Más que libertad

Set in Victorian England, this book is a disturbing gothic story that will send shivers down your spine. Hardly married for a few months, Elsie has become a widow and is sent to live at her late husband's crumbling estate, The Bridge. Surrounded by resentful servants, Elsie has only her husband's awkward cousin for company. But the new home is no less hostile, as suddenly closed rooms open, and she encounters painted wooden figures that terrify the servants of The Bridge with their restless, following eyes.

En La Quinta de Florencia Lope de Vega relata la historia del duque Alejandro, quien hizo casarse a un cortesano con una molinera a la que había seducido, dándoles, además, una dote generosa.

El libro se trata de la vida de una mujer desde las adversas circunstancias en las que nace hasta que muere de muy anciana. Desde pequeña, su vida estará ligada a la de su vecina, una mujer maravillosa que la educa y la guía con una fuerte espiritualidad. El libro está lleno de historias de amor, poder, guerras, pasión, crímenes y amistades inquebrantables que se van entrelazando entre sí. Es un libro narrado con sencillez, en el que se plasman los recuerdos y experiencias de vida de dos mujeres de distintas generaciones pero con un mismo fin: el de encontrar la felicidad.

Claudius Galenus and his life. It'll be a very long night; the future of the Empire is at stake; while waiting for a resolution, Claudius Galenus makes a balance of his own life. In spite of certain troubles, he considers himself to be privileged: he has known the love of three women, and his profession has allowed him to travel throughout the world and meet all kinds of people.