French Drama

The French and Indian War: 1660-1763 covers much more than the few years during which the English and French fought over the division of the North American continent in one of the most neglected periods of American history. In this volume in the Drama of American History series, authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier trace how England’s other rivals for control of America were eliminated over this period until the only source of conflict left would be between the British and their own colonists.

Fast paced, exciting historical drama with surprise ending... When the charming but penniless Pierre Dupres departs 17th-century France in pursuit of fortune, heartbroken Clare resigns herself to marrying his dull elder brother Jacques. Descended from a long line of midwives, she must bear a daughter to carry on her rewarding ancestral profession with its many secrets. Jacques reluctantly allows Clare to restore Maison Dupres, a crumbling chateau rumoured to be haunted, as their family home but clearly disapproves his wife’s decision to continue pursuing her career, even after the birth ...

A Marriage Made in Heaven for Two, Shared by Three in the War 1942 and Solène, Julien, and Noah are drawn together in a whirlwind of passion and longing. Solène, a brilliant chemistry graduate, navigates the treacherous path of love and commitment as she marries Julien just before the storm of the German invasion. Then Noah returns to their lives. United by a shared determination to resist the oppressors, they join the French Resistance, embarking on a journey that will shape their fates. As their worlds collide, sparks fly, and flames of desire ignite between them. Yet, during the war, ...

I may be a preppy piccolo player who should know to stay away from the drumline badboy, but then again, what graduating senior ever just did what they were supposed to? Cy Simmons is my next door neighbor and the biggest crank in the school. Rumor has it, he tried to kill someone at his last school and got away with it, which is how he managed to stay in drumline and not end up in juvie. Despite his devastating good looks, his less than winning personality has everyone at arm's length. But I have a hard time believing a person who creates the beautiful haunting music that serenades my ...

When I got jilted by my unfaithful fiancé a week before the wedding, my plans involved nothing more than ice cream, a blanket fort, and a bonfire of his possessions. But my friends convince me that bitter tastes better when it’s drowned in Bordeaux, so I embark on the Parisian honeymoon by myself. However, the City of Light isn’t remotely charming or romantic when you’re alone at a table for two, so all I want to do is go home again. Then I meet Lucas Fournier.

The last person Mitch Morgan should be attracted to is the corporate raider sent from his half brother’s company. Tess Taylor already lost everything once. The last thing she needs is another failure. If she can prove successful in Mergers and Acquisitions, she’ll never have to worry about money again. But no amount of hard work has prepared her for Mitch Morgan. He’s the kind of distraction she doesn’t need, and the banker she’s supposed to destroy. Mitch Morgan III may bear his father’s good looks and his name, but he certainly didn’t inherit his father’s trust. Born the ...

The St. Charles Players present a unique telling of Victor Hugo's classic tale, in a new multi-cast dramatization performed in exciting Radio Theatre style.

Orson Welles is a one-person play in two acts about the life and times of Orson Welles. Some say that Orson Welles was a genius, but he always denied that. He did give us Citizen Kane, considered by most critics to be the best film ever made, but after that, his career took one long downward plunge. The play finds Welles trying to find the financing for one of his film projects. It's a difficult task, since most of the Hollywood community considers him to be a "screwball".

When an heiress meets a Cowboy... Catherine Morgan’s spoiled, adventurous and being blackmailed with a sex tape. Except she never video taped herself so it was all a set up. However her family’s fame and notoriety will ensure that the tape gets seen everywhere, even if she pays the blackmail. So she decides to let the chips fall as she’s going to disappear until the press goes and finds another story. Sugar farmer Maverick Appellton put out an online ad for a wife, not expecting anyone. But he needs a mother for his son Carter. Most women just sent him a letter, but when Jess Taylor ...

Emily Wilson’s is supposed to be a bridesmaid at her sister’s friends wedding, but secretly, she’s gathering intel to stop the marriage from ever happening. Emily Wilson’s a legal secretary for a prestigious law firm, but her firm’s newest client needs Emily to accept being a bridesmaid in her sister’s best friend’s wedding. If she hears anything about the groom, she’s to report to the security that’s there to gather info to stop the wedding. She planned for everything except for one thing: the bad boy rock star brother of the groom noticing her. Axel Morgan’s about to ...

Are you in a hurry to learn French? Great! You came to the right place. This audiobook is written from the standpoint of rapid language acquisition. There is a science behind learning the French language and within this audiobook holds the master key to rapid language learning. Whether you are in Paris, Montreal, or anywhere French is spoken, this audiobook can be your best friend and have you speaking, reading, and writing the language faster than you ever thought possible!

A Vérone, Roméo Montaigu et Juliette Capulet tombent éperdument amoureux malgré la haine ancestrale qui oppose leurs deux familles. Dans cette tragédie puisant dans des traditions antiques, les jeunes amants aux « étoiles contraires » avancent inéluctablement vers un destin funeste. Attestant du génie poétique précoce du dramaturge élisabéthain, l’œuvre de jeunesse qu’est Roméo et Juliette est encore l’une des pièces les plus jouées de Shakespeare et continue d’émouvoir les publics contemporains par son traitement magistral de thèmes intemporels.

Éléonore, 23 ans, votre nouvelle Reine... Oui, Votre Reine ! En toute franchise, je me serais contentée de rester Princesse mais quand toute ma famille sombre, littéralement, me voilà propulsée sur le Trône. Problème : je ne suis pas faite pour assumer les responsabilités d'un Royaume... Mais vraiment pas. Et lorsqu'en plus on me colle dans les pattes, soi-disant pour assurer ma sécurité, un Écossais ombrageux, tatoué, et persuadé qu'on veut ma mort... Tout échappe à mon contrôle.

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When the one you're supposed to hate turns out to be the only one you crave... Damien Morgan learned a long time ago that love was just a figment of someone’s warped imagination and good girls simply didn’t exist. Women, he knew, were master manipulators. Nonetheless, he’s happy to wish his brother well when he decides to take the plunge. Serenity Hanscom is shocked that she’s been invited to the wedding a year after her sister played matchmaker for the groom and plotted to murder his sister-in-law. Despite the unusual circumstances, Serenity accepts the invitation as an opportunity...

Les Bas-Fonds de Maxime Gorki est un portrait poignant des habitants opprimés et démunis d'une cave délabrée en Russie. Cette pièce phare, jouée pour la première fois en 1902, offre un aperçu brut et sans faille des dures réalités de la pauvreté et des exclus de la société. Avec un casting diversifié de personnages, de la voleuse philosophique Satine à la tragique Anna et à son amant tourmenté Kostylev, Gorki tisse magistralement une tapisserie de souffrance humaine, de résilience et d'aspiration inextinguible à la dignité au milieu de la misère.

La pièce Les belles-sœurs de Michel Tremblay est née le 4 mars 1968 lors d'une lecture publique dans un minuscule théâtre de la métropole. Cinquante ans après sa création, le journaliste Mario Girard raconte l'histoire qui a entouré la naissance de cette oeuvre majeure de la dramaturgie québécoise. À partir de témoignages, de documents d'archives et de photographies, on découvre comment, un jour de 1965, l'idée est venue au jeune Tremblay d'écrire une pièce en joual rassemblant 15 femmes dans une cuisine autour d'un million de timbres-primes Gold Star.

Natalie Parker pretended to be old and ugly at work until one trip to the doctor meant she might be pregnant. Galen Morgan doesn’t need a wife. He’s already tried that route, and it didn’t work. By day, he’s a cool, calm, confident real estate developer who is raking in billions of dollars. By night, he dates bad girls to keep his loneliness at bay. But when he hooks up with a bad girl at his brother’s wedding, he finds himself at the center of a situation he never imagined possible. Natalie Parker is just trying to keep her job. If that means she has to disguise herself to keep a...

Les sonnets parus en 1609 mais rédigés au fil des décennies précédentes résonnent encore aujourd'hui de part les thèmes intemporels qu'ils abordent, le désir, l'amour, la jalousie, le doute, la vieillesse, la mort. Ces 154 poèmes nous offrent à voir un concentré de l'univers shakespearien passionné, touchant, universel.

Ein Jules Verne Klassiker, der einst als Science Fiction galt...