Saga category: 7325 books

« — Je pense qu’Ann aimerait retourner à l’école cette année, avoua-t-elle en baissant un peu la voix.— Tu m’as dit qu’elle sait lire et écrire, c’est ben assez.— Elle voudrait avoir son diplôme, insista Camille.— Pourquoi ? dit Liam sèchement.— Une femme qui en sait trop...

Cette saga, qui s’amorce dans les années vingt, a pour cadre une famille québécoise dont la mère, hypocondriaque, sombre inéluctablement dans les abîmes de l'alcoolisme et de la dépression aux côtés d’un mari qui se refuse à la vérité. Au début de ce premier tome, Charlotte a quatre...

Montréal, 1954. Les rues fourmillent d'enfants qui sautent à la corde, de garçons qui se bousculent, jouant au hockey en se prenant pour Maurice Richard. Sous un arbre du quartier, qui a fait son chemin entre les dalles de béton, Laura Lacaille et son amie Francine Gariépy discutent vivement....

Les Rivard se préparent à célébrer les noces d’Édouard et de Rose. Augustin, le patriarche, entrevoit avec bonheur le mariage de son fils et de la belle infirmière. Au début de la cinquantaine, il commence à aspirer à des jours plus calmes, à un repos amplement mérité. Alors que les...

The Booker Prize winning author's sweeping saga of three generations of women "One of the most accomplished writers of fiction of our day" (The Washington Post ) follows the lives and loves of three women--Lorna, Molly, and Ruth--from World War II-era London to the close of the century. Told...

Here, published in a single volume as he always hoped they would be, are the three novels that comprise William Faulkner’s famous Snopes trilogy, a saga that stands as perhaps the greatest feat of this celebrated author’s incomparable imagination. The Hamlet, the first book of the series...

A captivating historical romance of revenge, hatred, lust and true love It is 1870 and Emma Grady has spent seven years of servitude as a convict in Australia. Now, having earned her ticket-of-leave, she is held by chains of honour and friendship. Emma’s loyalty to her kind and gentle employer Roland...

A breathtaking historical romance of loss, love, and heartbreak in eighteenth century Britain When Emma Grady finds herself orphaned one fateful night in 1860, she is left at the mercy of her devious aunt and cruel uncle Caleb Crowther. A feared Lancashire Justice, Caleb Crowther is a womaniser and...

This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers. In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms...

This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death, forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers. In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms...

This exciting new translation with footnotes is more readable than past versions and will appeal to modern readers. The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty when China...

Two families face the aftermath of war, and the promise of new love. Pam Evans' family saga, The Apple of Her Eye, brings post-war London vividly to life as, amid rationing and food shortages, a young girl finds love and purpose. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Lindsey Hutchinson. 'Nostalgia,...

In the final chapter of the saga that began with Dynasty of Death and The Eagles Gather, a global munitions empire must take sides in World War II. Peter Bouchard journeyed from afar to intervene in the power struggle between Armand and Christopher Bouchard. At stake was control of the family’s...

The saga of a ruthless businessman, the steel empire he forged, and the woman he could never tame: “A virile story, vivid with life and force” (Chicago Daily News).   The son of German immigrants, Franz Stoessel comes of age at the end of the nineteenth century with the conviction that nothing...