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Zakončenie osudov McCoshovcov a Pittovcov, hrdinov Bernierových predchádzajúcich románov Prach, čo padá zo snov a Toľko života. Daniel Pitt slúžil v prvej svetovej vojne ako bojový pilot Kráľovských vzdušných síl, v druhej svetovej vojne ako tajný agent…
Najnovšia kniha Louisa de Berniéra je voľným pokračovaním románu Prach, čo padá zo snov, o osudoch detí spriatelených rodín McCoshovcov a Pittovcov z anglického vidieka. Začiatkom dvadsiatych rokov 20. storočia Daniel odíde s Rosie a ich malou dcérkou…
Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future. A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's MandolinQ wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has…
Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future.A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's MandolinQ wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led…
Chris is in his forties: bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. He's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of London, a stranger to himself on the night he invites a prostitute into his car. Roza is Yugoslavian, recently moved to London.…
In the brief golden years of King Edward VII's reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days…
Louis de Bernieres is one of our most treasured writers and these stories show his imaginative range and unique storytelling power. The collection includes 'Gunter Weber's Confession' which revisits characters from Captain Corelli. Full of wit, warmth…
Po první světové válce se Rosie a Daniel stěhují se svou dcerkou na Cejlon, aby začali nový život, ovšem ani v tropickém ráji uprostřed čajových plantáží jim není souzeno najít štěstí. Také Rosiiným třem sestrám, které zůstaly doma v Anglií, stojí v…
FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN At the dawn of the 1920s, Rosie and Daniel move to Ceylon with their small daughter to start a new life, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War - and its effects…
De Bernieres is a singular, cherishable voice' Mail on Sunday From the master of historical fiction, this book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War. Some bonds are hard to break... Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World…
Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, the Gallipoli campaign and the subsequent bitter struggle between Greeks and Turks, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia - a town in which Christian…
When a family tragedy means Mick is sent to the outback to live with his Granpa, it looks as if he has a lonely life ahead of him. The cattle station is a tough place for a child, where nature is brutal and the men must work hard in the heat and dust.…
25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily MailIt is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part…
Contemporary / British English This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia’s fiancé is fighting the Italian army…Captain Corelli’s…
Louis de Bernières na narodil v Londýne. Spočiatku pracoval ako záhradný architekt, mechanik, učiteľ a dôstojník na vojenskej škole. Mandolína kapitána Corelliho je jeho najznámejší román. V Európe besnie druhá svetová vojna a na svojráznom Iónskom ostrove…
Of Love and Desire is a rich collection of love poems from Louis de Bernieres, written over a lifetime, and capturing its many forms – from rapture, infatuation, urgency, to sorrow, heartache and disillusion. Poetry was de Bernieres’ first and greatest…
Jako dějiště svého posledního románu si Louis de Bernieres netradičně vybral Londýn na sklonku sedmdesátých let a zasadil do něj příběh nešťastně ženatého Chrise a Rozy, mladé Srbky, která se nedávno přistěhovala do hlavního města. Chris si Rozy všimne…
Louis de Bernières je autorom slávneho románu Mandolína kapitána Corelliho. V roku 1993 ho Granta Magazine označil za jedného z dvadsiatich najlepších britských autorov. Sestry McCoshové vyrastajú počas krátkych šťastných rokov eduardovskej éry v priam…
Na začátku dvacátého století vyrůstá Rosie McCoshová se svými třemi sestrami v idylické domácnosti v Kentu. Čas nevinnosti a dětských her ovšem přeruší válka. Před mladou Rosie leží cesta plná nástrah: ucházejí se o ni dva muži a její smysl pro povinnost…
Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the…
A beautiful collection of poems from bestselling author Louis de Bernieres. From the very start of his writing career Louis de Bernieres has loved poetry. Here the author of the much-loved Captain Corelli's Mandolin returns to this first love with his…
A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made Captain Correlis Mandolin such an extraordinary hit (2.5 million copies sold). In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh…