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Скачать книгу (размер 6 113 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1200) Аннотация: On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 705 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1120) Аннотация: The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known... of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect — a man divided in his soul... of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame... and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: The third twin could be your lover, your friend... or your killer. In the course of her work, scientist Jeannie Ferrami stumbles across a baffling mystery: Steve and Dan appear to be identical twins, but were born on different days, to different mothers. A law student and a convicted murderer, they seem a world apart, but as Jeannie begins to fall in love with Steve, she finds her professional —…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in an unforgettable tale of passion and conflict during the Cold War. When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of Nazism.

Скачать книгу (размер 4 645 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 912) Аннотация: Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of Nazism.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The story of the most successful espionage coup — and best-kept secret — of this century. It is 1968. Israeli intelligence has learned that Egypt, with Soviet help, will develop atomic bombs within months — an untimely end for the young nation unless a source of uranium for Israeli bombs can be had in complete secrecy. Impossible, of course, unless someone as improbable as the plan can be found…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Three days that could change the world's political landscape... A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all recollection. He has no idea how he got there. He does not even know his own name. Convinced he is a drunken down and out, it isn't until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he begins to suspect all is…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 563 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 896) Аннотация: Действие романа относится к началу XX века и охватывает события, происходящие в канун Первой мировой войны, а также военное и послевоенное время. Главные его герои — заводские рабочие и интеллектуалы, шахтеры, политики и аристократы России, Германии, Англии и США, чьи судьбы переплелись в затейливый и непредсказуемый узор. На их глазах рушится старый мир и гибнут империи, а их жизни вмещают в…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: 'Our spy in Cairo is the greatest hero of them all'... Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, September 1942 He is known to the Germans as 'Sphinx', to others as Alex Wolff, a European businessman. He arrives suddenly in Cairo from out of the desert, armed with a radio set, a lethal blade and a copy of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca a ruthless man with a burning, relentless conviction that he will win at all…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: On a bright September morning in 1939, two days after Britain has declared war, a group of privileged but desperate people gather in Southampton to board the largest, most luxurious airliner ever built — the Pan American Clipper, bound for New York: an English aristocrat, fleeing with his family and a fortune in jewels; a German scientist, escaping from the Nazis; a murderer under FBI escort; a…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 533 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 498) Аннотация: A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all recollection. He has no idea how he got there. He does not even know his own name. Convinced he is a drunken down and out, it isn't until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he begins to suspect all is not what it seems. The year is 1958, and America is about to…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 400 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 864) Аннотация: This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: It is just before the outbreak of World War I and Britain must enlist the aide of Russia. Czar Nicholas' nephew is to visit London for secret naval talks with Lord Walden, who has lived in Russia and has a Russian wife, Lydia. But there are other people who are interested in the arrival of Prince Alexei: the Waldens' only daughter, Charlotte — willful, idealistic, and with an awakening social…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: Англия. XIV век. Время начала Столетней войны, эпидемии чумы, блеска и роскоши двора Эдуарда III и превращения небольшой страны в самую могущественную державу Европы. Эпоха — глазами четырех персонажей... Когда-то двое мальчишек и две девочки росли на узких улочках города, славного своим легендарным собором... Теперь им предстоит пережить «эпоху перемен», которые постигнут Англию. Один добьется…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: The world's balance of power is about to shift dangerously as the ultimate weapon nears completion in a secret facility in the heart of the desert. Across the globe, operatives from the great nations set a deadly game in motion, covertly maneuvering pawns and kings to achieve a frightening advantage — while terrorists and their hunters prepare for the contest's final bloody moves. And one man — a…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 603 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1100) Аннотация: The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known... of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect — a man divided in his soul... of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame... and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 263 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 445) Аннотация: His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent — a cold and professional killer. It is 1944 and weeks before D-Day. The Allies are disguising their invasion plans with a phoney armada of ships and planes. Their plan would be ruined if an enemy agent found out... and then. The Needle does just that. Hunted by MI5, he leads a murderous trail across…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Jealousies, distrust, and hidden rivalries uncover dark secrets, then a dozen vials of a deadly virus go missing. As a blizzard whips out of the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family house. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company, has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus. Several others are interested in his…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attacks a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications — but the building is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a daring new plan: she will parachute into France with an all-woman team known as the 'Jackdaws' and they will penetrate the chateau in disguise.…