Madame De - formato ePub

En quarante ans à peine, entre 1818 et 1861, Lola Montes traverse Londres, Paris, Madrid, Dresde, Munich, l'Australie, la Louisiane et la Sierra Nevada ; elle est tour à tour danseuse, hétaïre, fausse...

De Londres à Budapest, de Moscou à Monte-Carlo, de Verrières à Paris, ce volume rassemble le plus clair des reportages écrits par Louise de Vilmorin à différentes époques de sa vie. On y retrouve le même...

«Un homme c'est un homme, mais un bel homme, c'est autre chose.» Un soir, le beau Sandro, qui était marchand de bouchons, vient chercher une amie et l'emmène voir un opéra-comique, dont parle tout Paris....

"À peine prononce-t-on le mot de coquetterie qu'une idée de frivolité s'y attache ; et pourtant j'estime que la coquetterie, qu'elle soit d'ordre moral et liée à la conscience, ou que liée à la conscience...

Louise de Vilmorin fit la connaissance de Coco Chanel en 1947, à un moment où cette dernière songeait à écrire sa biographie. Coco se confia à Louise, et de ces confidences sortit un texte couvrant la...

À la fin de 1950 et au début de 1951, Louise de Vilmorin fut invitée par Paul-Louis Weiller à séjourner dans ses propriétés de Saint-Vigor, près de Versailles, et de Sélestat, dans le Bas-Rhin. Avec les...

"Un soir au début de septembre, alors que le duc et la duchesse de Villavide ayant fini de dîner se levaient de table, la fameuse pendule du grand salon, en forme de château-fort, sonna le premier coup...

An elegant fable for the modern age, Louise de Vilmorin's novella Madame de is a poignant tale of honour, deception and fate. This is the story of Madame de's earrings. It is a story of jewellery, of...

'Mildrid, en cet instant, la comprit mieux qu'elle-même : il faillit la prendre dans ses bras. Il l'aurait embrassée s'il avait pu croire qu'ils en mourraient tous les deux. Seule la certitude qu'ils...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Cette histoire se passe dans une ville morte du Comtat où résident le marquis et la marquise Ninicci et leur huit déplorables rejetons, tous imbus, comme leurs parents, des plus mauvais principe de la...

Maria vient pour la première fois du Canada en France. Olivier, qui ne peut aller l'attendre au Havre, envoie à sa place son frère Philippe. Philippe est épris de Léone, mais l'envie qu'il a de connaître...

"Sur le Danube en Février Les longs îlots d’herbe frissonnent, Ce sont des tombeaux oubliés Que la brume d’oubli couronne. Les souvenirs y sont couchés Pareils à des anges malades, Les souvenirs...

Fausta règne sur le domaine des Quatre-Feux où elle est née. On continue à l'appeler Mademoiselle bien qu'elle ait un mari, et un fils, Ludo, le lutin sauvage. Fausta aime Nivôse, elle se fait construire...

Erica est une enfant dont le cœur se partagea quand elle devint jeune fille. Son père, Eloi Dullum, un horloger qui avait alors passé la cinquantaine, l'élève très simplement à Bourg-en-Pas, village d'artisans...

'Son visage cerné d'ombre et ses yeux, dont il distinguait la large place sous son front, avaient l'expression que l'on voit à certains portraits d'inconnues dans les châteaux : quelque chose de fatal...

 TEMPTATION CAN BE IRRESISTIBLE. BUT IT CAN ALSO BE DEADLY...  "Let me ask you: if you received a message, and you had no clue who sent it, would you reply? What if you got more and more of them, and...

When a corpse with webbed feet and other aquatic adaptations washes ashore during a hurricane, the county medical examiner calls in marine biologist Will Myers for assistance. The deceased's mysterious...

When love and danger collide…Leah Storm already lived through the worst heartbreak of her life. After six blissful years with Mitchell Wagner, her first love and best friend, everything shattered. A devastating...

When a spaceship accident costs Camellia her chance to explore the universe as a botanist, she jumps at the chance to be a test subject on an experimental voyage. If the gamble restores her hearing, her...

Lavita Byanca Williams is an English Language Teacher, she graduated from World TESOL Academy, in London, England. This book give a detailed account of what she accomplished so far in her life. Lavita...

A couple have a new baby, but they quickly realize that he's not normal.

Twisted Tales and Unseen Horrors Await... Step into a world where ordinary settings unravel into chilling nightmares, and the line between the living and the dead blurs with every turn of the page. In...

As Claire Cooperson sits by the fire, wrapping presents and putting them beneath the Christmas tree, she hears what sounds like glass shattering. The unwelcome noise startles her, and she jumps up, tiptoeing...

Captain Tyrell Hanson, or "Tyrell" to his crew, is known as a loose canon, and a force of nature. Now it's up to him and a hand-picked but untested crew to save the last ship made at Luna Colony-- and...

Sibusiso Dlamini's journey from poverty to prosperity is anything but ordinary. Once a broke young man who had lost his ID and matric certificate, Sibusiso's life begins to change when Nokulunga Ndosi,...

Twins Vengeance and Other Stories is as it seems. A collection of four suspense filled stories that ranges from fantasy vengeful times to modern agents that leaves everyone at the edge of their seats. "A...

Ladies and Gentlemen, please pull up a chair and grab yourself a plate. Here for you to devour are eighteen stories (and six poems) that could have been lost. Now they are gathered here for you to consume...

A dangerous killer targets criminals released on technicalities. Then, he sets his sights on C.T. Ferguson. Explosions rock the city of Baltimore. Bomb blasts kill criminals convicted of terrible offenses...

A village being torn apart becomes the powerful break of a vicious cycle of lifelong abuse. Through the tragedy, Sister Marielle finds a safe place in one of God's Orders. That is, until she starts to...

When a witch with a talent for Christmas magic teams up with a grumpy exiled elf, sparks fly—and not just the magical kind.HeavenlyAll I wanted was to bring a little extra sparkle to Charcoal City's Christmas,...

Holidays secrets are lovely, but unless they come from the heart, they could prove dangerous.It's Christmastide in London, and Inspector Gabriel Bright is excited for the season. Newly married to the...

The haunting at Rose Falls has reached a terrifying climax, but Sasha Berry Wyndham refuses to be driven away by the dark forces that plague her family's ancestral home. Determined to break the curse...

For a long time the villain world has faced loss after loss. It all begins with a battle that gives hope to future villain destruction. Can Kyler and her comrads overcome the curse of villain loss. She...

In a world ravaged by ecological disaster and societal collapse, hope is a scarce commodity. Fifty years after climate change and resource wars have fractured civilization, isolated communities struggle...

 Ash Wednesday invites readers into the haunting legacy of a forgotten estate in Laurelsville, Ohio—a land where secrets seep into the soil and ancient forces linger among the towering ash trees. Ethan,...

Jennifer Annabel McGill is a Colonel in the United States Army. She commands a Brigade at Fort Drum, New York. Throwing a Christmas party for her headquarters company gives her a chance to reward her...

When eight-year-old JT Chambers hands the Navy SEAL visiting his Kansas elementary school a battered white envelope addressed to My Brother SEAL, no one expected the request inside…especially Alex Wolf...

Loving both bears consequences.I'm a woman over 40 with two men in my life.Two bear shifters who in their own way know how to please my desires.One lover protects me from enemies that are waiting for...

A Spicy & Festive Small Town Contemporary Christmas Romance from USA Today Bestselling Author Faedra Rose!Jennika is thirty, curvy, single, and looking forward to spoiling herself with a relaxed Christmas...

When Nicole wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital with no memory of her life, she's faced with a stranger who claims to be her husband, Blake—a striking, attractive man who seems too perfect to be real....

In Celestial Carnage, Luxe Lucifer weaves a chilling tapestry of horror and desire, transporting readers to a nightmarish world where the lines between fear and fantasy blur. At the heart of this haunting...

A guarded baker, a determined financier, and a small-town mystery in a sweet, cozy romance where secrets and love spark holiday magic. In the charming town of Sweetwater Springs, baker Emma Jacobsen is...

In The House on Maplewood Lane, Veronica's battle isn't just for the truth—it's for her own sanity. As she navigates the murky waters of grief, fear, and haunting memories she's tried to escape, she uncovers...

The author tells the famous Biblical legend of the hero Samson in a new way. There is room in the story not only for Delilah, Samson's beloved, but also for his parents, his wife, and the angel who guided...

Jodi Taylor and the disaster magnets of St Mary's return with a story of chaos and catastrophe, to wish you a very Merry Christmas.Coming to a screen near you...TEMPORA, THE TIME TRAVELLING TOURISTStarring...