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  • The Gods Will Have Blood

    (Les Dieux Ont Soif)

    It is April 1793 and the final power struggle of the French Revolution is taking hold: the aristocrats are dead and the poor are fighting for bread in the streets. In a Paris swept by fear and hunger lives Gamelin, a revolutionary young artist appointed magistrate, and given the power of life and death over the citizens of France. But his intense idealism and unbridled single-mindedness drive him ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Letters from My Windmill

    Alphonse Daudet's novels established him as the most successful writer in France by the end of the XIX century; but it was the LETTERS, first published in book form in 1869, which remained his favourite creation and has proved his most lasting.Throughout his working life in Paris Daudet never lost his almost umbilical attachment to Provence. These tales of that region are characterised by a ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • New York Estate Law Explained

    Estate law can be complicated, and in order to be sure that your will is legal and valid, you should seek out the advice of a lawyer. Similarly, a professional should be able to ensure that you do not fall foul of any tax or legal pitfalls. ... Read more

    $2.58 USD

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  • Les Miserables

    **NOW A SIX-PART MINISERIES ON MASTERPIECE ON PBSThe only completely unabridged paperback edition of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece—a sweeping tale of love, loss, valor, and passion.**Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean—the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread—Les Misérables ranks among the greatest novels of all time. In it, Victor Hugo takes ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Les Misérables

    Translated by Christine Donougher ...
    by Victor Hugo ...
    A brilliant modern translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs.This is the best translation of the novel available in English, as recommended by David Bellos in The Novel of the Century.Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • The Queen's Lover

    A Novel

    A “spellbinding” and “deeply intelligent” historical novel about Marie Antoinette on the eve of the French Revolution (The Washington Post )Through the untold love story between Marie Antoinette and Swedish aristocrat Axel von Fersen, acclaimed author Francine du Plessix Gray weaves history with romance in a captivating novel that also offers a fresh vision of the French Revolution.Paris, 1774. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Complete Works of Guy de Maupassant (Delphi Classics)

    Series Book 10 - Delphi Series Three
    The works of Guy de Maupassant, the undisputed master of the short story, are still among the most widely read masterpieces of French literature today. This comprehensive eBook presents Maupassant’s complete novels, stories, poetry and non-fiction, with numerous illustrations, introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Maupassant ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • MARIE ANTOINETTE - Stefan Zweig

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    Stefan Zweig was born on November 28, 1881, in Vienna, and is one of the most important European authors of the first half of the 20th century. A Jew, he was persecuted by the Nazis and forced into exile. His final home was in Brazil, where he met a tragic end. A versatile writer, Zweig dedicated himself to almost all literary activities and, in addition to novellas, also became famous as a ... Read more

    $1.90 USD

  • Notre-Dame de Paris

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Translated by Alban Krailsheimer ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession are at the centre of Hugo's novel. The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, Claude Frollo, who in turn is bound by a hopeless passion to the gypsy dancer Esmeralda. She, meanwhile, is bewitched by a handsome, empty-headed officer, but by an unthinking act of kindness wins ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Notre-Dame de Paris

    by Victor Hugo ...
    More commonly known as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Notre-Dame de Paris is Victor Hugo's gothic historical romance of dark passions and unrequited loveIn the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmerelda, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Marie Antoinette

    The Portrait of an Average Woman

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman by Stefan Zweig (translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul, with a chronology of Stefan Zweig's life and a bibliography of works by and about Stefan Zweig in English by Randolph Klawiter; 186,000 words, 14 illustrations)Originally published in 1932 and for decades since one of Stefan Zweig’s most popular biographies, this “portrait of an ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Path to Rome

    This early work by world famous Anglo-French author and historian Hilaire Belloc was first published in 1902 and is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Considered to be his best work by many critics, it details a pilgrimage he made from central France across the Alps and down to Rome following in the footsteps of many a Christian pilgrim. More than just a travelogue, 'The Path to ... Read more

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