This new translation offers readers of English a unique look at eighteenth century London and England generally, compared to Paris and France in the same period. It was written by the sharp-tongued and observant journalist Linguet, who had moved there to start a French periodical far from French censorship. His observations range from overviews of official institutions like the Law and religion to descriptions of houses, furniture, markets. etc. Some samples: "Paris being ap...

Le témoignage rarissime d'un agresseur sexuel.Ce document témoignage est inédit. Il est rarissime que l’on donne la parole à un agresseur sexuel. Nicolas Henri est un cas particulier, ce qui n’enlève rien ni à sa responsabilité ni à l’horreur de son acte. Il a en effet accepté la totalité de sa peine sans aller en appel, a indemnisé ses victimes en acceptant une clause de réévaluation des indemnités, qu’il a versées. Et il s’est battu en prison pou...

In "Die Kakomonade - Ein Nachlaß vom Doktor Panglos, als ein Supplement des Kandide" widmet sich Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet einer scharfsinnigen Analyse existenzieller Fragen durch die Linse des philosophischen Humors. Als Ergänzung zu Voltaires "Candide" entfaltet das Werk eine satirische Betrachtung der fortwährenden Suche nach dem "besten aller möglichen Welten", gekennzeichnet durch Linguets prägnanten und ironischen Schreibstil. Das Buch reflektiert die komplexen Spannungen zwischen ...

The Bastille is most known for being destroyed - it has endured as a symbol of absolute power that fell to popular anger. But few people, even in France, know anything about the actual prison, notably what it was like inside and the details of how the prisoners were really treated. As it happens, Linguet, once quite famous as a lawyer and journalist, was not only in it, but wrote about the experience, and did so only a few years before it fell - some of have said this book provoked ...

In "Die Kakomonade - Ein Nachlaß vom Doktor Panglos, als ein Supplement des Kandide" von Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet wird der philosophische Diskurs um das Gute und das Böse in Form einer satirischen Fortsetzung von Voltaires "Kandid" weitergeführt. Linguets Werk ist geprägt von einer scharfsinnigen Analyse der menschlichen Natur und der gesellschaftlichen Missstände, die in einem unterhaltsamen, aber tiefgründigen literarischen Stil vermittelt werden. Der Autor schlüpft in die Rolle des D...

Entdecken Sie die verborgenen Geheimnisse der menschlichen Natur in einem Werk, das die Grenzen der Vorstellungskraft sprengt!„Die Kakomonade“ von Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet ist ein literarisches Meisterwerk, das die Leser auf eine faszinierende Reise durch die Abgründe der menschlichen Psyche mitnimmt. In einer Welt, die von Intrigen und Machtspielen beherrscht wird, entfaltet sich eine Geschichte voller Spannung und unerwarteter Wendungen.Dieses ...

La Bastille a été bâtie sous Charles V, en 1370 ; et ce fut Hugues Aubriot, prévôt des marchands, qui en posa la première pierre, le 22 avril. Il fut chargé du soin de cette construction, comme il l’était des fortifications de l’enceinte de Paris, et elle se fit des deniers que le roi avait donné à la ville dans cette vue. Ce magistrat, selon Piganiol de la Force (Description de Paris), était un Bourguignon d’assez basse naissance, qui aimait les juifs, au point qu’il embrassa leu...

A French detective looks into a public figure's murder—and discovers some private secrets—in a mystery by an author who is "a joy to read" ( The Times Literary Supplement).When a local official is gunned down in the street, it looks like a cold-blooded political assassination. But as Inspector Henri Castang investigates—and questions the victim's colleagues and family—it seems the motive might have been closer to home.The mystery only become...

A British judge and a naked corpse put French inspector Henri Castang on delicate, dangerous ground in this mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author.When a local businessman's car is stolen, he's more concerned about what's inside—the body of his just-deceased grandmother. Then Parisian police Insp. Henri Castang is called to investigate the mysterious appearance of a woman's body found in a car. But just when it seems like his latest case is about to solve itsel...

In France, a police detective hunts for an elusive killer in this novel by an award-winning author who "writes like no one else" ( Los Angeles Times).In the tiny French town of Soulay, Inspector Henri Castang is dealing with a brutal robbery, a drugged teenager, and the sad delusions of a nervous old lady. But when a violent death suggests a mysterious connection to recent events in Paris Castang must untangle a mix of spiteful small-town gossip and big-cit...

"That artful master of the international policier . . . delivers another one of his uncommonly intelligent procedurals with Inspector Henri Castang." — The New York TimesWhen Police Commissaire Henri Castang is summoned to investigate a missing hotelier, he's not alarmed at the young widow's disappearance. Until a routine inquiry on the hotel's last guest reveals him to be a Jewish artist and concentration camp survivor who never checked in to a ro...

From an Edgar award–winning British crime novelist, an Inspector Castang thriller that "has it all—politics, sex, metaphysics" ( The New York Times).It's a quiet night at the Police Judiciare in Detective Castang's provincial corner of France when a prominent politician stumbles in, claiming he was in a car accident he can barely recall, with a passenger who is his mistress—and is very likely dead. But when the unorthodox inspector's astute investigation le...