Helen Simonson: 8 books
by Helen Simonson
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 1, 2016
È l’estate del 1914 a Rye, un piccolo centro che emerge dalle paludi piatte del Sussex come una magnifica isola di tetti rossi protesa verso il mare. L’arciduca Francesco Ferdinando è stato assassinato a Sarajevo, ma la vita in paese scorre tranquilla. L’eco di quanto accade a Whitehall, la...
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely...
by Helen SIMONSON
Language: French
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Après l'immense succès de La Dernière Conquête du Major Pettigrew, le deuxième roman pétillant et so british d'Helen Simonson.
Été 1914, dans la campagne anglaise. La gentry de Rye reçoit pour un pique-nique sur le gazon fraîchement tondu. Les ombrelles et les chapeaux sont de sortie et...
by Helen SIMONSON
Language: French
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: French
Release Date: March 15, 2012
À Edgecombe Saint Mary, une tasse de thé délicatement infusé est un rituel auquel, à l'heure dite, le major Ernest Pettigrew ne saurait déroger. Désormais veuf, ce parfait gentleman retraité du Royal Sussex a pour seule compagnie ses livres, ses chers Kipling, et quelques amis du club de golf...
by Helen Simonson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 6, 2011
La vida transcurre apaciblemente en el idílico pueblecito inglés de Edgecombe St. Mary, cuyos habitantes son defensores de la tradición y las viejas costumbres, como las partidas de caza o las fiestas temáticas en el club de campo. Sin embargo, para el mayor Pettigrew, militar retirado, viudo,...
by Helen Simonson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 14, 2018
La luminosa historia de una familia, una ciudad y un mundo en sus últimos momentos de inocencia.
«Una novela para curar la ausencia de Downton Abbey.»
The Washington Post
El verano de 1914 es uno de los más bellos que se recuerdan en la idílica ciudad inglesa de Rye. Allí acaba...
The Summer Before the War
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A novel to cure your Downton Abbey withdrawal . . . a delightful story about nontraditional romantic relationships, class snobbery and the everybody-knows-everybody complications of living in a small community.”—The Washington Post
The bestselling author...
by Helen Simonson
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Ernest Pettigrew, ex maggiore dell'esercito britannico, è un uomo tutto d'un pezzo. Non perde tempo in frivolezze, né in inutili chiacchiere di paese. Ama la vita tranquilla, retta da valori solidi e intramontabili: decoro, senso del dovere e una tazza di tè fatto come Dio comanda. Ma la morte del...