The Lure of el Rio d’Ais

The Lure of el Rio d’Ais

The Lure of el Rio d'Ais

Donald W Holmes

11,89 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
iUniverse
Año de edición:
2004
Materia
Ficción histórica
ISBN:
9780595335053
11,89 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

It’s 1893. Buoyed by his capture of a slippery nemesis in Florida, Scotland Yard inspector Maurice Ogelvie plans to return to London. As unexpected events draw him ever further west, the young man discovers a brash new country, and a rebellious inner self that he has long suppressed. Torn between the call of duty and the wonders that repeatedly beckon him, he is changed forever.In 'Return to the River', he tells of the new Madison Square Garden, Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge--and police corruption in New York City. Chicago shows him the 'White City', the Great Columbian Exposition, but he endures the fetid stink of the stockyards and pursues a vicious serial rapist-murderer. Under spacious western skies, he revels in the beauty of the land and raw honesty of the frontier--but finds that old European feuds have preceded him. In Butte, Montana, the 'Richest Hill on Earth', he finally finds the love of his life, and reason to come back to 'El Rio d’Ais'. Dr. John Watson, listening to him, succumbs to the lure of this river. 'From the Doctor’s Diary' relates three mysterious cases in Florida in the years leading to World War I.

Artículos relacionados

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Although Polish, Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best.  As a reader we are brought to face our psychological selves to answer, ‘Who is the true savage?’ ...
    Disponible

    6,42 €

  • To Gain What’s Lost
    AnneMarie Brear
    She thinks her life has changed for the better, her dark secrets hidden, but little does she know… The daughter of a wealthy landowner in Yorkshire, England in 1864, Anna Thornton leads a privileged life. But she is not content. She wants her life to mean something and longs to be accepted for the free-thinking, independent woman she is. When the dashing, adventurer Matt Cowan ...
    Disponible

    13,72 €

  • Hannah
    E. Ruth Harder / ERuth Harder
    More than 2000 years ago, the world was a very different place. Into that world was born a very unique girl-Hannah. An orphan, she is, never the less, intelligent, ambitious and fiercely independent. Hannah’s bond with her first true friend, Mary, leads her into a life where she becomes a singular woman who is true to her soul, and strong in her faith in God. Against all rules ...
    Disponible

    12,57 €

  • Beyond Derrynane
    Kevin O'Connell
    Wed in an arranged marriage to a man nearly fifty years her senior, sixteen-year-old Eileen O'Connell goes from being one of five unmarried sisters to become the mistress of Ballyhar, the great estate of John O'Connor, one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Ireland. When O'Connor dies suddenly seven months into their marriage, Eileen must decide whether ...
    Disponible

    13,40 €

  • Melting the Blues
    Tracy Chiles McGhee
    Winner of the 2016 Fauset Book Award in the Category of First FictionSet in Arkansas in 1957,  the complexities of identity, yearnings for love and acceptance, and racial tension are all unmasked in the riveting literary drama, Melting the Blues, by debut author Tracy Chiles McGhee. Augustus Lee Rivers, a farmer and bluesman, has two obsessions:  his relationship with the Dunca...
    Disponible

    17,93 €

  • Daughter of Destiny
    Nicole Evelina
    Before queenship and Camelot, Guinevere was a priestess of Avalon. She loved another before Arthur, a warrior who would one day betray her.In the war-torn world of late fifth century Britain, young Guinevere faces a choice: stay with her family to defend her home at Northgallis from the Irish, or go to Avalon to seek help for the horrific visions that haunt her. The Sight calls...
    Disponible

    13,94 €