Court physician Robert Merivel has a middle age crisis and sets off for Versailles where he meets Madame de Flamanville, a Swiss botanist, and rescues a captive bear to take back to Bidnold Manor.
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No Time Like the Present. Keine Zeit Wie Diese, Englische Ausgabe
- 432 stránek
- 16 hodin čtení
At the heart of this story is an interracial couple, Steven and Jabulile, living in a 'free' South Africa. He is a university lecturer and she is a lawyer, both comrades in the Struggle and now parents of children born in freedom.
Trespass
- 384 stránek
- 14 hodin čtení
Set among the hills and gorges of the Cevennes, the dark and beautiful heartland of southern France, 'Trespass' is a novel about disputed territory, sibling love and devastating revenge.
The China Lover
- 392 stránek
- 14 hodin čtení
Ian Buruma's epic novel is the richly imagined story of one woman's struggle to survive in the face of war and occupation in the Far East during the Second World War. It should appeal to anyone who loved Memoirs of a Geisha. 'Spare, elegant... Buruma's writing is wonderful... So beautifully executed that the reader is swept along.' Vanora Bennett, The Times
The Embarrassment of Riches: an Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
- 698 stránek
- 25 hodin čtení
Examines seventeenth-century Dutch life, history, and culture.