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Sto caricando le informazioni... Pegasus: A Noveldi Danielle Steel
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book is very dramatic in the sense that many people died in World War II, but it also has much family connection and romance. I liked it because I like how in touch the family stays and how at the circus everyone gets to know eachother well! ( ) Nicolas von Bingen and Alex von Hemmerle live in a world we can only imagine. As titled members of the German aristocracy, they are free to spend their time hunting, training horses, enjoying their friends and family, and living the good life. Their world of privilege comes to a screeching halt as Hitler rises in power. Nicolas discovers an old family secret that sends him and his boys scrambling for a way to leave Nazi controlled Germany. His lifelong friend Alex finds the solution to his friend's problem in his impeccably trained Lipizzaners, gorgeous white horses famous for their grace, beauty, and mindboggling tricks. With little money, few possessions, two Lipizzaners, six Arabians, and his boys, Nicolas flees Germany and joins the Ringling Brothers Circus for a chance at a new life. A beautiful tale of friendship, hardship, love, and loss, this book will sweep you into an enchanting world.
Even for Danielle Steel, this one was very soppy. I don't think there was a couple that met and didn't get married, usually knowing within the week that it was inevitable, even if it took a bit longer to work out the details. Also none of the Lipizzan story was believable. The Spanish Riding School was buying horses in from other breeders? From outside the Hapsburg lands? Already trained? And she would have done well to include the presence of other Lipizzans in the US from 1937, a year before Nick brings his two in. This is probably the worst book by Steel that I have read. AUTHOR: Steel, Danielle TITLE: Pegasus DATE READ: 09/20/15 RATING: 4.5/B+ GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS Fiction/2015/Random House/340 pgs SERIES/STAND-ALONE: SA CHARACTERS AUTHOR: Nick Bing/horse trainer TIME/PLACE: 1930's to present FIRST LINES: It was already nightfall when the stable boys heard the horses approaching. COMMENTS: One of Steel's better books, I always think she does the historicals very well. Nicholas von Bingen aka Nick Bing is a German aristocrat. He has never worked and just oversees his estate and lives the life of an upper class gentleman. Nick was raised by his father believing his mother had died. Nick is in his early 40's w/ 2boys and has been widowed. A friend of Nick's father visits him and informs him that his wife was of Jewish descent. This means in the eyes of the German government Nick and his boys are Jewish and at risk. They have little time to plan before finding refuge in the US. Nick's friend and neighbor bred Lipizzaners and gives Nick one and another prized horse. Nick and the boys begin a new life in the circus. Their winter home is Sarasota, FL and they travel the US adjusting to their new life and new home. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Germania, anni Trenta. Da generazioni, le nobili famiglie von Bingen e von Hemmerle vivono in pace nella campagna della Baviera. Grandi amici sin dall'infanzia, Nicolas e Alex ́ eredi delle due dinastie ́ sono uniti anche dalla tragica perdita delle rispettive consorti, che li ha resi padri amorevoli e molto presenti nella vita dei figli. Mentre Nicolas non disdegna la mondanit© , Alex preferisce isolarsi nelle sue tenute, dove alleva meravigliosi cavalli. In quell'angolo idilliaco, l'ascesa del nazismo ©· solo un'eco lontana e insignificante. Finch©♭, un giorno, tutto cambia drammaticamente. Un segreto a lungo taciuto viene scoperto dalle autorit© naziste: nella famiglia von Bingen scorre sangue ebreo. Per Nicolas e i suoi figli, l'unica speranza di salvezza ©· la fuga negli Stati Uniti. Tutto ci©ø che possono portare con s©♭ ©· il regalo d'addio di Alex: otto cavalli purosangue, che diventeranno un prezioso lasciapassare per il futuro. Nel Nuovo Mondo, infatti, i von Bingen si reinventano una vita lavorando in un circo. Mentre, in Europa, il loro vecchio mondo viene inghiottito dalle fiamme dell'odio e della guerra, e i loro amici affrontano il peso di scelte impossibili. Il futuro ©· nelle mani di un fato imperscrutabile. Ma esistono legami che nemmeno il destino pi©£ crudele potr© mai spezzare. Un'appassionante saga che attraversa continenti e generazioni, intrecciando destini e passioni. Una storia di sacrificio e rinascita, amicizia e coraggio, in cui i sentimenti pi©£ importanti sono messi alla prova fino al limite estremo, per poi trionfare insieme alla pace. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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