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Brand: Joan Fallon
EAN: 9780995583481
MPN: 9780995583481
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Libro: The Apothecary (978-0-9955834-8-1) de Fallon, Joan (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. In the first novel in a new historical series set in Moorish Spain, Joan Fallon sets the action in the busy medieval port of Málaga. Following on from the successful al-Andalus series, we meet up again with the younger members of the family who had escaped from the besieged city of Córdoba. Makoud, now a middle-aged apothecary, has come to Málaga with his family to work. Shortly after they arrive they hear of the sudden death of the caliph, Yahya I and rumours that he was poisoned. Makoud is worried that the poison used by the assassins was bought from his shop. His son, Umar, now a soldier in the caliphs army, decides to investigate but he underestimates the power of the people behind the assassination, and instead he finds himself accused of murder and locked in the dungeons. His father, family and friends pool all their resources to try to help him but the closer they get to the truth, the greater the danger they are all in. 0
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EAN: 9788409124503
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Libro: The Pirate (978-84-09-12450-3) de Fallon, Joan (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. Set in 11th century Málaga, The Pirate is the second book in The City of Dreams trilogy. This fast moving and exciting historical novel takes the reader into the medieval world of the merchants and seafarers who sail along the western coast of the Mediterranean, and the pirates who terrorise them. Early one morning, the ambitious pirate captain, al-Awar, makes a lightning raid on the shipyard in Málaga and kidnaps Bakr, a master shipbuilder, and two of his workmen. Before anyone can do anything about it, they have disappeared. No-one has any idea why the pirates have taken them or where they have gone, but everyone agrees that only one of two fates await them: death or slavery. When Bakrs wife receives the news, she is heartbroken but refuses to listen to those who say there is little hope of ever finding her husband alive. Instead she is determined to discover where the pirates have taken him. With the entire Mediterranean to hide in, finding the kidnapped men seems to be an impossible task, but she refuses to give up and motivates her family and friends to search for him. At the heart of this novel is the tender love story of Aisha and Bakrs deep feelings for each other. It is the thought of her that helps to keep him alive while he is in captivity with little prospect of ever seeing his home and family again, and it is her love for him that gives her the strength to never give up hope of bringing him home. 0
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Brand: Joan Fallon
EAN: 9780957689138
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Libro: The Only Blue Door (978-0-9576891-3-8) de Fallon, Joan (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. It is September 1940, Maggie and her young siblings, Grace and Billy, are living in the East End of London with their parents. Their father has been killed at Dunkirk and their mother goes into hospital to have her fourth child, leaving the children with a neighbour. In one of the worst bombing raids of World War II their home is destroyed and the neighbour is killed. Bewildered and frightened, the children wander the streets until they are taken in by some nuns. But their problems are not over; no-one can trace their mother and, labelled as orphans, they are sent as child migrants to orphanages in Australia. The story traces their adventures in their new country, the homesickness, the heartbreak when Billy is separated from his sisters and the loneliness of life in a cold and unfeeling orphanage. Eventually the children make new lives for themselves, but Maggie is still convinced that her mother is alive and once she is old enough, begins to search for her. 0
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EAN: 9780957069626
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Libro: The House on the Beach (978-0-9570696-2-6) de Fallon, Joan (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. "The House on the Beach" is a novel set in the years after the Civil War, in a Spain ruled by the military dictator Francisco Franco. This is a time when women had little independence; they were expected to lead prescribed lives, dominated by first their fathers and then their husbands. Rocio and Inma first meet as children. Despite coming from very different social backgrounds they form a close friendship. Rocio is the daughter of an Andalucian peasant, who makes his living from the land, growing olives and keeping goats; Inma is the daughter of a rich businessman, who lives and works in Madrid. The story follows the lives of these two girls from childhood to maturity, as they share happiness, fears, disappointments, broken hearts and betrayals. Rocio is a shy and trusting girl, who becomes easily seduced by a handsome foreigner, while Inma, confident and manipulative, is the one who saves her from disgrace and the inevitable expulsion from the family home. Inma, a university student, soon becomes involved in student demonstrations and political subterfuge; all of which she confides to Rocio. But when Inma too becomes pregnant, things take a more sinister turn and her subsequent actions have a devastating affect on Rocio and her husband. This social drama of two women trying to take control of their lives, despite living under a harsh dictatorship, offers a glimpse of what life was like in an authoritarian State, with an ever watchful Catholic Church and the close strictures of society. 0
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Brand: Joan Fallon
EAN: 9780957689169
MPN: 9780957689169
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Libro: The Shining City (978-0-9576891-6-9) de Fallon, Joan (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. This is the story of a city, a city that is now in ruins: Madinat al Zahra. The year is 947 AD, a time when southern Spain is under the rule of the Moors and now considered the Golden Age of Spain. The ruler, Caliph al Rahman III is rich, powerful and cultured. His lands are, at long last, at peace and the capital, Córdoba, is considered to be not only the most beautiful city in the civilised world but also the seat of learning and culture. Against this background we meet the artisan Qasim - he and his family have moved to Madinat al Zahra to make their fortune as potters. Qasim is a good husband and father. He works hard, says his prayers and keeps out of trouble. But Qasim has a secret; his past is not what it seems. When a stranger arrives asking questions about him, he is worried that his secret will be discovered and everything he has worked for will be destroyed. In the meantime, unbeknown to Qasim, his youngest son, Omar meets and falls in love with a slave girl who has been sold into the Caliphs harem. The young man is obsessed with the thought of seeing this beautiful woman again and breaks into the palace grounds to meet her. Omars infatuation with the slave girl has consequences that he could never have foreseen, not only for himself but for all his family, who are put in grave danger. A story of love, betrayal and murder. 0
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Brand: Joan Fallon
EAN: 9780995583412
MPN: 9780995583412
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Libro: THE RING OF FLAMES (978-0-9955834-1-2) de JOAN FALLON (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Literatura .. It is the year 1008 AD and al-Mansur, the despotic ruler of al-Andalus is dead. Without his iron grip the country is heading for civil war. Rule and order have collapsed and anarchy reigns. If Ahmad wants to keep his family safe they must leave Córdoba but before he can take action, the enemy lays siege to the city and their escape is cut off. For two years they struggle to survive in the beleaguered city, with no food, little water and no hope of escape. When he hears that Córdoba is about to surrender, Ahmad knows he must come up with a plan or his family will face certain death at the hands of the Berber mercenaries. One way or another they have to find a way out of the city, so he turns to an unlikely ally for help. An exciting, action-packed conclusion to the al-Andalus series. 0
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Brand: Joan Fallon
EAN: 9788409346080
MPN: 9788409346080
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Libro: Sophie is Still Missing (978-84-09-34608-0) de Fallon, Joan (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. Jacaranda Dunne-known to everyone as JD-is an ex-Metropolitan police officer who has moved to Málaga to open a detective agency. At first, the work is routine, missing dogs, stolen passports and unfaithful husbands. Then one day a woman bursts into the agency, waving the photo of a young girl; its her missing daughter, Sophie. Together with her best friend, Julie-both aged fourteen at the time-Sophie had disappeared the previous summer. An extensive police search has failed to find the teenagers but now they have found Julies dead body, but instead of continuing with the investigation they have closed the case. The distraught mother tells JD that she is her last hope and begs for her help. But has too much time passed? Is the girl still alive? Why have the police shut down the investigation? And more to the point, how can JD find her when the police have failed to do so? This intricate crime mystery, Sophie is still Missing, is the first book in the Jacaranda Dunne Mysteries by award winning Joan Fallon, and takes the reader into the shadowy world of the Costa Del Sol, people trafficking and modern slavery. If you love the Cormoran Strike novels you will enjoy following JD as she searches for the missing girl. 0
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Brand: Joan Fallon Cook
EAN: 9788409372980
MPN: 9788409372980
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Libro: Dark Heart: A Jacaranda Dunne Mystery (978-84-09-37298-0) de Fallon, Joan (Joan Fallon Cook ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. Set in southern Spain, 'Dark Heart' is the second crime novel in the Jacaranda Dunne... 0
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Brand: Joan Fallon
EAN: 9780957689183
MPN: 9780957689183
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Libro: Daughters of Spain (978-0-9576891-8-3) de Fallon, Joan (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Literatura .Biografías .. Daughters of Spain gives a gripping account of the hard won changes within society for the women of Spain, through the eyes and experiences of the women themselves. I first began to think about writing this book in the late 1980s, when I lived in Spain for a brief period. I was impressed by the way the Spanish women I met had embraced the freedom of modern life in the short period since the death of Spain's dictator General Franco, in 1975. However I did nothing about it. The years went by and I began to realise that if I didn't make a start soon, most of the women I wanted to interview would be dead. So in 2007 I began to interview as many women as I could; I began with friends, then they introduced me to their mothers, aunts, neighbours and so it grew. I also read all that I could lay my hands on about the Spanish Civil war and the Franco era. The women I interviewed were from all walks of life and spanned a wide range of ages. Because the interviews covered a period of immense social change in Spain's recent history, I decided to link them together with short commentaries on topics such as divorce, abortion, contraception, domestic abuse and education, thus putting them into context. The result is a mosaic of their lives, a vivid and unique picture of what life was really like for women in Spain over the past seventy years, of the hardships they endured and their aspirations for a more egalitarian future. 0
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Brand: Joan Fallon Cook
EAN: 9788409402878
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Libro: Strawberry Moon: A Jacaranda Dunne Mystery (978-84-09-40287-8) de Fallon, Joan, Fallon Cook, Joan (Joan Fallon Cook ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. On Midsummer's Eve the bodies of two young gypsies are found in a solitary spot near a beach in... 0
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Brand: Joan Fallon
EAN: 9780957689107
MPN: 9780957689107
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Libro: Spanish Lavender (978-0-9576891-0-7) de Fallon, Joan (JOAN FALLON ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. 'Spanish Lavender' is a love story set in the Spanish Civil War. In January 1937, Elizabeth, a young English girl decides to remain in Spain when the rest of her family return to the peace of England. Alone in the devastated city of Málaga she makes friends with two young men, Juan, an idealistic Spaniard and Alex, a pragmatic Englishman. Together they make their escape from the war-torn city along the coast to Almería. Amongst the death and carnage she falls in love with Juan, only to lose him shortly afterwards when he is badly wounded. Believing he is dead she returns to England. Seventy years later Kate, Elizabeths granddaughter, is left a legacy following the death of her grandfather, a legacy that opens a Pandoras box of secrets and lies which Kate can only unravel by returning to Spain. 0
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EAN: 9780993179730
MPN: 9780993179730
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Libro: The Eye of the Falcon (978-0-9931797-3-0) de Fallon, Joan (ARTE JyR SL (CIF B93732147) ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. When the caliph of al-Andalus, al-Hakim II, dies leaving an eleven-year-old boy as his heir, Queen Subh knows that her son is in danger-other members of the Omayyad court have their eyes on the throne. Captured by slavers and brought to Córdoba as a child, Subh has risen to become the most powerful woman in the realm. A woman of great intelligence, beauty and ambition, she does not intend to let her enemies win. Now she must use those wits and beauty to ensure that her son comes to no harm and that she maintains her position. She sets up a Regency to rule in his place until the child comes of age. But she has underestimated the ruthlessness and ambition of their enemies. Keeping the seat of power under her control is not as simple as she thought. In the end she has to chose between her own ambitions and her sons safety. Rich with the historical details of an exotic way of life, long disappeared, this is a story of intrigue, betrayal and murder. 0
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EAN: 9788409218233
MPN: 9788409218233
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Libro: The Prisoner (978-84-09-21823-3) de Fallon, Joan (ARTE JyR SL (CIF B93732147) ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. The Prisoner is an exciting, fast moving story of adventure and romance set in the exotic and vibrant 11th century city of Málaga, and is the third novel in The City of Dreams series. It opens when a young Moorish prince wakes to the filth and stench of his new home; at first he cant understand whats happened to him. Where is he? Gradually he remembers what his brother Hasan has done to him, but the question remains, why? His brother is the new caliph of Málaga but instead of welcoming Ben-Yahya, with open arms, he has him thrown into prison. He can only guess what Hasan is plotting, but one thing he does know is that no-one gets out of these dungeons alive. Against this unsettled period in the history of Moorish Spain, where life becomes even more turbulent as intrigues and treachery within the royal household threaten the stability of the city, Salma and her family arrive in Málaga, hoping to follow their dreams and make new lives for themselves. However they soon discover that life in the city is not all they had hoped for; she and her husband share a secret, which if discovered could mean they would face exile or even death. 0
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EAN: 9780995583450
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Libro: Palette of Secrets (978-0-9955834-5-0) de Fallon, Joan (ARTE JyR SL (CIF B93732147) ) Comprar Libros de Otros .. Palette of Secrets is a mystery story about a famous artist, Nancy Miller. Nancy is growing old and is in the early stages of Alzheimers. She has been persuaded by her agent to publish her memoirs but needs a ghost writer to help her to write them. She finds a young woman called Ana who is keen to take on the job. However, as Nancy starts to recount her life story, it becomes obvious to Ana that the artist is hiding something, so she decides to dig more deeply to unravel Nancys past. However, when she eventually works out what Nancys terrible secret is, she doesnt know what to do with the information; should she include it in the book and risk ruining Nancys international reputation or should she tell Nancys son what she has discovered? Either way the consequences in this riveting mystery threaten to be devastating for Nancy and her family. 0
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