HANSEATIC RADIANCE - A FAMILY SAGA SET IN HAMBURG (Vol. I)

  • 1 MIO copies sold of Miriam Georg's novels altogether!
  • 600,000 copies sold of Hanseatic Radiance (Vol. I and II).
  • Exciting era: industrialisation, women’s rights and the battle of the workers.
  • Fascinating panorama: shipyards and shipping companies in Hamburg at the end of the 19th century, rich villas on the riverside and slums near the harbour.
  • Spellbinding love story connecting two contradictory worlds.

A turbulent era. An impossible love affair. A moving saga.

Hamburg 1886. Lily, whose father is a ship owner, dreams of becoming a writer. During a ship-naming ceremony, Lily gives a short speech during which her hat is blown off her head. One of the workers tries to get it back for her and is badly injured. Lily is shocked that no one sympathises with the young man’s fate. Then Johannes Bolten comes to the ship owner’s villa to demand compensation for his injured friend. Lily wants to help and allows herself to be drawn into a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. She begins a passionate affair with him. But Jo, who comes from the notorious gangland area, has a secret that Lily must never discover …

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 26.01.2021
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-00344-8
  • 640 Pages
  • Series: Eine hanseatische Familiensaga
  • Author: Miriam Georg

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HANSEATIC RADIANCE - A FAMILY SAGA SET IN HAMBURG (Vol. I)
Miriam Georg HANSEATIC RADIANCE - A FAMILY SAGA SET IN HAMBURG (Vol. I)
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Miriam Georg

Miriam Georg , born in 1987, is the author of the two-volume series Elbleuchten and Elbstürme . Both novels of the Hanseatic family saga were celebrated by readers, they made it onto the bestseller list straight away and became the surprise success of the year. She has a degree in European literature as well as a master’s degree with a special focus on Native American Literature. When she is not on one of her trips, the author lives in Berlin Neukölln with her deaf dog Rosali and her book collection.