1453. Luca Vero, le jeune inquisiteur, poursuit sa mission secrète à travers l'Italie. Désormais en route secrète vers Zagreb au bras de la belle Isolde, en compagnie de la mystérieuse Ishraq et du facétieux Freize, il fait halte à Piccolo, un village de pêcheurs où règnent supersitions et peurs. Soudain, les rues sont submergées par des centaines d'enfants. Qui sont-ils ? D'où viennent-ils ? Johann le Bon, leur guide, prétend que la mer s'ouvrira devant eux jusqu'en Terre Sainte. Est-il prophète, démon ou imposteur ?

L'Ordre des Ténèbres (Hérétiques, #2)

- Ces chaussures que j'ai aux pieds t'ont été volées par une fille au coeur bien plus grand que le tien. Elle a vu ses terres lui être arrachées, son peuple réduit en esclavage par des hommes qui pensent, comme toi, qu'ils ont tous les droits sur tout. Comme je suis triste de voir quelqu'un de ma propre famille - une famille qui, je te le rappelle, a connu la misère - devenir comme eux. A l'aube d'une nouvelle ère, tout semble possible. En 1685, l'Angleterre est au bord d'une nouvelle guerre civile. Ned Ferryman, fraîchement débarqué des Amériques, soutient la rébellion contre le roi Jacques II et jure fidélité au duc de Monmouth. Ned se retrouve alors opposé à sa soeur, Alinor, qui par l'entremise de Livia, sa belle-soeur, est impliquée dans un plan secret visant à sauver la reine Marie-Béatrice. En récompense de leurs efforts, le fils de Livia, Matthew, hérite du manoir de Foulmire, dans les marais où a grandi Alinor. Celle-ci, qui n'était jadis qu'une servante, se retrouve alors à la tête d'un puissant domaine. Mais les armées du duc Monmouth sont en marche, bien décidé à renverser l'ordre établi, auquel appartient désormais Alinor. Une histoire familiale passionnante mêlant intrigues politiques et ambition personnelle, qui nous transporte des palais royaux aux côtes de la Barbade. "Une histoire tentaculaire et épique qui ravira les nombreux fans de Philippa Gregory". The Times "Un rythme haletant, une histoire palpitante et méticuleusement documentée : la quintessence de la fiction historique". Daily Express "Envoûtant ! " Woman's Own "Captivant... Les fans de l'autrice ne seront pas déçus par ce merveilleux roman". Publishers Weekly

L'aube d'un nouveau monde

The Constant Princess

The second novel in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century. By Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover.

 The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin.

 But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir.

 Sweeping, passionate, unique: 'The Favoured Child' is the second novel in Philippa Gregory's bestselling trilogy which began with 'Wideacre' and concluded with 'Meridon'.

The Favoured Child

Beatrice Lacey, daughter of Wideacre Hall, will not accept society's rules that women cannot inherit.The internationally bestselling debut from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and Three Sisters, Three Queens.

 Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. Built from yellow stone, facing due south and surrounded by the rich woodlands and rolling downs of Sussex, it has been in her family for generations. But as a woman in England in the 1770s she has no right of inheritance; only a loveless arranged marriage lies ahead. Beautiful, sensual and passionate, Beatrice sets out to pursue her own goal: control over Wideacre - at any cost.

 Yet even as her scheming succeeds, Beatrice is haunted by the one person alive who fully understands her obsession and knows her capacity to let nothing - and no-one - stand in her way.

 The 30th anniversary edition, with new foreword by the author.

Wideacre

Sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I, from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl.Elizabeth I has acceded to the throne of England, a position she has waited and schemed for all her life. She is surrounded by advisers, all convinced that a young woman cannot form political judgements. Elizabeth feels that she can rely on just one man: her oldest friend, Robert Dudley. It is soon plain that he is more than merely a friend.In a house in the countryside waits a very different woman, Amy Robsart - Robert's wife. She has no taste for life at court and longs for the day when her husband will return home. She has loved him since she was a girl, but now they are adults she hardly sees him.Meanwhile, the pressure grows for Elizabeth to marry, for it is unthinkable that a queen should rule on her own. Elizabeth's preference is clear, but he is unavailable. But what if the unthinkable were to happen...Philippa Gregory blends passion, personalities and politics in this stunning novel of the Tudor court and a country divided.

The Virgin's Lover

From the author of THE WHITE QUEEN and THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, discover Philippa Gregory's sweeping and passionate epic, The Wideacre Trilogy

 WIDEACRE is Philippa Gregory's first novel, a tale of passion and intrigue set in the eighteenth century. Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the eighteenth century she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others. No-one escapes the consequences of her need to possess the land.

 In THE FAVOURED CHILD, the Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, only one can be the favoured child. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir.

 MERIDON is a desolate Romany girl, determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show, while her sister Dandy risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want. But Dandy, beautiful, impatient and thieving, grabs too much, too quickly. And Meridon finds herself alone, riding in bitter grief through the rich Sussex farmlands towards a house called Wideacre - which awaits the return of the last of the Laceys.

The Complete Wideacre Trilogy - Wideacre, The Favoured Child, Meridon

Alys joins a nunnery to escape the poverty of her life on the moor with her foster mother, Morach, the local wise woman with whom she lives as an outcast, but she soon finds herself thrown back into the world when Henry VIII's wreckers destroy her sanctuary. Summoned to the castle as the old lord's scribe, she falls obsessively in love with his son Hugo, who is married to Catherine. Driven to desperation by her desire, she summons the most dangerous powers Morach has taught her, but soon the passionate triangle of Alys, Hugo, and Catherine begins to explode, launching them into uncharted sexual waters. The magic Alys has conjured now has a life of its own -- a life that is horrifyingly and disastrously out of control. Is she a witch? Since heresy means the stake, and witchcraft the rope, Alys is in mortal danger, treading a perilous path between her faith and her own female power. Synopsis from Barnes & Noble.

Sous le signe du feu

Angleterre, 1536... Seule rescapée de l'incendie qui a ravagé le couvent de Castleton, Alys trouve refuge chez Morach, la magicienne. Initiée aux pratiques occultes, elle guérit miraculeusement le vieux lord du château seigneurial qui lui demande de rester à ses côtés.Un jour, elle croise le regard d'Hugo, le fils du seigneur. Certaine de ne pouvoir se soustraire au charme du jeune homme, Alys a recours à la magie. Des poupées de cire, des formules incantatoires, un pacte avec le Grand Maître des Ténèbres ; voilà qui devrait suffire à "l'immuniser" contre ce fol amour ! Il n'en sera rien

L'Ordre des Ténèbres (Hérétiques, #2)

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