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  • Fear of De Sade

    by Bernardo Carvalho ...
    Translated by John Gledson ...
    From the award-winning Brazilian author of Nine Nights comes a twisting psychological novel of literary intrigue, sexual desire, and murder.In the pitch-black cell of an asylum—possibly in nineteenth-century France—a "baron" carries on an extended dialogue with a disembodied "voice." Arrested for a crime that he has no memory of, the baron swears to his innocence throughout.In contemporary France, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism

    Machado de Assis

    by Roberto Schwarz, Stanley Fish, Fredric Jameson ...
    Translated by John Gledson ...
    Series series Latin America in Translation
    A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism is a translation (from the original Portuguese) of Roberto Schwarz’s renowned study of the work of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839–1908). A leading Brazilian theorist and author of the highly influential notion of “misplaced ideas,” Schwarz focuses his literary and cultural analysis on Machado’s The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, which was ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • A Chapter of Hats

    Selected Stories

    by Machado de Assis ...
    Translated by John Gledson ...
    Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is the great Brazilian author of Philosopher or Dog? and Epitaph of a Small Winner, whose work is admired by writers as different as Salman Rushdie, Carlos Fuentes, Woody Allen and Susan Sontag. Taken from his mature period, these dazzling stories echo Poe and Gogol, anticipate Joyce, and have been compared to the writing of Chekhov, Maupassant and Henry James, yet his ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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    The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe

    by Geri Walton ...
    The true story of the woman who befriended the last queen of France—and the price she paid for her devotion.Perhaps no one knew Marie Antoinette better than one of her closest confidantes, Marie Thérèse, the Princess de Lamballe. The princess became superintendent of the queen's household in 1774, and through her relationship with Marie Antoinette, she gained a unique perspective of the lavishness ... Read more

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  • The Prince Lost to Time (Nicholas Segalla series, Book 2)

    Mysteries and intrigue from the dramatic era of the French Revolution

    by Paul Doherty ...
    A missing prince may provide the answers - can he be found?The Prince Lost to Time is Paul Doherty's second novel to feature Nicholas Segalla - a shadowy scholar travelling through time solving the past's greatest mysteries. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and C. J. Sansom.As the flames of revolution spread through France, they engulf the Royal Family, whose fairy-tale life in the magnificent ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Chocolate Box

    A Hercule Poirot Story

    by Agatha Christie ...
    Series series Hercule Poirot Short Stories

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  • Flaubert's Parrot

    by Julian Barnes ...
    Series series Vintage International
    BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • From the internationally bestselling author of The Sense of an Ending comes a literary detective story of a retired doctor obsessed with the 19th century French author Flaubert—and with tracking down the stuffed parrot that once inspired him. • “A high literary entertainment carried off with great brio.” —The New York Times Book ReviewJulian Barnes playfully combines a ... Read more

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  • The Châtelet Apprentice

    A Nicolas Le Floch Investigation, Book 1

    by Jean-François Parot ...
    Translated by Michael Glencross ...
    February 1761Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime and immorality . . .A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he seems to have a murder investigation on his hands. As the city descends into ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Marie Antoinette: France's Most Controversial Queen

    by Ashleigh Jenson ...
    Marie Antoinette is most famously remembered as 'Madame Deficit'. Unlike the image portrayed by those who led the French Revolution, Marie was a well-intentioned philanthropist, devoted mother, and free spirit. This short historical account details the truth behind the Queen's childhood, spending, and rumoured love affairs.As a woman who had an unconventional Austrian childhood, Marie was only ... Read more

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  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    in a free adaptation

    by Martin Crimp, Martin Crimp, Edmond Rostand ...
    A genius with language, but convinced of his own ugliness, Cyrano secretly loves the radiant Roxane. While Roxane is in love with the beautiful but inarticulate Christian.Cyrano's generous offer to act as go-between sets in motion a poignant and often hilarious love-triangle, in which each character is torn between the lure of physical attraction and the seductive power of words.Martin Crimp's ... Read more

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  • Old Man Goriot

    by Honoré de Balzac, Olivia McCannon ...
    Translated by Olivia McCannon ...
    Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Phantom of Rue Royale

    A Nicolas Le Floch Investigation, Book 3

    by Jean-François Parot ...
    Translated by Howard Curtis ...
    May 1770Paris is in mourning.At the firework display marking the Dauphin's marriage to Marie Antoinette, hundreds of people have been injured or crushed to death. Yet not all the victims died accidentally . . .The tragic incident on Place Louis XV yields a new case for Commissioner Le Floch when a strangled woman is found amongst the other corpses. The investigation takes him to the home of a ... Read more

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