An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest contemporary novelists. Over seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, the pieds-noirs Cassars live in an itinerant state—separated in the chaos...
France
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Author:Messud, ClaireSummary: -
Author:Connelly, KarenSummary:In her first book of poetry since The Small Words in My Body, which won the Pat Lowther Prize for 1990, Karen Connelly writes, in the tradition of the writer-adventurer, of vivid encounters and reflections abroad and at home,...
- Author:Furst, AlanSummary:
Set in the shadowy back streets and glittering salons of wartime Paris. Film producer Jean Casson, a Paris sophisticate struggles to come to terms with the uncomfortable realities of life under German occupation, as he becomes caught up...
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Author:Herwig, MalteSummary:Pablo Picasso called Françoise Gilot “The Woman Who Says No.” Tiny, talented, and feisty, and an accomplished artist in her own right, Gilot left Picasso after a ten-year relationship, the only woman to escape his intense attentions...
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Author:Maréchal, SylvainSummary:In pre-revolutionary Paris, a young woman falls for a handsome young priest. To be near him, she dresses as a man, enters his seminary, and is invited to become a fully ordained Catholic priest, a career forbidden to women then as now....
- Author:Cornwall, LeciaSummary:
A daring young woman risks everything to pursue a career as a doctor on the front lines in France during World War I, and learns the true meaning of hope, love, and resilience in the darkest of times. When Eleanor Atherton graduates...
- Author:Beck, KristinSummary:
A poignant and ultimately triumphant novel based on the incredible true story of children who braved the formidable danger of guarded, wintry mountain passes in France to escape the Nazis , from the acclaimed author of Courage, My Love...
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Author:McKay, Ian, Swift, JamieSummary:The story of the bloody 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge is, according to many of today's tellings, a heroic founding moment for Canada. This noble, birth-of-a-nation narrative is regularly applied to the Great War in general. Yet this...
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Author:Dumas, Alexandre, Leloir, MauriceSummary:When young d'Artagnan travels to Paris to join the ranks of the Musketeers, he soon finds himself challenged to three duals with Athos, Porthos and Aramis. However, the foursome is abruptly attacked by the evil Cardinal Richelieu's...
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Author:Dumas, AlexandreSummary:Growing up in genteel poverty in 17th-century France, young d'Artagnan dreams of becoming a hero and sets out to join the elite company of the King's trusted Musketeers. Beautiful and deadly women, priceless treasures and scandalous...
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Author:Lebovitz, DavidSummary:An American pastry chef living in Paris shares his deliciously funny, offbeat, and irreverent look at the city of lights.
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Author:Finnin, AnnSummary:"I was only an apprentice. I swear it. By all the angels in Heaven." Condemned to death by the Holy Office for sorcery, fifteen-year-old Michael de Lorraine is rescued from the flames by Abbot Francis and granted refuge at Sainte Felice...
- Author:Newton, AndieSummary:
Sisters. Traitors. Spies. When a British RAF Whitley plane comes under fire over the French coast and is forced to drop their cargo, a spy messenger pigeon finds its way into unlikely hands... The occupation has taken much from the...
- Author:Stachniak, EvaSummary:
During the reign of Louis XV, impoverished teenage girls are sent to a villa to be trained as potential courtesans for the King. Beautiful and canny Veronique arrives at the school of mirrors and quickly becomes a favorite of the King....
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Author:StendhalSummary:The epic novel of the passsion between Madame de Renal and Julien Sorel. It is considered to be among the greatest literature of France.
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Author:Chee, AlexanderSummary:When Lilliet Berne is finally offered an original role at the Paris Opera, she realizes with alarm that it's based on a hidden piece of her past. As she searches for clues, she recalls her life as an orphan who went to Europe and was...
- Author:Ewen, Pamela BinningsSummary:
This novel based on the real life of Coco Chanel reveals an unseen side to the celebrated icon as she trades fashion for espionage during World War II to protect her name, her business, and her legend.
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Author:Manchette, Jean-PatrickSummary:Martin Terrier is a hired killer who wants out of the game so he can settle down and marry his childhood sweetheart. After all, that's why he took up this profession. But the organization won't let him go--they have other plans.
- Author:Berest, AnneSummary:
January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a photo of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest’s maternal great-grandparents...
- Author:Chang, JanieSummary:
France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs away from her uncle’s home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. To prevent the union, she needs the help of...
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