Bøger om Victoriatidens England

Let the delightful banter between the poor but irresistible rogue and the wealthy, sharp-witted Victorian heiress pull you into a cozy fantasy world brimming with magical powers, steamy kisses, and enough sparks of attraction to run a small country.An edge-of-your-seat cat hunt, a magical library shrouded in mystery, unlimited magical powers, and the scoundrel willing to sacrifice it ALL for the woman he loves.Victorian England, 1848:When the powerful Fairshaw Master dies, an ancient prophecy promises the title of Fairshaw, and Lady Adelaide Fairshaw's hand in marriage to the man who can find the Fairshaw Cat.The sharp-tongued Lady Adelaide is far from a proper lady and cares little for society's expectations that she, as an unmarried woman, must obey the wishes of her dead father. She has no desire to sit around, draped in a starched, black mourning dress to wait for a stranger to catch a cat and force her into an arranged, loveless marriage.But then she meets Frederick Holloway, the opportunistic dock worker determined to pull his sisters out of poverty, by whatever means necessary.Including climbing the wall to her window to convince her to help him find the Fairshaw Cat.Lady Adelaide is determined to hate the brazen scoundrel refusing to leave her alone. But soon their verbal sparring leads to love, and she begins to hope against hope that Frederick will be the man who finds the Fairshaw Cat after all.What happens to their forbidden love when another man finds the cat?¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The Fairshaw Library is a stand-alone, enemies-to-lovers, cozy gaslamp fantasy romance set in a magical, but historically authentic, Victorian England with a scoundrel with a heart of gold, and a strong female heroine who knows so much better than to fall for him. For fans of British regency historical romance, Victorian historical romance, clean & wholesome romance, and fairy tale fantasy romance.

This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa.Caraway of the Sea is a grim-cozy gaslamp fantasy, featuring an asexual fmc who happens to be a renowned badass pirate. This book is for the girls who are moody, feisty, and in another world may also be stabby. Trust me you will fall in love with Caraway."Caraway Auclair has devoted herself to protecting her brother, serving as the ship's first mate and mercenary. Sacrificing nearly all she is to ensure that he becomes the most fearsome pirate Captain to ever sail the Carnelian Sea. She realizes too late, that the seas have only grown darker, and the waves more fearsome, they threaten to pull her under completely and mold her into something akin to a nightmare.After Caraway's closest friend dies in a brutal storm, grief puts Caraway and her brother at odds more than ever before.When they dock on Isla Dalia after the devastating storm, Caraway is surrounded by both friend and foe, oftentimes unable to distinguish between the two. She must navigate a torrent of emotions unlike any she has weathered before. Seeking out any and all distractions, she begins to grow dangerously close to a rival Captain, despite her brother's warnings.As another storm looms, ever encroaching upon her crew's uncertain future, her fears are laid bare for all to see. Caraway struggles to face the demons of her past ... only to discover that they pale in comparison to the monster that she had a hand in creating.As she drifts further away from all that she once knew, secrets slowly begin to surface, and the tides of her life as she knew it begins to shift ...A shift that just might destroy the life she's worked so hard to protect, and her future with it."

Saros Antarian has been slowly dying since the day he restored his lover's life. Necromancy is a curse universally feared, and its ostracized users are considered less than human. After seven years of isolation and fighting for his steadily-draining life, Saros finally tracks down his one chance to survive: Jovian's Tomb, the resting place of the first necromancer. According to myth, the tomb - a lake that only appears under the new moon, and always in a different spot - is the source of necromantic power. And if it can give power, Saros hopes it can also take power away.When a cult bent on purging necromantic power from the world makes an attempt on Saros's life, and Saros learns that his ex-lover is their leader, he realizes that there's much more than his own life at stake. The cult intends to destroy Jovian's Tomb with the help of a resurrected god, and if Saros doesn't get to the lake first, the cult's reckless actions will tip the balance of life and death.But every power has its temptations, and as the only one able to offset the cult's plans, Saros is left with a choice: sacrifice his power, stay out of the cult's way, and return to the society that rejected him; or strengthen his power, fight back, and let the world fear him.

The gentlemen of the ton may have returned from war, but the Lady Knights of England are just beginning...Disaster. Disgrace. Despair. Ethelreda McGovern has failed the Lady Knights, the Queen, and herself. Her punishment? Banishment would be appropriate. Forced retirement seems inevitable. But what actually happens is so much worse.The least maternal of the Lady Knights, Ethelreda is dreading her new assignment: governess to the children of Sir George Caldwell. Ethelreda has never turned her back on her Queen and she shall not do so now-even if it means wiping noses and reading children's fairytales. Unlike her fellow Lady Knights, Red has never wielded seduction as a tool. But when she meets her new employer she is sorely tempted...The horrors of Waterloo ought to be behind him. Instead, the ghosts of his past follow him back to England and join forces with the painful memories awaiting at home. This wounded soldier's body has healed, but his soul is another story entirely.Sir George loves his children and has done his best, but the situation has gotten out of hand. The governess who arrives on his doorstep might be a self-declared spinster, but she's not the gray-haired, traditional type of help he expected. Red's spirit is as wild and free as her crown of fiery hair. And George is attracted to her with the intensity of the honeybees he studies seeking out nectar. But he's already seen one wife to the grave... can he bring himself to be vulnerable to another?Before long, Red is struggling to remember why she's held herself apart for so long. She is finally ready to give in to the pleasure George offers in every embrace. Until her mission falls apart and the situation takes a turn for the deadly.Lady KnightsIn Bed with a BlackguardLost to Lady ScandalA Spinster's Last StandThe Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

She couldn't get the blood off her hands.Amy made her share of mistakes in the past-deadly ones-but she's determined to prove that she's still worth something. Even if she's not sure she believes it herself.She has no time to waste. Rushford's magic-hungry Grigori have declared war on the Fay, and the Fay unleashed the Wild Hunt on London in revenge. All that stands between the innocent of the city and the wrath of the Fay are Amy and her friends: Cassandra with her demon mark, Henry still bound to the Fay, Mary struggling with her Faerie nature, monster-hunting Jairus, and Domin carrying the weight of the past.Amy is certain she'll only make more mistakes as she and her friends face human and Faerie enemies, but if they fail, blood will flow in the streets of London.Wild Magic is the action-packed second book in the Iron & Thorns gaslamp fantasy series set in a Victorian England rife with danger, romance, and magic.

Secrets unfurl, and lives intertwine within the polluted streets of Grid City, where Fate hangs in the balance by threads. Power, corruption, and the elusive pursuit of happiness shape this sprawling metropolis, pushing it toward an uncertain future.At the heart of Grid's turmoil lies the relentless ambition of the Clergy, an enigmatic religious order bent on resurrecting the Old Gods, regardless of the consequences. Their zealous pursuit threatens to unleash a cataclysmic chain of events, reshaping the realm. But are they truly architects of their chosen path, or mere pawns in a larger game?Beneath the murky veneer and overbearing authority, those in power attempt to conceal a secret. A frantic race to bury the truth unravels the city's fragile fabric, pushing it perilously close to the edge. But how far will the City go to maintain its twisted status quo?Amidst hidden truths and colliding destinies, one question remains: Will the bonds of survival prove stronger than the forces seeking to tear them apart?

What was the role of elected legislators? Was it to represent the opinions of constituents or to vote according to their informed opinions reflecting the needs of the kingdom? Most authorities have accepted Edmund Burke's depiction of 18th-century MPs, insisting it was their right to form their opinions without reference to the instructions of constituents. This study provides answers to these important questions and, in doing so, reveals that Burke's vision does not represent how the House of Commons functioned during the last two decades of the 18th century. Rather than focusing on specific issues or demographic groups, English MPs brings to the fore the legislative activity of a broad segment of late 18th-century English MPs. This book shows they were diligent legislators who attended to the needs of constituents, in the process developing strong connections with them. It demonstrates that these connections did not rest on shared beliefs in reformist ideologies except in, and around, the metropolis. Instead, they grew out of the members' timely and effective tending, session after session, to the host of measures brought forward by constituents and neighbours. McCahill explores, in fascinating detail, the consequences of this bond. In this book, McCahill draws from an impressive array of primary sources and secondary literature to combine a structural analysis with broad surveys and detailed case-studies. The result is an illuminating and a comprehensive account of the House of Commons between 1760 and 1790.

This edited collection explores absence, presence and remembrance in British political culture and memory studies. Comprehensive in its scope, it covers the entire modern period, bringing together the 19th and 20th centuries as well as Britain, Ireland and the Atlantic World.As the first comparative and in-depth study to explore the central and contested place of memory and the invention of tradition in modern British politics, chapters include memorialisation, statue-mania, anniversaries and on the wider impact and invoking of 'dead generations'. In doing so, this book provides a new, exciting and accessible way of engaging with the history of British political culture.