Étudiante en sciences politiques, héritière d'un empire pétrolier impliqué dans un énorme scandale qui a secoué Bâton-Rouge, Ornella Sinclair est obligée de fuir sa ville natale pour intégrer en cours d'année l'université de Lafayettte. Par crainte de finir à la rue, elle écume les petites annonces et les journaux à la recherche d'un appartement. Lorsqu'elle parvient enfin à trouver une colocation à deux pas du campus, elle ne se doute pas une seule seconde qu'elle va débarquer au beau mil...

Draftsmen can't fight dragons.Then again, that's usually no problem - they generally don't have to. But Lafayette O'Leary does. When an accidental overdose of self-hypnosis wrenches him out of the dull (but safe) Mrs. MacGlint's Clean Rooms and Board and deposits him in the feudal, bedragoned world of Artesia, it takes him a little while to catch on, even with the attentions of the beautiful Princess Adoranne. Then he decides that he likes this new life of his - except for the part...

Historian Olivier Bernier draws an indelible portrait of the man who represented, more than anyone else, the idea of French nobility to all Americans of the early Republic and who represented to the French the idea of freedom and its American expression. Lafayette was, indeed, the hero of two worlds. Bernier's Lafayette - much of it based on previously inaccessible documents - is a man who lived the liberal ideal as few others have. In the war for American independence, this twenty-year-ol...

**The USA Today Bestseller!Recommended by Oprah Magazine ∙ Cosmopolitan∙ PopSugar∙ SheReads ∙ Parade ∙ and more!An epic saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy.**Most castles are protected by men. This one by women.A founding mother...1774. Gent...

She's looking for a heartbreaker. He's looking for love.After a hit-and-run accident ends her career as a principal dancer, Myra Harwood seeks a fresh start in Lafayette Falls. Opening a dance studio is all-consuming for her and she's determined to rebuild her life, leaving no room for distractions—or romance. But when she learns her ex-boyfriend has been invited to her best friend's wedding, she knows she can't go alone. Myra needs a date for the wedding—with no s...

The world, as Lafayette O'Leary knew it, disappeared in a flash. Perhaps it was his own doing - after all, he had the uncanny gift of creating alternate realities by sheer mental power.But the result was a nightmare gone out of control. All O'Leary wanted was to find his wife and return to the familiar world of Artesia. Yet no sooner did he manage to extricate himself from one bizarre situation than he was thrust into another, equally threatening...There was only one thing ...

Acclaim for Lafayette"I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail." -Thomas Fleming, author, Liberty!: The American Revolution"Harlow Unger's Lafayette is a remarkable and dramatic account of a life as fully lived as it is possible to imagine, that of Gi...

L’insurrection est le plus sacré des devoirs. Personnalité de la Révolution française, acteur majeur de la monarchie de Juillet, celui qui avait joué un rôle décisif dans la guerre d’Indépendance des États-Unis, Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette (1757-1834) fut autant controversé de son vivant qu’après sa mort. Du côté français on le qualifia volontiers de cavalier de la chimère, de statue en quête de piédestal, voire de plus jobard des libéraux. Du côté américain, l’image est tout autre : ap...

The heartrending, magical sequel in an unforgettable fantasy-filled adventure through World War One.After Lufbery, everything changed.Still reeling from the trauma of their last mission, Marcus and Jane idle in a holding pattern, testing trinkets for possible magic effects far behind the danger of the front lines. But though they're removed from the action, violent magic picks at the security they once enjoyed.A new mission...

Set towards the end of the reign of Henry II of France, The Princesse de Clèves (1678) tells of the unspoken, unrequited love between the fair, noble Mme de Clèves, who is married to a loyal and faithful man, and the Duc de Nemours, a handsome man most female courtiers find irresistible. Warned by her mother against admitting her passion, Mme de Clèves hides her feelings from her fellow courtiers, until she finally confesses to her husband - an act that brings tragic consequences for all. ...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Lafayette en moins d’une heure !Parti en Amérique contre la volonté de son entourage et même du roi, Lafayette, tout juste âgé de 20 ans, se lance à corps perdu dans la guerre d’indépendance. Son engagement précoce, son indéfectibilité et son talent militaire feront de lui un véritable héros, celui des deux mondes. Animé par les valeurs américaines que sont la liberté, l’égalité des droits et des devoirs, il n’aura de c...

Il y a un paradoxe Lafayette : héros à la réputation quasi immaculée outre-Atlantique, il reste un mal aimé de l’histoire de France. Lafayette est souvent résumé par un cliché – le « héros des deux mondes » ou réduit à une caricature, celle d’un personnage vain et naïf, voire d’un traître.Au-delà des apparences et des procès d’intention, Laurent Zecchini restitue la dimension et la complexité d’un homme au destin épique : après avoir joué un rôle si singulier dans la naissance des É...