Joseph Kessel: 5 books

Book cover of L'Armée des ombres
by Bertrand Louët, Joseph Kessel
Language: French
Release Date: March 21, 2012

Œuvre en extraits longs, en lien avec le thème « Agir dans la société » du nouveau programme de français en 3e. Résumé Dans un roman construit comme un thriller, Joseph Kessel retrace le parcours de ces hommes et de ces femmes – incarnés ici par Philippe Gerbier, Le Bison, Lemasque,...
Book cover of Belle De Jour
by Joseph Kessel
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007

Severine Serizy is a wealthy and beautiful Parisian housewife. She loves her husband, but she cannot share physical intimacy with him, and her vivid sadomasochistic fantasies drive her to seek employment at a brothel. By day, she enacts her customers' wildest fantasies under the pseudonym “Belle...
Book cover of Army of Shadows
by Joseph Kessel
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017

THIS IS THE TRUTH, THOUGH THE FORM IS FICTION… The terrible and inspiring truth about the French underground, the way it’s men and women operate, fight, die, a story full of nobility, heroism, and brutal violence. First published in its English translation in 1944, this is the fictionalized...
Book cover of The Crew
by Joseph Kessel
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016

The crew of a French reconnaissance plane during WW1 consisted of just two men: a pilot and an observer. Two such men are Jean Herbillon and Claude Maury. Herbillon's dreams of glory as an air ace have been dashed after only a few months at the front; Maury suffers from a broken heart--his only hope...
Book cover of The Man With The Miraculous Hands
by Joseph Kessel
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

Felix Kersten, physician to the high-demon of the Third Reich, Heinrich Himmler could alleviate Himmler’s severe stomach pains with his hands using massage and manipulation. In return, Kersten bargained with Himmler to order the release of innocent prisoners condemned to die. It is an amazing...
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