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Linda De Angelis

    Vertiges
    The other boleyn girl
    Le lieu du crime
    L'anello di rubino
    • The #1 New York Times bestseller from “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory is a rich, compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue surrounding the Tudor court of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the infamous Boleyn family. When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of the handsome and charming Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family’s ambitious plots as the king’s interest begins to wane, and soon she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. With her own destiny suddenly unknown, Mary realizes that she must defy her family and take fate into her own hands. With more than one million copies in print and adapted for the big screen, The Other Boleyn Girl is a riveting historical drama. It brings to light a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamorous court in Europe, and survived a treacherous political landscape by following her heart.

      The other boleyn girl2008
      3,9
    • L'anello di rubino

      • 434pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      Rome, 1520. The Eternal City is in mourning. Raphael Sanzio, beloved painter and national hero, has died suddenly at the height of his fame. His body lies in state at the splendid marble Pantheon. At the nearby convent of Sant'Apollonia, a young woman comes to the Mother Superior, seeking refuge. She is Margherita Luti, a baker's daughter from a humble neighborhood on the Tiber, now an outcast from Roman society, persecuted by powerful enemies within the Vatican. Margherita was Raphael's beloved and appeared as the Madonna in many of his paintings. Theirs was a love for the ages. But now that Raphael is gone, the convent is her only hope of finding an honest and peaceful life. The Mother Superior agrees to admit Margherita to their order. But first, she must give up the ruby ring she wears on her left hand, the ring she had worn in Raphael's scandalous nude "engagement portrait". The ring has a storied past, and it must be returned to the Church or Margherita will be cast out into the streets. Behind the quiet walls of the convent, Margherita makes her decision ... and remembers her life with Raphael--and the love and torment--embodied in that one precious jewel.

      L'anello di rubino2006
      3,8
    • Le lieu du crime

      • 436pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      Un manoir perdu sur la lande écossaise. C'est là que les membres d'une troupe de théâtre londonienne ont choisi de répéter une nouvelle pièce. Mais, dès la première nuit, l'auteur, la jeune, belle et talentueuse Joy Sinclair, est sauvagement assassinée dans son lit. Aussitôt alerté, Scotland Yard dépêche sur les lieux l'inspecteur Lynley, huitième comte d'Asherton, et sa collègue, le sergent Barbara Havers. L'affaire est délicate : au nombre des suspects figurent un lord, deux des stars les plus populaires de Grande-Bretagne et... la femme dont Lynley est passionnément épris.

      Le lieu du crime2004
      3,9
    • Vertiges

      • 251pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Le C.H.U. Hobson, à New York n'est en rien différent des autres hôpitaux. Sauf que des jeunes femmes, après de banals examens gynécologiques, y sont victimes d'étranges vertiges qui s'accompagnent d'anomalies cérébrales inexplicables, repérables seulement par le scanographe révolutionnaire du Dr Martin Philips, le chef du service de neuroradiologie. Bravant les pressions ouvertes et occultes, au risque de sa carrière et de sa vie, Philips va tenter de résoudre l'énigme, jusqu'à la découverte de la vérité, l'effrayante vérité... Un suspense diabolique dans le milieu hospitalier que l'auteur, chirurgien lui-même, décrit d'une façon hyper-réaliste.

      Vertiges2002
      3,9