. As King James and King William prepare to meet at the Boyne in battle, three young men face the horrors of war.