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Spices & Fire

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Spices & FireLONDON 1888 Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters fllt es der zwanzigjhrigen Marie schwer, sich im Labyrinth gesellschaftlicher Regeln zurechtfinden. Hinzu kommt, dass ihr Erbe als Teilhaberin der Polony Gallery an die Bedingung einer standesgemen Heirat geknpft ist. So beginnt sie gezwungenermaen, sich auf dem Londoner Heiratsmarkt nach passenden Kandidaten umzusehen. Umworben wird Marie von dem charismatischen Lebemann John Willow und dem feinsinnigen

LONDON 1888 Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters fällt es der zwanzigjährigen Marie schwer, sich im Labyrinth gesellschaftlicher Regeln zurechtfinden. Hinzu kommt, dass ihr Erbe als Teilhaberin der Polony Gallery an die Bedingung einer standesgemäßen Heirat geknüpft ist. So beginnt sie gezwungenermaßen, sich auf dem Londoner Heiratsmarkt nach passenden Kandidaten umzusehen. Umworben wird Marie von dem charismatischen Lebemann John Willow und dem feinsinnigen Kunstliebhaber Edgar Lindberg. Doch keiner der beiden ist, was er vorgibt zu sein. Als sie den düsteren Maler Henry Sorretti kennenlernt, bestärkt er sie darin, den gesellschaftlichen Zwängen zu entfliehen. Maries Weg führt sie von den Ballsälen und Galerien bis in die schwarzen Straßen der Londoner Slums, wo Jack the Ripper sein Unwesen treibt - auf der Suche nach der wahren Liebe und dem freien Leben.

EAN: 9783957471789
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Autoren: Knopp, Katrin S.
Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 400
Keyword: Brigerton; Drama; Emanzipation; Forbidden Love; Heiratsmarkt; History Romance; Jack the ripper; Kunst; Kunstgalerie; Liebesroman; London; London 1888; New Aduldt; Oscar Wilde; Queer; Romance; Slums; Suffragetten; Tragödie
Fachschema: Neunzehntes Jahrhundert~Neunzehntes Jahrhundert / Roman, Erzählung
Fachkategorie: Belletristik: romantische Spannung~Historischer Roman~Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch
Interesse Alter: empfohlenes Alter: ab 16 Jahren
Altersempfehlung / Lesealter: 18
ab Alter: 16
bis Alter: 99
Länge: 210 mm
Breite: 150 mm
Höhe: 44 mm
Gewicht: 728 gr
Produktform: Gebunden
Genre: Belletristik
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