romanies

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romanies

The Red Necklace

a story of the French Revolution
2007
In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution.

Madeline and the gypsies

2004
Madeline and Pepito, stranded on a Ferris wheel, are rescued by gypsies with whom they decide to live for a while.

The Invisible ones

2012
Small-time private detective Ray Lovell lies delirious in a hospital bed. Before he had the accident that landed him in the hospital, he had been hired to find Rose Janko, the estranged daughter of a traveling Romany family. Because he is half Romany himself, he is aware that he was hired because of that and is surprised at the hostility he has encountered from the Jankos as the case progressed. As he struggles to get better he wonders if they're hiding a terrible secret connected to Rose's disappearance.

From "race science" to the camps

the gypsies during the Second World War
1997
Focuses on the treatment of the gypsies of Europe by the Nazis during World War II and addresses the questions of when they were actually interned in the camps, deportation, and extermination.

The Cabinet of Wonders

2010
Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father, and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy and his sister.

Gypsy Rizka

2000
Living alone in her wagon on the outskirts of a small town while waiting for her father's return, Rizka, a Gypsy and a trickster, exposes the ridiculous foibles of some of the townspeople.

The musician's daughter

2010
In eighteenth-century Vienna, Austria, fifteen-year-old Theresa seeks a way to help her mother and brother financially while investigating the murder of her father, a renowned violinist in Haydn's orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy, after his body is found near a gypsy camp.

The Silver Blade

2010
As the Revolution descends into the ferocious Reign of Terror, Yann, now an extraordinary practioner of magic, uses his skills to confound his enemies and help spirit refugees out of France, but the question of his true identity and the kidnapping of his true love, Sido, expose him to dangers that threaten to destroy him.

Savina, the Gypsy dancer

1991
Savina, a gypsy girl, captivates everyone with her remarkable dancing and arouses the jealousy and hatred of King Walid.

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