In the spring of 1918, the Spanish Flu epidemic kills millions of soldiers and civilians across the globe. Overwhelmed by the constant flow of wounded soldiers coming from the French front, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford must now...
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- Author:Todd, CharlesSummary:
- Author:LaFevers, RobinSummary:
Sybella arrive au couvent à demi folle de chagrin et de désespoir. Les servantes de la Mort ne sont que trop heureuses de lui donner refuge, mais il y aura un prix à payer. Sybella est naturellement douée dans l’art de tuer et dans...
- Author:De Blasi, MarlenaSummary:
Deemed an illegitimate child by her royal Polish family, Amandine is abandoned as a baby at a French convent. As she grows, Amandine struggles to accept her orphaned state. She longs to put together the missing pieces of her identity,...
- Author:Doerr, AnthonySummary:
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of...
- Author:MORROW, ChristineSummary:
An account of a journey across France in 1940-41.
- Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary:
A richly-woven and moving tale set against the bloody and fearsome events of the French Revolution. Aristocrats run over children in carriages, old women knit hit lists and peasants drink wine straight off the cobblestones. Supposedly,...
- Author:Brenner, MarieSummary:
Now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci, and Jamie Dornan, A Private War is the story of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war. In February 2012, Marie...
- Author:Kelly, SusieSummary:
Keen to discover some of France's lesser-known attractions, Susie Kelly, her husband Terry and their two dogs embarked on a 10,000-kilometre journey, where they encounter exploding gherkins, killer waves, chilli-flavoured...
- Author:Kaaberbol, LeneSummary:
On June 2nd, 1894, in the wake of President Marie Francois Sadi Carnot's assassination, France descends into chaos and riots in the streets of Varbourg. Many lives are lost in the mayhem, but when one lady of the night is found murdered...
- Author:Isenberg, SheilaSummary:
In 1940, Varian Fry, with only three thousand dollars and a list of names, went on a secret mission to Marseilles, to help those who had fled Nazi Germany and were now trapped in southern France. The list he took included most of the...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island. But everything changed on a cold April day in 1912...
- Author:Frédric, KristianSummary:
Un livre incontournable sur le théâtre contemporain. À cheval entre l’autobiographie et des réflexions sur l’art et le théâtre, écrit dans un style alerte et vif, À feu et à sang ou Le désir brûlant retrace un parcours singulier....
- Author:Commission franco-québécoise sur les lieux de mémoire communsSummary:
Cet ouvrage sur les 150 ans du Consulat général de France à Québec constitue un recueil unique d’analyses, de points de vue et surtout de témoignages nouveaux sur ces relations transatlantiques devenues indispensables pour la France et...
- Author:Porter, JulianSummary:
This chapter from Julian Porter's essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of France. His passion for art began with the seven...
- Author:McDonnell, KathleenSummary:
In a world where thousands are dying over matters of religion, where do you go? What do you believe? Who do you put your own faith in? These questions, so relevant to growing up in 2006, are also questions faced by young people hundreds...
- Author:Brook, NancySummary:
With one bounced check, Nancy Brook’s world collapsed around her. She was charged with a felony and thrown in jail even though her husband had pilfered money out of their business account. Eventually, the charges were dismissed, but her...