Let The Night Come
Two Princesses, One Destiny
(Sprache: Englisch)
Two women. Two centuries apart. In 1817, a Crown Princess married off to a stranger and sent to Brazil. Dark family secrets, royal scandals, a tragic death ... 200 years later, a young showbiz entrepreneur living the fast life in New York City. A tumultuous...
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Two women. Two centuries apart. In 1817, a Crown Princess married off to a stranger and sent to Brazil. Dark family secrets, royal scandals, a tragic death ... 200 years later, a young showbiz entrepreneur living the fast life in New York City. A tumultuous romance, an unexpected love triangle, a brutal murder ... Against all odds, the two meet. A story of true love, friendship and the dire consequences of violent relationships throughout time. 'Let The Night Come - Two Princess, One Destiny' Is based on true historical facts.
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Chapter 1The MedallionMay 1817Augustinian Church, Vienna, AustriaLeopoldine looks like a true Princess in herdiamond encrusted wedding dress. Shroudedin white by a massive veil, she stands before thesame gold altar where her sister Marie Louiseonce stood with horror seven years earlier. Thetwenty-year-old is also alone without her futurehusband and trembling with fear. The CrownPrincess has been promised to the nineteenyear-old Dom Pedro I, heir to the Portugueseand Brazilian throne. Leopoldine's father theEmperor has named her uncle the ArchdukeKarl of Austria as the stand-in groom for today'sceremony. She greatly admires her uncle asbeing the first to defeat the monster Napoleonon the battlefield and smiles at him withdevotion.To the outside world, the young Princesslooks perfectly happy in her stunning bridalgown. Twenty-five bridesmaids carried theeighty-five-foot-long train, which is handcraftedfrom pastel colored French lace. Her veil hasbeen carefully placed on her towering goldcurls and is held by an exquisite tiara withdiamonds and dark blue sapphires. The tiara isa family heirloom, which was also worn by hersister Marie Louise during her fateful marriageto Napoleon.Never before has Vienna witnessed sucha lavish wedding celebration with sevendays of festivities that surpass any event ever experienced in Europe. The father of the groom,King Dom Joao VI, ruler of Portugal and Brazil,has spared no expense to show Vienna thatthrough this marriage they will enter into afortunate and lucrative alliance with Brazil.As organ music begins to fill the 14th centurypalace church, Leopoldine devoutly kneels onthe red velvet prayer bench. The enormous trainof her bridal gown pours onto the stone flooras her bridesmaids' flurry about to make surethe gigantic piece of fabric is correctly placed.The church is bursting at the seams with theoverflow of guests tightly squeezed in the pewsto fervently belt out hymns. Hundreds of curiousstares pierce the Princess from the
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balconiesflanking the impressive gold altar.Leopoldine is deep in thought, far removedfrom the pomp and ceremony, oblivious tothe envy of the Court. She grips her preciousmedallion like a drowning person hanging onfor dear life. The diamond necklace is a gift fromher future husband, which has a hand paintedportrait of him surrounded by even largerdiamonds. Under her close-knit veil, she opensthe medallion and secretly stares at the jewelrypiece. 'What an elegant nose. I must admit, hisportrait is truly pleasing to my eyes. My groomis a Greek God! How childish, but I think I amalready in love. When will I finally see him? Thelonging is starting to hurt. Everyone talks of howgood he is to his people. Look at his face, helooks like an angel. With all my heart I hope thatI can be a good wife to my Pedro.' She deeplyinhales and gently blows out at her heavy,suffocating veil as she closes the medallion.'How in God's name can I speak with him? I so hope he speaks a little French. The strangehissing sounds of the Portuguese language driveme insane. Why could he not be here today? Iam sure he would have supported my desperatepleadings to choose another wedding dateother than the 13th, my unlucky day, but CountKnow-it-all Metternich had to choose this day.Oh, how I hate that heartless scheming old man.How can I ever forget how my mother died? Itwas also the 13th when we had to flee Vienna toescape the bloodthirsty monster, Napoleon. Shedied in my arms. It was absolutely horrible! It wasthe 13th when I had to say goodbye to my sisterMarie Louise seven years ago and once againNapoleon was making my life a living hell. Howcould my father forget that it was also the 13thwhen Austria lost one of their most importantbattles to Napoleon? What else will happen onthis dreadful date? I hate the 13th!'Propelled by her thoughts, Leopoldinemakes the sign of the cross as her uncle glancesover at her with a
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Autoren-Porträt von Niq Durr
Niq Durr is a writer/director/ producer of TV/ Live stage productions. She works and lives in Las Vegas. `Let the Night Come¿ is her first work of fiction. Meet the author, watch videos and more: Storiestobelieve.com
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Niq Durr
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 16 Jahre
- 2021, Neuausgabe, 416 Seiten, Maße: 14,7 x 21,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Verlag Spiegelberg
- Verlag: Spiegelberg
- ISBN-10: 3939043990
- ISBN-13: 9783939043997
- Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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