Showing results for "The Secrets" in Historical Fiction

Fini de fuir ! L'heure est venue de riposter et de rassembler des alliés. Le combat contre le maître des ombres peut commencer. Amis ou ennemis, les masques tombent. Qui est réellement Godefroy, et quels sont ses véritables objectifs ? Les révélations pleuvent et avec elles, les douleurs de l'amour et de la trahison. Préparez-vous à de nombreux rebondissements dans la suite de cette saga médiévale fantastique ! Magie et aventure se mêlent pour offrir un Moyen Âge et une fantasy sombres, mais pleins d'émotions !

La bataille finale approche. Le maître des ombres se révèle et, avec lui, de nouvelles trahisons. Cyrielle ne peut plus reculer : elle doit choisir. Parviendra-t-elle à museler son coeur pour récupérer le comté ? Amour, amitié, pouvoir... Jamais la vengeance n'a eu un tel goût de sang. Le dernier tome de cette saga fantasy médiévale vous promet de nombreuses surprises. Emotions, aventures, combats et magie s'entremêlent pour vous proposer une fin épique ! Alors... Êtes-vous prêt à découvrir Le Secret du Faucon ?

Les ombres menacent Cyrielle plus que jamais. Godefroy se révèle aussi difficile à amadouer qu'une bête sauvage et les ennemis se rapprochent. Traquée, la jeune femme devra faire preuve de courage et de détermination. Le guerrier sanguinaire constitue sa seule option et elle compte bien s'imposer auprès de lui. Entre danger, magie, et action, ce troisième tome vous réserve encore bien des surprises ! Voici le troisième tome de la série médiévale fantastique d'A.D. Martel.

Un battement d'ailes, du sang sur la neige et une cicatrice immonde. Les arbres bourgeonnent et, avec eux, de nouveaux dangers apparaissent. Il est temps pour Godefroy le Sanguinaire de réclamer son dû. Il est temps pour Cyrielle d'agir. Et si leurs plans ne se déroulaient pas comme prévu ? Jusqu'où iront-ils pour arriver à leurs fins ?

En une nuit, la vie de Cyrielle vacille. Des pillards attaquent son couvent, sauvé in extremis par des guerriers étrangers. Leur chef, un horrible balafré, croise alors le chemin de la jeune fille. Une rencontre qui scelle leur destin. Le couvent détruit, Cyrielle est renvoyée auprès de son oncle, le comte de Montfaucon. De retour dans le château de son enfance, d'étranges évènements surviennent, qui soulèvent des questions sur son passé et son futur.

New from Andrea Cremer, the New York Times bestselling author of the Nightshade novels, comes an action-packed alternate-history steampunk adventure. In this world, sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees have scraped out an existence on the edge of Britain’s industrial empire...

A surprising and romantic YA retelling-mashup of A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by bestselling authors Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz. Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll are best friends. And thank goodness, since their boarding school is basically...

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Henry Vestin always believed that, despite being a carpenter with no training in swordplay or survival, he could lead Isabelle and his friends to safety. He thought he could defy an emperor and protect Isabelle from harm. He was certain that love and friendship would help them survive. He was wrong.

Historical fiction at its best, this novel by bestselling author Marissa Moss tells the story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who masqueraded as a man named Frank Thompson during the Civil War. Among her many adventures, she was a nurse on the battlefield and a spy for the Union Army, and was captured by (and escaped from) the Confederates. The novel is narrated by Sarah, offering listeners an in-depth look not only at the Civil War but also at her journey to self-discovery as she grapples with living a lie and falling in love with one of her fellow soldiers.

One day, 15-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a mysterious, handsome young man. Surprisingly, he doesn't seem to know who she or her family is. And even more surprisingly, he playfully refuses to divulge his name. Emily enjoys her secret flirtation with Mr. "Nobody" until he turns up dead in her family's pond. She's stricken with guilt. Only Emily can discover who this enigmatic stranger was before he's condemned to be buried in an anonymous grave. Her investigation takes her deep into town secrets, blossoming romance, and deadly danger.

It's the autumn of 1863, and as the Civil War rages, a stranger named Violet seeks refuge with the Kelly family. Peg Kelly, 11, is thrilled—Violet treats her like an adult, not a child. Violet is fleeing Confederate raiders and has information that may save the Union. But she can't deliver her message unless she takes a dangerous journey.

In 1927, 17-year-old Elsie is dropped off in a new city with three other teenage girls, who have each trained since childhood to become the wife of a powerful man. And when they learn that their next target is earmarked to become president, their mission becomes more than just an assignment; this is a chance at the most powerful position in the society. But as these ambitious girls compete for the heart of a boy who has been given everything, Elsie starts to wonder what would happen if the name on that future ballot was hers.

Luckily for humanity, scientist Marie Curie applied her brilliant mind and indomitable spirit to expanding the frontiers of science, but what if she had instead drifted toward the darkness? At the cusp of between child- and adulthood, at the crossroads between science and superstition, a teen Marie Curie faces the factual and the fantastic in this fabulous collection of stories that inspire, delight, and ask the question: What if she had used her talents for diabolical purposes?

In a breathless, haunting, and rich historical mystery, New York Times bestselling author Monica Hesse speaks to the depths of trauma and the power of memory. Seven months ago, Edda was on the World War I front lines as one of two hundred “Hello Girls,” female switchboard operators employed...

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This queer YA reimagining of The Secret Garden subverts the cishet and white status quo of the original in a...

Sesha must race to find a priceless scroll before time runs out. After a brutal fire takes their parents' lives, Sesha and Ky, children of the pharaoh's royal physician, are left charming snakes and stealing food to survive. Unsure of who to trust, the pair are found and brought back to the palace, where the pharaoh tasks Sesha with finding a rare medical document her father was transcribing. But are the royals hiding something?

From an Edgar Award-winning author, this historical noir novel follows the life-changing summer of sixteen-year-old Joe Garbe as he discovers queer community in 1930s Chicago and gets caught up in the city's crooked underbelly. In the summer of 1934, Joe Garbe arrives in Chicago with one goal...

In this historical thriller from the bestselling author of Code Name Verity, Stella North enters an air race competition as the only woman—and finds herself thrown into a mystery she must solve before it kills her. When Stella North is chosen to represent Britain in Europe’s first air race...

When her father descends into madness, Verity Pruitt and her little sister Lilah find themselves uprooted from New York, on an orphan train to rural Arkansas. In Wheeler, Lilah is quickly adopted by the town’s beloved schoolteacher - but Verity is not. Willing to do anything to stay close, she pawns herself off as a farmhand, but even charming farm boy Abel Atchley can’t completely distract her from the sense that something is not quite right in this little town.