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Barbara Wood delivers a gripping story of family secrets, madness, and suspense in nineteenth-century England. After her mother's death in 1857, Leyla's only links with her heritage and family are a letter and her last name--Pemberton. Resolved to seek out her past, she travels from London to the brooding countryside mansion of Pemberton Hurst. Leyla longs to find a loving family, but more important, she needs to uncover the truth of her past. But the Pembertons seem strangely reluctant to discuss family history, and the house feels smothered by the weight of untold secrets. Increasingly torn between the safety of life with her sophisticated fiancé in London and a new, dangerous love, Leyla is no longer sure where to turn and whom to trust. Then terror strikes. A murderer roams the corridors of Pemberton Hurst, and Leyla is suddenly thrown into a maelstrom of deceit, madness, and horror. With her life in jeopardy, Leyla must uncover the truth of her past before it destroys her.… (más)
¿Debe resignarse a una vida sin amor? Leyla sabe que su familiar esconde un desdichado secreto. Su valiente búsqueda, pese a la frialdad de sus parientes, se convierte en su razón de exitir. El derecho a la felicidad, en otra inteligente trama de esta consagrada creadora de personajes y mundos subyugantes.
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Als ich im peitschenden Wind endlich vor dem grossen alten Haus stand, zweifelte ich plötzlich, ob meine Entscheidung richtig war; denn nicht einmal ein Funke der Erinnerung glomm auf, nicht der Schimmer eines Bildes aus längst vergangenen Tagen erhellte das Dunkel, während ich, mit der einen Hand meinen Hut, mit der anderen meinen Umhang festhaltend, das düstere Gemäuer betrachtete.
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común alemán.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Dr. Young wurde uns ein guter und geschätzter Freund und war bei der Geburt unseres ersten Sohnes zugegen, den wir nach meinen Vater Robert tauften.
Barbara Wood delivers a gripping story of family secrets, madness, and suspense in nineteenth-century England. After her mother's death in 1857, Leyla's only links with her heritage and family are a letter and her last name--Pemberton. Resolved to seek out her past, she travels from London to the brooding countryside mansion of Pemberton Hurst. Leyla longs to find a loving family, but more important, she needs to uncover the truth of her past. But the Pembertons seem strangely reluctant to discuss family history, and the house feels smothered by the weight of untold secrets. Increasingly torn between the safety of life with her sophisticated fiancé in London and a new, dangerous love, Leyla is no longer sure where to turn and whom to trust. Then terror strikes. A murderer roams the corridors of Pemberton Hurst, and Leyla is suddenly thrown into a maelstrom of deceit, madness, and horror. With her life in jeopardy, Leyla must uncover the truth of her past before it destroys her.
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