Sie spielte mit dem Feuer. Er wollte Rache. Sie ist die Nichte des mächtigen Kardinals ... Man schreibt das Jahr 1640. Während in ganz Europa Glaubenskriege und Herrscherkämpfe toben, stößt in Frankreich ein Mann in das Zentrum der Macht vor: Richelieu, Kardinal und Erster Minister Ludwigs XIII: Er wird ... more »

On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d'If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according ... more »

E-book extras: Bernard Cornwell On: The Origin of Richard Sharpe; Sharpe's Adventures; Sharpe's Trafalgar. Denmark, 1807. Richard Sharpe is on a secret mission to Copenhagen to help protect the prized Danish fleet from Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitions. (Sharpe's Prey is the chronological sequel to Sharpe ... more »

Si le lecteur veut bien nous suivre avec cette confiance que nous nous flattons de lui avoir inspirée, depuis vingt ainsi que nous lui servons de guide à travers les mille détours du labyrinthe historique que, dédale moderne, nous avons entrepris d'élever, nous allons l'introduire dans le jardin du Palais ... more »

E-book extras: Stephensonia/Cryptonomica: ONE: Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ (Neal addresses Frequently Anticipated Questions and other fascinating facts); TWO: Mother Earth Motherboard (Neal's landmark nonfiction account of, among other techno-feats, the laying of the longest telecommunications cable on ... more »

AN EPPIE 2002 FINALIST AWARD WINNER! England, 1264: as Simon de Montfort and his fellow Barons challenge Henry III's arrogance,the country moves inexorably towards civil war. In the little town of Lewes in Sussex, Judith, daughter of Belaset, seizes the opportunity to strike one last blow against de ... more »

The Great War has ended -- no longer must archaeologist Amelia Peabody fear for her family. Until her son, Ramses, encounters a mysterious, veiled goddess, and a suspected thief dies a brutal death. Can Amelia defeat a devilish adversary without endangering innocent lives? more »

Teresita is not an ordinary girl. Born of an illiterate, poor Indian mother, she knows little about her past or her future. She has no idea that her father is Don Tomas Urrea, the wild and rich owner of a vast ranch in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. She has no idea that Huila, the elderly healer who takes ... more »

In 1942 Hitler led the world's most savage military machine. Stalin ruled Russia while America was just beginning to show its strength in World War II. Then, in Harry Turtledove's brilliantly imagined Worldwar saga, an alien assault changed everything. Nuclear destruction engulfed major cities, and the ... more »

In the year 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman sits by the window, watching as enemies gather below and fires spread through the night. As she calmly awaits her fate, she begins to write, carefully setting down on a scroll the secret history of the Okumichi clan ... more »

"For you, I will write of it all--part truth, part memory, part nightmare--my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here . . ." India, 1839: Linny Ingram, the respectable young wife of a British colonial officer, settles down to write her life story. In the claustrophobic ... more »

vous présente cinq romans d'Alexandre Dumas: 1. Joseph Balsamo: Mémoires d'un médecin 2. Le collier de la reine 3. Ange Pitou 4. La comtesse de Charny 5. Le chevalier de Maison Rouge Ils font tous partie de la série Marie Antoinette. more »