Tracy Chevalier: 28 books

Jean Le Viste, gentiluomo le cui insegne sono ovunque tra i campi e gli acquitrini di Saint-Germain-des-Prés a Parigi, in un giorno del 1490 affida a Nicolas des Innocents, pittore di insegne e miniaturista, il compito di ornare il salone della sua casa con arazzi immensi che raffigurino la battaglia...

Aanbeland op zijn vierde school in zes jaar tijd, weet diplomatenzoon Osei Kokote dat hij een bondgenoot nodig heeft wil hij zijn eerste schooldag overleven. Hij heeft dus geluk dat het klikt met Dee, het populairste meisje van de school. Maar één leerling kan het niet uitstaan getuige te zijn van...

A voyage of discovery, two remarkable women, and an extraordinary time and place enrich this New York Times bestselling novel by Tracy Chevalier, author of At the Edge of the Orchard and Girl With a Pearl Earring. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated...

New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard 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...

The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of Remarkable Creatures and The Last Runaway Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this...

This collection of original stories by today’s finest women writers takes inspiration from the famous line in Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved novel, Jane Eyre. A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Brontë is revered by readers all over the world. Her books featuring unforgettable,...

**A New York Times bestseller From the author of the international bestseller Girl With A Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, Tracy Chevalier once again paints a distant age with a rich and provocative palette of characters.** Falling Angels follows the fortunes of two families...

La tragédie de Shakespeare, Othello, transposée dans une cour d’école américaine, au début des années 70. L’amour, les trahisons et la vengeance s’y jouent à toute allure à la récréation, sur fond de racisme et de bouleversements sociaux. Née en 1965 aux Etats-Unis, Tracy Chevalier...

Delft, XVII secolo, una casa nella zona protestante della città Griet, la figlia di un decoratore di piastrelle, è in cucina, intenta a sistemare le verdure tritate. Sulluscio, compaiono improvvisamente due figure: un uomo dagli occhi grigi come il mare e una donna che sembra portata dal vento,...

De zestienjarige Griet treedt als dienstmeisje in dienst bij de vermaarde schilder Johannes Vermeer. Het beeldschone, protestantse meisje weet al snel een plek te veroveren binnen de katholieke familie. De kunstenaar raakt in de loop der jaren steeds meer gecharmeerd van haar schoonheid, en besluit...

Wanneer Mary Anning in de rotsen aan de zuidkust van Engeland fossielen vindt van een onbekende dinosaurus, zet ze de wetenschappelijke wereld op zijn kop. De vondst stelt ideeën over de schepping van de aarde aan de kaak en wakkert het debat aan over de oorsprong van de mens. Maar in de academische...

From the author of the international bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, comes a stirring eighteenth-century coming-of-age tale In the waning days of eighteenth-century London, poet, artist, and printer William Blake works in obscurity as England is rocked...

Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin—two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start a family of her own. Village life turns out to...

Alla fine del primo mese di gennaio del Novecento, gli inglesi sono tutti vestiti di nero. La Regina Vittoria è morta e il XIX secolo, il secolo della gloria dellImpero, se nè andato con lei Straordinario ritratto di unepoca in cui le prime automobili sostituiscono i cavalli e lelettricità soppianta...