Eve Edwards, dottoressa presso l'Università di Oxford, considera la ricerca una parte fondamentale del piacere nella scrittura di narrativa storica. Si immerge nel passato visitando case Tudor, partecipando a tornei medievali e sperimentando banchetti d'epoca per catturare accuratamente suoni, sapori e immagini delle ere passate. La sua dedizione ai dettagli autentici arricchisce le sue narrazioni, offrendo ai lettori un vivido viaggio attraverso la storia. Vive a Oxford.
In the midst of the First World War Helen Sanford, a young nurse, has disappeared. Sebastian Trewby is determined to find her so that he can protect her before his flight squadron calls him back for duty. Helen knows that if Sebastian discovers her it could ruin him.
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England, 1582 ELLIE - Lady Eleanor Rodriguez of San Jaime - is in possession of a gold-seeking father, a worthless title and a feisty spirit that captivates the elite of the Queen's court, and none other than the handsome new Earl of Dorset . . . WILLIAM LACEY has inherited his father's title and his financial ruin. Now the Earl must seek a wealthy heiress and restore his family's fortune. But Will's head has been turned by the gorgeous Ellie, yet their union can never be. Will is destined to marry a worthy Lady so the only question is - which one . . . ?
In 1584, widowed eighteen-year-old Lady Jane Rievaulx enters into service in the court of Queen Elizabeth, where she meets again the dashing James Lacey with whom she was once in love, but although he cannot deny his fascination with Jane, he is dealing with the demons of war and feels unworthy of her love.
When Helen, a young hard-working nurse, meets aristocratic artist Sebastian, she doesn't expect to even like him, let alone fall in love. But against the troubled backdrop of wartime London, an unlikely but intense romance blossoms. And even bloody trenches of the Somme, where they are both posted, cannot diminish their feelings for each other. schovat popis
In 1586 England, sixteen-year-old Mercy Hart, daughter of one of London's wealthiest and most devout merchants, considers renouncing her family for love of Kit, a lowly actor and playboy, until Kit is accused of treason, testing Mercy's resolve.
Kiedy w 1582 roku młody Will Lacey został hrabią Dorset, czekało go trudne zadanie. Zmarły ojciec zostawił majątek w ruinie i Lacey musiał jak najszybciej ożenić się z posażną panną, aby uratować swój ród. Na dworze Elżbiety I pełno było takich dam, lecz serce Willa biło mocniej tylko dla Ellie – ślicznej, uczonej dziewczyny, która nie posiadała nic poza bezwartościowym hiszpańskim tytułem. Gdy rodzina nalegała, aby Will poślubił lady Jane, piękną i bogatą szlachciankę, której majątek mógłby podnieść ich ród z upadku, młody hrabia stanął przed odwiecznym wyborem – serce czy rozum? Książka Eve Edwards jest mądrą opowieścią o miłości w trudnych czasach, podległych wielkiej polityce. Anglia, której król Henryk VIII narzucił przejście na protestantyzm, pod władzą Elżbiety I żyje obsesją katolickich szpiegów i zagrożenia ze strony Hiszpanii. Szlachcic z dworu królowej, który zakochał się w dziewczynie z hiszpańskim tytułem, wiele ryzykował…