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Fourteen-year-old Marie Anne Lawson, youngest daughter of a prosperous Northumbrian family, was running away from a sight she would rather not have witnessed when she stumbled and fell, injuring her ankle. She was discovered by a local man who, because of a disfigurement, was known as ‘the branded man’. Already fearful of him by reputation, his sudden appearance frightened her into unconsciousness. When she came to, she was back at The Manor and confined to bed for an indefinite period.  Marie Anne’s mother, with no love and little sympathy, awaited her recovery with impatience, for she had already planned to dispatch her wayward daughter to London, where her Aunt Martha would supervise the development of her natural ability for the piano, the only talent her mother believed her daughter possessed. Marie Anne was already resentful at the enforced exile, and Aunt Martha’s frosty reception caused her to wonder if one domination would now be replaced by another. Only the friendship of her Aunt’s companion, Sarah Foggerty, prevented her from plunging into despair – that and the encouragement she received from her music tutor on her daily visits to the Academy. Why, then, did his sudden disappearance make it necessary for her to return to Northumberland, this time into the care of her beloved grandfather?  Many twists and turns of fate awaited Marie Anne over the years, with Sarah Foggerty playing a part in her destiny – but neither she nor Marie Anne could have foreseen the consequences of their timely friendship.  Set at the turn of the century in the wilds of Northumberland and in the slums of the East End of London, The Branded Man is the gripping story of Marie Anne, Sarah Foggerty and the mysterious man who was to influence both their lives.

L'homme au masque

Dissimulé derrière les bottes de foin, Davie, stupéfait, contemplait un spectacle incroyable : à quelques pas de là, le Maître enlaçait passionnément Molly. Et elle souriait, heureuse, abandonnée dans ses bras répondant avec ardeur à son désir. Davie savait que ce qu'il venait de surprendre là bouleverserait sa vie. Plus jamais les choses ne seraient pareilles. Plus jamais il n'accepterait e se plier à l'autorité du Maître. Il lui faudrait quitter cette ferme où il avait grandi, abandonner ce pays qui était le sien et enfouir au plus profond de son cœur son amour secret, à jamais blessé. Car dans la puritaine Angleterre du règne de Victoria, que vaut la parole d'un simple paysan contre celle du Maître tout-puissant.

La maison des flammes

The blind years

Les tourments d'Annabella - Occasion

Fille de mineur, Katie Mulholland connaît la dure vie des plus déshérités dans une ville industrielle de l'Angleterre victorienne. Employée par une riche famille, sa beauté attire le fils du maître, qui la viole et la laisse enceinte. La famille de la jeune femme la force alors à épouser un homme qu'elle n'aime pas. Mais le destin de Katie pourrait changer lorsqu'une rencontre lui permet de prendre sa vie en main...

Des années 1860 jusqu'à la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un récit ensorcelant sous la plume de l'une des auteurs les plus reconnues en Angleterre.

L'impossible amour de Katie Mulholland

Le Dr Rodney Prince n’a jamais vu de jeune femme comme Kate Hannigan dans le quartier sale et pauvre où il prodigue ses soins. Sa beauté et son intelligence surpassent de loin celles de Stella, son épouse, si raide, si froide, si calculatrice, et elle exerce sur lui une attirance irrésistible.Kate a toujours souffert à cause des hommes. Son père tout d’abord, un docker à la main lourde. Son compagnon aux belles paroles ensuite, qui la laissera mère célibataire à dix-huit ans, à la suite d’un accouchement éprouvant qui bouleversera la vie du Dr Prince.Mais leur amour à peine naissant alimente une rumeur malsaine parmi les habitants du quartier. Car il défie toutes les règles de la bonne société édouardienne…Le récit passionnant d’une histoire d’amour, en partie autobiographique, par l’un des plus grands talents du XXe siècle.

Kate Hannigan

Suddenly risen to power and influence, Samuel Fairbrother, manufacturer and retailer of boots, shoes and clogs, decided that his new station in life deserved a more imposing residence.  Accordingly he bought himself a thirty-four-roomed mansion situated on the outskirts of Fellburn.  With the house came the butler, Maitland, who at once made plain his belief that Samuel, far from the gentleman his predecessor had been, was no more than an upstart.So began a clash of wills between master and man, at which Samuel Fairbrother discovered he was at a distinct disadvantage, for Maitland was well skilled in the art of maintaining his indispensability.  Fairbrother, for his part, was only too aware that he dare not dispence with Maitland's services.  And so an uneasy truce was declared between them.As the years went by and the century turned, Samuel Fairbrother saw his children, one by one, leave the big house to make lives for their own--all except his eldest daughter Janet who, by means of a legacy, was enabled to shape the destiny of her father's scattered family and effect the reconciliation that he thought was impossible.

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