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Ce livre est en gros caractères, corps 16.
Au sein du prestigieux internat privé de St. Stephen, au coeur du Norfolk, se trouve l'austère dortoir de Fleat House, vieille bâtisse victorienne en cruel manque d'entretien. Lorsqu'un élève y est retrouvé mort dans sa chambre, le directeur s'empresse de conclure à un tragique accident. Mais l'enquêtrice londonienne Jazz Hunter n'est pas de cet avis. En tentant de pénétrer le microcosme fermé que constitue le pensionnat, elle se rend vite compte que la victime était un jeune homme arrogant qui avait beaucoup d'ennemis... Lucinda Riley nous embarque dans une histoire captivante, aux côtés d'une héroïne mémorable. -
Alors qu'une tragédie frappe sa famille, Julia se réfugie dans la serre de la demeure familiale de Wharton Park. Elle va y découvrir un vieux journal intime et partir sur les traces de sa grand-mère pour apprendre la vérité sur une histoire d'amour qui a presque détruit Wharton Park, et découvrir un secret de famille enterré par la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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Ce livre est en gros caractères, corps 16 Gassin, sud de la France. Alors qu'elle a tout fait pour prendre ses distances avec ses origines aristocratiques, Émilie de La Martinières se retrouve seule héritière de l'imposant château familial : un cadeau empoisonné dont elle se serait bien passé. Elle comprend très vite que ces vieilles pierres si familières cachent de nombreux secrets. Et quand elle découvre un recueil de poèmes écrit par sa tante dont la seule mention était proscrite dans sa jeunesse, Émilie met au jour la tragique histoire d'amour qui a bouleversé sa famille... Une saga intense et captivante !
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Pour échapper à une récente rupture, Grania Ryan quitte New York pour aller se ressourcer en Irlande auprès de sa famille. C'est là, au bord d'une falaise, qu'elle rencontre Aurora Lisle, une petite fille qui va changer sa vie. En trouvant de vieilles lettres datant de 1914, elle se rend compte du lien qui unit leurs deux familles. Les horreurs de la guerre, l'attrait irrésistible du ballet, le destin d'un enfant abandonné, ont fait naître un héritage de chagrin, qui a tour à tour marqué chaque nouvelle génération.
C'est finalement l'intuition d'Aurora qui leur permettra de se libérer des chaînes du passé, et d'aller vers un futur où l'amour triomphe sur la perte.
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Dans la campagne du Suffolk, Admiral House trône. C'est la maison de famille de Posy Montague, l'endroit où elle a passé son enfance à courir après les papillons avec son père, avant d'y élever ses propres enfants. À près de 70 ans, elle doit pourtant se résoudre à se séparer de cette demeure. Mais la réapparition soudaine de Freddie, son amour de jeunesse qui lui a brisé le coeur cinquante ans auparavant, va tout bouleverser. Car il se pourrait bien qu'Admiral House n'ait pas encore révélé tous ses secrets... Une captivante fresque multigénérationnelle, combinant personnages inoubliables et secrets déchirants, comme Lucinda Riley en a fait sa spécialité.
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Rosanna n'a que onze ans lorsqu'elle pose les yeux pour la première fois sur Roberto Rossini, un brillant ténor, aussi beau que charismatique. La fillette se fait alors un serment : un jour, elle l'épousera. Elle ignore qu'un douloureux secret lie déjà leur destin...
Six années plus tard, Rosanna, devenue une belle jeune femme, débarque à Milan. Son talent prodigieux de chanteuse lui permet d'intégrer la célèbre école de La Scala... et de revoir Roberto.
De Milan à New York, en passant par Londres et Paris, commence alors entre les deux artistes une passion tumultueuse et obsessionnelle. Mais les mensonges du passé menacent de faire voler leur vie en éclats. -
Greta revient au manoir de Marchmont Hall après l'avoir quitté il y a une trentaine d'année. Suite à un accident tragique, elle n'a plus aucun souvenir de ce lieu où elle a vécu. Mais durant une promenade dans le parc enneigé, elle trébuche sur une tombe. L'inscription érodée lui indique qu'un petit garçon est enterré là. Cette découverte bouleversante allume une lumière dans les souvenirs de Greta et va entraîner des réminiscences...
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ATLAS: THE STORY OF PA SALT - THE SEVEN SISTERS
Lucinda Riley
- Pan macmillan
- 10 Mai 2023
- 9781529043532
From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author Lucinda Riley, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the multimillion-copy epic series The Seven Sisters to an unforgettable conclusion. *Publishing Autumn 2022* *** Praise for The Seven Sisters series: ''The Seven Sisters series is heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling'' - Lucy Foley ''Well researched and compelling ... on an epic scale'' - Sunday Express ''There''s something magical about these stories'' - Prima ''Addictive storytelling'' - Woman & Home '' A masterclass in beautiful writing'' - Sun
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Captivating . . . This multi-generational tale is a poignant yet uplifting novel that strikes just the right balance with its tone and characters>
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From the Sunday Times number one best-selling author Lucinda Riley, The Missing Sister is the seventh instalment in the multimillion copy epic series They''ll search the world to find her. The six D''Apliese sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister? They only have one clue - an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them across the globe; from New Zealand to Canada, England, France and Ireland, uniting them all in their mission to at last complete their family. In doing so, they will slowly unearth a story of love, strength and sacrifice that began almost one hundred years ago, as other brave young women risk everything to change the world around them. PRAISE FOR THE SEVEN SISTERS SERIES ''The Seven Sisters series is heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling'' Lucy Foley ''Well researched and compelling ... on an epic scale'' Sunday Express ''There''s something magical about these stories'' Prima ''Addictive storytelling'' Woman & Home '' A masterclass in beautiful writing'' The Sun
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B>To the outside world, Electra D'Apliese seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world's top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous./b>Yet beneath the veneer, and fuelled by the pressure of the life she leads, Electra's already tenuous control over her state of mind has been rocked by the death of her father, Pa Salt, the elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from across the globe. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs to ease the pain, and as those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother . . .In 1939, Cecily Huntley-Morgan arrives in Kenya from New York to nurse a broken heart. Staying with her godmother, a member of the infamous Happy Valley set, on the shores of beautiful Lake Naivasha, she meets Bill Forsythe, a notorious bachelor and cattle farmer with close connections to the proud Maasai tribe. When disaster strikes and war is imminent, Cecily decides she has no choice but to accept Bill's proposal. Moving up into the Wanjohi Valley, and with Bill away, Cecily finds herself isolated and alone. Until she discovers a new-born baby abandoned in the woods next to her farmhouse . . .The Sun Sister is the sixth breathtaking instalment in Lucinda Riley's multi-million selling epic series, The Seven Sisters.'Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling. The Seven Sisters series is Lucinda Riley at the top of her game: a magical storyteller who creates characters we fall in love with and who stay with us long after we finish reading. Dazzlingly good.' Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party
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B>The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley./b>br>b>/b>br>After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D'Apliese , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland. There she takes a job doing what she loves; caring for animals on the vast and isolated Kinnaird estate, employed by the enigmatic and troubled Laird, Charlie Kinnaird.Her decision alters her future irrevocably when Chilly, an ancient gipsy who has lived for years on the estate, tells her that not only does she possess a sixth sense, passed down from her ancestors, but it was foretold long ago that he would be the one to send her back home to Granada in Spain . . .In the shadow of the magnificent Alhambra, Tiggy discovers her connection to the fabled gypsy community of Sacromonte, who were forced to flee their homes during the civil war, and to 'La Candela' the greatest flamenco dancer of her generation.From the Scottish Highlands and Spain, to South America and New York, Tiggy follows the trail back to her own exotic but complex past. And under the watchful eye of a gifted gypsy bruja she begins to embrace her own talent for healing.But when fate takes a hand, Tiggy must decide whether to stay with her new-found family or return to Kinnaird, and Charlie . . . The Moon Sister follows The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister and The Pearl Sister.
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B>The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller/b>br>b>/b>br>b>RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 2019/b>br>b>/b>br>b>Full of her trademark mix of unforgettable characters and heart-breaking secrets, The Butterfly Room is a spellbinding, multi-generational story from Sunday Times bestseller Lucinda Riley./b>Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows she must make an agonizing decision. Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it.Then a face appears from the past - Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken fifty years ago. Already struggling to cope with her son Sam's inept business dealings, and the sudden reappearance of her younger son Nick after ten years in Australia, Posy is reluctant to trust in Freddie's renewed affection. And unbeknown to Posy, Freddie - and Admiral House - have a devastating secret to reveal . . .
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Keeping secrets is a dangerous game . . .1995, London.When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating that it could rock the English establishment to its core . . .Joanna Haslam is an ambitious young journalist, assigned to cover the legendary actor's funeral. The great and the good of the celebrity world are there. But Joanna stumbles on something dark beneath the glamour: the mention of a letter James Harrison has left behind, the contents of which others have been desperate to conceal for over seventy years. As she peels back the veil of lies that has shrouded the secret, she realizes that there are other forces attempting to prevent her from discovering the truth. And they'll stop at nothing to reach the letter before she does.b>The Love Letter is a thrilling novel full of secrets, lies and unforgettable twists, from the internationally bestselling author, Lucinda Riley./b>*This title was originally published as Seeing Double.*
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From the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author comes the latest instalment in the epic multimillion-selling series, The Seven Sisters. The story of Merope, the missing sister, is waiting to be told . . .
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ATLAS: THE STORY OF PA SALT - THE SEVEN SISTERS VOL. 8
Lucinda Riley
- Macmillan
- 11 Mai 2023
- 9781529043525
From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author Lucinda Riley, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the multimillion-copy epic series The Seven Sisters to an unforgettable conclusion.
*Publishing Autumn 2022* *** Praise for The Seven Sisters series:
''The Seven Sisters series is heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling'' - Lucy Foley ''Well researched and compelling ... on an epic scale'' - Sunday Express ''There''s something magical about these stories'' - Prima ''Addictive storytelling'' - Woman & Home ''A masterclass in beautiful writing'' - SunGrand format N.C.Livre étranger - Contacter votre libraire
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B>The Olive Tree is the number one international bestseller from Lucinda Riley, author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series./b>*This title is also published as Helena's Secret.*A magical house. A momentous summer.It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, 'Pandora', is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family.Yet, as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora, she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William, her husband, and Alex, her son. At the difficult age of thirteen, Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother, and growing up. And equally, desperate to learn the truth about his real father . . .When, by chance, Helena meets her childhood sweetheart, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past and present collide. Both Helena and Alex know that life will never be the same, once Pandora's secrets have been revealed . . .b>Praise for Lucinda Riley: 'Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart' Dinah Jefferies, author of The Tea Planter's Wife/b>
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THE SHADOW SISTER - THE SEVEN SISTERS BOOK 3
Lucinda Riley
- Pan macmillan
- 3 Novembre 2016
- 9781447288619
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