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À la fin de la première partie de "L'adieu aux abeilles", la guerre d'Indépendance se rapprochait dangereusement de Fraser's Ridge : des tensions et des échauffourées entre ses métayers avaient confirmé à Jamie que le domaine abritait en son sein des royalistes autant que des patriotes. Allaient-ils en venir aux armes, colons écossais contre colons écossais ?

The place will be of their choosing. The time will be of their choosing. But the Indians will have their vengeance. 1025 CE, India. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat—the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat—the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. But among the ashes of destruction, an oath is taken.

The second novel in Wilbur Smith's The Courtneys series, The Sound of Thunder is a powerful story of family tragedy set against the backdrop of the ravages of the Second Boer War. 'Only once in his life had Sean met a man whose strength matched his own - and now, again, they were pitted against each other....' Sean Courtney, impulsive adventurer of When the Lion Feeds, returns from the wildnerness a rich man - until he is robbed by the Boers of his wagons, his gold and the girl he loves.

Her Majesty's ship Sutherland is a humdrum ship of the line. But in command is none other than the heroic Captain Hornblower and, with his crew from the Lydia, he looks set to take on commando raids, hurricanes at sea, and Napoleons's gun batteries.

Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England - that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary - and extraordinary - men and women, Amber experiences it all.

Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods they call Fhrey, truly a race apart: invincible in battle, masters of magic, and seemingly immortal. But when a god falls to a human blade, the balance of power between humans and those they thought were gods changes forever. Now only a few stand between humankind and annihilation: Raithe, reluctant to embrace his destiny as the God Killer; Suri, a young seer burdened by signs of impending doom; and Persephone, who must overcome personal tragedy to lead her people. The Age of Myth is over. The time of rebellion has begun.

The Mediterranean, 1793. Despite Britain's successes, the outcome of the sea war is still in the balance. As soon as his ship's refit is completed, Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to join the blockade off the French coast.

Taita is a humble slave, an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering as well as keeping important secrets. He is the most treasured possession of Lord Intef. Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter, Lostris, is married to the Pharaoh, Taita is commanded to follow her and swiftly finds himself deeper than he ever could have imagined in a world of deception and treachery. But outside the palace, the great kingdom of Egypt is divided and in even greater danger. Enemies threaten on all sides, and only Taita holds the power to save them all....

Dans ce quatrième volet de la saga " Les Enfants de la Terre ", Ayla et son compagnon Jondalar laissent derrière eux la chaleureuse tribu des chasseurs de mammouths pour continuer leur traversée des steppes immenses du continent européen. Le couple ne manque pas de susciter l'étonnement sur son passage. En effet, Ayla et Jondalar se déplacent à cheval, en compagnie d'un loup apprivoisé. Or, les peuples qu'ils rencontrent vivent de chasse et de cueillette, et n'ont jamais vu d'animaux domestiques.

Avec ce recueil, Diana Gabaldon ajoute sept pierres à son grand-œuvre. Lord John Grey sera sur tous les fronts : de la bataille de Québec au poste de gouverneur de la Jamaïque, en passant par La Havane pour voler au secours de sa mère. Maître Raymond arpentera les rues sombres de Paris tandis qu'on découvrira, entre autres, l'histoire mouvementée de la famille MacKenzie durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Pour finir, retour en France avec Jamie Fraser et Ian Murray, qui, dans leur jeunesse, ont endossé le costume de mercenaires.

In this satirical faux autobiography, Moll Flanders, abandoned at birth, sets her rebellious heart on a life of independence in late 17th-century England. A strong-willed woman, she is determined to make a better life for herself, no matter what it takes: thievery, prostitution, seductions, marriages, or illicit liaisons. Born to a convicted felon in Newgate prison Moll learns to live off her wits, refusing to be a helpless victim and defying most traditional depictions of women of the era.

One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine de Thiry when he crashes near her home. Soon after, Centaine finds herself alone and carrying Michael's child and must travel across the ocean to join his family in South Africa. But no journey is ever simple, and a pregnant Centaine finds herself shipwrecked in shark-infested waters off Africa's notorious Skeleton Coast, a deadly swim away from the sun-bleached desert that will see her defenceless and alone.

Damné, c'est Gondemar de Rossal, né en 1185, fils d'un petit seigneur. Damné car il naît le visage voilé et, superstition oblige, ce voile le condamne à la damnation. Maudit, il apportera le malheur à sa famille et à tout le village. Il mène ainsi une enfance triste et solitaire, mais trouvera refuge auprès du père Prelou, prêtre du village et Pernelle, sa seule amie. L'année de ses 14 ans, Gondemar fait la connaissance de Bertrand de Montbard, templier défroqué, engagé par son père comme maître d'armes afin de protéger le village de Rossal des bandits.

Quelque part en Europe, 35 000 ans avant notre ère. Petite fille Cro-Magnon de cinq ans, Ayla est séparée de ses parents à la suite d'un violent tremblement de terre. Elle est recueillie par le clan de l'ours des cavernes, une tribu Neandertal qui l'adopte, non sans réticence, ayant reconnu en elle la représentante d'une autre espèce, plus évoluée. Iza, la guérisseuse, Brun, le chef et Creb, le magicien lui enseignent les règles de la vie communautaire, leurs rites, leurs peurs, leurs audaces.

La suite et le dénouement de Si tu vois mon pays nous entraînent dans une lutte à finir entre Baptiste Lefrançois et Thomas Sauvageau dans le Montréal des années 1840. Le jeune médecin, éperdument amoureux de Julie Clément, la femme de Thomas, roi du crime montréalais, veut fuir avec elle hors du Canada, là où ils pourront refaire leur vie loin de la violence. Ils mettront leur plan à exécution, mais non sans déchaîner une succession de drames effroyables.

Centaine de Thiry Courtney has not only survived but thrived. A successful woman with two sons of her own: Shasa Courtney, the Courtney heir, and Manfred de la Rey, Shasa's half brother, her secret child raised solely by his father. At the time of the Great Depression, Centaine must make difficult decisions to ensure the security of her family - decisions that will affect Manfred and his father, Lothar de la Rey, a man Centaine once loved. But the world is changing, and conflicts greater than any the world has seen before are looming.

The half-Immortal tyrant of Cai has been defeated, but at a devastating cost. Wu Ying has sacrificed both his chance at immortality and his greatest treasure. Now, gravely injured and with his cultivation path shattered, he has to rebuild with the help of his friends. To find his true destiny, Wu Ying must question everything he once knew, retracing his journey from the beginning. But this time, he does so with a broken body and shattered cultivation, racing against time before his injuries claim him.

Merlyn Britannicus and Uther Pendragon - the Silver Bear and the Red Dragon - are the leaders of the Colony, lifeblood to the community from which will come the fabled Camulod. But soon their tranquillity is in ruins, Uther lies dead from treachery, and all that is left of the dream is the orphaned babe Arthur. Heir to the Colony of Camulod, born with Roman heritage as well as the blood of the Hibernians and the Celts, Arthur is the living incarnation of the sacred dream of his ancestors....

Surrey, England, 1938. After 30 devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband’s appeal for divorce. It’s Ellie’s opportunity for change too. The unfaithful cad can have the house. She’s taking the Bentley. Ellie, her housekeeper Mavis, and her elderly friend Dora—each needing escape—impulsively head for parts unknown in the South of France.

Some women are destined to arouse in men either fierce hatred or insatiable desire. Such a woman was Katie Mulholland. At 15, a scullery maid in the house of the Rosires, she had been raped by the master. Now, many years later, she had enough money to maintain three carriages if she wanted to and she was on her way to see Bernard Rosier under very different circumstances.