Download or read book The House at Zaronza written by Vanessa Couchman and published by Ocelot Press. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden letters from the 1900s reveal a tale of star-crossed lovers against the backdrop of the rugged landscape of Corsica and the trenches of World War I.
Download or read book The Corsican Brothers written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the world of mystery, vengeance, and brotherly bonds with Alexandre Dumas’ captivating novel, "The Corsican Brothers." Set in the rugged landscapes of Corsica and the glittering streets of Paris, this classic tale follows the intertwined fates of twin brothers Louis and Lucien, whose lives are forever bound by a deep, almost supernatural connection. What would you do if you could feel the pain and emotions of a sibling miles away? Dumas masterfully weaves a story of loyalty, revenge, and fate as the brothers navigate a world of family honor and deadly duels. Their shared bond is tested by the violence and intrigue that surround them, leading to a dramatic climax where loyalty and vengeance clash. But here’s the question that keeps you guessing: Can the brothers escape the cycle of vengeance that has haunted their family for generations? Will the unbreakable connection between Louis and Lucien lead them to triumph or tragedy? In "The Corsican Brothers," Alexandre Dumas brings to life a thrilling narrative filled with passion, action, and the unyielding ties of brotherhood, making it one of his most enduring and emotional works. Are you ready to uncover the mysteries of the Corsican Brothers? Order "The Corsican Brothers" today and experience Dumas' genius in storytelling, where love, loyalty, and revenge collide in a dramatic tale.
Download or read book The Corsican Widow written by Vanessa Couchman and published by Ocelot Press. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transgressing the rules of a strict island society can have only result in severe punishment. While Corsica struggles for independence, Valeria must fight her own battles to save her life.
Download or read book The House at Zaronza written by Vanessa Couchman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...powerfully written and gripping." ~ French Village Diaries "...not only an excellent historical fiction read, but also a revealing glimpse into the evolution of women's rights..." ~ The Good Life France "...hooked me right to the end... I would highly recommend this book." ~ Book Muse "She writes with a pleasing balance of description and dialogue, lingering on the fine details that make this sort of novel such a joy to read,..." ~ French Property News "Beautifully written, evocative of this small island. A lovely book." ~ Tripfiction ~~~ The past uncovered. Rachel Swift travels to Corsica to discover more about her forebears. She comes across a series of passionate love letters and delves into their history. The story unfolds of a secret romance at the start of the 20th century between a village schoolteacher and Maria, the daughter of a bourgeois family. Maria's parents have other plans for her future, though, and she sees her dreams crumble. Her life is played out against the backdrop of Corsica, the 'island of beauty', and the turmoil of World War I. This is a story about love, loss and reconciliation in a strict patriarchal society, whose values are challenged as the world changes. Love gained and lost.
Download or read book The Tenderness of Wolves written by Stef Penney and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her teenage son disappears in the aftermath of a brutal murder, a determined mother sets out from her snow-covered nineteenth-century settlement to find him, an effort that is hampered by vigilante groups and the harrowing forces of nature. A first novel.
Download or read book Granite Island written by Dorothy Carrington and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Get away from here before you're completely bewitched and enslaved...' Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman's cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew out of years spent in Corsica and is an incomparably vivid and delightful portrait. For the first time Corsica is brought to light as a vital element in Europe: a highly individualistic island culture whose people have nurtured their love of freedom and political justice, as well as their pride, hospitality and poetry.
Download or read book The House at Zaronza written by Vanessa Couchman and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters From Languedoc written by Howard Burton and published by Open Agenda Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging epistolary memoir, Howard Burton describes his early experiences of moving with his family to a medieval hilltop village called Le Pouget in Languedoc after years of running Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada. The Languedoc region is sometimes referred to as the “real South of France”— thanks to its largely unspoilt, breathtakingly-beautiful countryside, traditional wine-making villages and slower pace of life. This delightful book details what it is really like to move to France and try to build up a new life in a culture that Howard and his family thought they were familiar with until they encountered countless surprises, some positive and some negative…
Download or read book A Year in Provence written by Peter Mayle and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-05-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.
Download or read book The Corsican Woman written by Madge Swindells and published by Little Brown GBR. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sybilia turned as if sleepwalking and, trance-like, walked down the stone steps to the living room. She shuddered as she took the rifle from the peg on the wall, but after only a moment's hesitation, she loaded it and went outside. Sybilia Rocca is beautiful, gentle and intelligent. But she is also Corsican and in her blood runs the intense passions of her race - the passions that drive her to shoot her father-in-law before stunned witnesses in the small square of the windswept town set high on a Corsican hillside. What is the terrible secret - the dark act of treachery twenty years before - that compels Sybilia to carry out her vendetta? Virtually everyone in the village knows, yet the unwritten law of their culture keeps them silenced. And now Sybilia is fighting for her life, gripped by a passion strong enough to destroy it...
Download or read book The Beltane Choice written by Nancy Jardine and published by Crooked Cat Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AD 71. Banished from the nemeton, becoming a priestess is no longer the future for Nara, a princess of the Selgovae tribe. Now charged with choosing a suitable mate before Beltane, her plan is thwarted by Lorcan, an enemy Brigante prince, who captures her and takes her to his hill fort. Despite their tribes fighting each other, Nara feels drawn to her captor, but time runs out for her secret quest. As armies of the Roman Empire march relentlessly northwards, Lorcan intends to use Nara as a marriage bargain, knowing all Celtic tribes must unite to be strong enough to repel imminent Roman attack. Nara's father, Callan, agrees to a marriage alliance between Selgovae and Brigante, but has impossible stipulations. Lorcan is torn between loyalty to his tribe and growing love for Nara. When danger and death arrive in the form of the mighty Roman forces, will Nara be able to choose her Beltane lover? The Beltane Choice tells a tale of war and love in Celtic Britain.
Download or read book Celestine written by Gillian Tindall and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Gillian Tindall discovered a cache of tightly folded letters in a deserted house in central France, recently emptied of 150 years of a family's possessions, she uncovered the obscure and moving life of one woman, Celestine Chaumette. This is Tindall's brilliantly original recreation of the vanished world of a French village.
Download or read book A Cupboard Full of Coats written by Yvvette Edwards and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize A Kirkus Best Book of the Year Plagued by guilt, paralyzed by shame, Jinx has spent the years since her mother's death alone, estranged from her husband, withdrawn from her son, and entrenched in a childhood home filled with fierce and violent memories. When Lemon, an old family friend, appears unbidden at the door, he seduces Jinx with a heady mix of powerful storytelling and tender care. What follows is a tense and passionate weekend, as the two join forces to unravel the tragedy that binds them. Jinx has long carried the burden of the past; now, she must relive her mother's last days, confront her grief head-on, and speak the truth as only she knows it. Expertly woven and perfectly paced, A Cupboard Full of Coats is both a heartbreaking family drama and a riveting mystery, with a cast of characters who linger in the mind and the heart long after the last page has been turned.
Download or read book The Dream hunters of Corsica written by Dorothy Carrington and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dream-hunters,or mazzeri,are unknown outside Corsica and probably date from pre-historic times.At night they go hunting-or dream they do so-and kill an animal,in whom they recognise a human face.The next day they announcethe death,which always takes place within a year. Where the mazzeri are harbingers of death,the signadori are guardians of life-they practise folk medicine,but more importantly,they practise folk medicine,but more importantly,they secure release from the curse of the Evil Eye. With characteristic elegance and clarity,Dorothy Carrington investigates these extraordinary phenomena,relics of past times peculiar to this wild,inhospitable land.THE DREAM HUNTERS OF CORSICA is a fascinating insight into a forgotten corner of civilisation where the occult has retained its everyday place as an explanation of the mysteries of life.
Download or read book Colomba written by Prosper Merimee and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A House in the Sunflowers written by Ruth Silvestre and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a dream come true. In 1976, in the Lot-et-Garonne region of south-west France, Ruth Silvestre and her famiy found Bel-Air de Grezelongue, a house that had been left deserted and uninhabited for ten years. They fell in love with it. A House in the Sunflowers tells of their affair with the house, from the search and initial frustrations, their euphoria when they finally bought it and the challenges of renovation and graduation assimilation into the local community. It provides rare glimpses of French family life in the region that is considered the gastronomic centre of France, complete with mouth-watering descriptions of meals in the sun and fascinating insights into the history and customs of this area. In this charming, funny and romantic book, Ruth Silvestre manages to include much practical and useful information for those who also wish to fulfil their dreams abroad. Lovers of France, its rural life and customs will be delighted with A House in the Sunflowers and its unforgettable love affair.
Download or read book The Photographer s Wife written by Suzanne Joinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1937. Prue, an artist living a reclusive life by the sea, is visited by William Harrington, a British pilot she knew as a child in Jerusalem. Prue remembers an attraction between Harrington and Eleanora, the wife of a famous Jerusalem photographer, and the troubles that arose when Harrington learned Eleanora's husband was part of an underground group intent on removing the British. During his visit, Harrington reveals the truth behind what happened all those years ago, a truth that unravels Prue's world. Now she must follow the threads that lead her back to secrets long-ago buried in Jerusalem. The Photographer's Wife is a powerful story of betrayal: between father and daughter, between husband and wife, and between nations and people, set in the complex period between the two world wars.
