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Ship of the line
Par C. S Forester. 1938
May 1810. Horatio Hornblower is now in command of his first ship, the HMS Sutherland, but he has one major…
problem--the crew is short by about 250 men. He hires whoever are willing and has them trained well enough to stage five solo raids against the French army and navy along the coast of Spain. Sequel to Beat to Quarters (RC 46120, BR 11555)American dreams
Par John Jakes. 1998
Continues the Crown family saga begun in Homeland (BR 09462). Paul, twenty-nine, a well-known photographer, travels the world making news…
documentaries, some of which get him in trouble with the British government. His cousin Carl satisfies a passion for cars and flying, becoming a daring aviator, and cousin Fritzi becomes an actress in Hollywood. Some strong language. BestsellerLes tumultes du siècle: roman
Par Keith Oatley. 2000
Sarah on her own (American dreams)
Par Karen Coombs. 1996
Orphaned fourteen-year-old Sarah survives the 1620 trip from London to the New World, but her aunt does not. Her aunt's…
fiance, who sent for them, has also died. Not wanting to marry, become an indentured servant, or settle on the land she has been allotted, Sarah searches for a way home. Violence. For junior and senior high readersDeux sœurs et un secret
Par Éliane Saint-Pierre. 2021
Montréal, 1942. Alors que la guerre fait rage de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique et que l'ombre de la conscription guette…
les Canadiens français, Yvonne Lafleur se soumet à des ordres bien différents de ceux de l'armée : à dix-sept ans, elle décide d'entrer chez les sœurs de Notre-Dame, à Saint-Hyacinthe. Sa famille accueille son départ pour le couvent avec perplexité. Pourquoi choisir un tel destin ? D'autant plus que la jeune fille n'est pas si pieuse. Seulement, sérieuse et déterminée, elle rêve d'enseigner. Yvonne se montre donc ravie quand sa congrégation l'envoie travailler dans une école de rang de Lanaudière. Aspirant vivement à devenir mère, sa sœur Marthe ne tarde pas à épouser le beau Claude McCoy et à s'installer sur la ferme des Cantons-de-l'Est qu'il a reçue en héritage. Si son mode de vie contrasté demande une adaptation, c'est avec un enthousiasme sincère que la Montréalaise embrasse sa nouvelle existence. Mais l'avenir prometteur de celles qu"on surnommait "les jumelles de Mme Lafleur" s'effondre soudain. Au cœur de leurs campagnes isolées, pourront-elles s'allier pour combattre, main dans la main, leurs sombres infortunes ?Lord Hornblower
Par C. S Forester. 1946
The Hornblower saga continues as the intrepid commodore becomes a peer of the realm by quelling a mutiny and concluding…
his private war with Napoleon. Incidentally, he rekindles his romance with the lovely French Marie. Sequel to Commodore Hornblower (RC 26916, BR 11558)The garden of the Finzi-Continis
Par Giorgio Bassani. 1977
A fictionalized account of a moody and tragic Jewish youth in Italy just before the rise of Hitler. Portrays his…
relationship with Micol, the beautiful and pampered daughter of the Finzi-Continis, the richest and most important Jewish family in the town of FerraraHornblower and the Hotspur
Par C. S Forester. 1962
Commander Hornblower marries in England and soon afterward sails for duty off the French coast. War breaks out with France…
involving Hornblower in several sea battles and in a land raid, which destroys a French signal station. Sequel to Lieutenant Hornblower (BR 11553)Flying colours
Par C. S Forester. 1966
In this sequel to Ship of the Line (BR 11556), Captain Hornblower, having surrendered his ship, finds himself in a…
French prison facing possible execution. If he manages to escape, he still must deal with a court martial in EnglandThe players: a novel of the young Shakespeare
Par Stephanie Cowell. 1997
Fictional portrayal of William Shakespeare as a young man. An impoverished playwright and actor in London, Shakespeare is caught in…
a love triangle between his Italian mistress, Emilia Bassano, and his patron, the young earl of Southampton. Includes historical notes. Descriptions of sexLe violon d'Auschwitz: roman (La cosmopolite)
Par Maria Anglada. 2009
Auschwitz. 1944. Un prisonnier juif, Daniel, y lutte pour la survie de son âme. Surprenant un concert organisé par Sauckel,…
le commandant du camp, Daniel révèle son talent de luthier pour sauver son ami Bronislaw, violoniste de génie accusé à tort d'avoir joué faux. Il va alors être mis à l'épreuve et devoir construire un violon imitant le son d'un Stradivarius, comprenant vite que de cet instrument dépend leur salut... Composant un mélange subtil entre réalité et fiction, des documents historiques - lettres, rapports - viennent interrompre le récit à la manière de pauses glaçantes. Dans la tradition littéraire d'un Primo Levi, l'auteur mène une danse effroyable entre l'horreur de la barbarie et le sublime de la musique. Ou l'art comme possibilité de faire vivre la mémoire. -- 4e de couvScarlett: the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind
Par Alexandra Ripley. 1991
Continues the saga of Scarlett O'Hara which began in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (BR 11427). Scarlett returns to…
Tara after Melanie's funeral, but then makes her way to Ireland where she struggles to get Rhett Butler back into her life. The author was chosen by Mitchell's heirs to write the sequel. BestsellerThe way to Bright Star
Par Dee Brown. 1998
At the turn of the century, Ben Butterfield looks back on his years as a young boy during the Civil…
War. Along with wagon master John Hawkes, Ben and animal handler Hadjee drive two camels captured by a Yankee captain from Texas to Bright Star, Indiana. They encounter many hardships, and Ben loses his heart to a young adventurerUnicorn's blood
Par Patricia Finney. 1998
As a young princess, Elizabeth I wrote of her affair with Thomas Seymour and of Mary Queen of Scots as…
the royal heir in a diary. Now queen, Elizabeth must find the stolen journal--identified by an embroidered unicorn with a ruby eye--before her opponents do. Companion to Firedrake's Eye (BR 11880). Some strong languageMr. Midshipman Hornblower
Par C. S Forester. 1994
Horatio Hornblower of the British Royal Navy faces a series of adventurous episodes in his early career. His quick thinking,…
brilliant intuition, and decisiveness leave him with the rank of lieutenant. Prequel to Lieutenant Hornblower (RC 46117, BR 11553)Beat to quarters
Par C. S Forester. 1966
June 1808. Captain Hornblower and his men are aboard the HMS Lydia off the coast of Nicaragua. He has been…
given several orders to carry out or face a court martial. One of his tasks is to find a water route across Central America, and as a result, he is transporting Lady Wellesley to Panama. Sequel to Hornblower and the Atropos (RC 25507, BR 7081)Les piliers de la terre: roman / 4, Une colonne de feu (Les piliers de la terre. #3.)
Par Ken Follett. 2017
" En 1558, les pierres patinées de la cathédrale de Kingsbridge dominent une ville déchirée par la haine religieuse. En…
Angleterre, le pouvoir passe de manière précaire des mains des catholiques à celles des protestants et Elisabeth Tudor devient reine. Toute l'Europe se dresse contre elle. La jeune souveraine, habile et déterminée, crée les premiers services secrets du pays, afin d'être avertie à temps des complots qui se trament contre sa vie, des projets de rébellion et des plans d'invasion. À Paris, Marie, reine d'Ecosse, proclamée souveraine légitime de l'Angleterre, attend son heure. Jeune femme séduisante et obstinée appartenant à une famille française d'une ambition sans scrupules, elle réunit autour d'elle de nombreux partisans qui intriguent pour se débarrasser d'Elisabeth. "An acquaintance with darkness
Par Ann Rinaldi. 1997
Washington, D.C., 1865. Emily Pigbush, orphaned at fourteen, goes to live with her Uncle Valentine, a physician. She is shocked…
to discover that he and his colleagues rob graves in order to study anatomy. Even more frightening is her realization that the family of her best friend, Annie Surratt, is involved in the assassination of President Lincoln. For senior high and older readersCommodore Hornblower
Par C. S Forester. 1972
The old sea dog Horatio Hornblower is entrusted with a delicate mission to Russia, neatly threading the tangle of Baltic…
politics in the year 1812 in this sequel to Flying Colours (RC 46122, BR 11557)Naming the new world: a novel
Par Calvin Baker. 1997
Vignettes highlighting the history of an African American family, beginning with episodes in Africa and as newly arrived slaves in…
America, progressing to their escape from slavery, but not from pain. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language