The beautiful hetaera Thais was a real woman who inspired poets, artists and sculptors in Athens, Memphis, Alexandria, Babylon and Ecbatana. She traveled with Alexander the Great’s army during his Persian campaign and was the only woman to enter...
A collection of short stories by the author of Madensky Square reveals the writer’s ability to write funny and erudite historical fiction.
From Publishers Weekly
Known for her neatly fashioned romance fiction, Ibbotson (Madensky Square)...
Eva Ibbotson’s magical novel; set in that most poignant of all times and places, Vienna before the First World War. Susanna’s dress shop stands in the delightful Madensky Square and is the very hub and heart of life. Susanna sympathizes with her...
La romano"Ojstro" far anglino Ethel Lilian Voynich (Etelo Liliano Vojniĉ) aperis en 1887 kaj jam en 1898 estis tradukita en la rusan, post ĝiaj eldonoj en Usono kaj Anglio, kaj tuj iĝis plej ŝatata libro de avangarda rusa junularo.
Komence de la...