La Concubina Rusa / the Russian Concubine

La Concubina Rusa / the Russian Concubine
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher: B de Bolsillo
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-03-23
Genre: China
ISBN: 9788490701621
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Una historia de amor apasionante ambientada en la naciente China comunista. Año 1928 . Exiliadas de Rusia tras la revolución bolchevique, Lydia Ivannova y su madre hallan refugio en Junchow, China. La situación de los rusos, expulsados de su país sin pasaporte ni patria a la que regresar, es muy difícil. La ruina económica las acecha y Lydia, consciente de que tiene que exprimir su ingenio para sobrevivir, recurre al robo. Cuando un valioso collar de rubíes -regalo de Stalin- desaparece, Chang An Lo, amenazado por las tropas nacionalistas a la caza de los comunistas, interviene en la vida de Lydia y la salva de una muerte segura. Atrapados en las peligrosas disputas que enfrentan a las violentas Tríadas -organizaciones criminales de origen chino- de Junchow, y prisioneros de las estrictas normas vigentes en el asentamiento colonial, Lydia y Chang se enamoran y se implican en una lucha atroz que les obliga a enfrentarse a las peligrosas mafias que controlan el comercio de opio, al tiempo que su atracción sin fin se verá puesta a prueba hasta límites insospechados. La crítica ha dicho... «Maravillosa, una historia de amor apasionante, una novela épica extraordinariamente ambiciosa en la que los ambientes se recrean con maestría.» Kate Mosse, autora de El laberinto

The Russian Concubine

The Russian Concubine
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2007-06-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101205873
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A sweeping novel set in war-torn 1928 China, with a star-crossed love story at its center. In a city full of thieves and Communists, danger and death, spirited young Lydia Ivanova has lived a hard life. Always looking over her shoulder, the sixteen-year-old must steal to feed herself and her mother, Valentina, who numbered among the Russian elite until Bolsheviks murdered most of them, including her husband. As exiles, Lydia and Valentina have learned to survive in a foreign land. Often, Lydia steals away to meet with the handsome young freedom fighter Chang An Lo. But they face danger: Chiang Kai Shek's troops are headed toward Junchow to kill Reds like Chang, who has in his possession the jewels of a tsarina, meant as a gift for the despot's wife. The young pair's all-consuming love can only bring shame and peril upon them, from both sides. Those in power will do anything to quell it. But Lydia and Chang are powerless to end it.

La concubina rusa

La concubina rusa
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher: B DE BOLSILLO
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8490692882
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Una historia de amor apasionante ambientada en la naciente China comunista. Año 1928. Exiliadas de Rusia tras la revolución bolchevique, Lydia Ivannova y su madre hallan refugio en Junchow, China. La situación de los rusos, expulsados de su país sin pasaporte ni patria a la que regresar, es muy difícil. La ruina económica las acecha y Lydia, consciente de que tiene que exprimir su ingenio para sobrevivir, recurre al robo. Cuando un valioso collar de rubíes -regalo de Stalin- desaparece, Chang An Lo, amenazado por las tropas nacionalistas a la caza de los comunistas, interviene en la vida de Lydia y la salva de una muerte segura. Atrapados en las peligrosas disputas que enfrentan a las violentas Tríadas -organizaciones criminales de origen chino- de Junchow, y prisionerosde las estrictas normas vigentes en el asentamiento colonial, Lydia y Chang se enamoran y se implican en una lucha atroz que les obliga a enfrentarse a las peligrosas mafias que controlan el comercio de opio, al tiempo que su atracción sin fin se verá puesta a prueba hasta límites insospechados. La crítica ha dicho... «Maravillosa, una historia de amor apasionante, una novela épica extraordinariamente ambiciosa en la que los ambientes se recrean con maestría.» Kate Mosse, autora de El laberinto

The Jewel of St. Petersburg

The Jewel of St. Petersburg
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101188138
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The national bestselling author of The Russian Concubine takes us back to Tsarist Russia for a sweeping novel of love and intrigue. Russia, 1910. Valentina Ivanova is the darling of St. Petersburg's elite aristocracy-until her romance with a Danish engineer creates a terrible scandal and her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count. Meanwhile, Russia itself is bound for rebellion. With the Tsar and the Duma at each other's throats, and the Bolsheviks drawing their battle lines, the elegance and opulence of Tsarist rule are in their last days. And Valentina will be forced to make a choice that will change not only her own life, but the lives of those around her forever...

The Concubine's Secret

The Concubine's Secret
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher: Russian Concubine
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: English fiction
ISBN: 9780751540451
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For years Lydia Ivanova believed her father was killed by the Bolsheviks and when she learns he is captive in Stalin's Russia goes searching for him with her half-brother Alexei. When Alexei disappears, Lydia is stranded in Russia but he lover Chang An Lo races to protect her as she risks the consequences to discover the truth.

La concubine russe

La concubine russe
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2016-03-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9782368120910
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1928. Chassée de sa Russie natale par les bolchéviques, la belle Valentine s'est réfugiée avec sa fille Lydia à Junchow, au nord de la Chine. Elles tentent de survivre, aristocrates mais ruinées, méprisées par toute la colonie occidentale de la ville. Très vite, la jeune Lydia devient un pickpocket hors pair. Un jour, elle dérobe un somptueux collier de rubis, s'attirant aussitôt les foudres des redoutables triades. Condamnée à mort, elle est sauvée in extremis par un mystérieux Chinois, Chang An Lo. Entre eux naît une passion irrésistible, forcément impossible : tout les sépare. D'autant que Chang An Lo a rejoint le Parti communiste et vit dans la clandestinité, traqué par les troupes de Tchang Kaï-chek. Pourtant, incapable de résister à la sensualité de son amant, Lydia prend tous les risques. Peu à peu, le piège se referme sur le couple maudit. Lydia devra alors choisir : entre son amour impossible pour un fugitif consumé par ses idéaux et la fuite en Russie pour y retrouver ses racines...

La concubina russa

La concubina russa
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher: Fanucci Editore
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8865081279
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Una giovane donna che viene da lontano e che porta con sé un grande dolore. Un uomo che ha deciso di combattere per un ideale in un Paese che non lascia spazio ai sentimenti e ai sogni. Un giorno per caso i loro sguardi s’incrociano e il loro incontro sarà forse l’unica promessa di felicità. Cina 1928. In una città insidiata da ladri, pericoli e sofferenze di ogni sorta, la giovane Lydia ha dovuto imparare presto a sopravvivere. Proviene da una famiglia dell’aristocrazia russa, esiliata in seguito alla repressione bolscevica. A cinque anni ha visto morire suo padre e da allora il suo cuore è andato in frantumi. Ma Lydia non ha tempo per volgersi al passato, sua madre ha bisogno di lei e farà di tutto per assicurarle una vita dignitosa, persino commettere piccoli furti. È durante una delle sue uscite in cerca di fortuna che incontra il giovane Chang An Lo. Fra i due è amore a prima vista, è come se si fossero riconosciuti nella solitudine terribile che li sovrasta. Tuttavia, la loro complicità li spingerà a introdursi in luoghi in cui non avrebbero mai dovuto avvicinarsi: quelli delle lotte di potere fra comunisti e nazionalisti. Nonostante tutto sembri ostacolarli, in un’epoca in cui l’amore sembra la scelta meno indicata, Lydia e Chang non sono in grado di ignorare un sentimento che mostra loro, forse per la prima volta, una promessa di felicità.

Ruska konkubina

Ruska konkubina
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2010
Genre: Russians
ISBN: 9789533192772
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The Betrayal

The Betrayal
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2017-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1471155609
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'A real page-turner which puts you in France on the cusp of war from the very first page. Gripping. Tense. Mysterious. Kate Furnivall has a talent for creating places and characters who stay with you long after you’ve read the final word' JANE CORRY, bestselling author of Blood Sisters and My Husband's Wife 'Superb storytelling, brilliant narrative, engaging characters – a simply breath-taking exploration of two sisters on opposing sides who are both attempting to keep a lid on a past that won’t be silenced, while hiding the truth of the present. This intricate web of secrets and lies kept me guessing until the very end' DINAH JEFFERIES, bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife Discover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally bestselling author of The Liberation. Could you kill someone? Someone you love? Paris, 1938. Twin sisters are divided by fierce loyalties and by a terrible secret. The drums of war are beating and France is poised, ready to fall. One sister is an aviatrix, the other is a socialite and they both have something to prove and something to hide. The Betrayal is an unforgettably powerful, epic story of love, loss and the long shadow of war, perfect for readers of Santa Montefiore and Victoria Hislop. Further praise for Kate Furnivall: ‘Wonderful . . . hugely ambitious and atmospheric’ Kate Mosse ‘A thrilling plot … Fast-paced with a sinister edge’ Times ‘Gripping . . . poignant, beautifully written …will capture the reader to the last’ Sun ‘Truly captivating’ Elle ‘Perfect escapist reading’ Marie Claire ‘An achingly beautiful epic’ New Woman ‘A rollicking good read’ Daily Telegraph

The White Pearl

The White Pearl
Author: Kate Furnivall
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0425241009
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National bestselling author of The Russian Concubine, Kate Furnivall spins a tale of war, desperation, and the discovery of love off the coast of Malaya. Malaya, 1941. Connie Thornton plays her role as a dutiful wife and mother without complaint. She is among the fortunate after all-the British rubber plantation owners reaping the benefits of the colonial life. But Connie feels as though she is oppressed, crippled by boredom, sweltering heat, a loveless marriage. . . Then, in December, the Japanese invade. Connie and her family flee, sailing south on their yacht toward Singapore, where the British are certain to stand firm against the Japanese. En route, in the company of friends, they learn that Singapore is already under siege. Tensions mount, tempers flare, and the yacht's inhabitants are driven by fear. Increasingly desperate and short of food, they are taken over by a pirate craft and its Malayan crew making their perilous way from island to island. When a fighter plane crashes into the sea, they rescue its Japanese pilot. For Connie, that's when everything changes. In the suffocating confines of the boat with her life upended, Connie discovers a new kind of freedom and a new, dangerous, exhilarating love.