Aleppo, 1611. Celia Lamprey and her husband, Paul Pindar, the Levant Company consul, are to set sail for England after ten years away. They find a country much changed; James I has succeeded Queen Elizabeth and the Renaissance is...

'Myth and misunderstanding spring from the American frontier as readily as rye grass from sod, and - like the wiry grass - seem as difficult to weed out and discard,'but the true-life story of women's experiences in the 'Wild West' is...

Salto unter der Sonne: Mit einem Zirkus unterwegs in Mexiko (rororo: Rowohlts Rotations Romane)

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Aleppo, 1611. Celia Lamprey and her husband, Paul Pindar, the Levant Company consul, are to set sail for England after ten years away. They find a country much changed; James I has succeeded Queen Elizabeth and the Renaissance is...