María José Rodellar Books

Book by Murphy, Ron, Rodellar, Maria J.

Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda, princesa de Éboli y duquesa de Pastrana es uno de los personajes más intrépidos y fascinantes de cuantos se movieron alrededor de la corte de Felipe II. A los trece años se casa con Ruy Gómez de Silva, secretario de Estado y favorito del rey. A los catorce pierde un ojo en un duelo y desde entonces sus amistades la llaman la Tuerta. Tuvo diez hijos y se mostró siempre como una esposa fiel y abnegada, pero nunca consiguió acallar a quienes en la corte la señalaban como la amante del rey. Ana enviudó a los treinta años y, a instancias de Felipe II, abandonó su retiro campestre para volver a hacerse cargo de sus responsabilidades en Madrid. En septiembre de 1577 se encontró de nuevo con un gran amigo de su marido, el arrogante y atractivo Antonio Pérez, y este encuentro alteró definitivamente su existencia. Esta novela de Kate O’Brien narra la historia y la definitiva transformación de esta mujer inolvidable, alguien que descubrió tardíamente la pasión y que afrontó con una entereza extraordinaria el escándalo y la cólera del hombre que en esa época ostentaba el poder absoluto: el rey.

Although frequent business meetings keep her husband, Brad, away from home, Page Clarke feels blessed with her happy family and comfortable marriage. They have a house near San Francisco and she keeps busy looking after their seven-year-old son, Andy, and their teenage daughter, Allyson. Allyson, at fifteen, is trying her wings and one weekend, instead of an evening with her friend Chloe, the girls lie and go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was supposed to be fun ends in tragedy when their car collides head-on with another. At the hospital, Page finds Chloe's divorced father, Trygve, and, unable to locate Brad, she leans on his strength throughout the the long hours of tormenting questions. Will Allyson live? Will any of them? Were the teenagers drinking? Using drugs? Who was at fault? And where is her husband? Without Brad by her side Page feels her life start to come apart as she is forced to confront the fact that Allyson may not live, and if she does, she may never be the same again. In an inspiring novel that explores how many people are affected by one tragic accident and how they survive it, Danielle Steel brings us close to the characters whose lives are as familiar as our own... and who live, as we all do, in a world where everything can change in a single moment.