Als im Jahre 1636 in Amsterdam das Tulpenfieber ausgebrochen ist, Blumenzwiebeln gegen Gold und Seide getauscht werden, hofft auch der Engländer John Nightingale dort durch Spekulationen ein Vermögen zu gewinnen. Nur das könnte ihn von einer alten Schuld befreien und vor dem Strang retten...
La Trilogia della Dama Albero Serie
Questa trilogia immerge i lettori nel tumultuoso periodo precedente la Guerra Civile Inglese, seguendo la saga in corso di John Nightingale e Zeal Beester. La narrazione viaggia dai paesaggi semi-fantastici degli avventurieri del Nuovo Mondo all'Amsterdam del XVII secolo, e in un'Inghilterra rurale sull'orlo della scomparsa per sempre. Queste storie distinte ma interconnesse possono essere apprezzate in qualsiasi ordine, offrendo un ricco arazzo storico con un tocco di straordinario.
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Quicksilver
- 464pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
Not exactly a sequel, but a novel written in parallel with the superb The Lady Tree, in other words sharing some of the same characters but entirely independent of the first book. Is there such a thing as a werewolf? Quicksilver is no horror story, but in its fabulously vivid recreation of 17th Century England and Holland, it portrays a young man suffering from lycanthropy -- when a man believes himself to be a wolf. This was a time when medical science was undergoing vast changes and the discovery of the New World was yielding up all sorts of new plants and drugs, and Christie Dickason weaves a pulsating story of intrigue, adventure and romance around this extraordinary set of circumstances.