Ziska (eBook)

Gothic Novel

Marie Corelli (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
171 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406605828-9 (EAN)

Infos

"Ziska" is a supernatural and thrilling story about love, passion, treason and revenge, set in the late 19th-century Cairo. Ziska is a reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian woman who was killed by her lover once he got tired of her. The reincarnated Ziska is beautiful, mysterious, seductive, and has stolen the hearts of all the young men, including the famous French painter Armand Gervase, who has just arrived in Cairo. Gervase immediately falls for Ziska, feeling that he knows her from somewhere. At same time, he is the only man Ziska has eyes for, because he looks exactly like the man who killed her…

Autor

Marie Corelli (real name Mary Mackay, 1855-1924) was an English novelist. She enjoyed a period of great literary success from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I. Sales of Corelli's novels exceeded the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling. Mackay began her career as a musician, giving piano recitals and adopting the name Marie Corelli for her billing. Eventually she turned to writing and published her first novel, "A Romance of Two Worlds". In her time, she was the most widely read author of fiction. She wrote more than 30 titles, mostly novels and short story collections.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.5.2020
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: All that remains • Ancient Egyptian reincarnation • Burying the Honeysuckle Girls • Doctor Sleep • Dracula • Frankenstein • French painter love interest • Late 19th-century Cairo • Love and passion • Mysterious Beauty • Poe • Reincarnation mystery • revenge plot • Seductive protagonist • Stephen King • supernatural romance • The Haunting of Ashburn House • the legend of sleepy hollow • The Praying Mantis Bride • Treason and betrayal