Tracy Chevalier Livres

Apres un revers sentimental, Honor fuit les regards compatissants des membres de sa communauté quaker. Elle s’embarque pour les États-Unis avec sa sour, Grace, qui doit rejoindre son fiancé. A l’éprouvante traversée s’ajoute bientôt une autre épreuve : la mort de Grace, emportée par la fievre jaune. Honor décide néanmoins de poursuivre son voyage jusqu’a Faithwell, une petite bourgade de l’Ohio. C'est dans cette Amérique encore sauvage et soumise aux lois esclavagistes, contre lesquelles les quakers s’insurgent, qu’elle va essayer de se reconstruire. Portrait intime de l’éclosion d’une jeune femme, témoignage précieux sur la vie des quakers et le «chemin de fer clandestin» – ce réseau de routes secretes des esclaves en fuite –, La derniere fugitive confirme la maîtrise romanesque de l’auteur du best-seller La jeune fille a la perle.

Dans les années 1810, sur la côte du Dorset, Mary Anning découvre ses premiers fossiles et se passionne pour ces "prodigieuses créatures" dont l'existence remet en question les théories sur la création du monde. Elle se heurte aux préjugés de la communauté scientifique, entièrement composée d'hommes, qui la confine dans un rôle de figuration. Elle trouve heureusement une alliée en la personne d'Elizabeth Philpot, vieille fille intelligente, qui l'accompagne dans ses explorations

La jeune et ravissante Griet est engagée comme servante dans la maison du peintre Vermeer. Nous sommes à Delft, au dix-septième siècle, l'âge d'or de la peinture hollandaise. Griet s'occupe du ménage et des six enfants de Vermeer en s'efforçant d'amadouer l'épouse, la belle-mère et la gouvernante, chacune très jalouse de ses prérogatives. Au fil du temps, la douceur, la sensibilité et la vivacité de la jeune fille émeuvent le maître qui l'introduit dans son univers. À mesure que s'affirme leur intimité, le scandale se propage dans la ville... Un roman envoûtant sur la corruption de l'innocence, l'histoire d'un coeur simple sacrifié au bûcher du génie.

Récemment arrivée des Etats-Unis avec son mari, Ella Turner a du mal à trouver sa place dans cette bourgade de province du sud-ouest de la France. S'y sentant seule et indésirable, elle entreprend des recherches sur ses ancêtres protestants qui eurent à fuir les persécutions. Elle est alors loin d'imaginer que cette quête va bouleverser sa vie. Quatre siècles plus tôt, en pleine guerre de religion, Isabelle du Moulin, surnommée " La Rousse " en raison de sa flamboyante chevelure, risque un procès en sorcellerie pour le culte qu'elle voue à la Vierge Marie. Cependant, l'enfant qu'elle porte ne lui laisse d'autre choix que d'entrer dans l'intolérante famille des Tournier qui a embrassé la Réforme. Séparées par des générations mais unies par un mystérieux héritage, Ella et Isabelle vont renouer les fils du temps à deux voix. Premier roman de l'auteur de La jeune fille à la perle, La Vierge en bleu livre l'histoire tragique et foisonnante des Tournier, sur fond de guerre de religion.

A set of bewitching medieval tapestries hangs today in a protected chamber in Paris. They appear to portray a woman's seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown - until now. Paris, 1490. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house - mother and daughter, servant and lady-in-waiting - before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven. There, master-weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has on finishing the tapestries - his finest, most intricate work - on time for his exacting French client. Ill-prepared for temptation and seduction, he and his family are consumed by the project and by their dealings with the hot-blooded painter from Paris. The results change all their lives - lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.

Londres, janvier 1901 : la reine Victoria vient de mourir. Comme la coutume l'impose, les familles se rendent au cimetière. Leurs tombes étant mitoyennes, les Waterhouse et les Coleman font connaissance et leurs petites filles se lient immédiatement d'amitié. Pourtant, les familles n'ont pas grand-chose en commun. L'une incarne les valeurs traditionnelles de l'ère victorienne et l'autre aspire à plus de liberté. Dans le cimetière, véritable coeur du roman, Lavinia et Maude se retrouvent souvent et partagent leurs jeux et leurs secrets avec Simon, le fils du fossoyeur, au grand dam de leurs parents. Lavinia est élevée dans le respect des principes alors que Maude est livrée à elle-même : sa mère, Kitty Coleman, vit dans ses propres chimères. Ni la lecture, ni le jardinage, ni même une liaison ne suffisent à lui donner goût à la vie. Jusqu'au jour où elle découvre la cause des suffragettes. La vie des deux familles en sera bouleversée à jamais.

This new edition features an introduction by Jessie Burton and highlights a story that has captivated over five million readers globally. The book's widespread appeal lies in its compelling narrative and rich character development, making it a significant addition to contemporary literature.

When Quaker Honor Bright sails from Bristol with her sister, she is fleeing heartache for a new life in America, far from home. But tragedy leaves her alone and vulnerable, torn between two worlds and dependent on the kindness of strangers, and life in 1850s Ohio is precarious and unsentimental.

FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING 'A triumph... a brilliant idea carried out with confidence and brio and a deep love of an extraordinary city. The ingenuity of the time-skipping is beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN 'Spellbinding.... Chevalier at her fabulous best. A rich, vivid and gently enchanting novel' ELIF SHAFAK Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss. The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna - but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her? Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.

The sweeping and compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Dark, brutal, moving, powerful' Jane Harris A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne Harris

Ella Turner does her best to fit in to the small, close-knit community of Lisle-sur-Tarn. She even changes her name back to Tournier, and knocks the rust off her high school French. But it is all in vain.

Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author Girl with a Pearl Earring, has edited a beautiful new short story collection with original contributions from nineteen of our best loved contemporary authors. Published by IndieBooks in association with Hamish Hamilton, Why Willows Weep: Contemporary Tales from the Woods is an enchanting new collection in support of the Woodland Trust. Contributors: William Fiennes, James Robertson, Richard Mabey, Tracey Chevalier, Susan Elderkin, Rachel Billington, Blake Morrison, Maria McCann, Terence Blacker, Joanne Harris, Philippa Gregory, Catherine O Flynn, Tahmima Anam, Maggie O Farrell, Amanda Craig, Ali Smith, Philip Hensher, Salley Vickers and Kate Mosse.

It is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiance and her brother and regarded by society as a 'surplus woman' unlikely to marry, resolves to escape her suffocating mother and strike out alone. A new life awaits her in Winchester. Yes, it is one of draughty boarding-houses and sidelong glances at her naked ring finger from younger colleagues; but it is also a life gleaming with independence and opportunity. Violet falls in with the broderers, a disparate group of women charged with embroidering kneelers for the Cathedral, and is soon entwined in their lives and their secrets. As the almost unthinkable threat of a second Great War appears on the horizon Violet collects a few secrets of her own that could just change everything... Warm, vivid and beautifully orchestrated, A Single Thread reveals one of our finest modern writers at the peak of her powers.

She noticed him before anyone else. Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat's son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day - so he's lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can't stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players - teachers and pupils alike - will never be the same again.

Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: Tracy Chevalier's novel Burning Bright sparkles with drama. London 1792. The Kellaways move from familiar rural Dorset to the tumult of a cramped, unforgiving city. They are leaving behind a terrible loss, a blow that only a completely new life may soften. Against the backdrop of a city jittery over the increasingly bloody French Revolution, a surprising bond forms between Jem, the youngest Kellaway boy, and streetwise Londoner Maggie Butterfield. Their friendship takes a dramatic turn when they become entangled in the life of their neighbour, the printer, poet and radical, William Blake. He is a guiding spirit as Jem and Maggie navigate the unpredictable, exhilarating passage from innocence to experience. Their journey inspires one of Blake's most entrancing works. Georgian London is recreated as vividly in Burning Bright as 17th-century Delft was in Tracy Chevalier's bestselling masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring.

`This collection is stormy, romantic, strong - the Full Bronte' The Times A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre.

Niekoľko príbehov zviazaných dohromady tvorí očarujúci a pestrý román plný vášní a citov. Prostredie a doba, v ktorej sa odohráva, určite nadchne každého, kto má rád romantiku stredoveku. Jean le Viste, šľachtic z 15. storočia blízky kráľovi, zadá ambicióznemu umelcovi Nicolasovi des Innocentes zákazku, ktorá je jeho životnou šancou – návrh šiestich tapisérií, ktoré by oslávili jeho vzostupnú kariéru pri kráľovskom dvore, prevažne s vojenskou tematikou. Manželka Jeana le Viste, Geneviéve, presvedčí Nicolasa, aby sa s jej manželom porozprával o inej, jemnejšej téme: o dáme s jednorožcom. Nicolas navrhuje tapisérie podľa svojej vízie – päť zo šiestich je alegória na päť zmyslov človeka, a predlohou pre ženské postavy sú mu Geneviéve a jej dcéra Claude, do ktorej je Nicolas zaľúbený. Nicolas odchádza do Bruselu, kde má jeho návrhy tapisérií zrealizovať majster tkáč Georges de la Chapelle. Tam však do jeho života vstúpi nová žena.

In un villaggio della Francia meridionale, durante la seconda metà del Cinquecento, la prima neve dell'inverno ricopre la terra. Sotto un cielo grigio, la chiesa emerge con il suo manto candido. Monsieur Marcel, il predicatore calvinista, ha appena finito il suo sermone e, con passo deciso, si allontana, lasciando dietro di sé un fervore di cambiamento. La folla, ansiosa di purificare la chiesa, è guidata da Etienne Tournier, giovane della famiglia che possiede l'unica Bibbia del villaggio. Con un rastrello in mano, Etienne guarda minacciosamente la statuetta della Vergine col Bambino, mentre i suoi occhi si incrociano con quelli di Isabelle du Moulin, la Rossa. Ricordi di un passato innocente affiorano: Isabelle, da bambina, osservava il padre di Etienne dipingere l'edicola di un azzurro brillante. Da quel momento, il suo soprannome è diventato una maledizione, amplificata dall'arrivo di Monsieur Marcel. Quando il predicatore scompare, Isabelle, infuocata da una nuova determinazione, distrugge la statuetta, segnando la fine della sua fanciullezza e l'inizio del suo destino. Secoli dopo, Ella Turner, un'americana tormentata da un sogno, si ritrova tra le Cévennes per scoprire il mistero legato ai Tournier-Turner. Questa opera prima rivela il talento di Tracy Chevalier nel ritrarre epoche storiche e i tumultuosi pensieri umani.

Příběh ženy, která se odvážila tvořit, i když jí to svět zakazoval. Murano, 1486. V záři sklářských pecí tajně přihlíží mladá Orsola Rossová práci slavné Marietty Barovierové, která tvoří korálky, jež změní svět. Orsola si je okamžitě zamiluje – a s nimi i zakázané řemeslo. Když její otec nečekaně zahyne, musí podpořit rodinnou dílnu a bojovat o přežití jména Rosso. Nejprve skrytě, pak i veřejně, s neústupnou vášní hledá své místo ve sklářském řemesle. Její korálky se stávají symbolem touhy i důkazem ženské síly v době, kdy ženám nebyl dán prostor tvořit.