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Howard Lenormand, libraire spécialisé dans la vente de livres rares, met la main sur un poème inconnu de Victor Hugo. Aidé par Alice Lanvin, une universitaire passionnée, il comprend qu'il s'agit d'un texte codé. Tous deux se retrouvent dès lors embarqués dans une aventure aussi inattendue que dangereuse.

Bestseller-Autorin Iny Lorentz erzählt im historischen Roman Ein verhängnisvolles Testament packend und dramatisch von einer mutigen jungen Witwe, die um ihr Erbe kämpfen muss. Der Südwesten Deutschlands, 1590. Elisabeth von Thannberg ist eben erst Witwe geworden, da droht der jungen Frau auch noch der Verlust ihres ganzen Besitzes: Der Kurfürst von Trier pocht auf die Einhaltung eines alten Vertrages. Demzufolge fällt Thannberg an den Trierer, wenn es keinen männlichen Erben mehr gibt. Dass Elisabeth schwanger ist, verschafft ihr ein wenig Zeit.

From best-selling author Toni Sorenson comes a captivating account of the beloved Old Testament story of Ruth and Naomi. Ruth and Naomi: Whithersoever Thou Goest is the inspiring tale of two women’s matchless devotion, envisioned as never before. It is a time of famine and despair in the land: crops are failing, idol-worship is widely practiced, and those who follow the God of Israel are cruelly oppressed.

1937: Hitler sent an expedition to Tibet in search of the lost land of Thule. 1941: Himmler spent a huge fortune, and sacrificed the lives of hundreds to turn Wewelsburg Castle in Germany into a shrine to the SS. 2008: Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is astonished to discover that the gentle grandfather he thought he knew was a decorated war hero, serving in the Special Air Service in World War Two. And his grandfather has one more surprise.

Avertissement : Cet ouvrage fait immédiatement suite au tome 3, "Le marteau des sorcières", et ne devrait pas être lu indépendamment. Et si l'origine du plus grand lac de la région de Cologne avait un rapport avec une prophétie réalisée en 1341 ? Et si cette même année, le chevalier de Kosigan avait réveillé des forces qui le dépassent ? Et si le destin de sa postérité se jouait cinq siècles plus tard dans la cave voûtée d'un bistrot parisien ? Et si les secrets révélés dans ce livre étaient dangereux ? Et qu'en les découvrant, vous deveniez complice.

Deux sœurs, Apolline et Ursule, naissent à Bordeaux au milieu du XVIIIe siècle, dans un milieu très religieux. Apolline est mise dans un couvent, puis en sort pour retrouver sa sœur mourante et découvrir, à travers un manuscrit, le récit de ses aventures. Ursule, rebaptisée Olympe, a réussi à se faire emmener à Paris par le duc de Richelieu, le plus célèbre libertin de son siècle. Un brillant destin s'ouvre à elle...

At the lush Villa Calypso on the French Riviera, a dying billionaire launches a devious plan: at midnight each day he appoints a new heir to his vast fortune. If he dies within 24 hours, that person takes it all. If not, their chance is gone forever. Yet these are no ordinary beneficiaries, these are men who crossed him, women who deceived him and distant relations intent on reclaiming the family fortune. All are determined to lend death a hand and outwit their rivals, and retired Scotland Yard detective Jasper, in pursuit of the prize.

In fear for his life, American millionaire Daniel Cartwright changes his will, appointing his old friend Rowland Sinclair as his executor. Soon murder proves that fear was well founded. When Rowland receives word of Cartwright’s death, he sets out immediately for Boston, Massachusetts, to bury his friend and honour his last wishes. He is met with the outrage and anguish of Cartwright’s family, who have been spurned in favour of a man they claim does not exist.

Et si la science alchimique n'était pas une histoire de charlatans ? Quand le capitaine de la PJ grenobloise Nadia Barka est invitée à Rome comme légataire d'un vieil aristocrate, elle ne sait pas qu'elle héritera d'un sublime cadeau empoisonné. L'or va de nouveau déchaîner les passions. La Toscane et Botticelli, le Mont-Saint-Michel et sa mythique abbaye.

Love for war's victims keeps them apart. Will love for each other see them through? The slightest spark will ignite an explosion. And the tinderbox of broken political and racial relations in 1960s France and Algeria provides plenty of kindling. In the midst of the chaos, Gabriella Madison guards the orphans in her care while battling jealousy with Anne-Marie Duchemin, David’s former flame who has recently arrived in Castelnau, France.

Singulière affaire dont doit s'occuper Louis Fronsac en mai 1638. En ouvrant le testament d'un riche voiturier sur eau qui vient d'être assassiné, sa fille découvre qu'il a laissé sa fortune à sa belle-mère, contrairement à la coutume de Paris. Au même moment, Gaston de Tilly, revenu de Hollande où il était cornette dans la compagnie de M. de Turenne, occupe une charge de commissaire des quais au bureau de l'Hôtel de ville de Paris quand M. Fronsac obtient pour lui un office de commissaire examinateur au Grand-Châtelet.

In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, a young woman taken into the prophet Isaiah's household rises to capture the heart of the future king. Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma...

While leading the exiled faithful into Egypt, Joshua's thirst for vengeance against the tyrannical King Manasseh threatens to consume his soul. Ultimately he must learn to forgive, placing his complete trust in God's will.

The drama of the Old Testament comes to life as Judah's most notorious king ascends to the throne in this gripping novel from the award-winning author of Isaiah's Daughter. At eight years old, Shulle has known only life in a small village with her loving but peculiar father. When Uncle Shebna...

People often think of Job sitting on the ash heap, his life in shambles. But how did he get there? What was Job's life like before tragedy struck? What did he think as his world came crashing down around him? And what was life like after God restored his wealth, health, and family? Through painstaking research and a writer's creative mind, Mesu Andrews weaves an emotional and stirring account of this well-known story told through the eyes of the women who loved him.

The Old Testament book of Daniel comes to life in this novel for readers of Lynn Austin's Chronicles of the Kings series or Francine Rivers' Mark of the Lion series. FINALIST FOR THE CHRISTY AWARD Survival. A Hebrew girl first tasted it when she escaped death nearly seventy years ago as the...