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,...
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Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary: -
Author:Gold Kroll, FionaSummary:Since childhood, author Fiona Gold Kroll has been drawn to a photograph of her great-uncle, Benjamin Albaum, a Jewish man who disappeared from Paris at the beginning of World War II. A Stone for Benjamin is the compelling story of Fiona...
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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...
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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...
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Author:Kaaberbøl, 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...
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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...
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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:Perrault, CharlesSummary:
Découvrez les 15 plus beaux contes pour enfants, classiques, indispensables et indémodables, qui raviront petits et grands. Près de 3 heures d'écoute de nouveaux enregistrements des contes de Charles Perrault, Jean de la Fontaine,...
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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...
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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:Greenside, MarkSummary:
Despite the two decades that have passed since Mark Greenside's snap decision to buy a house in Brittany and begin a bi-continental life, the quirks of French living still manage to confound him. This book details Greenside's...
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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...
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