Books tagged: french history

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If Trees Could Fly    by Henri Debidour
Price: $7.99 USD. 73400 words. Published on April 5, 2010. .

« Henri Debidour has written a gripping novel. This coming of age story from France is as it turns a powerful drama on the American Dream. » Khaled Hosseini (« The Kite Runner » – Riverhead Books – Penguin) (« A Thousand Splendid Suns » - Riverhead Books – Penguin)
L'Âge Immortel    by Henri Debidour
Price: $7.99 USD. 66710 words. Published on April 5, 2010. .

« Écrit à travers la vision d’un petit enfant puis celle d’un adolescent, ce roman initiatique est un souffle d'authenticité et de liberté reconquise." (Khaled Hosseini "Les Cerfs Volants de Kaboul")
Gambit For Love of a Queen    by Kat Jaske
Price: $5.99 USD. 182400 words. Published on July 29, 2010. .

King Louis XIII is a weak leader with no love for his wife Queen Anne. Power, saving face, and honor are paramount, always. Laurel — the secret leader of France's spy network — has absolutely no doubt that he would plunge France into another devastating war if he learns Anne has been kidnapped. Join the musketeers and Laurel and find the queen. God may save the queen, but who saves the heroes?
Hostage Queen    by Freda Lightfoot
Price: $5.99 USD. 98320 words. Published on October 26, 2010. .

Marguerite de Valois, the most beautiful woman in the French Court, is the subject of great scandal and intrigue. She is married to the Huguenot Henry of Navarre as her mother Catherine de Medici aims to bring peace to France. But within days of the wedding Paris is awash with blood. In a court rife with murder, political intrigue, debauchery and the hunger for power, can she hope to survive?
Twice Queen of France: Anne of Brittany    by Mildred Allen Butler
Price: $2.99 USD. 50960 words. Published by Ad Stellae Books  on March 20, 2011. .

Anne of Brittany was only 12 when, in 1488, she became its Duchess, but already she was among the best-educated women of her era and she was determined to preserve the duchy’s independence. At 15 she averted takeover by France when she married its king, Charles VIII, and after he died she married his successor, Louis XII, becoming the only person ever twice crowned Queen of France. Ages 12 up.
We Three Kings - King Richard II, King Henry IV and King Henry V    by N. Beetham Stark
Price: $4.99 USD. 112440 words. Published on June 14, 2011. .

This book brings to life King Richard II, King Henry IV and King Henry V of England, described sometimes as "Bad king, fair king and good king." Through the eyes of two Irish brothers, we travel with these kings from 1377-1422 A.D. through Wales, England and France, reliving the battles of Shrewsbury and Agincourt and experiencing everyday trials and victories.
A Visit From Voltaire    by Dinah Lee Küng
Price: $4.00 USD. 105020 words. Published by Eyes and Ears  on November 7, 2011. .

Nominated for the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction in 2004, A Visit From Voltaire brings the incorrigible 18th-century troublemaker back to life as he haunts the Swiss farmhouse of a newly-arrived American and her family. Over the course of a single winter, a comic Voltaire evolves from the Houseguest-from-Hell into her wisest friend, teaching her how to live life to the fullest. Funny and original.