Bøger af Adele Fasick

Charlotte and Daniel move to Italy to save Daniel's life, but will the mystery they find there threaten Charlotte's? While Daniel battles consumption, Charlotte explores the beauty of Florence, but discovers ominous signs of violence everywhere, even on the quiet grounds of Santa Chiara convent. During the revolutionary year of 1849, ancient institutions are struggling to maintain their traditional power. When peaceful nuns are struck down by a puzzling illness, and a grieving widow is attacked, the convent is thrown into turmoil. And then a priceless chalice-the most precious treasure of the convent-disappears. The authorities will not act, but Charlotte is determined to solve the mystery and save the besieged convent. With Daniel weakened by illness, Charlotte must act on her own. Can she trust the mysterious painter who offers to help? What does he know about the scandalous documents found in the convent library? Can Charlotte outwit her greedy enemies and restore the fortunes of Santa Chiara? Never before has she faced such a bewildering mystery.

Who was Margaret Fuller? She shook up the Bostonians of the 1840s and then moved on to shake up Rome and support a revolution. Decide for yourself. Read about how Margaret dazzled the intellectuals of Boston. She encouraged young women to trust themselves and empowered them to seek new frontiers. Margaret sympathized with the plight of the Indians driven from their traditional homelands. She praised the virtues of Irish immigrants at a time when most commentators could see only their poverty and lack of 'gentility'. Read about Margaret in this concise new biography, which uses her own words to bring to life a nineteenth century woman who changed the way Americans view the world.

Charlotte Edgerton would like to change the world but first she must track down a killer. The year is 1842, and Charlotte has left behind an impoverished life in England to come to America and join the Utopian community of Brook Farm in rural Massachusetts. At first it seems to be an idyllic world of like-minded people living in harmony. But soon cracks appeared. The mysterious death of a visiting minister threatens to undermine trust within the community. Visits from the sheriff and a reporter bring unwelcome attention from outsiders who dislike the Brook Farmers' lifestyles and disapprove of the reforms they champion. Determined to discover who is responsible for the minister's death Charlotte finds an ally in Daniel Gallagher, an ambitious young Irish immigrant and fledgling newspaper reporter. Their first suspect is a penniless Irish tramp, but troubling details come to light suggesting other possibilities. As Charlotte and Daniel seek for answers they find themselves unveiling the secrets of several of the community's most revered members. Will their discoveries endanger the community and threaten their hopes for the future? Times are hard and desperate farmers are being imprisoned for debt; many are in danger of losing their property. Embittered locals look with suspicion on strangers who want to turn their world upside down. Will Charlotte and Daniel be able to find the killer and build the new lives they dream about?

Barefoot children selling flowers in the street for a few pennies. Revolutionaries demanding a more equal society and threatening to kill their young Queen. Dark-skinned strangers from Britain's colonies arousing fear and scorn among aristocrats and servants alike. London in 1846 is very far from the gracious society Charlotte Edgerton had imagined. Worst of all, her younger brother Tom is being drawn into political agitation that Charlotte fears will lead to violence and perhaps death. London is crowded with impoverished immigrants from famine-stricken Ireland and when one of them-a young kitchen maid-dies in a tragic fire, Charlotte believes it was no accident, although the police scoff at her suspicions. Then the young wife of a friend is kidnapped and Charlotte finds herself in danger as she struggles to discover who is responsible. Even as they start to find answers, Charlotte and her husband, Daniel, are thwarted in their attempt to bring the guilty to justice. Society seems determined to protect the rich and powerful and to punish those who rebel against England's rigid class system. It is only when Queen Victoria herself is confronted by a dangerous mob that questions are addressed and answers found.

The future looks bright for Charlotte Edgerton when she moves to bustling New York City in 1843. But when first one and then another of the glamorous "sporting girls" who work in the city's famous brothels is murdered, Charlotte becomes aware of the darkness that lurks behind the bright glow of Broadway. New York is living up to its nickname of Sin City. Shocked by the arrest of a colleague's husband for one of the deaths, Charlotte and her fellow immigrant Daniel Gallagher take on the challenge of unmasking the real murderer. Their quest leads them to popular theaters where they observe suspicious activities in the balcony, and to political rallies that threaten to turn into riots. They meet with poets and performers whose views of the city and the people who live and work there reflect their different backgrounds and experiences. While they struggle to unearth dark secrets hidden in the upper reaches of society as well as shabby side streets, Charlotte and Daniel fall more deeply in love. Defying the interference of bigoted policemen and corrupt politicians, the pair seek out the truth with the help of spirited sporting girls determined to take charge of their own lives and resist the demands of the unscrupulous men who try to control them. But when Charlotte attempts to rescue the child of one of the murdered women, she finds herself being pursued by a determined and conscienceless enemy. Will Charlotte be able to discover the source of the evil and end the terror gripping women throughout the city?