The French Wife

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William Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influenced by the events of the French Revolution in his ...

"Boule de Suif" (translated variously as "Dumpling", "Butterball", "Ball of Fat" or "Ball of Lard") is a famous short story by the late-19th centur...

Reducere. From the intro: "Andrew J. Blackbird, the author of this little book, is an educated Indian, son of the Ottawa Chief. His Indian name is Mack-aw-de...

Reducere. The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta (1854) is a novel by John Rollin Ridge. Published under his birth name Yellow Bird, from Cheesquatalawny...

Reducere. LONGLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION 2021 BEST NOVELFor fans of Matt Haig, Stuart Turton and Bridget Collins comes a sweeping his...

Sara, the american wife of a french aristocrat, has had two encounters with her compatriot cedric killian, one a youthful idyll in north carolina a...

American psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole live in a villa on the French Riviera, surrounded by a circle of glamorous friends. When beau...

A New Translation From The French By Marion WieselNight is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical acco...

Reducere. Regency England, January 1813: The mutilated body of a young French doctor found in an alley beside a mysterious, badly injured woman entangles Seb...

Reducere. Celebrate the 30th anniversary of this beloved and award-winning picture book from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury We're going on a bear hunt. We'...

Set in 1950s French Indochina, this is a tale of a half-French, half-Vietnamese woman torn between two worlds. The Tea Planter's Wife, by the same ...

A new edition of the third book in the series featuring psychotherapist Frieda Klein, part of a major brand relaunch for husband and wife team Nicc...

Now in paperback, this is the 5th book in the crime series featuring psychotherapist sleuth Frieda Klein, from the bestselling husband and wife tea...

As the St Clair family prepare for the grand wedding of their daughter, Clarice, trouble is brewing in the shape of an old friendship, a dangerous ...

DescriptionWhen his relaxing vacation is interrupted by a small-town murder, Inspector Maigret can't resist lending his investigative powers to the...

Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashi...

Inspired by the incredible true story of the most decorated servicewoman of the second world war. Nancy Wake was an Australian girl who, aged, 16 r...

Reducere. SUSSEX, ENGLAND, 1929.Mydworth is a sleepy English market town just 50 miles from London. But even in this idyllic spot, crime is never far away......

Reducere. Madame Bovary (1856) is the French writer Gustave Flaubert's debut novel. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous aff...

Reducere. Facsimile of 1933 Edition. New English Translation especially for this edition. Jean de Brunhoff (1899-1937) was a French writer and illustrator an...

Reducere. The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Inspired by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin, Maugham set out to capture the...

His haunting, impressionistic study of a man's slow corruption by jealousy, Emile Zola's "The Beast Within" (La Bete Humaine) is translated from th...

Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced ...

Based on a true incident which occurred during the French Revolution, Fidelio is Beethoven's only opera. Depicting the rescue of a political prison...

If you've never been to Paris, here is your chance to experience it; if you have been there, here is your chance to return. Paris Tales is a highly...

DescriptionYoung Tom French was found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck...

Set in the rural French town in Burgundy that would also form the backdrop to the bestselling Suite Francaise, this title tells the story of Silvio...

Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caut...

Reducere. Spy-catcher Chauvelin travels to England to find Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and take him back to France where he'll be put to death...

In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted-a murderer . . . Young Tom French was found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk ...

Reducere. Sun, croissants and fine wine. Nothing can spoil the perfect holiday. Or can it? When Emmy Jamieson arrives at La Cour des Roses, a beautiful guest...

Rose Amy Fyleman (1877-1957) was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on the fairy folk, for children. Her poem There Are Fairies at the...

Reducere. DescriptionLand of Many Colors is set in the fictional city of Fort Pilote in the French Caribbean. It opens with the deaths of a young liberation ...

Reducere. Nobody's Boy is a French novel by Hector Malot, published for the first time in 1878. The story is set in the nineteenth century. An abandoned chil...

Reducere. In this dark farce of a novel, set in an old-fashioned Central European spa town, eight characters are swept up in an accelerating dance: a pretty ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe true centuries and prophecies of Michel Nostradamus, credited with predicting numerous events in world history, from the Great Fire ...

Vivian French tells this well-known, much loved traditional tale of Aladdin, the magical genies and Aladdin's wishes. Will he find happiness with h...

Reducere. The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta (1854) is a novel by John Rollin Ridge. Published under his birth name Yellow Bird, from Cheesquatalawny...

Reducere. The France Alphabet is a wry, informative handbook for the discerning international traveller on how to handle the French. It offers essential A-Z ...

Reducere. Everybody loves french fries!In the second book of the continuing children's book series featuring Freddie the Frog, Freddie is tired of eating fli...

Reducere. DescriptionCaptain Lacey stops to assist a young woman in the market at Covent Garden, and realizes to his astonishment that she is his daughter, G...

DescriptionConversations made up entirely of inside jokes. Netflix passwords, bizarre dreams, even French fries, all shared without a second though...

Reducere. The book deals with the importance of accepting Christ as Lord and practical implications of this commitment.About author(s): Tommy Shipp is a grad...

The French wife and muse of Charles I was central to the narrative of the English Civil War and the Stuart Restoration. Henrietta Maria was an exce...

Reducere. Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are th...

Reducere. Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderWith an introduction by Martin Edwards and featuring the Dickson Carr short story "The Sha...

Reducere. Paris, 1856. In a world ruled by men, one woman holds the fate of a nation in her hands.When Livia leaves behind the bronzed hills of Italy for the...

DescriptionIn the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey Sir David Metcalfe, distinguished QC and Chairman of the Bar Council, is conducting the mo...

Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen (French: Un capitaine de quinze ans) is a Jules Verne novel published in 1878. It deals primarily with the issue of...

Reducere. The Millions Most Anticipated Books in February "An intricate exploration of family and home, of mother and child, of friends, of women and written...

FarceCharacters: 4 male, 6 femaleInterior SetArtie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zoo-keeper, he suffers in ...

``Beguiling . . . Longworth evokes the pleasures of France in delicious detail--great wine, delicious meals, and fine company.`` --Publishers Weekl...

Reducere. Blue skies, new love, and a glass of Bordeaux . . . what could possibly go wrong? When Emmy Jamieson leaves her life behind and moves to La Cour de...

"This novel about Sarah Bernhardt, the iconic French actress, is both a riveting portrait of the artist as a passionate young woman and a luscious ...

Book 2 in the Lady Slayers series, about French murderess and fortune teller Catherine Monvoisin In 17th-century Paris, 19-year-old Catherine Monvo...

Reducere. In his early years, Gabe Raphel, a third-generation French perfumer, was young, arrogant, and only cared about making money and having fun. The fut...

Reducere. Revere life, and give yours away for the sake of servingothers.As ayoung man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness. His immense talentan...

Reducere. War. Rage. Magic. Love. In May 1756 war is formally declared between the British and the French. During this highly dangerous time, Isabella Sevens...

Characters: 2 maleA dark duologue filled with sharp storytelling and biting repartee, A Steady Rain explores the complexities of a lifelong bond ta...

Reducere. Now part of American film and literary lore, Tom Ripley, "a bisexual psychopath and art forger who murders without remorse when his comforts are th...

DescriptionIntroducing scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in 14th Century France Pari...

Reducere. Against all expectations Marcel Féron has made a ``normal`` life in a bucolic French suburb in the Ardennes. But on May 10, 1940, as Nazi tanks ap...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the Queen of Suspense, an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including an Agatha Christie story never b...

When theft escalates to murder at a French vineyard, a crime wave sweeps over the tranquil town of Aix-en-Provence in the third enchanting Verlaque...

Just before Christmas, 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote r...

DescriptionThis new, expanded collection of Antonio Tabucchi's stories collects the best short fiction from the Italian author recognized as one of...

Christmas, 1483: Roger the Chapman is looking forward to twelve days of peace and celebration with his wife and children in Bristol. The family is ...

Reducere. FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY JOHN LE CARRÉ This novel comprises some of the best work of an extremely gifted and perhaps under-regarded British crime n...

Reducere. Forced to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio Hornblower now bides his time as a prisoner in a Fren...