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A Paris, à la fin du règne de François Ier, Gerfaut de Croixmart, grand juge prévôtal, entreprend de mettre aux fers les individus soupçonnés de sorcellerie. Il ignore alors que sa fille, Marie, est amoureuse d’un certain Renaud, fils d’une magicienne de renom. Le jeune homme deviendra...

* Book : Fleurs de Paris * Biographie * Bibliographie Zévaco porte encore une fois, dans ce roman, haut la bannière de la littérature populaire, au meilleur sens du terme. L'histoire se passe à Paris, à la fin du XIXe siècle. Disparitions, réapparitions, meurtres, trahisons, vengeances,...

* Book : Les Pardaillan * Biographie * Bibliographie En 1553, Jeanne, fille du seigneur de Piennes, épouse secrètement François, le fils aîné du connétable de Montmorency. La guerre qui s'achève contre Charles Quint sépare le jeune couple. Jeanne se retrouvant seule, met au monde une...

* Book : La Fin de Fausta * Biographie * Bibliographie La suite du volume IX, La Fin de Pardaillan, et la fin de ce cycle majeur dans l'oeuvre de Zévaco.

Triboulet suivi de La Cour des miracles (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Michel Zévaco *Triboulet : A 50 ans, le roi de France, François ler est las de la Belle Ferronnière, la femme de Jean Ferron. Il aime à présent la douce et...

* Book : Fausta Vaincue * Biographie * Bibliographie Fausta vaincue est la suite de La Fausta, la subdivision en deux tomes ayant été faite lors de la publication en volume, en 1908. Nous sommes donc toujours en 1588, sous le règne d'Henri III, en lutte contre le duc de Guise et la Sainte...

Two short stories preceding the upcoming novel Psychonaut: The Nexus.Reality Within:After weeks of terrorizing, the mysterious man in black finally pays a formal visit to the ageing Master Eemos. What he reveals to the ingenious master is no less than the edge of reality.The Infinite...

Your body has trillions of cells, and each one has the complexity and dynamism of a city. Your life, your thoughts, your diseases, and your health are all the function of cells. But what do you really know about what goes on inside you? The last time most people thought about cells in...

In defiance of the predominant pattern of reading liberal political thought in isolation from the metaphysical and theological investigations of its classic thinkers, Metaphysical Problems, Political Solutions: Self, State, and Nation in Hobbes and Locke seeks to place their writings in context. Asaf...

What sorts of material objects are there? Many philosophers opt for surprising answers to this question that seem deeply at odds with how we ordinarily think about the material world. Some embrace radically eliminative views, on which there are far fewer objects than we ordinarily take there to be,...

What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars?  As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens … and what they’ve left behind.  Alien artifacts:  what might they reveal about us as we try to unlock their secrets? ...

In this short story inspired by Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, a young man wakes up one day to discover he has turned invisible. At first, he takes advantage of his newfound ability before quickly learning invisibility is not such a desirable state. Not only can he not be seen, but he can't be heard...

While mankind can scarce hope to pierce the Veil without crossing it, a few intrepid souls will ever bend their will against the aether, combining artifice and the arcane to uncover its secrets. From voodoo death cults to the Day of the Dead, mummy parties, the wheel of reincarnation, the practice...

The Blood King is Book Two in The Chronicles of the Necromancer fantasy adventure series by Gail Z. Martin. It is the sequel to The Summoner, and picks up the action one day after The Summoner ends.In The Blood King, sequel to The Summoner, Tris Drayke races against time to gain the skills he needs...