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The Firebird (2013)

di Susanna Kearsley

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Fantasy. Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML:

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters?sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"??DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander

Two Women. One Mysterious Relic. Historical fiction with romance, betrayal, and magic you'll never forget.

Art-dealer Nicola Marter was born with a gift so rare and dangerous, she kept it buried deep. When she encounters a desperate woman trying to sell a small wooden carving called "The Firebird," claiming it belonged to Russia's Empress Catherine, there's no proof.

But once Nicola holds the object, her buried talent gives her surprising insight. She knows the woman is telling the truth.

Trying to keep to her hard-won job, Nicola sets out to confirm the fascinating history of The Firebird with help from a man she never thought she'd see again.

The Firebird is a sweeping historical romance that will whisk you from London to Scotland to St. Petersburg in a magical, century-spanning epic about the dangers and rewards of being true to yourself.

Also by Susanna Kearsley:
The Winter Sea
A Desperate Fortune
The Rose Garden
The Shadowy Horses
The Splendour Falls
Season of Storms
Mariana
Named of the Dragon
Bellewether… (altro)

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    La straniera di Diana Gabaldon (LAKobow)
    LAKobow: Also involves elements of realism mixed with fantasy, Scotland, romance, and historical fiction.
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To my surprise, I found myself with two more days left in this year and nothing I had to read; so I indulged myself, popped over to Overdrive and downloaded The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley. I knew I would love it. I always love Kearsley. She is my Mary Stewart substitute...new stories by an author that can paint a place until I feel that I am strolling through it and make me believe in romance again.

Imagine my delight to find one of my very favorite Kearsley characters waiting for me. Colonel Graeme captured my heart in The Winter Sea, and here he is again, making me smile to see him. Along with Graeme, who peopled the past in that novel, is Robbie McMorran, who peopled the present in The Shadowy Horses. I mean this was old home week! And, who doesn’t like to see the old year out with friends, Scottish friends to boot...Auld Lang Syne.

I’m not sure how Kearsley manages to spin her web around me. I am generally not a fan of romance, but her characters know how to be romantic vs. merely sex-driven, and I am not generally taken by the paranormal, but she makes her characters’ weavings through the past seem plausible somehow. Veggies are essential, and too many sweets will make you sick, but I suppose we all need a little chocolate every now and then.


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  mattorsara | Aug 11, 2022 |
A great story. Usually a skeptic, I was willing to believe psychic abilities at least for the length of this book as it allowed for this wonderful time travel. ( )
  dacejav | May 16, 2022 |
Wonderful historical romance. Kearsley's description of both the past and present put the reader right there. I love the way the main characters can see the past. ( )
  mlcash | Mar 4, 2022 |
Audible Audio Book. Took me quite some time to get into this book, although I do enjoy most of the author's books. The narrator was very distracting to my senses, I didn't care for her voice so it took awhile to get use to the sound of her voice. Otherwise, I did enjoy the story and think it would be fascinating if it were true - the ability to see the past with just a touch of an object! ( )
  booklovers2 | Feb 5, 2022 |
A very satisfying conclusion to wrap up a few stories. Happy tears, sad tears, but mostly a warm fuzzy feeling. ( )
  Cerestheories | Nov 8, 2021 |
Successfully blending a contemporary romance with an historical adventure is no easy task, but in The Firebird, author Susanna Kearsley goes one step further, bestowing supernatural abilities upon her protagonist. ... As Nicola and Rob follow clues from Anna’s life, the novel’s focus shifts to the young girl, and the present-day love story is put on the backburner. The shift is so pronounced that scenes featuring Nicola and Rob in the second half of the novel seem jarringly out of place. The rich details of Anna’s story, which includes the appearance of several historical figures, carries the novel, while Nicola’s story pales in comparison.
 

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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Susanna Kearsleyautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Kellgren, KatherineNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato

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I might have been mistaken when I thought I saw Rob give a nod of greeting to the empty air behind me. But I didn’t mistake the short laugh he gave, low, nor the phrase he spoke, not for my ears. And in Latin.
“Aye. And when your father was away and fighting and ye were a bairn, why did your mother hide ye with another family?”
“So the bad men widnae find me,” Anna said.
“Exactly.” Colonel Graeme’s voice was a deep rumble in his chest that offered comfort. “They were very brave, your parents. If the agents of Queen Anne had ever chanced to catch your father, he’d have stood through any torture they’d have tried to use upon him and he never would betray his king. But if they’d learned ye were his daughter, if they’d ever taken ye or threatened ye with harm… well, then.” The colonel did not specify what Anna’s father might have done then. All he said was, “Men can bear most hurts, lass, but there’s few of us can bear to see the ones we love best made to suffer for our sake.”
“But Queen Anne’s dead,” said Anna, “and my father, too. So who is left to do me harm?”
“Your father still has brothers, lass, and they still serve the king. And so do I.” His hand felt heavy on her hair. “Those men who sought your father would be happy to lay hold of any one of us and turn us to their cause, and they’d use any means to do it.”
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Fantasy. Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML:

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters?sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"??DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander

Two Women. One Mysterious Relic. Historical fiction with romance, betrayal, and magic you'll never forget.

Art-dealer Nicola Marter was born with a gift so rare and dangerous, she kept it buried deep. When she encounters a desperate woman trying to sell a small wooden carving called "The Firebird," claiming it belonged to Russia's Empress Catherine, there's no proof.

But once Nicola holds the object, her buried talent gives her surprising insight. She knows the woman is telling the truth.

Trying to keep to her hard-won job, Nicola sets out to confirm the fascinating history of The Firebird with help from a man she never thought she'd see again.

The Firebird is a sweeping historical romance that will whisk you from London to Scotland to St. Petersburg in a magical, century-spanning epic about the dangers and rewards of being true to yourself.

Also by Susanna Kearsley:
The Winter Sea
A Desperate Fortune
The Rose Garden
The Shadowy Horses
The Splendour Falls
Season of Storms
Mariana
Named of the Dragon
Bellewether

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