The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight - Elizabeth von Arnim - e-kniha

The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight - Elizabeth von Arnim - e-kniha

eBook:,Princess Priscilla's Fortnight is a 1905 comedy-drama novel by the British writer Elizabeth von Arnim, known at the time as Elizabeth, Countess Russell. It was turned into a play The Cottage in the Air in 1909

Expiation (Von Arnim Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth Von Arnim (Kimber Gerri)(Paperback)

By bringing the work of Mansfield and von Arnim together - including on matters of artistry, on mourning, on gardens, on female resistance - this book establishes shared preoccupations in ways that refine and extend our knowledge of writing in the

The Enchanted April (Von Arnim Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

A discreet advertisement in 'The Times', addressed to 'Those who Apppreciate Wisteria and Sunshine...' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women. High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle. Beckoned to this haven are Mrs. Wilkins,

The Caravaners (Von Arnim Elizabeth)(Paperback)

The Caravaners (1909) is a devastating comedy about an Edwardian caravan holiday in Kent, narrated by the pompous and self-important Baron, a Prussian Major in the German

Enchanted April (von Arnim Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

A discreet advertisement in 'The Times', addressed to 'Those who Apppreciate Wisteria and Sunshine...' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women. High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore, a mediaeval castle. Beckoned to this haven are Mrs. Wilkins,

Čarovný duben - Elizabeth von Arnim - e-kniha

eBook:,Vtipný a jemně komediální román ´Čarovný duben´ vypráví příběh čtyř velmi rozdílných žen, které krátce po První světové válce utečou z ponurého Londýna na italský hrad v Portofinu. Nestárnoucí román Elizabeth von Arnim přesvědčivě odpovídá na věčnou

Enchanted April (Arnim Elizabeth von)(Paperback / softback)

A notice in 'The Times' addressed to 'Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine' advertises a 'small mediaeval Italian Castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April'. Four very different women take up the offer, escaping dreary London for the sunshine of

Vera (Von Arnim Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss are both reeling from recent unhappiness when they meet and swiftly fall in love. Lucy is Wemyss's 'sweet girl,' and to Lucy, Everard is the whole world. The only blot on Lucy's happiness is the shadowy figure of Wemyss's first wife, Vera, who died in mysterious

Elizabeth and Her German Garden (Von Arnim Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Meet Elizabeth and discover there is no greater happiness to be found than when lost in a wilderness of a garden, with bird cherries, lilacs, hollyhocks and lilies crowding the vision. This is her sanctuary from a host of unreasonable demands, whether from the Man of Wrath (husband), babies,

Father (Von Arnim Elizabeth)(Paperback)

'There came a moment, she imagined, in the lives of most unmarried daughters, and perhaps in other people's too, when they must either bolt or go permanently under.' Since her mother's death Jennifer has devoted years of her life to her father, managing the family home and acting as his secretary

Enchanted April (Von Arnim Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BRENDA BOWENMrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan: they will have a

The Enchanted April - Elizabeth von Arnim

'Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy'Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Arbuthnot, cowed and neglected by their husbands, make a daring plan: they will have a holiday. Leaving a drab and rainy London one April and arriving on the

Fraulein Schmidt and MR Anstruther (Von Arnim Elizabeth)(Paperback)

What on earth could have induced Mr Anstruther to fall in love with Fraulein Schmidt? He is an eligible English bachelor from a good family with great expectations; she is the plain, poor, 'spinster' daughter of a German scholar. But Rose-Marie Schmidt is also funny, intelligent, brave and gifted

Most Beautiful Princess (Croft Christina)(Paperback)

At the age of nineteen, Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, stepped into the glittering court of the Romanovs, beginning a journey that would lead her from the shimmering ballrooms of St. Petersburg to the back streets of Moscow. Through intrigues, assassination, war and

The Princess in the Forest (Von Olfers Sibylle)(Pevná vazba)

Spend a day with the Princess and her friends in the forest. Dew children help to get her dressed, and comb her golden hair. Little moss children bring her a delicious forest breakfast, then she practises her writing with Mrs Crow, her teacher. Next it's playtime! The Princess plays with her animal

Disney Princess Craft Book (Dowsett Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Bravest Princess - A Tale of the Wide-Awake Princess (Baker E.D.)(Paperback / softback)

Little Elizabeth - The Young Princess Who Became Queen (Wilding Valerie)(Paperback / softback)

A fun, feminist and colourful picture book celebrating the young Princess who grew up to be England's longest-reigning monarch - Queen Elizabeth

The Enchanted April (Armin Elizabeth Von)(Paperback)

Four women, with very different backgrounds and characters - the artless Lottie Wilkins, the pious Rose Arbuthnot, the cantankerous Mrs Fisher and the haughty Lady Caroline Dester - respond to an advertisement in The Times offering a medieval castle to rent in Italy that April. As their joint

Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the Princess (Viney Graham)(Paperback)

Young Elizabeth captures in vivid detail perhaps the single-most important formative experience in Queen Elizabeth's life, the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa with her parents King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, during which she celebrated her twenty-first birthday. The year

Lois the Witch - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,Set against the backdrop of the Salem witch hunts, Elizabeth Gaskell’s somber novella reveals much about the complicity of mankind. Recently orphaned, Lois is forced to leave the English parsonage that had been her home and sail to America. A God-fearing and honest girl, she has little to

Wartime Princess (Wilding Valerie)(Paperback / softback)

WARTIME PRINCESS is for everyone who loves a royal wedding. It's 1939 and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. War breaks out across Europe and Philip is sent to serve in the Navy and Elizabeth convinces her father the King to allow her to sign up

The Half-Brothers - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,A tragic short story from much-loved Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell, 'The Half-Brothers' is a tale of love and rejection. Unloved and spurned by his stepfather, Gregory is treated very differently from his half-brother. When the favoured brother is caught in a dangerous and violent