The second edition of the popular English Phonetics and Phonology textbook has been extensively updated and expanded to offer greater flexibility for teachers and increased support for non-native speakers studying the sound systems of English.
Phillipa Carr Livres
Cette auteure prolifique était une écrivaine britannique renommée, principalement connue pour sa vaste production de romans historiques. Sous divers pseudonymes, elle a exploré des thèmes et des styles narratifs variés, créant des histoires captivantes qui ont séduit un large public. Sa capacité magistrale à adopter des voix distinctes et à transporter les lecteurs à travers le temps a solidifié sa réputation en tant que figure importante de la fiction historique. Ses œuvres se caractérisent par de riches détails historiques et des intrigues passionnantes.
Lament for a Lost Lover
- 318pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Arabella Tolsworthy Against the background of an England torn by civil war, religious persecution, and political treachery in the turbulent era of Cromwell and the Stuart Restoration, Philippa Carr has set the passionate story of Arabella Tolworthy, whose loves and destiny are inextricably linked to the plight of her nation. The dethroned Charles I had met the executioner's ax with regal calm, and as Oliver Cromwell tightened his Puritan grip on English church and state, thousands of royalists fled their confiscated lands. Among them was young Arabella, her family seeking safe harbor in France where they hoped to serve the exiled royal heir, Charles II. Separated from her parents, confronted by the unaccustomed hardships of political banishment, she finds solace in the company or the ravishing and charismatic actress, Harriet Main. Little does Arabella suspect the threat Harriet will pose to her future happiness. Nor does she envision the tragedy that lies ahead when dashing Edwin Eversleigh, Cavalier and heir to a titular fortune, makes her his bride after a whirlwind courtship. For in the deceptive peace following Parliament's Restoration of the Crown, a widowed Arabella returns to England bearing a new scion of the Eversleigh estate. Suddenly, her quiet devotion to the memory of her beloved is shattered by the arrival of Edwin's cousin Carleton, whose bitterness at being deprived of his inheritance seemingly only Arabella can allay. The reappearance at Eversleigh Court of the conniving Harriet further jeopardizes Arabella's spiritual bond with the past. Only amidst the cataclysmic suffering wrought by St. Giles Plague and the Great London Fire does Arabella find courage enough for a personal renewal, which may help her make her sepatate peace with England.
The Drop of the Dice
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
A young woman tries to move beyond her shadowed legacy, but finds her heart divided and her loyalty challenged Clarissa Field never knew her mother, but hears whispers that she was a notorious "femme fatale." Unknowingly, the girl follows her mother's passionate path and loses her heart to Jacobite rebel Dickon Frenshaw. But 1715 England is a dangerous place to be a young woman in love. Dickon is caught and exiled to Virginia, and Clarissa is married off to rakish soldier Lance Clavering. Caught between two men, Clarissa must navigate a hotbed of scandal, treachery, and betrayal. As civil strife threatens to ignite revolution, Clarissa is accused of being a spy. She faces a terrible choice, and must transform her life to prepare her daughter, Zipporah, for her legacy.
The Changeling
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
Rebecca Mandeville The story of The Changeling is told by Angelet's daughter, Rebecca, who was born in Benedict Lansdon's house in an Australian gold-mining township. Before Rebecca was born, her father had died saving another man's life. She had always looked up to him as a great hero and when she heard that her mother was to marry Benedict Lansdon, she was deeply shocked. The prolific British author of historical romances (The Pool of St. Branok) continues her lavishly entwined narrative of the families connected to Benedict Lansdon, now a recently bereaved widower, absentee father and wealthy seeker of a Parliament seat. Narrated by Benedict's aggrieved stepdaughter, Rebecca, this complex tale of love and betrayal concerns a three-cornered sibling relationship involving Rebecca, her half-sister, Belinda and Lucie, a country waif informally adopted by Benedict. Aware that her father blames her for her mother's death in childbirth, Belinda takes refuge in michievous behavior. Placid Lucie, however, fits in well with the family, though her lineage is suspect and clouded with mysterious events at St. Branok's pool. Although Belinda seems the most obvious "changeling," Carr sustains an air of doubt and intrigue. The ambience of the Cornish countryside and of Victorian London permeate this piquantly Gothic family saga.
Zeit des Schweigens Philippa Carr NEUER HONOS VERLAG, Köln
Die Zwillingsschwester Dorabella und Violetta erleben den 2. Weltkrieg in Cornwall zwischen Liebesleid, der Pflege verletzter Soldaten, einer Kindesentführung und Spionage.
England, Mitte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. Die Ehe zwischen der lebenslustigen Zippora Ransome und ihrer Jugendliebe Jean-Louis ist leidenschaftslos geworden. Zehn Jahre sind die beiden schon verheiratet und noch immer bleibt Zipporas inniger Kinderwunsch unerfüllt. Nachdem Jean-Louis bei einem Brand schwer verletzt wird, muss Zippora alleine zu ihrem Onkel reisen, um das Erbe seines idyllischen Landguts anzutreten. Auf Schloss Enderby begegnet sie dem mysteriösen Franzosen Gérard und fühlt sich sofort unwiderstehlich von ihm angezogen. Eine leidenschaftliche Affäre beginnt und stellt Zipporas Leben völlig auf den Kopf.
Eine Engländerin, die am Hof Ludwig XV. zunächst vom Glück begünstigt erscheint, muss nach Ausbruch der Revolution mehrfach um ihr Leben bangen, bevor sie aus allen Nöten befreit wird.
