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Gilbert Bordes

The Newfoundland Violin

After The Winter Children, Gilbert Bordes delivers a portrait of the life of fishermen and the story of a man pulled between the call of the open sea and his impossible love for the mysterious ...

The Newfoundland Violin

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Christian Jacq

Cleopatra’s Last Dream

For the first time, the legendary love story and power struggle between Cleopatra and Caesar as told by Christian Jacq. Queen at age 18, Cleopatra dreamed of reforming her country, only to be ...

Cleopatra’s Last Dream

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Romain Sardou

America

Volume 2 : The Red Hand

From the birth of the thirteen colonies to the present day, a merciless hatred grows between two families… A ruthless vendetta with a dazzling historical perspective 1733. One man embarks on a ...

America

Volume 2 : The Red Hand

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Cyril Massarotto

The Little Girl Who Loved The Light

Cyril Massarotto’s fourth novel, written with a mature and steady hand, is filled to the brim with notions of tenderness, transference, and survival, and explores the heart’s astounding capacity ...

The Little Girl Who Loved The Light

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Christian Jacq

Imhotep, the Inventor of Eternity

Pharaoh is dead, Egypt is weakened. Djeser, a fierce prince, has decided to found a new dynasty, but will he be elected by the Grand Council, and will the gods choose him? In these troubled ...

Imhotep, the Inventor of Eternity

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José Frèches

The Ten Thousand Desires of Emperor Chenghua

Passions, intrigue and sensuality within the walls of the Forbidden City… Beijing, 1660. The ravishing courtesan Yadil, swathed in veils of precious fabric, trembles fearfully before the ...

The Ten Thousand Desires of Emperor Chenghua

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Romain Sardou

Quitte Rome ou meurs - Romain Sardou

Leave Rome or Die

The year is 62 AD. Nero rules over the Roman empire with a despotic hand. Young patrician Marcus is sentenced to death for offending him. Hunted by the Pretorian guard, he escapes from the ...

Leave Rome or Die

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Gilbert Bordes

The Winter Children

During the Second World War, the story of six children’s fight for survival, in the lonely frozen plains of the snowy Pyrenees Winter, 1943. ‘The children! Where are the children?’ The ...

The Winter Children

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Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

The Princess and the President

We might have been expecting something more from him along the lines of restoring order to the world of finance or the future of the European Continent. However, the former President of the ...

The Princess and the President

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Nicolas d’Estienne d’Orves

The Last Days of Paris

A spectacular fantasy thriller about the History of Paris and its lost river. It’s a Spring evening. In the famous menagerie in the Jardin des Plantes, the animals are restless. They’re ...

The Last Days of Paris

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Guillaume Musso

Where Would I Be Without You?

Gabrielle has two men in her life. One is her father; the other is her first love. One is a famous cop; the other is a renowned thief. Fate took them away from her a long time ago. On the same ...

Where Would I Be Without You?

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Nicolas Vanier

Loup - Nicolas Vanier

Wolf

With this fast-paced, adventure-filled novel, Nicolas Vanier takes us on a journey into breathtaking, unkown territories. Touched by the sight of a wolf mother playing with her cubs, Serguei ...

Wolf

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