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The Last Runaway (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.When modest Quaker Honor Bright sails from Bristol with her sister, she is fleeing heartache for a new life in America, far from home. But tragedy leaves her alone and vulnerable, torn between [...]

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Remarkable Creatures (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

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The Last Runaway (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

Klappentext. New York Times bestselling author Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this extraordinary [...]

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The Last Runaway (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

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The Last Runaway (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. When modest Quaker Honor Bright sails from Bristol with her sister, she is fleeing heartache for a new life in America, far from home. But tragedy leaves her alone and vulnerable, torn between [...]

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Last Runaway (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

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The Last Runaway (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. 1850s Ohio: should modest Quaker Honor Bright hide runaway slaves from the ruthless men who hunt them down? THE LAST RUNAWAY is the story of bad men and spirited women, surprising marriages and [...]

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Imagined Lives (Book)

John Banville (Author), Tracy Chevalier (Author), Julian Fellowes (Author)

Fictional character sketches by John Banville, Tracy Chevalier, Julian Fellowes, Alexander McCall Smith, Terry Pratchett, Sarah Singleton, Joanna Trollope and Minette Walters. To complement recent research into the identities of mystery sitters in its Collection, the [...]

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Zwei bemerkenswerte Frauen (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

England im 19. Jahrhundert: zwei ungewöhnliche Frauen und ein spektakulärer Fund am Strand. England, 1830: Elizabeth Philpot, eine junge Frau aus besseren Kreisen, deren Familienerbe nicht zu einem standesgemäßen Leben in London reicht, wird von ihrem Bruder in den kleinen [...]

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Remarkable Creatures (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

From the moment she's struck by lightening as a baby, it is clear that Mary Anning is marked for greatness. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, she learns that she has "the eye"-and finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual [...]

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Remarkable Creatures (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

Marked for greatness after being struck by lightning in infancy, Mary Anning discovers a fossilized skeleton near her 19th century home that triggers attacks on her character and upheavals throughout the religious, scientific, and academic communities.

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Remarkable Creatures (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton near her English coast home, she sets the community on edge. Mary soon finds a champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and [...]

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Remarkable creatures (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

One of the best books of the year, following great success in hardback, from bestselling and much-loved novelist Tracy Chevalier.

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Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

Delft 1664. Als der Vater sein Augenlicht verliert, wird die junge Griet als Dienstmagd in den Haushalt des angesehenen Malers Johannes Vermeer gegeben. Die Schikanen von Vermeers eifersüchtiger Gattin ließen sich kaum ertragen, wären da nicht die faszinierenden Bilder des [...]

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Burning Bright (Book)

Tracy Chevalier (Author)

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