scotland
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Stajnia pod lasem – ebook
Elżbieta Pragłowska
Rzuć wszystko i załóż stajnię Winston Churchill twierdził, że żadnej godziny życia nie można uznać za zmarnowaną, jeśli spędziło się ją w siodle. Ta maksyma przez wiele lat była dla Ewy drogowskazem - zawsze i wszędzie towarzyszyły jej konie. Po powrocie z Londynu kobieta w końcu postanawia spełnić swoje największe marzenie i otworzyć własną stajnię. Ale nagle los przestaje być jej przychylny. Małżeństwo...Data dostępności:
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The Half-Hearted – ebook
John Buchan
Set in the closing years of the nineteenth century, „The Half-Hearted” tells the story of Lewis Haystoun, a dilettante and coward. Part I of the novel is a story of manners and romance in upper class Scotland. Part II is an adventure story on the North West frontier of India where Lewis saves the British Empire. The novel follows the life of Lewis Haystoun, a young Scottish laird, who finds himself...Data dostępności:
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The Path of the King – ebook
John Buchan
We wonder that so great a man as Abraham Lincoln should spring from humble people – but who knows what his more distant ancestry might have been? In a series of dramatic chapters, Mr. Buchan tells what he imagines to have been the ancestry of Lincoln. „The Path Of The King” is a series of short vignettes, loosely connected, starting in Scotland before the Normans arrived and involving the people who...Data dostępności:
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Castle Gay – ebook
John Buchan
„Castle Gay” is the second of Buchan’s three Dickson McCunn books and is set in south west Scotland in the Dumfries and Galloway region in the 1920s. The plot revolves around the self-discovery of a media mogul named Craw, who is firstly the subject of mistaken identity and then the target of Balkan extremists who wish to use his newspapers to influence their political cause. Mr. Craw’s journey is...Data dostępności:
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John Burnet of Barns – ebook
John Buchan
„John Burnet of Barns” was Buchan’s first fully realised, full-length work of fiction. The author’s third novel is story of adventure, treachery and revenge, set in the Scottish Borders in the 17th century, telling of a young nobleman who sets out to gain an education abroad, only to find himself betrayed in his absence by his cousin. Not just a romance, but adventures of a Scottish gentleman around...Data dostępności:
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