8 livres semblables à El Dorado
La femme de Lord Tony
In the midst of the French Revolution, Pierre, a young firebrand, convinces a group of rabble to rise up against the local duc. Coming across the carriage of the duc’s daughter on their march, Pierre assaults her, is run over by the carriage, and disappears. Looking to punish someone for the uprising, the duc has Pierre’s father hanged.
Years later, Pierre has changed his name, gathered some…
Thèmes communs : British -- France -- Fiction, France -- History -- Revolution, Blakeney, Sir Blakeney
La Ligue du Mouron rouge
It was not, Heaven help us all! a very uncommon occurrence these days: a woman almost unsexed by misery, starvation, and the abnormal excitement engendered by daily spectacles of revenge and of cruelty. They were to be met with every day, round every street corner, these harridans, more terrible far than were the men.
Thèmes communs : British -- France -- Fiction, France -- History -- Revolution, Blakeney, Sir Blakeney
L'Insaisissable Pimpernel
From the book:There was not even a reaction. On! ever on! in that wild, surging torrent; sowing the wind of anarchy, of terrorism, of lust of blood and hate, and reaping a hurricane of destruction and of horror. On! ever on! France, with Paris and all her children still rushes blindly, madly on; defies the powerful coalition, - Austria, England, Spain, Prussia, all joined together to stem the…
Thèmes communs : France -- History -- Revolution, Blakeney, Sir Blakeney, Nobility
Le Mouron rouge
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.
Thèmes communs : Blakeney, Sir Blakeney, Nobility, France
Entre deux feux
Between Two Fires is a 2012 historical fiction horror novel by Christopher Buehlman. Set during the Black Death, it follows a disgraced knight and a mysterious young girl who travel across France, as Lucifer and other fallen angels start another war with Heaven.
Thèmes communs : France, Historical Fiction
Princesse de Clèves
The Princess of Cleves is a French novel published in 1678 that is regarded as one of the first psychological novels. The plot is set in the royal court of Henry II of France.
Thèmes communs : Nobility, France, History
La Malédiction de Capistrano
The rousing adventure that gave birth to one of popular culture's most enduring iconsOriginally titled The Curse of Capistrano in its 1919 debut, this exciting tale achieved immortal fame thanks to Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 blockbuster film, The Mark of Zorro-a cinematic triumph that inspired Johnston McCulley to retitle his novel and dedicate it to Fairbanks. Set in Mexican California during the…
Thèmes communs : Aristocracy, Classic Literature, History
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, ou, Dix ans plus tard
In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D'Artagnan who, upon…
Thèmes communs : Historical Fiction, Adventure, History