L'Aventure de Bryan Harker

Desmonde Fitzgerald is handsome, charming and blessed with a marvellous singing voice - he is the Minstrel Boy. He becomes a priest, winning the coveted Golden Chalice for his singing when in seminary school abroad. But the duality of nature threatens to destroy the brilliant future that lies before him. Beloved of his parishioners and canon, he is devastatingly attractive to women, in particular the wealthy patron of his church at Kilbarrack, Ireland. But it is not until her wayward and sensual niece, Claire, arrives that disaster strikes .

The Minstrel Boy

The famous Dr Finlay stories Adventures of a Black Bag represents a selection of A J Cronin's best stories - stories which are tragic, funny and wry, each revolving around two doctors whose tremendously popular TV and radio series have made them household names: Dr Cameron and Dr Finlay. These stories have that universal appeal which has become A J Cronin's trademark, established by bestsellers such as Hatter's Castle, The Stars Look Down and The Citadel.

Adventures of a Black Bag

Dr Finlay's Casebook brings together Adventures of a Black Bag and Dr Finlay of Tannochbrae, A. J. Cronin's two hugely popular collections featuring his most famous creation, Dr Finlay. Set in and around the fictional Scottish town of Levenford and village of Tannochbrae during the inter-war years, the stories found here are heart-warming, funny and touching, full of fascinating characters and unforgettable encounters. Made famous by the much-loved adaptations for radio and television, this edition features all the classic tales of Dr Finlay, his senior colleague Dr Cameron, and their unruffled housekeeper Janet, remain as fresh and entertaining now as they were upon first publication.

Dr Finlay's Casebook

"Des gens mouraient à cause de cette abominable négligence, et la bureaucratie incapable ne levait pas le petit doigt. Ce n'était plus le moment de se comporter comme au chevet d'un malade, ni de prescrire d'insignifiants remèdes." Première affectation pour le jeune médecin Andrew Manson. qui découvre la frange industrielle du Royaume-Uni, abandonnée à son sort et accablée par la pauvreté. Le travail est pénible, pourtant Manson est bien décidé à accomplir au mieux sa mission : soigner. Des lugubres mines galloises aux quartiers chics de Londres, il lui faudra résister à l'incurie d'un système médical corrompu qui mettra à mal son intégrité. A sa parution en 1937, La Citadelle rencontra un énorme succès. Dans ce texte largement autobiographique. A.J. Cronin (1896-1981) trouve le parfait équilibre entre divertissement romanesque et critique sociale. Sa remise en cause du système médical causa de tels remous outre-Manche que l'on considère aujourd'hui que La Citadelle est à l'origine de la création du National Health Service, l'équivalent britannique de la sécurité sociale.

La citadelle

Paul Mathry, a student about to graduate and embark upon a teaching career, finds out that his father was convicted for murder, a secret that his mother had hidden from him since his childhood. Driven by an intense desire to see his father, Paul sets out to visit him in prison, only to find out that visitors are never allowed there. From there, he meets the primary witnesses in the case that convicted his father, not all of whom are supportive to Paul's cause. He encounters several dead ends but he persists, with the help of a store girl named Lena and a news reporter. His persistent campaign finally bears fruit. Rees Mathry, Paul's father, goes on appeal and is vindicated. The novel ends with Paul's father, a hardened, cynical man, seeing a fleeting hope for self-renewal and a purposeful life. In the magnificent narrative tradition of The Citadel, The Stars Look Down and Cronin's other classic novels, Beyond This Place is a great book by a much-loved author.

Beyond This Place

Le Chant du paradis

A J Cronin was commissioned by The American Weekly to write a Christmas story for the December 21st issue in 1958. His vision for the story is described in his letter of acceptance: "It came to me very strongly that to achieve the highest and most profoundly touching results I should go back to the first Christmas of all and create a vivid reconstruction of the effects of the birth of the Child upon certain characters, notably the wife of the innkeeper where no room was found for Mary and Joseph. The title of the story would be The Innkeper's Wife, for she, as I imagine her, is the central human character-a good and tender-hearted woman, childless herself, and bullied by an assertive and miserly husband." Here now is the alternative story of Christmas, narrated with great skill, by the author of The Citadel, Hatter's Castle and The Stars Look Down

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