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Laddar... The Firebird (The Scottish series) (urspr publ 2013; utgåvan 2013)av Susanna Kearsley (Författare)
VerksinformationThe Firebird av Susanna Kearsley (2013)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Audible Audio Book. Took me quite some time to get into this book, although I do enjoy most of the author's books. The narrator was very distracting to my senses, I didn't care for her voice so it took awhile to get use to the sound of her voice. Otherwise, I did enjoy the story and think it would be fascinating if it were true - the ability to see the past with just a touch of an object!
Successfully blending a contemporary romance with an historical adventure is no easy task, but in The Firebird, author Susanna Kearsley goes one step further, bestowing supernatural abilities upon her protagonist. ... As Nicola and Rob follow clues from Anna’s life, the novel’s focus shifts to the young girl, and the present-day love story is put on the backburner. The shift is so pronounced that scenes featuring Nicola and Rob in the second half of the novel seem jarringly out of place. The rich details of Anna’s story, which includes the appearance of several historical figures, carries the novel, while Nicola’s story pales in comparison. Ingår i serienSlains (2) Priser
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters?sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"??DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander Two Women. One Mysterious Relic. Historical fiction with romance, betrayal, and magic you'll never forget. Art-dealer Nicola Marter was born with a gift so rare and dangerous, she kept it buried deep. When she encounters a desperate woman trying to sell a small wooden carving called "The Firebird," claiming it belonged to Russia's Empress Catherine, there's no proof. But once Nicola holds the object, her buried talent gives her surprising insight. She knows the woman is telling the truth. Trying to keep to her hard-won job, Nicola sets out to confirm the fascinating history of The Firebird with help from a man she never thought she'd see again. The Firebird is a sweeping historical romance that will whisk you from London to Scotland to St. Petersburg in a magical, century-spanning epic about the dangers and rewards of being true to yourself. Also by Susanna Kearsley: Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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Imagine my delight to find one of my very favorite Kearsley characters waiting for me. Colonel Graeme captured my heart in The Winter Sea, and here he is again, making me smile to see him. Along with Graeme, who peopled the past in that novel, is Robbie McMorran, who peopled the present in The Shadowy Horses. I mean this was old home week! And, who doesn’t like to see the old year out with friends, Scottish friends to boot...Auld Lang Syne.
I’m not sure how Kearsley manages to spin her web around me. I am generally not a fan of romance, but her characters know how to be romantic vs. merely sex-driven, and I am not generally taken by the paranormal, but she makes her characters’ weavings through the past seem plausible somehow. Veggies are essential, and too many sweets will make you sick, but I suppose we all need a little chocolate every now and then.
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