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Mar a Due as, autora del best seller internacional El tiempo entre costuras (The Time In Between), vuelve con una nueva historia apasionante ambientada en las calles del Nueva York de los a os treinta. En la calle 14, el coraz n del barrio espa ol, la peque a casa de comidas El Capit n, abre sus puertas. Sin embargo, al poco tiempo, la inesperada muerte de su due o, Emilio Arenas, obliga a sus tres hijas, reci n llegadas de M laga, a tomar las riendas del negocio. Solas ante un destino incierto en un pa s absolutamente desconocido, Victoria, Mona y Luz se abrir n paso entre rascacielos, compatriotas, adversidades y amores, decididas a convertir un sue o en realidad. Una vez m s, Mar a Due as logra cautivar a sus lectores con una historia tan gil como envolvente. Adem s de una apasionante combinaci n de detalle hist rico e imaginaci n, Las hijas del Capit n es un tributo a las mujeres que resisten cuando los vientos soplan en contra y un homenaje a todos aquellos valientes que vivieron -y viven-- la aventura, a menudo pica y casi siempre incierta, de la inmigraci n.

Cuatro ciudades, dos misiones, una mujer. Vuelve a sumergirte en un tiempo inolvidable. Despu s de El tiempo entre costuras, SIRA, la nueva novela de Mar a Due as. La Segunda Gran Guerra llega a su fin y el mundo emprende una tortuosa reconstrucci n. Concluidas sus funciones como colaboradora de los Servicios Secretos brit nicos, Sira Quiroga afronta el futuro con ansias de serenidad. No lo lograr , sin embargo. El destino le tendr preparada una tr gica desventura que la obligar a reinventarse, tomar sola las riendas de su vida y luchar con garra para encauzar el porvenir.Entre hechos hist ricos que marcar n una poca, Jerusal n, Londres, Madrid y T nger ser n los escenarios por los que transite. En ellos afrontar desgarros y reencuentros, cometidos arriesgados y la experiencia de la maternidad.Sira Bonnard --antes Arish Agoriuq, antes Sira Quiroga -- ya no es la inocente costurera que nos deslumbr entre patrones y mensajes clandestinos, pero su inolvidable carisma permanece intacto.Vuelve la protagonista de El tiempo entre costuras.

María Dueñas's million copy best-selling tale of adventure, tragedy, love and war, The Seamstress, a Richard and Judy 2012 book club pick.Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war.Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the seamstress's art, her life seems to be clearly mapped out - until she falls passionately in love and flees with her seductive lover.But in Morocco she is betrayed and left penniless. As civil war engulfs Spain, Sira finds she cannot return and so turns to her one true skill - and sews beautiful clothes for the expat elite and their German friends.With Europe rumbling towards war, Sira is lured back to Franco's Nazis-friendly Spain. She is drawn into the shadowy world of espionage, rife with love, intrigue and betrayal. And where the greatest danger lies. . . 'María Dueñas is a true storyteller. Read this book and prepare to be transported' Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton'A wonderful novel with intrigue, love, mystery and tender, audacious and clean-cut characters' Mario Vargas Llosa'A magnificent novel that flawlessly brings together history and intrigue' Juan Gómez-Jurado, author of The Moses ExpeditionMaría Dueñas holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a professor at the University of Murcia. She has also taught at American universities, is the author of several academic articles, and has participated in various educational, cultural and editorial projects. She is currently writing her second novel.

The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II. Between Youth and Adulthood... At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the atelier floors where her single mother works as a seamstress. At fourteen, she quietly begins her own apprenticeship. By her early twenties she has learned the ropes of the business and is engaged to a modest government clerk. But everything changes when two charismatic men burst unexpectedly into her neatly mapped-out life: an attractive salesman and the father she never knew. Between War and Peace... With the Spanish Civil War brewing in Madrid, Sira leaves her mother and her fiance, impetuously following her handsome lover to Morocco. However, she soon finds herself abandoned, penniless, and heartbroken in an exotic land. Among the odd collection of European expatriates trapped there by the worsening political situation back on the Continent, Sira reinvents herself by turning to the one skill that can save her: her gift for creating beautiful clothes. Between Love and Duty... As England, Germany, and the other great powers launch into the dire conflict of World War II, Sira is persuaded to return to Madrid, where she takes on a new identity to embark upon the most dangerous undertaking of her career. As the preeminent couturier for an eager clientele of Nazi officers' wives, Sira becomes embroiled in the half-lit world of espionage and political conspiracy rife with love, intrigue, and betrayal. An outstanding success around the world, The Time in Between has sold more than two million copies and inspired the Spanish television series based on the book, dubbed by the media as the "Spanish Downton Abbey." In the US it was a critical and commercial hit, and a New York Times bestseller in paperback. It is one of those rare, richly textured novels that enthrall down to the last page. Maria Duenas reminds us how it feels to be swept away by a masterful storyteller.

An outstanding success around the world, The Time in Between has sold more than two million copies and inspired the Spanish television series based on the book, dubbed by the media as the "Spanish Downton Abbey." In the US it was a critical and commercial hit, and a New York Times bestseller in paperback. La joven modista Sira Quiroga abandona el Madrid agitado de los meses previos al alzamiento arrastrada por el amor desbocado hacia un hombre a quien apenas conoce. Con l se instala en T nger, una ciudad ex tica y vibrante donde todo puede suceder. Incluso la traici n. Sola, desubicada y cargada de deudas ajenas, Sira se traslada a Tetu n, capital del Protectorado Espa ol en Marruecos. Gracias a la ayuda de nuevas amistades forjar una nueva identidad y lograr poner en marcha un taller de alta costura en el que atender a clientas de or genes lejanos y presentes insospechados. A partir de entonces, con los ecos de la guerra europea resonando en la distancia, el destino de Sira queda ligado al de un pu ado de carism ticos personajes que la empujar n hacia un inesperado compromiso en el que las artes de su oficio ocultar n algo mucho m s arriesgado. El tiempo entre costuras es una novela de amor, de ritmo imparable cargada de encuentros y desencuentros, de identidades encubiertas y giros inesperados; de ternura, traiciones y ngeles ca dos.

La mejor historia est siempre por vivir. Un giro al destino. Un viaje. Una segunda oportunidad. Incapaz de recomponer sus propios pedazos, la profesora Blanca Perea acepta a la desesperada lo que anticipa como un tedioso proyecto acad mico. Su estabilidad personal acaba de desplomarse, su matrimonio ha saltado por los aires. Confusa y devastada, la huida a la insignificante universidad californiana de Santa Cecilia es su nica opci n. El campus que la acoge resulta, sin embargo, mucho m s seductor de lo previsto, y la labor de catalogar el legado de su viejo compatriota y profesor Andr s Fontana, fallecido d cadas atr s, dista enormemente de ser tan insustancial como promet a. A medida que se afana en vertebrar la memoria de aquel hispanista olvidado, junto a ella va ganando cercan a Daniel Carter, un colega americano veterano y atractivo que no ocupa el sitio que deber a ocupar. Entre ambos hombres, uno a trav s de sus testimonios p stumos y otro con su complicidad creciente, Blanca se ver arrastrada hacia un entramado de sentimientos encontrados, intrigas soterradas y puertas sin cerrar. Antes de encontrar respuestas, Blanca a n tiene mucho que entender. Con la misma narrativa l rica y personajes inolvidables caracter sticos de El Tiempo entre Costuras, Mar a Due as nos regala una segunda novela luminosa, un tributo a las segundas oportunidades, la reconciliaci n y la reconstrucci n.

New York Times bestselling author Maria Due as returns with The Vineyard, a magnificent story "destined to become a classic" (Armando Lucas Correa, bestselling author of The German Girl) about ambition, heartbreak, and desire set in Mexico, Cuba, and Spain in the 1860s--perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Kristin Hannah. Mauro Larrea's fortune, the result of years of hardship and toil, comes crashing down on the heels of a calamitous event. Drowning in debt and uncertainty, he gambles the last of his money on daring ploy that wins him a neglected house and a vineyard in Spain, an ocean away. He journeys to Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia with every intention of selling the property and returning to Mexio--until Soledad Montalvo, the wife of a London wine merchant, bursts into his life, determined to regain the property which was her family's legacy. With his plans derailed, Larrea glimpses an opportunity in the flourishing sherry trade and finds himself increasingly drawn to the rich, intoxicating culture of his new surroundings. As his feelings for Soledad ripen into a consuming passion, he vows to restore the vineyard to its former glory, setting the stage for a future he never could have imagined. Moving from the turbulent young Mexican republic to flourishing city of Havana, and onward to the fertile vineyards of Jerez as the wine trade with England is transforming the Andalusian city, Mar a Due as's new novel spans the New World and the Old. Her tale of family intrigue vividly conjures the noise and grit of silver mines, the sophistication of the Mexican capital, and the earthier lure of ancient vineyards and magnificent cities whose splendor has faded. Here is an "evocative, tender, and lush" (Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author) story of courage in the face of adversity and of a destiny forever altered by the force of passion.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Time in Between returns with a magnificent new novel set in 1860s Mexico City, Havana, and Spain about a self-made man who loses his fortune overnight but finds his destiny as he works to restore a legendary vineyard to its former glory, and to win the love of the combative widow who once owned the property.Now available in Spanish. Mauro Larrea sees the fortune that he had built after years of hardship and toil come crashing down on the heels of a calamitous event. Swamped by debts and uncertainty, he gambles the last of his last money in a daring move that offers him the opportunity to resuscitate his fortune. But when the unsettling Soledad Montalvo, wife of a London wine merchant, comes into his life, her passionate intensity lures him toward an unanticipated future. La Templanza spans diverse worlds, from the young Mexican republic to magnificent colonial Havana; from the West Indies to the Jerez of the second half of the nineteenth-century, when its wine trade with England turned the Andalusian city into a legendary cosmopolitan enclave. A novel replete with glories and defeats, with silver mines, family intrigues, vineyards, and splendid places whose grandeur has faded in time, La Templanza is a story of resilience in the face of adversity, of a lifeline forever altered by the force of passion.