Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna watercress girls the vendu 35.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
When Annie and her brother Cory are orphaned Hettie's mother takes them in. Hettie and Annie sell watercress on the streets of Victorian London to make a living. Annie's dissatisfaction grows and her reckless ambition takes her on a separate path. After she disappears in mysterious circumstances Hettie sets out to find her. While searching for Annie, in the darkest and most dangerous part of London, she uncovers the corruption and depravity of Victorian society. Secrets are revealed that put both their lives put in danger. Can Hettie find her friend before it's too late?
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna girl with secrets il est vendu 35.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
East London, 1938. Nine-year-old Daisy Purbright is a country girl at heart and together with beloved brother Bobby, they've enjoyed the endless freedoms of rural England. But when her father gambles the family's fortunes on a speculative investment in London's docklands, Daisy and her family are swept up into the intrigue, danger and excitement. The Purbrights desperately attempt to settle to a new life in the East End, but the whisperings of war grow louder. Then Adolf Hitler conducts a paralysing bombardment on London and war tightens its grip. Life changes dramatically and closely guarded secrets threaten the Purbrights' happiness. Can Daisy and her family survive one of the most fateful events of the 20th century?
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna the mallen girl vendu 36.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Even as a child Barbara was beautiful, but as her beauty grew so did the affliction which shadowed it. She was becoming deaf. Yet living in an almost silent world protected her from what could be a worse affliction - to know the truth of her own origins. Barbara had another protector in Anna Brigmore, who knew that truth and was haunted by the thought it must one day be revealed to this girl she cherished like her own child. And among the surrounding hills and valleys of Northumberland, it was a long-relished scandal....
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Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour magna a girl called rose il est vendu 35.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, ce produit est fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
The close, loving family life Rose has known is shattered when the country goes to war. Rose resolves to do her bit so, aged 16, she leaves home to train as a nurse in London. There she finds freedom, excitement and a different way of life. A brief encounter with a soldier opens her eyes to romance, but is he the man she thinks he is? Can first love survive long separation or will Rose discover that her heart belongs to another? When the war brings searing loss and heartbreak, can Rose find the strength to look to the future?
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Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour magna dublin s girl il est vendu 36.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, ce produit est fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
1917. A farm girl from Cavan, Veronica McDermott is desperate to find more to life than peeling potatoes. Persuading her family to let her attend secretarial college in Dublin, she has no idea what she is getting into. Recruited to type for Eámon De Valera, Veronica is soon caught up in the danger of those fighting for Ireland's independence from Britain. The attentions of a handsome British soldier, Major Harry Fairfax, do not go unnoticed by Veronica's superiors. But when Veronica is tasked with earning his affections to gather intelligence for Sinn Féin, it isn't long before her loyalty to her countrymen and her feelings for Harry are in conflict. To choose one is to betray the other. . .
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna secret hopes for the vendu 38.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
London, 1915. World War I has been raging for over a year, but despite it all Rose Spencer is feeling hopeful about the future. She's in love and planning her wedding to lovely, bicycle-shop owner Charlie. She loves working as a seamstress at the glamorous London's Lyceum Theatre but secretly can't help fantasising about seeing her own designs come to life. And even when she won't believe in her talent, thankfully best friends Joyce and Annie are always around to push her to have faith in her dreams. But when a German bomb is dropped on The Strand and the city falls to chaos, her life is turned upside down – is hope for a better future lost for good? And if one dream ends, can she find the strength to fight for a different one?
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EAN: 9781788899536
Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna a girl called violet vendu 35.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Violet Daniels isn't perfect. She's made mistakes in her life, but the deep love she has for her five-year-old twins is beyond dispute. When their feckless and often violent father turns up out of the blue, demanding to see them, she's terrified he might snatch them from her. She flees with them to a place of safety where she meets the handsome and charming Gabriel Stone. He shows her a better way of life, but is he everything he appears to be? Violet decides to stop running and finds the courage to return to London to confront the children's father. There she finds a far greater evil than she ever thought possible. How far will Violet go to protect her children?
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour magna a girl called hope vendu 36.9 € , est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit est fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
London's East End. Life for Hope Daniels in the public house run by her parents is not as it seems. Pa drinks and gambles, brother John longs for a place of his own, sister Violet dreams of a life on stage and little Alfie is being bullied at school. Silas Quirk, the charismatic owner of a local gentlemen's club and disreputable gambling den her father frequents, has his own plans for Hope. When disaster strikes the family lose everything and the future they planned is snatched away from them. Secrets are revealed that make Hope question all she's ever believed in. Can Hope keep them together when fate is pulling them apart? What will she sacrifice to save her family?
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna the girl from workhouse il est vendu 38.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Staffordshire, 1911. Money is in short supply For Ginnie Jones's family and she is sent to Haddon Workhouse. When she meets Clara and Sam, she hopes that she has made friends for life… until tragedy strikes. Three years later, Ginnie finds work as a mouldrunner at the Potteries, but never stops thinking about her friends. When Sam and Ginnie are reunited, their bond is as strong as ever, until Sam is sent to fight in the war. Can Ginnie find the joy that she's never had?
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna wartime with the tram il est vendu 38.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
July 1914. Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men disappear off to foreign battlefields, the women left at home throw themselves into jobs meant for the boys. Hiding her privileged background and her suffragette past, Constance Copeland signs up to be a Clippie on the trams in Staffordshire, despite her parents' disapproval. Constance, known as Connie, soon makes fast friends with lively fellow Clippies, Betty and Jean, as well as growing closer to the charming, gentle Inspector Robert Caldwell. But Connie is haunted by another secret; and if it comes out, it could destroy her new life.
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna ada the coster girl vendu 32.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
When twelve-year-old Ada Cooper's elder sister, Connie, goes mysteriously missing, Ada and her younger brother, Sam, are forced to fend for themselves. Connie's job at the match factory was the only thing keeping the family together and when the rent man, Mr Winterbourne, threatens them with internment at the workhouse for non-payment, Ada and Sam must flee. A coster mongering family come to their aid by providing Ada with a barrow of her own to sell fruit and veg by day and flowers outside the theatres by night. Will Ada and Sam ever reunite with their sister? And will they both be able to survive the savage streets?
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Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour magna impossible dream il est vendu 37.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, ce produit est fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
In 1898 three young girls leave a Dublin orphanage to enter a life of domestic service. They are placed in the home of Captain Charles Whitmore, but he is preparing to set off on a long sea voyage. His wife Georgina, desperate to break free from a violent marriage, is relieved that the captain will be gone, but she is left in poverty. Then an organisation that helps women escape abuse makes Georgina an offer. They propose that her house should become a school to train women for employment in the American West. Can the orphan maids dare dream of a better life for themselves?
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour magna fenwick houses vendu 36.9 € , est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit est fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
High above the river stood the small terrace of miners' cottages known as Fenwick Houses. And here, during the hazardous years of the depression, lived Christine Winter, a girl blessed - or cursed - with the indefinable appeal that drove men to the brink of obsession. Three men dominated her life - her brother Ronnie; Sam, whose devotion to her was deep and loyal; and Don Dowling, cruel and tormented, who made it his life's ambition to possess her. And then, one day, a stranger came to the riverbank, and Christine, who attracted men merely by her presence, found herself changed beyond recall. . .
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Découvrir conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna in the mood vendu 36.9 € , ce produit est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
In February 1944, the girls of the Air Transport Auxiliary Mystery Club face the devastating personal loss of one of their own in a tragic crash. At the same time, another member is blackmailed, whilst honeymoon plans of a third are threatened by a puzzling mystery. As they share each other's joys and troubles, the friends find the comfort and strength to go on with their vital work and dangerous investigations in wartime England, even when few situations are what they seem to be. Can a marriage broken by harsh words be saved, and will injuries suffered in the line of duty heal? These courageous women do battle on multiple fronts whilst maintaining dignity and friendship.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna tilly trotter il est vendu 41.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Coming up 16, Tilly Trotter is different from the other girls in her village. Tall for her age and coltish, she is not afraid of taking on 'man's work' to help out the grandparents who raised her in a cottage at the edge of the Sopwith Estate. Testing times lay ahead for Tilly, often hard to endure and even bringing her the undeserved taint of being suspected of witchcraft. She only loves one man, farmer Simon Bentwood, and is heartbroken to discover he is betrothed to another. A spurned suitor takes a terrible revenge, and a betrayal forces her into the cruel drudgery of the local mine. But Tilly refuses to let her spirit be broken - determined that all this will only serve to make her stronger - and she grows to become a young woman of innate courage and fortitude.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna to give and take il est vendu 45.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Can both sisters find happiness, when one marries for love, and the other for money…Sisters Mary and Cathy Ward couldn't be more different. Fiercely independent Mary is determined to leave the mean streets of Liverpool, whereas Cathy is happy with the life she has. But when both girls fall for the same man conflict threatens to push them apart, and as they are caught up in their own troubles, Liverpool erupts in the Bloody Sunday riots.
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Trouver conseils, opinions et fonctionnalités sur magna her heart s choice il est vendu 36.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit appartient à Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
Lou Channer wants a life outside of North Devon, somewhere she's never left. She yearns to contribute to the war effort and takes a job as a clerk in the Royal Canadian Naval Yard in Plymouth, lodging with other girls from the depot who take her under their wing. When Lou catches the eye of local wheeler-dealer Harry, who dazzles her with nights about town, she finally feels like one of the girls. And when Lieutenant Douglas Ross asks her out, Lou can't decide who to give her heart to. But during war, tragedy is always just around the corner, and when Lou's depot is burgled, she's suddenly the primary suspect – and her whole future is on the line.
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour magna christmas child vendu 34.9 € , est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit est fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
It's Christmas 1880 in London's East End and a dying Irish girl leaves her baby in the care of the Sisters of Clemency. The nuns raise little Ettie O'Reilly as their own. But the lives of the nuns and orphans are soon crushed by an unexpected turn of events. Ettie is at her lowest ebb when she is betrayed by the boy who has promised his undying love and loyalty. She is faced with the revelation of a heart-wrenching secret.
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Découvrir informations, conseils et prix pour magna god s acre vendu 37.9 € , est placé dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; ce produit est fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
As the drums of war begin to beat louder on the continent, 17-year-old Jeannie McIver heads to the wilds of the Scottish Uplands to start life as a Land Girl. Jeannie soon falls in love with life on the busy Scottish hill farm. She even finds her interest piqued by the attractive Tam, the son of the neighbouring farmer. But even in the barren hills, they can't avoid the hell of war, and Jeannie's idyllic life starts to crumble.
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Trouver informations, conseils et prix pour magna wedding bells on the il est vendu 39.9 € , présent dans la catégorie Bücher & Zeitschriften, ce produit est fabriqué par Magna et est vendu par Orellfuessli.ch
March 1942. As the war continues, wedding bells are ringing for the factory girls. Sarah is happily settling into married life, whilst Fran is busy planning her upcoming wedding. Meanwhile, Beth hasn't heard from her husband Bob since he returned to the navy, and she's starting to fear the worst. And new friend Viola is still recovering from a nasty accident. Life on the home front can be challenging, but the factory girls can get through anything.
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EAN: 9781788894517