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The last time Valerie was in Paris, she was three years old, running from the Nazis, away from the only home she had ever known. Now as a young woman all alone in the world, Valerie must return to Paris, to the bookshop and her sole surviving relative, her grandfather Vincent, the only person who knows the truth about what happened to her parents. As she gets to know grumpy, taciturn Vincent again, she hears a tragic story of Nazi-occupied Paris, a doomed love affair, and a mother willing to sacrifice everything for her beloved daughter.

1952. In the fragile atmosphere of post-war Paris, Sophie Bernot is training as a heart surgeon. A young woman in a man's world, Sophie is determined to bury her past and forge her medical career, whatever the costs. Across the channel, Sebastian Ogilvie is burning with ambition for his first architectural project. As his schemes lead him to France, and to a chance encounter with Sophie, his future seems full of promise.

In this glittering tale of forgotten treasures and long-held secrets, international bestseller Karen Swan explores one woman’s journey to discovering the truth behind an abandoned apartment and a family whose mysteries may be better left undiscovered. When high-powered fine art agent Flora...

Lydie McBride has always embraced life to the fullest. But when an unthinkable tragedy strikes her family, everything she believes in is shattered. Her architect husband, Michael, watches the passion disappear from Lydie’s eyes and from their marriage, and hopes that an assignment to Paris will help them reclaim a love that once seemed unassailable. But the City of Lights holds secrets and seductions for them both.

Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. They compose a secret history, both intimate and panoramic, of modern times, and offer a kaleidoscopic impression of the world within a world that is Paris.

When the woman he'd desperately been looking for crashes into him and spills her drink all over his shirt, Lexington seizes the unexpected opportunity — demanding six rounds of Truth or Dare as compensation. An evening filled with laughter and a connection he never wanted to feel ends in her walking away — without even leaving him her phone number.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BETSELLING TRILOGY "Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page."—Reese Witherspoon "Powerful and evocative.” —Kate Quinn The Henna Artist A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Vivid and compelling, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and...

Following the success of Paris Noir, the Akashic Noir Series has expanded to include the famously diverse and sometimes controversial suburbs of this legendary city.

Dos mujeres. Una misión: evitar que los nazis roben y destruyan invaluables obras de arte. Los hermanos Sophie y Dietrich abandonaron su hogar en Alemania para escapar del régimen nazi. Cuando París, el lugar donde huyeron, cae bajo el yugo alemán, Dietrich es asesinado por pertenecer a la resistencia.

1943. En plena guerra, el único lugar donde resuenan la música y las risas es el pequeño bistró de Marianne, lleno de oficiales alemanes. Las puertas del local aparecen tapiadas, Marianne ha desaparecido y en el cristal se puede leer una terrible inscripción que la acusa de «colaboradora y asesina». 1987. Sabine se dirige a París para visitar el viejo bistró que acaba de heredar de Marianne, la abuela que nunca conoció.

En la actualidad: la historiadora de moda Kat Jourdan descubre una valiosa colección de vestidos Dior en la casa de su abuela. A medida que se adentra en el misterio de su origen, Kat comienza a dudar de todo lo que creía saber sobre su amada abuela.

"Partying Underground in Paris' Secret Corners" is from the April 01, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Sara Lieberman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Partying Underground in Paris’ Secret Corners" is from the April 01, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Sara Lieberman and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Una historia de amor y coraje en tiempos de guerra. La última vez que Valerie estuvo en París, tenía tan solo tres años. Desde entonces ha vivido siempre alejada de la capital francesa y nunca ha conocido al abuelo Vincent, el único de sus familiares que sigue con vida y la única persona que conoce la verdad sobre lo que les ocurrió a sus padres y por qué tuvo que abandonar su propio hogar. Sin embargo, Vincent Dupont no es un hombre fácil: es antipático, exigente y poco flexible. Lo único que realmente parece importarle es su librería.

À quoi ressemble la vie quand on grimpe sur les épaules d'une femme de 79 ans ? Est-ce que l'horizon y est plus clair ? Qu'est ce qu'on a gardé d'essentiel ? Qu'est-ce qu'on a compris ? Discussion intimiste entre My Little Paris et la Parisienne Perla Servan-Schreiber. Elle a 79 ans, elle est cuisinière, écrivaine. Elle sait " de moins en moins de choses" mais elle se sent "de plus en plus libre". A chaque épisode, une discussion intime sur un thème de la vie, et ce que Perla en a compris. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Welcome to Le Podcast by Secret Journeys Paris / Secret Journeys is where the art of storytelling meets the world of travel. We go behind the scenes of the City of Lights to craft unforgettable experiences, with great passion and the highest attention to detail. This podcast is where you get to meet with our partners, friends and storytellers, and where we hope you’ll get a sense of our unique DNA. Presented and recorded by Philippe Hertzberg, founder of Secret Journeys / Music by Nicolas Major "Secret Words" / Visual identity by George Dent / Produced by Isabelle ...

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From the author of The Secret Society of Salzburg comes a powerful and moving story of bravery and resilience in World War II Paris and one woman who must face impossible choices to survive… Paris, 1940 German tanks rumble through the streets of Paris, forcing frightened citizens to flee. But...

Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong meets Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale in this moving and powerful novel about love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit. Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved...

Paris 1930s. Childhood companions Fleur and Colette make a vow, under the trailing ivy of their secret garden, that they will be secret sisters forever. But as they grow up, the promises of childhood are put to the ultimate test. For Colette is the daughter of the house, and her life is all jazz clubs, silk dresses and chilled champagne, while Fleur is the orphan niece of the housekeeper and doesn’t feel like she belongs anywhere. Years later, in 1939, life as they know it will never be the same.