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...

"Je ne me reconnais pas de devoir envers ceux qui m'ont choisie. Ils peuvent me considérer comme un objet : j'agis sur eux mais ils n'agissent pas sur moi. Où es-tu donc dans la vie ? Quelle prison te...

"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...

'"Tout s'est éteint, flambeaux et musiques de fête..." Voici donc ces poèmes séparés d'une légende qui les enrobait. Peu importe une légende, quand elle ne défigure pas les œuvres. Celle-là les a plus...

Une comédie amoureuse diabolique, comme sait les agencer l'auteur de Madame de. M. Zaraguirre, cinquante-six ans, séduit la fiancée du fils de son meilleur ami, l'épouse, l'emmnène en Amérique du Sud....

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...

The Lost Continent, A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms! Eminently readable...

Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red-roofed house in a little redroofed town. They had a little garden and a little balcony, and a little stable with a little pony in it—and a little cart...

A gripping 'cuckoo in the nest' domestic thrillerAfter the death of their mum, twins Chloe and Charlie are shocked when their dad introduces Lynne as their 'new mummy'. Lynne, a district nurse, is trusted...

THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK 'Dark academia, secret societies, and murder - what's not to love?' Jessica Payne'Takes you on a wild ride. It's a must-read!' Courteney CoxHow far would you go to...

***A new Peter Diamond novel from the CWA Diamond-Dagger-winner Peter Lovesey***'His work is the gold standard for UK crime fiction writing' DEADLY PLEASURES'Peter Lovesey writes feel-good crime yet he...

Gilmore Girls hit our screens in 2000 and has been our autumn obsession ever since. There's a reason that Vogue calls it 'the quintessential autumn girl show' and that, years later, we're still head over...

IN THE UNDERGROUND FAE REALM, ONLY THE STRONGEST AND MOST RUTHLESS HAVE POWER - BUT A YOUNG HUMAN WOMAN FORCED INTO A LIFE OF SERVITUDE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING 'A darkly enchanting page-turner laden...

'Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun' Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with...

'If you've ever been in a relationship with another person, if you've ever had a family, you need to read this book' Ann PatchettPolly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.The...

This stand-alone edition of King's novella, retitled The Shawshank Redemption, like the film, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Best Picture Academy Award nominee. A mesmerising tale of unjust imprisonment...

'Addictive and impossible to put down, my favourite book of the decade' No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van DykenYou made a bargain... Your soul for his - and now, you are mine.Cate Holloway...

It all starts with a fire. Seven children, asleep in a big house in the Italian countryside. A forgotten candle. Their parents are not there. They are in a different country, a different continent, Africa,...

A viciously funny and intelligently provocative play about family, friendship and faith, adapted by the author from his Pulitzer-finalist short story.Who in your life would you trust to keep you alive?...

When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally...

NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY.THE BRAND NEW GANGLAND CRIME NOVEL FROM ROBERTA KRAYShe sold him out. Now he's out for revenge . . .After her murderous ex-boyfriend who she turned in to the police was released...

Having been saved from execution at the hands of the Draoihn - powerful magic users Raine used to count as allies - Raine finds herself in the Fault, a vast magical wasteland, which is falling apart before...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett'Wondrous ... a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live' Rumaan AlamThey were sisters and...

'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.' PETER JAMESYour son has gone missing.And then the police arrest the prime suspect.You.You know you're innocent.That someone else took your son.But the...

Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918. They are told by their headmistress that their prospects of marriage have been reduced following the...

Moidl is a farmer's daughter from the Hohenhauser Farm in Hintertux in the Zillertal region of Tyrol. Her close bonds with her family and the farm are her lifeblood, and the various blows they are dealt...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLALady Millie, youngest of the Pennington family, has always lived in the shadow of her talented and powerful siblings. She's been the rock of stability and order for her sisters...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA CollectionFrom USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick…Three poignant stories of emotion, hope, and forever love—a duke and a Highland heiress, a prince and a pauper, and...

Mysterious murders are taking place in the Lake District in the northwest of England. Mysterious, since there seems to be no connection between them and no motive can be determined for any of them. It...

  DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD of Excellence WINNER  NATIONAL READERS' CHOICE AWARD FINALIST  RWA RITA AWARD FINALIST   A man awaits execution for a murder he did not commit . . .  A woman returns to a place...

 From USA Today Bestselling Author Jan Coffey comes a riveting tale of betrayal and murder.    A woman runs through the glittering streets of Newport with killers on her trail. She needs help. She needs...

USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey   Two decades after escaping a deadly New Mexico cult, one survivor remains—and time is running out. Kelly Stone, now a single mother...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA Lady Taylor Fleming is an heiress with a suitor on her tail. Her step-by-step plan to ditch him is simple. But there is nothing simple about the Duke of Bamberg.Taylor tries...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... Countdown to the Fourth of July… Just weeks before Independence Day, the President is targeted for assassination by a powerful...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... In a crowded parking lot, chaos erupts as a Porsche careens out of control. An SUV crashes through a dealership window, and a...