French
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Author:Poulin, JacquesSummary: -
Author:Johnston, A. J. B.Summary:Getting what he wants turns Thomas's world upside down, forcing him to start over - Like the streets of his 18th-century Paris home, Thomas Pichon's life is full of twists and turns. Despite winning his wife's forgiveness for an...
- Author:Carrère, EmmanuelSummary:
With a unique take on their charms and foibles, Carrère follows the ragtag group of early Christians through the tumultuous days of the faith's founding. An expansive meditation on belief, The Kingdom chronicles the advent of a religion...
- Author:Lethbridge, AnnSummary:
As an illegitimate child, the quiet-mannered Frederica Bracewell grew up as a stain upon her family's good name. But when she meets her uncle's new gamekeeper Robert--who also wishes to break free from a scandalous past--she...
- Author:Alexander, TameraSummary:
When Véronique Girard was five, her father left for America to amass a fortune and send for his family. After 25 long years, a deathbed promise carries Véronique from Paris to Willow Springs to find her long-lost father--said to be...
- Author:Carey, PeterSummary:
Olivier, the son of penniless aristocrats who barely escaped the violence of the French Revolution, sets sail to America to avoid confrontation with his enemies. Meanwhile, Parrot, a young Englishman, also leaves for America. Over the...
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Author:Scott, Jennifer L.Summary: - Author:Glover, Douglas, Mathews, LawrenceSummary:
Winner, Governor General's Award for Fiction. Shortlisted, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and Commonwealth Writers' Prize. A 16th-century belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit Sancho Panza — this is the heroine...
