Fin de l’ann?e 1761 : la guerre de Sept Ans prend une tournure de plus en plus d?sastreuse, l’expulsion des j?suites est en discussion et la marquise de Pompadour vit ses derniers temps de faveur. Nous retrouvons Nicolas Le Floch ? la premi?re des Paladins de Rameau ? l’Op?ra, ? laquelle assiste Madame Ad?la?de, une des filles de Louis XV. Durant la repr?sentation, le comte et la comtesse de Ruissec, qui accompagnaient la princesse, sont inform?s du suicide de leur fils, et Nicolas suit son ma?tre Sartine jusqu’? l’h?tel ...
My name is Madison Avery, and I'm here to tell you that there's more out there than you can see, hear, or touch. Because I'm there. Seeing it. Touching it. Living it.Madison's prom was killer — literally. For some reason she's been targeted by a dark reaper — yeah, kind of reaper — intent on getting rid of her, body and soul. But before the reaper could finish the job, Madison was able to snag his strange, glowing amulet and get away.Now she's stuck on Earth — dead but not gone. Somehow the amulet gives her the illusion of ...
Using a literary mystery rooted in Jane Austen's inspiration for , Simonsen's debut novel brings resonance to the story of a love-torn American girl in post-WWII London. Young and eager for adventure, Maggie Joyce has left her jobless Pennsylvania coal-mining town for a typist position overseas. In London, she discovers two love interests as well as connections to the real-life Londoners rumored to have been the basis for 's Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Learning to disregard her prim and proper instincts, Maggie becomes closer to her very own version of Darcy, as well as the families of the original Darcy and Bennet, from whom she receives old diary entries and letters. Simonsen is clever and evenhanded, maintaining an unhurried pace in both the Austen adventure and Maggie's love life. Fans of historical fiction and Austen should savor this leisurely read.
