Historical Fiction France

From its opening amid the horrors of the French Revolution, to its unexpected ending on the shores of the English Channel, The Scarlet Pimpernel fizzes with excitement and wit. Dominating the action is the apparently limp-wristed fop, Sir Percy Blakeney, the most unlikely, though the most gentlemanly of heroes. With a happy countenance Sir Percy outwits all the machinations of Chauvelin, the zealous Revolutionary official, to help nobles escape.

At last, after 165 years, the sequel to The Man in the Iron Mask... 17th Century France, two years after D'Artagnan's death: Deep beneath the Palais de Versailles, Aramis is shocked and astonished by the directives of D'Artagnan's Legacy. To follow, he must betray his honour; his King and, perhaps most damning of all, his fellow Musketeers. The Sun King will be eclipsed by darkness once more... Or can the ageing Musketeers really reunite, for one last time - for the glory of France?

Théa se lève au petit jour afin de surprendre sa mère galopant sur la plage, seule façon d'entretenir, avec celle dont l'amour est trop partagé, un lien secret. Elle court, la nuit, saboter le sémaphore, afin de provoquer le naufrage, sur le récif de corail, du bateau qui doit emmener son amie Isabelle loin de Nouméa, l'arrachant à elle. Dans le milieu colonial de Nouvelle-Calédonie des années 1950, où règnent conformisme et intrigue, une petite fille, fascinée par la sensualité trouble du monde adulte, découvre la sexualité.