Bücher von Geraldine Brooks

"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history. Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly drawn to one another through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America"--

Der New-York-Times-Bestseller - von der Pulitzerpreisträgerin und Autorin des Welterfolgs »Das Pesttuch« Washington, D.C., 2019: Jess, eine junge australische Wissenschaftlerin, und Theo, ein nigerianisch-amerikanischer Kunsthistoriker, finden sich durch ihr gemeinsames Interesse an einem Pferd unerwartet verbunden. Jess untersucht die Knochen des Hengstes nach Hinweisen auf seine Kraft und Ausdauer - Theo will die verlorene Geschichte des unbekannten schwarzen Trainers aufdecken, der für seinen Rennerfolg entscheidend war. New York City, 1954: Martha Jackson, eine Galeristin, die für ihr Gespür bekannt ist, entdeckt ein Ölgemälde eines Pferdes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert von unbekannter Herkunft. Kentucky, 1850: Ein versklavter Junge namens Jarret und ein braunes Fohlen schmieden ein Band der Verständigung, das das Pferd zu Rekordsiegen im Süden Amerikas führen wird. Als der Bürgerkrieg ausbricht, wird auch ein junger Künstler, der sich mit Gemälden des Rennpferdes einen Namen gemacht hat, zu den Waffen gerufen. In einer gefährlichen Nacht trifft er auf den Hengst und seinen Reiter Jarret, weit entfernt vom ehemaligen Glanz der Rennstrecke. Basierend auf der wahren Geschichte des siegreichen Rennpferds Lexington ist »Das Gemälde« ein Roman über Kunst und Wissenschaft, Liebe und Besessenheit und unsere offene Rechnung mit alltäglichem Rassismus.

""Dames and Daughters of the French Court"" is a historical non-fiction book written by Geraldine Brooks and first published in 1905. The book explores the lives of the women who lived in the French Court during the 16th and 17th centuries, including queens, princesses, and noblewomen. Brooks delves into their personal stories, including their relationships with powerful men and their roles in shaping French history. The book also examines the cultural and social norms of the time, including fashion, etiquette, and politics. Through her thorough research and engaging writing style, Brooks brings to life the fascinating and often tumultuous world of the French Court and the women who inhabited it. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in French history, women's history, or the lives of the aristocracy during the Renaissance and Baroque eras.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

A novel from the author of 'March' and 'Year of Wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure.When Hannah Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of wartorn Sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to Bosnia to start work on restoring The Sarajevo Haggadah, a Jewish prayer book - to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survival. But the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock Hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with Ozren Karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the book.As meticulously researched as all of Brooks's previous work, 'People of the Book' is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survival.