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Los Ocho Vestidos de Dior. by Beer, Jade.;
Londres, 2017. Lucille adora a su abuela Sylvie, y cuando esta le pide ayuda para recuperar una reliquia, la joven no duda en subirse a un tren rumbo a París tras la pista de un Dior de valor incalculable. Lo que Lucille no sabe es que detrás de ese vestido se esconde un gran secreto familiar que podría cambiar su vida por completo. París, 1952. La Francia de la posguerra está llena de lujos y excesos, y Alice forma parte de ese privilegiado círculo. Como esposa de un embajador, el cometido de Alice es ver y ser vista, a pesar de que no se siente nada cómoda en su papel. Además, la tensión en su matrimonio es insostenible, así que cuando un misterioso joven se cruza en su camino, Alice se ve envuelta en una historia de amor épica por la que lo arriegará todo. A través de nuestras dos protagonistas, desde el presente y el pasado, París cobra vida en esta exuberante y evocadora novela que explora los lazos que nos unen, las historias que nos conforman y el verdadero significado de lo que hace que alguien sea familia.
Subjects: Fiction.; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The last dress from Paris / by Beer, Jade,author.;
"The secret is hidden within a collection of Dior dresses.... London, 2017. There's no one Lucille loves more than her grandmother (not even her mother, she's ashamed to say). So when her beloved Granny Sylvie asks Lucille to help secure the return of something that is precious to her, she's happy to help. The next thing she knows, Lucille is on a train to Paris, tasked with retrieving a priceless Dior dress. But not everything is as it seems, and what Lucille finds in a small Parisian apartment will have her scouring the city for answers to a question that could change her entire life. Paris, 1952. Postwar France is full of glamour and privilege, and Alice Ainsley is in the middle of it all. As the wife to the British ambassador to France, Alice's job is to see and be seen-even if that wasn't quite what she signed up for. Her husband showers her with jewels, banquets, and couture Dior dresses, but his affection has become distressingly illusive. As the strain on her marriage grows, Alice's only comfort is her bond with her trusted lady's maid, Marianne. But, when a new face appears in her drawing room, Alice finds herself swept up in an epic love affair that has her yearning to follow her heart...no matter the consequences. Told in alternating timelines, The Last Dress from Paris is a lush, evocative tale of two women's enduring friendship, and explores the ties that bind us together, the threads of our past that give us hope, and the secrets we hold that make us who we are."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Dior, Christian; Christian Dior (Firm); Family secrets; Grandmothers; Female friendship; Ambassadors' spouses; Dresses; Women's friendships.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 15
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On a making tide / by Donachie, David,1944-(CARDINAL)538131;
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815; Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805; Admirals; Ambassadors' spouses; Ambassadors; British; Mistresses; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Love triangles.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Breaking the line / by Donachie, David,1944-(CARDINAL)538131;
With rising resentment, Nelson and Emma are forced to keep up appearances--unable to acknowledge in public their love or their daughter. As the war with Napoleon drags on, Nelson is finally given the change he's been waiting for off a little-know Spanish cape called Tafalgar. He will finally be able to show the world what he's made of.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815; Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805; Admirals; Ambassadors' spouses; Ambassadors; British; Mistresses; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Love triangles.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fair game / by Wilson, Valerie Plame.(CARDINAL)488772;
Includes bibliographical references.1. Joining the CIA -- 2. [word blacked out] Tour -- 3. [blacked out] -- 4. Love and the island of misfit toys -- 5. Motherhood -- 6. Mother and part-time spy -- 7. Trip to Niger -- 8. Shock and awe -- 9. Exposed -- 10. The only Washington scandal without sex -- 11. The year from hell -- 12. Stay and fight -- 13. Indictment -- 14. Life after the agency -- 15. Alice in wonderland -- 16. The Libby trial and farewell to Washington -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Acknowlegments
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Libby, Lewis; Wilson, Valerie Plame.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Administrative responsibility.; Ambassadors' spouses; Leaks (Disclosure of information); Women intelligence officers;
Available copies: 35 / Total copies: 37
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England's mistress : the infamous life of Emma Hamilton / by Williams, Kate,1974-(CARDINAL)481595;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815.; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805; Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803; British; Ambassadors' spouses; Mistresses;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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England's mistress [sound recording] : the infamous life of Emma Hamilton / by Williams, Kate,1974-(CARDINAL)481595; Bailey, Josephine.nrt;
Read by Josephine Bailey.A biography of Emma Hamilton re-creates her dramatic rags-to-riches saga from her birth as the daughter of a blacksmith in a poor English mining town, through her colorful career as a mistress to one aristocrat and wife of another, to her notorious association with British naval hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.Compact Discs.
Subjects: Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815.; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805; Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803; Audiobooks.; British; Ambassadors' spouses; Mistresses; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The volcano lover : a romance / by Sontag, Susan,1933-2004.(CARDINAL)140969;
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803; Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Ambassadors' spouses; British; Ambassadors; Mistresses; Admirals; Love triangles.;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 17
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Alien education / by Koch, Gini.(CARDINAL)342649;
It's a typical day of bureaucracy and stress for President and First Lady Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, in part because Kitty's been tapped to represent Earth in the Galactic Council. Kitty feels that's a bad idea, and she might be right.<p>When her first official TV morning show goes awry, it's only the quick thinking of the actor determined to make the "Code Name: First Lady" movie a reality that saves the day. It also forces Kitty to work with Hollywood.<p>Meanwhile, the Embassy Daycare kids are all about to enter "real school" = and none of them want to go. They may have grounds to be concerned because many of the other students and their families seem shady, and everyone seems to have an evil agenda.<p>Dealing with the assimilation of the aliens who have come to Earth, while fending off advances from a variety of Hollywood types, seems like Kitty's biggest challenge. But then she and Jeff discover that Stephanie Valentino - Jeff's niece and the true Heir Apparent to the original Mastermind - is back.<p>Can Jeff and Kitty thwart the most insidious attacks yet, while keeping tenuous pace on Earth and goodwill toward all sentient species going? And can they also find time to be part of the most truly terrifying organization they've ever encountered - the school's parent-teacher association?
Subjects: Science fiction.; Katt-Martini, Kitty (Fictitious character); Martini, Jeff (Fictitious character); Presidents' spouses; Women ambassadors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Emma, Lady Hamilton / by Fraser, Flora.(CARDINAL)758176;
Bibliography: pages 343-346.
Subjects: Biographies.; Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815.; Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805; Ambassadors' spouses; British; Mistresses; Mistresses;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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