Elizabeth George Speare Livres

Set against the backdrop of Roman-occupied Judea, the story follows Daniel bar Jamin, a young man driven by a fierce desire for vengeance after his father's murder. As he navigates the complexities of loyalty, friendship, and resistance, Daniel becomes entangled with a group of zealots fighting against Roman oppression. The novel explores themes of sacrifice, the struggle for freedom, and the moral dilemmas faced in the pursuit of justice.

Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home will never be like the shimmering Caribbean island she left behind. In her relatives' stern Puritan community, she feels like a tropical bird that has flown to the wrong part of the world, a bird that is now caged and lonely. The only place where Kit feels completely free is in the meadows, where she enjoys the company of the old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, and on occasion, her young sailor friend Nat. But when Kit's friendship with the "witch" is discovered, Kit is faced with suspicion, fear, and anger. She herself is accused of witchcraft!

Si l'incendie de l'élégant cottage de Springburn, dans le Kent, était presque parfait, le crime ne l'était pas moins. Un bouquet d'allumettes, une cigarette qui se consume lentement, et voilà un système de mise à feu à retardement à la portée du premier amateur venu. Mais l'examen des lieux et du corps carbonisé prouvait que Kenneth Fleming avait d'abord été assassiné. Le meurtre d'un champion de cricket dont le talent divise l'Angleterre concerne le tout-Londres, et donc Scotland Yard. Linley et Havers enquêtent, lui avec sa rudesse coutumière d'ancien d'Eton, elle avec sa fausse timidité. Trop humains, tous deux, pour juger les actes atroces qu'ils découvrent.

Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills. Until the day his father returns to their cabinnbsp in the Maine wilderness, twelve-year-old Matt must try to survive on his own. Although Matt is brave he's not prepared for an attack by swarming bees and he's astonished when he's rescued by an Indiann chief and his grandson, Attean. As the oys come to know each other Attean learns to speak English while Matt becomes a skilled hunter. Though many months have passed, there's no sign of Matt's family. Then Attean asks Matt to join the Beaver tribe and move north. Should Matt abandon his hopes of ever seeing his family again and move on to a new life?

Le collège de Bredgar, à une heure de Londres, représente le comble du chic et de la bombe éducation. Comment cet établissement discret pour privilégiés est-il devenu un lieu de supplice pour le jeune Matthew Whateley ? Par quel enchaînement de chantage et d'humiliations, de cruauté et de violences sexuelles a-t-il fini par être assassiné ? Qu'avait-il vu qu'il ne devait pas voir ? Pourquoi son corps a-t-il été retrouvé si loin de l'école ? Barbara Havers et Thomas Linley rassemblent les indices, essaient de comprendre ce meurtre inexplicable. D'inquiétantes et barbares cérémonies se déroulent derrière les murs centenaires de Bredgar. Une enquête éprouvante où le couple de policiers le plus attachant de Scotland Yard - l'aristocrate et la célibataire endurcie - risque de perdre son flegme et son sens de l'humour.