Maison d'édition: G2 Rights
On the even of the English Civil War, two lifelong friends, Richard Mead and Wil Pitkin, become caught up in a series of tragic eventd which turn them into deadly enemies. Forced to take opposite sides in the war, their mutual hatred is only increased by their experiences in that terrible conflict.
Against the backdrop of the Jacobite rebellion, New York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Wilde spins the passionate tale of a beautiful pickpocket who finds love in the arms of a Scotsman bent on revenge In 1746 Miranda James lives by her wits on the streets of London, searching for easy marks—until she’s caught picking the wrong pocket. Sentenced to hang, she is saved from the gallows by a fierce-eyed Scotsman . . . on the condition she become his indentured servant. A loyal subject until his brothers were murdered at the Battle of Culloden in an attempt to restore Prince Charles to the Scottish throne, Cameron Gordon lives for revenge. As Miranda’s master, he teaches her the power of words—and the pleasures of passion. From street urchin to celebrated author, from the dangers of a secret insurrection to the truth about her mysterious past, Miranda struggles against insurmountable odds, ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for the love that could be her future and her enduring legacy.Voir livre
Kate, a somewhat clumsy widow of thirty-two, flees her stifling hometown on Vancouver Island to live alone on an even smaller island in the Salish Sea. In so doing, she has vague expectations of solace and sanctuary, despite past experience. Instead she meets Ivy, a woman who through their conversations transports her to the intoxicating world of 1926 Cuba. Within the context of their friendship, Ivy’s past begins to unravel from a long-held silence, just as Kate finds herself confronting her relationship with the colourful community she’s known all her life, along with an unexpected visitor who threatens to remove all peace from her chosen refuge. Told from the perspectives of three narrators: Ivy, Kate, and Kate’s mother Nora, Fishing for Birds is a novel that juxtaposes the expectations we cling to so fiercely and the unexpected and sometimes unconventional things that turn up. The novel challenges traditional constructs of time, ethnicity, and relationship. Set against the tropical beauty of 1920s Cuba and the Northwest Coast of contemporary time, both the landscape and unique character of island life underscore the experiences of three very different women.Voir livre
From the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a piercing account of the lesser-known conflict preceding the Vietnam War that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism.How can a modern army lose to an army of peasants?Delving into the last gasps of the First Indochina War, which saw the communist Viêt Minh take control of North Vietnam, Éric Vuillard vividly illustrates the attitudes that both enabled French colonialist abuses and ultimately led to their defeat and withdrawal. From the Michelin rubber plantation, where horrific working conditions sparked an epidemic of suicides, to the battlefield, a sense of superiority over the "yellow men" pervaded European and American forces. And, as with so many conflicts throughout history, there were key actors with a motivation deeper than nationalism or political ideology—greed.An Honorable Exit not only brings to life scenes from the war, but also looks beyond the visceral reality on the ground to the colder calculations of those who seek to benefit from conflict, whether shrewd bankers, who can turn a military win or loss into financial gain, or intelligence operatives like the CIA, who aim to influence governments across the globe.Voir livre
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume the decade reveals some who are doing very well and the many who are not; underfoot, underpaid and under-represented. Our writers of many hues and telling talents bring both their stories and their characters to bear on the decade between the two world wars with searing clarity. 01 - The Top 10 - The 1920's - The English - An Introduction 02 - The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf 03 - The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D H Lawrence 04 - Rats by M R James 05 - The Resurrection of Father Brown by G K Chesterton 06 - Miss Ogilivy Finds Herself by Radclyffe Hall 07 - Running Wolf by Algernon Blackwood 08 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson 09 - Smee by A M Burrage 10 - Young Magic by Helen Simpson 11 - Decay by Marjorie BowenVoir livre
“Rapturous . . . The joyful sense of community within this love story offers a charming and refreshing escape from the modern world.” —Kirkus Reviews Growing up in early twentieth-century Illinois, Ruby Drake is a happy child. But one winter’s night, her beloved parents perish in an accident—and suddenly Ruby finds herself destitute and nearly alone in the world. Her new path eventually takes her to Harvester, Minnesota, where she’s lucky enough to find work on the welcoming Schoonover farm. Kind Emma, forward-thinking Henry, and their hired men—ambitious Dennis and reserved Jake—soon become a second family to the orphaned teenager. Young women are expected to be focused on courtship and marriage, but the industrious, bright Ruby searches for opportunities to expand her horizons at every step. Mastering her responsibilities on the farm. Learning to smoke cigarettes. Borrowing books from the local lending library, reading devotedly and expansively: mythology, romance, poetry. And falling in love with her married neighbor, Roland. But when Ruby is asked to care for Roland’s wife in the wake of tragedy, she is torn between duty and passion, between what has been her lot and what could be, in this story of friendship, romance, and the families we are born with and create—and of one woman’s journey of selfhood on the prairie. “Her novels are a reliably inviting world, full of friendly faces and intimate dramas. However you first make your way to Harvester, you’ll want to return.” —The Wall Street JournalVoir livre
Authors are authors and we are drawn to their works because of their style, their narrative, and their characters and how each part is assembled into the arc of the whole. But are we? Do social conventions, or fashion or other influences decide what we read or what we listen to? Its famously said that everyone has a story, everyone should be heard. So, when we discover a particular author has a dark past, a difficult character, what do we do? Europe was in the last century riven by two catastrophic world wars and a myriad of other local ones. And like good citizens everywhere our thoughts are stilled by the word ‘Fascist’. This word which originally meant many strands held together to make a stronger whole is now a one word response to evil and work done in its name. In this volume our approach has been to take authors of then great renown, two of whom won the Nobel Prize, and compile a work from each which is seen in a literary context rather than in the heinous shadow of their political and social beliefs. We are taught that authors write of their own experiences, but is that really true? Can an author be separated from their nihilistic approach to politics and actually be a good writer who adds to our knowledge and experience rather than taint us with their reprehensible beliefs on their fellow man. Its an ongoing argument. Perhaps both sides are right. Perhaps both sides are wrong.Voir livre
